Yellow Goat Design Halo Vert LED fixture

I have been in love with Yellow Goat Design for quite some time and often used their produc timages in visioning sessions with clients as there designs really push the envelope and complement different design concepts. The design team at Yellow Goat works one on one with design firms to come up with original and sculptural pieces. The company has been around for over 10 years and is known internationally for their work with hotels, casinos, clubs, resorts, shopping centers and residences. I see them being a complete hit in the UAE.

Here are some of my favorite inspiration pieces from their site. Enjoy!

Yellow Goat Design Wings chandelier

 I love this piece for its scale and the uplifting and whimsical feel it gives. The reflections of light it gives off throughout the day must be magical!

Yellow Goat Design Alba Chandelier

This is a very sophisticated and elegant piece. I see it in a saks 5th avenue, boutique hotel, shoe store or jewelry store…. exquisite!Yellow Goat Design Celeste Chandelier 

Yellow Goat Design Crystal Donut

Yellow Goat Design Dishy Chandelier

 These chandeliers compliment this space so well. The contemporary shape but classic feel is effortlessly done and despite the visual weight they seem quite regal and bright.

Yellow Goat Design Drum Fixture with Recessed Diffuser

Yellow Goat Design Amoeba

Yellow Goat Design The Girls

 Can you imagine these pendants over a sushi bar! This fixture belongs in Tao Restaurant New York.

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Best Of NeoCon Products

 The Merchandise Mart is so large in Chicago that it is hard to put my finger on my favorite products from the trip but I managed to pull something together! NeoCon focuses mainly on Commercial interior design with a heavy focus on contract furniture and floor coverings. Most of the Showrooms are year round spaces but some of them were temporary booths.

1. 18×36 Commercial Carpet Tile by Shaw Contract Group. In 4 great patterns: Fade, Overlay, Blur, and Laser Cut. The great selection is produced in eco-friendly Eco-Solution Q nylon on EcoWorx tile backing. This company has truly dominated the market for environmental story and aesthetics. Few others match them for the richness of their colors, quality, customer service (Thanks Celeste!) and the timelessness of their designs. I’m glad that they were the first to bring out the rectangular carpet tile and cant wait for samples to come out in the fall.
2. Joel Berman’s Heat lamp won Gold for decorative lighting at NeoCon. Heat is a light sculpture for designed interiors. Fashioned from a solitary 2 ¼ in. thick volume of acrylic resin, the luminaire is cast in Berman’s signature Arrigado texture, accented with brushed stainless steel hardware, and equipped with a high intensity LED light source.
3. Davis has created a great line of residential feeling contract furniture that is fully powered in delightful ways. I was also particularily struck by their bench seating- great form and quite conmfortable! Locally in Alberta you can find Davis through Solutions Workplace Furnishings, have a chat with Todd or Shannon and they can bring back some style to your outdated office space.
4. Kvadrat Maharam came out with this great vintage feeling nordic pattern in great colors called A Band Apart.
5. I can’t say enough how much I love Tai Ping Carpets. Their exploration of color and texture in wool and silk has been incredible to watch. Here is just one fine example of hand carving, color and play on textures. I can imagine anyone taking off their socks and shoes to run their toes through this piece. This company also suprised me this year by launching a luxury line of carpet tile called Innuendo.
6. Halcon came out of nowhere. I had never even heard of the company. Turns out they make high end Commercial and residential office furniture. As you can see by this image Simon was rather excited to see the clothes hanging space within the unit. Each and every element was customizable and teh drawers were all felt lined. The Proximus line was impecably detailed with the sliding workwall, eye height open filing, soft cloding drawers, ball bearing slider. The veratility and efficiency of this piece are well displayed and can benifit both the office piler and filer!
7. DIRTT (aka. Doing It Right This Time) certainly has blown me away. I had never seen an install until NeoCon and am shocked by how advanced their research and product line is. The clean lines and simple details of their project surely put it ahead of all other modular walls companies. These are truly living adaptable systems with infitite capabilities. I am not a health care designer nor have much interest to go that route but their healthcare display gave me infinite respect for how much work it must be to pull of an aesthetically pleasing, ergonomically correct compact hospital room that feels welcoming and clean. Congratulations DIRTT for opening my eyes!
8. Designed by Scott Wilson the SW_1 conference table for Coalesse is a great modern adaptation to the way we live and work. The casual work setting begs for comfort and flexibility as well as connectivity. This table allows a person to pull their table pad closer to them to make for a better posture and comfort when working with a laptop.
9. Jofco presented this piece in all white with a few pale blue accents but when I re-looked at it online in wood and black I was completely drawn. This piece is gorgeous and shoudl be a stand alone in any law firm or partners office. Its simple and uncluttered meant to show off stature and how critical the only desk accessory (the laptop) really is.
10. I was unfamiliar with Carvart until NeoCon 2010. nearly completely customizable the laminated glass can showcase images, materials, textures, graphics etc. in a sophisticated and elegant way. This large peice shown was of two faces with metallic sheer fabric in between giving the image a subtle and reflective quality to it that cannot be captured in photographs. Their website has some great closeups of what they can do. Turns out that they did Andres Escobars 11 Fulton as well as the Park Plaza in New York.
11. Poggenpohl makes luxury contemporary kitchens. I have been admiring the Porsche kitchen for a few years but it wasnt until visiting the Merchandise Mart in Chicago that I finally got to explore the design and truly appreciate it. The linearity of the design and integration of lighting as well as the assisted opening drawers and cabinets make you feel the qaulity and craftsmanship of the piece. Cabinets and drawers are divided by 5mm thick dark oak. Th eproporation of cabinet heights and depths is truly unique and ergonomic.
12. Poliform has a great collection of furniture, wardrobe and kitchen designs all in the same style but different proporations and aesthetics. I have used them in the past on a few projects overseas and am in love with particularily the Matrix collection (as shown in photo). There Grey-Dyed Oak is the most beautiful wood and finish I have seen and would love to have it for both my kitchen and wardrobe.

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In this graceful color scheme:

1. A beautiful Manhattan front door. Add your favorite color to your front door in high gloss so that your guests always get a very personal first impression.
2. muranohouse.com Murano House watch drain. This is such a beautiful jewel for any home. Count the minutes to wash your teeth or ensure you stay fashionably late for the evening with this watch drain.
3. zgallerie.com Wall decor panel in “french blue”
4. downtown20.net custom upholstered bench with elegant lines
5. instyle-decor.com drum stool $495.00
6. insideavenue.com the sleek and graceful guard dog
7. zgallerie.com Oh so pretty and elegant dinnerware
8. zgallerie.com Puccini silver glassware
9. mosaicopiu.it Italian glass tile
10. instyle-decor.com geometric pillow $265.00
11. bobbyberkehome.com fun and ornate pillow
12. kushcarpets.com gorgeous lush residential area rug
13. Teal bedroom design. A room like this is successful because of how clean the details and lines are and yet their are still many details and intricate patterns keeping interest in the vignette. Mixing solid color with dense pattern and and accent of white texture is a great way to play with depth and tactile qualities. Bedrooms should be soft and soothing so blue and teal colors are the perfect choice to feel refreshed when you wake in the morning.
14. lightingforum.com

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Eclectic decor with texture

Eclectic home decor is about showcasing ones unique experiences, travels and individual tastes. Home accessories, lighting and furniture tell the story of ones character. Utilizing personal experiences can create emotional and physical reactions to ones surroundings by stimulating the senses with smells, textures and images of past experiences. Eclectic accessories bring color, texture and form to a space and create visual interest.  Eclectic decor in a home is often as complex as a couples marriage- tying two distinctively different peoples favorite styles and experiences into a seamless expression. Art can be a great way to showcase a family’s individuality while adding texture and color. Often it is great to keep a storage room with extra items so the home can have items and paintings circulated through the seasons to keep the house alive and ever changing. This is also a great way to keep ones self from becoming bored with their interior and personal effects. Keep a tickle trunk with throws, pillows, vases and candles to make quick scenery changes in any room to upgrade or simplify your space for guests or downtime.

In the eclectic collection above:

1. Wood wall decor: zgallerie.com Small Sanctuary Panel $195.00US
2. Colored glass: teslamall.com-underplate red
3. Twigs: homerdesign.com-branches screen
4. Coral flowers: insideavenue.com
5. Table lamp: insideavenue.com
6. Pillow: bobbyberkehome.com -14983
7. Stool: instyle-decor.com -245.00
8. Pillow: insideavenue.com -rs-super-paradise-punch
9. Cowhide Rug: kylebunting.com
10. Dresser: inhabitat.com -wis design decade-decades-wis-satellite
11. Lamp: insideavenue.com-627002
12. Wallcovering: mayaromanoff.com

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Grey and yellow fun interior decor scheme

In this scheme:

1. pillow: insideavenue.com-french decorative- $380.00
2. drape and tassel: osborneandlittle.com-Kediri large
3. area rug: csnlighting.com-delos rug 81506
4. chair: kartell.it-mademoiselle armchair
5. carpet: stepevi.com-modern gorgeous-sexy-3
6. tilted lamp: roche-bobois.com -bomba lamp
7. lantern: zgallerie.com
8. flowers: Mini Calla Lillies

Yellow is one of my favorite colors.  By pairing it with different colors, it can take on a thousand lives. It can be combined with orange, pink or turquoise to become a loud and vibrant palate!  Linked with black & white you can make a strong and crisp statement.  Cuddled between sky blue and pale green, it is the ideal palette for a baby shower. This season I am seeing a lot of yellow and grey mixed together.  It’s somewhat of an unlikely pairing, but is really attractive and especially beautiful for residential applications.  Grey is a great neutral backdrop that gives you the opportunity to change up your pop colors seasonally.

Yellow and Grey interior design inspiration

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White Texture

Contemporary decor asks for the minimal in color but maximum in texture and form. Above are some great examples of high texture in pure white. Play with your home palette by contrasting smooth and shiny with matte and textured objects. From the floor to the ceiling you should be exploring texture. Consider whitewashed barn wood floors and antique furniture with hits of new and contemporary plastic or ceramic pieces. Have some fun with it like the Her Chair from Fabio Novembre (1). Play with positive and negative space like the bowl from insideavenue.com (2).  My favorite way to add sparkle, texture and luxury all at once is to have a large Italian chandelier like this one from lamurrina.us (3). Vases and urns can decorate mantles, table tops and awkward corners. Play with heights, shapes and sizes to create a stunning array of form (4). Bring in flowers alive or contrived for a more natural palette little items like this decor piece from insideavenue.com can add a tonne of texture without needing to be watered (5).  Never cheap out on storage, a big white trunk at the foot of a bed or as a night stand or coffee table  can add interest, curiosity and most importantly hidden storage. Try one like this from insideavenue.com (6).  Be creative with your furniture, never take your furniture to seriously or stiff and try to vary seating types. For a lounging art piece try the truffle chair from porro.com (7).  The floor is one of the largest and greatest surfaces to explore texture, your bare feet will thank me. Consider something plush and carved like any rug from floortoheaven.com (8).

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Nursery Furniture & Accessories

Every nursery should evoke a personality, a sense of calm and a lot of charm.  This stunning combination of baby furniture and accessories combine to make an enchanting and unisex nursery for any girl or boy. Powder blue is not just a color for boys as hits of floral, feminine details and satin bows can easily take a plane nursery from simple to elegant with both feminine and masculine undertones.

In the image:

1. Chandelier: baga.it- Art 1080 Century silver leaf and nickel frame with clear crystals and grey fabric lampshade. The best way to add detail to a child’s room without having to worry about breakage or other child harm is to choose an ornate chandelier that is out of reach but in full view. A chandelier like this is perfect for a small baby of any sex but ages very well with a little princess. This piece is also classy enough that you could move it into your living room or dining room in the future as your child ages. This is the ideal item to spend the extra money on as it can become an heirloom piece and is very versatile for rooms and styles.
2. Chest: interiorinternet.com- blue bell chest. A chest like this is easy to replicate for the DIY savvy. Find yourself an old chest on craigslist, kajiji or in a local flea market- strip and sand- refinish with a low VOC paint like Benjamin Moore’s Natura line in colors like high gloss decorators white (CC-20) or for a bit of color high gloss Blue Stream (CC-730). Then go online and find yourself a vinyl decal from a store like whatisblik.com where if you don’t find what you like  (try-rococo pop, ambition killed the cat, swan skins, anise or paisley) you can always submit a graphic or hand sketch to have customized just for you! Apply your applique and but out around the drawers and you are done!
3. Bassinet: poshtots.com- cherubini bassinet with linens $900.00. For a baby who truly deserves the best check out poshtots.com where you can add luxury and elegance to your newborns life with white wicker and ivory dupioni silk. Once your newborn outgrows their bassinet consider upgrading them to the Chelsea Sleigh crib in Antique silver finish for only $1,452.00
4. Table lamp: metalart.com- Josephine Queen table lamp. This sleek modern take on a classic piece adds a great sparkle to a child’s room with plenty of drama and a light glow. Consider finding a piece like this is a bold color like fuschia or lavender to add an extra bit of color to your nursery.
5. Blanket: poshtots.com- once again every nursery need s a hit of opulence and style. Throw in a decorative silk blanket or pillow to your nursing chair to make yourself feel like a queen.
6. Stool: insideavenue.com- next to your nursing chair consider a cut little side table/stool like this to sit your baby bottle, rattle or soother. Add some extra interest to your space with fun colored tables, ornate shapes or interesting textures. If you can find a table made of stiff foam to keep you little one extra safe that would be an even better bet!
7. Chair: interiorinternet.com- Babetta chair. Don’t let yourself go in a messy old chair for breastfeeding if you can find a gorgeous chair that hugs you back. If you want a more contemporary look try the Showtime chair by Jamie Haydon for Poltrona Frau from the outdoor collection that is extra durable for baby’s little messes.

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Purple induces sleep and relaxation, lowers body temperature and decreases sensitivity to pain. It symbolizes dignity, royalty and ritual. Its best use is in areas of rest, relaxation and meditation like a spa, yoga studio or bedroom.

Violet can sooth serious mental conditions, over-excitement and over-stimulation restoring peace and calm and inducing deep relaxed sleep. Violet symbolizes humility, creativity, imagination and spiritual enlightenment.  This color is best in areas of quiet thoughtful activity like a craft studio or reading space.

Purple Color Scheme

In this arrangement of Purple and Violet:

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2. www.globallighting.com
3. www.bobbyberkehome.com
4. www.contemporaryfurniture.com
5. www.gessi.com
6. www.jdusa.com
7. www.instyle-decor.com
8. Roberto Cavalli Collection
9. www.insideavenue.com
10. Brenda Murano glass vase
11. www.vgnewtrend.it

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This stone can be used for floors, walls, counter tops, water features, light fixtures and sculptures. It can be used in slabs, tiles or mosaics.

Installations range from contemporary to traditional, back lit and non-lit. Onyx has been very effective in highlighting lobby’s, bars and bathrooms and works well for reception desks and sinks.

Be aware in backlit applications of what fasteners you are using as they may telegraph through the stone when lit. consider framing edges or using very minimal fasteners at the edges of the material.

contemporary backlit onyx reception desk

Back lit white onyx mosaic wall

Book matched Red Onyx bathroom wall (non illuminated)

Green, yellow and white color variations of Onyx

Back lit solid onyx bathtub from the Milan contemporary furniture fair 2008

Back Lit Onyx water feature

Onyx Media room fireplace

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