Feeling Blue.......

Cobalt blue has been a dominant trend universally both in the summer and for the upcoming winter months - and we are loving it. Here is our pick of all those blues......and they are making us feel anything but sad!

 L-R – Jac & Jack, Gary Bigeni, Dion Lee, Jack London, Something Else

Cobalt blue was popular at the recent LMFF as seen above - for more Autumn/Winter 2012 trends take a look here

MSGM - Pre Fall 2012

We have just discovered the Italian label MSGM and it is love at first sight! Watch this space for more on them or if you can't wait go to http://msgm.it/

Red vinyl and lapiz from Leoni & Vonk

A taster of our new designs - available at Magnolia Square

Hermes Bag

Stunning bag and gorgeous jewellery - thank you to http://tabac-blond.tumblr.com/post/19691766768/sollace-what-do-i-wear-bag-hermes-watch for this image

Beautiful blue feature wall

Blue for the home too - http://ampersand-design.tumblr.com/post/20407454670/design-by-emma-reddington-of-the-marion-house-book

Tribal inspiration

 Just stunning but cannot give a credit for this one - if anyone knows..........

Sterling silver and cobalt blue from our New Season Collection Online store

Blue with a pop of orange

Blue and orange - one of our favourite colour combinations!

Leoni & Vonk sterling silver and crochet silk necklace - available here

Royal blue!

 And if it is good enough for Her Majesty!!

Will you be embracing cobalt blue this season? If so how, please let us know.

Competition Time At Magnolia Square

Our favourite boutique shopping event, Magnolia Square is holding 2 great competitions leading up to their May event next week at Malvern Town Hall.

Subscribe to the Magnolia Square mailing list by clicking here for your chance to win this fabulous array of goodies from some of  Magnolia Square's many talented designers and retailers

Click here for the chance to win one of our stunning sterling silver engraved crescent necklaces

Good luck and hopefully see you at Magnolia Square next week for some great retail therapy!

Red

Red - a play about Abstract Expressionist Mark Rothko is currently showing at the MTC in Melbourne and gives an insight into the work, personality and inspiration behind the tortured artist. It is set in Rothko's  New York studio in 1958-9 where he is working on a group of murals for the expensive and exclusive Four Seasons restaurant. Through the interaction of Rothko and his long suffering asssitant Ken,questions are raised about Rothko's theories of art and his willingness to work on such a commercial project.

Set of MTC production of Red

 

 

Mark Rothko Sketch for "Mural No.4" 1958

 Written by the American writer John Logan, the play was first produced by The Donmar Warehouse in London in 2009 with Alfred Molina in the lead as Rothko. The play and Molina went on to win numerous awards in London and in  March 2010 moved to Broadway where it also won 2 Tonys.The Melbourne production stars Colin Friels as Mark Rothko and André de Vanny as Ken, his assistant who both give great and convincing performances.

The Mark Rothko room at The Tate Gallery, London - the home of the set of murals originally commisioned for The Four Seasons Restaurant, NYC

Dramatic scene from the play

Red runs until 5 May at the Sumner Theatre in Melbourne - we enjoyed it immensely and would definitely recommend you catch it if you can

Carry All

Take a look at these funny and very clever carrier bags - they may be fake but what the hell they are still amusing!

Lots Of News

We have now got a beautiful new look website - thank you to the talented Paul at XLCreative and our beautiful model Grace. It has alot of great new features and we think it is looking fabulous - please take a look here  http://www.leoniandvonk.com/ and let us know what you think

We have a couple of great events coming up in May

From 3 to 5 May we will be at Malvern Town Hall taking part in the now iconic Magnolia Square boutique shopping event. We will have all our new collection on display along with some stunning one off pieces made from antique and vintage treasures.

On Sunday 27 May we will be at Federation Square at Markit  -  a biannual curated design market focusing on illustrative and decorative based design products including fashion, jewellery, homewares, stationery & illustration.Definitely not one to miss!

If in the meantime you need anything you can pop over to our new revamped Online store where we will be adding new products on a regular basis.

Hope to see you soon!

Happy Easter

The Easter Bunnies are on their way!

Have a happy, safe and chocolate filled long weekend - Happy Easter!

Dar Doodad Morocco

We stumbled across the images of this stunning house via the Le Ciel est BlanC Facebook page and at once fell in love with the juxtaposition of bright white walls and pops of colour and the mix and match of traditional Moroccan art with vintage 60s furniture.Situated in Essaouira in Morocco the house has been built around ancient sandstone columns of 200 years old and is on 4 storeys with a magnificant terrace with views over the city. The last we heard it was for sale - we can but dream!!

 You can see more of this beautiful house at Fresh Locations and Supertacular