Design Show Liverpool 2008

Here are some pictures from the Design Show that started yesterday at an old warehouse in Liverpool. Catwalks, arts and crafts, furniture, jewllery and many more were exhibited. Worth mentioning was the building itself (The Contemporary Urban centre) that was a pleasure to walk around ... For more details about the show have a look at
www.designshowliverpool.com

The pictures I'm posting contain work from www.petraboase.com which i promised her a link to my blog...A girl with briliant clothes, canvases and toys for kids (or people that still consider themselves kids..!)

What got me well excited was also the handmade moving toys of Mr Robert Race www.robertrace.co.uk that him and his wife kindly let me play around with all of those...(risky, but i didn't break anything!)

Gustav Klimt- My new source of inspiration

Tate Liverpool Exhibition of Gustav Klimt...A brilliant artist...thin lines, erotic bodies, golden details, symbolism, byzantine and japanese influences are some of his characteristics. An exhibition that is strongly recommended.

I was thrilled by the golden phase of Gustav Klimt and his project "Beethoven Frieze". Erotic and elegant, it made me want to travel back in time and see the world in Vienna with his eyes, listening to the music that he was inspired by...