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FACETURE from Phil Cuttance on Vimeo.

A beautifully shot short film by local designer Phil Cuttance where he uses a handmade machine to cast his sculptural Faceture vases. The process alone is a work of art!

Following up from their successful cookbook campaign 'Homemade is best', IKEA team up again with photographer Carl Kleiner and stylist Evelina Kleiner to create this brilliant series of pictures showcasing IKEA kitchenwares arranged in a meticulous, minimalist fashion. Now all we need is for IKEA to open a store here so we too can organise things neatly at home.

images via Carl Kleiner

Trilogy Co-Founder Catherine de Groot was in the UK for a product launch.  While catching a plane to Ireland, she was touched by a newspaper story about an inspirational young woman, Lucy Buck, and the charity she was launching, Child’s i Foundation - which runs projects caring for abandoned babies and vulnerable mothers in Uganda and places children in loving homes.

The story prompted Catherine to contact Lucy and she became a supporter of the foundation on a personal level.
 
When Trilogy decided to launch a charity project to mark 10 years in business, the team wanted to support a children’s charity and one which could be promoted and supported internationally. Several charities were nominated and, after a series of discussions, Child’s i was chosen.

Trilogy Helping Hand Wash is a gorgeous, limited edition product created specially for this campaign. And all profits from the sale of Helping Hand Wash throughout 2012 will be donated to Child’s i Foundation.

Not only will you be supporting a great cause, the luxurious creamy texture of Tilogy's handwash will leave hands feeling deliciously soft and clean. Click here for Trilogy stockists

Cath Kidston isn't just a home guru, now the queen of the decorator fabrics has branched out into iPhone cases. We love the red and pink floral one...

Welcome to our first issue (not to mention blog post) for 2012! We hope you've had a relaxing summer break filled with fun and entertaining with family and friends. We can hardly believe its February already!

The homestyle team are back in the office firing up for the year ahead, and are looking forward to hearing what you think of our February/March issue that went on sale this week. Thanks to those of you who have already given us some lovely feedback about the issue. And an extra special thank-you to the talented Melanie and Gaynor of Melanie Craig Design, who's amazing kitchen features on the cover. They took out the NKBA 2011 awards for Best Designer and Creative Excellence - and we're loving the innovative use of materials in not only the kitchen but the rest of the home too.

This issue is jam packed full of great ideas, drop us a line on facebook to let us know what you think.

We love the High Line, located in New York, as a spectacular example of a public green space. Set 30 feet in the air, it utilises an old railway line, and has been transformed into an amazing public space. Maybe we will start to see more of this kind of thing popping up in unused spaces in Auckland.

Check it out at www.thehighline.org and if your visiting New York it should be on your list of attractions!

Photography Iwan Baan. Above: Gansevoort end, plaza and stairs, at the Gansevort and Washington Street intersection. Top Falcone Flyover, an evening aerial view at West 26th Street, looking south.

Seen from the Gansevoort end, the plaza and stairs at the Gansevort and Washington Street intersection.

Falcone Flyover, an elevated pathway, passes between historic warehouse buildings between West 25th and West 27th Streets, looking north.

Kick start summer with our colourful new issue of homestyle which is on sale this week.

We're loving the outdoor cabana at the Gregorys' home in Whangamata as featured on our cover. Create your own with our picks below:

TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: Cushions in Parquet, Christo and Peggy designs printed to order from Sparkk, Citta San Filipe Glass Jug $29.90, Citta San Filipe Glass Tumblers $28.90, Citta Moroccoan Beach Bag $39.90, Sunnylife Bamboo Serving Tray $49.95, Papaya Jardiniere Atriums from $45.

Seed Gallery’s 6th annual Christmas exhibition will bring together 300 unique and desirable artworks for a show of biblical proportions.

Each year, Seed Gallery invites a group of 30 artists working across a range of disciplines to work with a set template. Previous years have seen the reinvention of pine balls, cylindrical boxes and last year, tiny pine bowls. This year’s template is a 100x80mm wooden travelling icon, or miniature altarpiece.
Each artist is issued with 10 of these templates and a loose instruction to return 10 artworks which incorporate them. The participating artists have pulled out all the stops this year to produce a truly exciting and varied collection of work. The exhibition, titled Alter Piece, combines an opportunity to acquire an original work of art for only $80, with a rich testament to the imagination of our local artistic talent and is sure to delight all who see it.

The preview will be held on Thursday, November 24 - be there at 6pm to join in the celebration.

The exhibition will feature Stafford Allpress, John Appleton, David Brown, Natasha Cantwell, Sophie Corban, Scott Eady, Tabatha Forbes, Mark Foster, Richard Freestone, Belinda Griffiths, Veronika Maser, Aaron McConchie, Louise McRae, Naomi Nakama, Ryuzo Nishida, Paddy O'Rourke, Kristin Perrett, John Pusateri, Mark Rayner, Ben Reid, Peter Rive, Kirsty Ruffell, Kylie Rusk, Annie Sandano, Holly Shepheard, Rebecca Thomson, Janna van Hasselt, Jesse Watson, Sarah Williams and Maree Wilson.

To read more from Seed gallery click here.

Top image Moose by Natasha Cantwell and Sean Molloy. Above Untitled by Peter-Rive.
Below Lost Love 3 by Tabatha Forbes.

Are you keen on gardening, but not too sure about the mechanics? Anxious about powdery mildew or wanting to prevent rust? 

Yes? It sounds like you need to attend the Daltons School of Gardening, a series of free public workshops in Auckland.
On Saturday, November 26, award-winning landscape designer and celebrity gardener Xanthe White, featured in the next homestyle magazine, will talk about what you could be doing now to discourage diseases in your garden. Take along your affected plants for the Daltons expert to identify.

Classes are held the last weekend of each month at Daltons Landscape Supplies yard, 1 Morrin Rd, Mt Wellington. The next class is Saturday, November 26, from 2 to 4pm. For more details click here!

See the next homestyle for Xanthe’s amazing garden created for Daltons in Matamata, plus you could win a landscape plan for your garden. Dec/Jan issue out November 28.

Don't have the budget for fresh flowers every week? Well here's the answer. Fresh Flowers by Sandra Baustista, a Spanish deisgner is a newspaper of floral photographs where you can simply turn the page for a fresh arrangement whenever it takes your fancy. Click here to visit Itunube boutique.