Veuve Clicquot Champagne Handbags and Heels by Charlotte Olympia.

Charlotte Olympia launches a limited edition capsule collection for Veuve Clicquot Champagne. The bubbly collection of handbags and heels combines fashion brand Charlotte Olympia's sense of femininity and humor with the heritage of the famous French Champagne House. Cues from the champagne brand such as their yellow/orange color, their rosé color, names of their vintages, cork and of course, bubbles are combined with Swarovski sparkles, suede and satins to create this fancy and fun capsule collection.



Bouzy Pandora Clutch:

Inspired by pretty in pink Veuve Clicquot cases, the 'Bouzy Pandora' clutch box is set to match your bubbly flute of champagne.

Cheers!

Raise a glass and say 'Cheers!' to the statement clutch bag of this capsule collection. The effervescent off white figure and champagne flute is surrounded by gold glitter perspex and finished with a circular perspex handle – the perfect evening clutch bag.



Desi:

Heel measures approximately 85mm/ 2 inches. Dazzle in the fabulously feminine 'Desi'. This sparkling silhouette is an effortlessly glamorous slingback with Swarovski crystals and golden embroidery.

Bubbly Pandora:

This summer the highly covetable Pandora clutch box is bursting with champagne bubbles. This fabulous accessory will add a sparkling addition to your outfit.



Dolly:

Heel measures approximately 130mm/ 6 inches with a 40mm/ 1.5 inch platform. Pop the cork and raise a glass to the signature 'Dolly' silhouette hand crafted in glittering cork. The contrasting sheen of the gold "island platform" makes this limited-edition platform a must-have for summer wardrobes.

Cork Pouch:

This shimmering cork pouch is a must-have accessory this summer. Lined in blush silk satin and gold Charlotte Olympia plaque and finished with a Spider's Web zip closure.



Isadora:

Heel measures approximately 145mm/ 6 inches with a 35mm/ 1 inch platform. Inspired by the rich signature colours of Veuve Clicquot’s world-renowned Rosé Cuvée label, 'Isadora' is a glamorous sandal. The suede upper features crystal bejewelled detailing catches the light.



Kitty Flats:

Heel measures approximately 15mm/0.5 inches. Raise a glass to the limited-edition ‘Kitty Flats' in glittering cork with a gold embroidered cat's face.



La Grade Dame:


Heel measures approximately 110mm/ 5 inches. 'La Grande Dame' is the statement design of this capsule collection. The effervescent champagne flute is detailed with Swarovski crystals and gold bubbles – the perfect black satin sandal.

Serena:

Heel measures approximately 140mm/ 6 inches with a 40mm/ 1.5 inch platform. Encapsulating femininity and humour with the heritage of Veuve Clicquot, 'Serena' takes a sparkling twist in glitter cork, beautifully finished with the gold sheen of the signature "island platform".



Shop the collection here

Mundane Made Magnificent: Michael Ward Paints The Mystery Of The Ordinary.

A self-taught artist, Michael Ward captures what British-born philosopher Alan Watts called "the mystery of the ordinary" in his acrylic paintings of things we often overlook in our daily lives. Based on photographic images, his neo-realistic interpretations of unspectacular environments and people in the world around us are composed and rendered in such a way as to bring out the beauty in what one might have previously considered mundane, if not ugly.

Here are several of his paintings:





















Biography (courtesy of the artist):
I began my artistic career doing pen and ink renderings of historical architecture. I began painting in 1980, first in gouache, then in acrylics. Artists whose work I admire and draw inspiration from include Edward Hopper, Charles Sheeler, Richard Estes and Vermeer. I am most interested in depicting what Alan Watts called the mystery of the ordinary; the workaday world we live in without seeing until we are forced to focus upon it, as in a painting.

Nearly all my paintings are based on photographs I have taken, primarily of Southern California scenes, over the years. Though it was never my intention to depict nostalgic scenes, many of the images I have painted have disappeared or been radically altered in the ever-changing landscape that is Southern California. Thus nostalgia is thrust upon the works. But what I am really after is bearing witness, and making people stop what they're doing and pay attention, to something they may have never seen before, but that makes them feel “I know this.”

I am currently working on a series of house paintings. These simple, ordinary, unnoticed places have hidden interior lives, though they do not reveal them to us. The houses are from a variety of locations in the United States and Mexico. They are the place you grew up in, a place of nurture, experience, trial, memory and forgetting. They are all a common size, to symbolize our shared experience of being human.

Phyllis Lutjeans, Museum Educator and former curator, has said of my work: “Although Michael Ward may be called a neo-realist painter his work can ultimately be described as abstract realism. The picture image is photographically realistic, but within the context of the painting his compositions are complex and almost abstract. Deciphering the work section by section one sees how a multitiude of individual complete compositions are put together to form the entire work. For me the viewer is confronted by a realistic image that puzzles us and clearly tells the story simultaneously.”

As a painter, I am self-taught.

Michael Ward Art and Design


A book of his works is available here on Blurb

See his paintings at Pasadena's Tirage Gallery

Other galleries that represent Michael Ward:

Mesa Art
789 W. 19th St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949.548.3570

Studio Gallery
18001 Skypark Circle, Suite R, Irvine, CA
949.851.9181

Contact the artist directly here.

Get A FREE Fold and Play Recycled Speakers or Rocki-It 3.0 From OrigAudio In Honor Of Their Anniversary.

For OrigAudio’s 4th Anniversary, today, they are giving away 4,444 of their most popular products. Visit their website from this link and you can choose from their ROCK-IT 3.0 or their FOLD AND PLAY RECYCLED SPEAKERS for free, until they are all gone. Really.

What started as two guys with a crazy invention in a garage has now turned into a company with 9 mind-blowing products.


To thank you so much for your support over the years and for being part of the awesome OrigAudio family, they are generously giving away your choice of two of their most popular products.:


The Rock-It 3.0: A portable vibration speaker that can turn anything, yes anything into a booming loudspeaker. This product also won us Season 2 of ABC's hit show "Shark Tank"! (Regularly priced $19.99)


Fold N' Play speakers: Speakers that start flat and pop up like origami. Made out of recycled materials and require no power to work. Proudly named Time Magazine's "50 Best Inventions of 2009" and the product that put us on the map. Choose from 6 different designs.

Go here to choose your free product!

Holy Hagy Belzberg! Brand New $28.8 Million Dollar Estate Off The Sunset Strip Is For Sale.

1232 Sunset Plaza Drive is more than a home, more than an estate... it's a fricken' compound. The recently completed home was designed by Hagy Belzberg and is a secluded, resort-like sanctuary with three distinct structures - a Main Residence, Wellness Center and Guest House. The 13,000 total square foot home has 8 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms. The main residence is 10,500 square feet, the guest home offers an additional 1,750 square feet of living space and a separate 750 square foot gym completes the 3-structure compound.

Pantone Pumps Are A Kick Of Color. Pumptone Universe by Christian Goldemann.

*Please note: this is not an officially licensed Pantone Product, nor is it available for sale

Continuing to exploit Pantone Colors is this dream project that gives high heels a hue. Pumptone is a concept that art director /graphic designer and illustrator Christian Goldemann of goldesign wishes to produce in cooperation with Pantone Universe and famed shoe designer Christian Louboutin. This collection is yet another imaginative effort combining Pantone colors with a product.










If it did come to light, I would sport a pair, that's for sure.


See more of Christian Goldemann's work here on Behance.

Willow Dinnerware For Video Game Lovers by Olly Moss.

Olly Moss, a designer of whose work I am a giant fan, created these during some downtime. He re-imagined the classic China Willow pattern as dinnerware gamers would eat up.





Olly Moss

A Hole In G. Ollie Willis Designs A Typographic Golf Course.

Leicester born London based Designer Ollie Willis challenges the precision, patience and frustration common in the game of golf with a mini golf course in the shape of the letters of the alphabet.By creating a typeface that uses the curves, 45º and 90º angles that are present in mini golf courses, the letters can be made into interactive structures pairing the processes of golf and design to become a 26 hole course.

Living On The Edge: The Holman House by Durbach Block Jaggers

Sited on the edge of a 70-meter high cliff, the plan of Holman House refers to Picasso's painting The Bather. It contains a complex series of fluid living spaces set within a meandering perimeter that arcs, folds and stretches in response to sun, landscape and views.