Design Milk Visits Nannie Inez

Wow, you guys I am so excited to tell you about our recent feature in Design Milk.  Over SXSW we had the pleasure of welcoming Jaime Derringer of Design Milk into the shop.  As if that wasn't exciting enough, we were featured on the blog last week.  This is our very first national design feature and we couldn't be more pleased.   

Thank you so much to Design Milk for helping us tell our Store(y).  And Thank you SO much to Lindsay Mound for the awesome illustrations.  Please do check out the post where we discuss a bit about our backgrounds and why we decided to open our design shop, Nannie Inez.  Let us know what you think, we would love your comments.  

A Visit to Nannie Inez 

Domestic Construction Rugs

We hope you are as excited about the arrival of spring as we are.  With spring freshness in mind, Nannie Inez is receiving loads of amazing new inventory.  This week our favorite new collection is by Domestic Construction, a small design group based in Bushwick Brooklyn.  The girls, as they refer to themselves, are installation artist, designers, stylist and art directors.  Their 'grounded floor mats' are just one example of their creative genius.  Day Tripper (seen above) is other worldly.  So check this out, each rug is digitally dyed based on an original hand cut paper design.  They are skid resistant and machine washable.  Even better is that they start at $98 and are available in 2 sizes.  You can find them in store and online

 Oh, speaking of online, did you know that Nannie Inez now offers free shipping on orders over $100.  Click here for more details.

In the Spirit of SXSW

We are celebrating SXSW with the help of Pop Chart Labs.  Check out a few of their  musically inclined prints.  Our favorites are A Visual Compendium of Guitars, Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names and Periodic Table of Heavy Metals.  

Wool House, The Campaign for Wool

Wow, if we were still living in London, I know exactly what I would be doing this weekend.  Somerset House is hosting 'Wool House' presented by The Campaign for Wool.  

"In the world’s largest showcase of wool, the recently renovated West Wing of Somerset House will be transformed into a home made primarily from wool.  Seven individual rooms, from the bedroom to the study, created by leading designers, such as Kit Kemp and Donna Wilson, will be exhibited to show how the design community uses wool extensively in their work."

As soon as I heard wool and UK, I knew Donna Wilson would surely be a part of the exhibit and look at the lovely nursery created by the artist... a new Mom herself.  You can see why Donna Wilson is a favorite at Nannie Inez.  

We are so proud to have Donna Wilson at Nannie Inez and soon we will be receiving goods from another amazing designer that I just know you are going to love!  Oh and guess what, this designer happened to exhibit at Somerset House as well!

Spanish designer Cristian Zuzunaga created an infinity runner in his signature pixel design and it is absolutely gorgeous!  Any day now we will receive Zuzunaga's Bitmap Collection and I can't wait to share it with you.  More on that soon!  

In the meantime, if you are in the London area, do yourself a favor and go see this exhibit in person... do it for me at least.

photos found here

Design or Art?

Sometimes a simple tool is used to design an experience that makes you feel something. I think this is a lovely example. This work is entitled "A Million Times" by Humans Since 1982 and will be a part of Design Days Dubai 2013.

File This Under Yoga Crush

 You guys, have a seat, watch this video and prepare to be blown away. Meghan Currie, I don't know you but I need you to know that I am obsessed. Your practice just inspired the shit out of me. The mindfulness, control and grace with which you move through these postures is absolutely amazing. I saw this video at just the right moment. Within the last couple of days I was just thinking that maybe I needed to challenge myself with something big... like perhaps... wait for it... a marathon? You see since we started preparing to open our little gem Nannie Inez, almost everything in my mind has been related to the shop. I have NEEDED yoga as a way to get out of my head, come back to center and manage stress and anxiety with a little more ease. I have loved yoga for some years now but it has started to feel like another task, another thing that in a funny way, the shop needed. So I was thinking that now that things are moving along, maybe it's time for me to do something that takes focus and planning but has nothing to do with Nannie Inez... hence the marathon idea. But when I saw this video, it reminded me why I love this practice so much. When I see how gracefully Meghan moves and stretches it reminds me that this is the kind of movement I want to give to my body. Running for miles and miles, grunting, tending to shin splints, and overall just being kind of mean to your body is why I moved away from this kind of activity in the first place. After all I was 26 when I ran my first marathon and I wouldn't mind just seeing how it goes now that I'm well into another decade. Marathon or no, I can tell you that this video takes me back to my mat with new focus and inspiration. Thanks Meghan. Enjoy!

Nothing new here, just some tips that never fail.

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