2010 Archives - 14/26

aedes studio

Posted by sarah on Jun 11, 2010 in Design | 0 comments

It’s Friday and i’m happy! I have been so busy the past two weeks I feel like i’ve barely had a moment to think of colourful, creative, entertaining ideas. Now that I have been rejuvinated by comforting thought of “weekend,” I’m back in posting mode. First off, aedes studio out of Bulgaria. I’m feeling their interior design and architecture. This “design collective” offers clients an all-in-one service package from architecture, and interior design, to graphics and identity design. This is one company I would work with from start to finish-

The first couple pictures of the group are what caught my attention to dig deeper into who was behind the architecture. It was posted on Plastolux. The others, I dug up. Enjoy.

via plastolux

via building of the year

via deview

via aedes studio

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New Preston Bailey Blog

Posted by sarah on Jun 2, 2010 in Beautiful Event Design (BED) | 0 comments

Anyone who entertains or has had a wedding is probably familiar with Preston Bailey. If not, he is one of the greats in the industry and is a person to learn from and follow. I got a note today from one of Preston’s interns at his company alerting me to his new, revamped blog which I will say is 150 times better looking/easier to navigate than the first iteration.

The blog brings together a combination of his work, thoughts/ideas, his beautiful books, a how to section as well as a cool tool that prompts you to pick a colour and share some of the details of your event which culminates in a smart feed back to his portfolio of experience to give you ideas. Well done and looking forward to seeing new work.

Some blog shots to entice you:

: via preston bailey’s blog

Preston collaboration with Betsey Johnson via preston bailey's blog

via preston bailey's blog

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chocolate raspberry layer cake

Posted by sarah on May 31, 2010 in Food | 0 comments

I made a chocolate raspberry layer cake this weekend out of the new Bon Appetit magazine. Recipe is here. It was a hit with the guests. There were six adults and the ate half the cake by the time I returned at the end of the evening. Comments were that the cake was moist, dense but not overly sweet which is nice. The ganache, raspberry jam layer which I changed to a blackberry jam layer and the raspberries all worked nicely together. No flavour overpowered. The end result- a very satisfying piece of cake and I would make it again because it was easy. The only thing I will forewarn, my ganache was not thick to begin and I had to refrigerate and freeze (as per recipe instructions) to get it the consistency of something spreadable (like a butter cream). The first layer of icing, there were lots of spaces/gaps between the cake and I was strategizing that I would have to turn this thing into some sort of deconstructed chocolate raspberry shortcake or something. In the end, the ganache reached its desired consistency and spread like a dream as you can see in my pictures below.

As an aside, I have to admit, it’s been a while since i’ve made anything out of bon appetite with all the wonderful recipes available on blogs. I guess magazines really do have some serious competition now that everyone and their mother is a chef, decorator, event planner and designer.

Here is what the cake looks like in the magazine:

via bon appetit

Here is what I made:

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sift dessserts HK

Posted by sarah on May 29, 2010 in Food, Hong Kong, Uncategorized | 0 comments

My friend recently had her baby shower in Hong Kong and had these fabulous looking cupcakes on the table. I asked her where she got them from and she directed me to Sift Desserts HK. Sift is a modern bakery with very sophisticated desserts in Hong Kong, making everything from cupcakes, to macarons, tarts, cakes and cookies. The pictures I was able to find does not do this place justice so it’s better to check out their website. It looks like they will have a promising future in the city that never sleeps if there taste matches up to the aesthetic.