Not Your Granny's Patchwork.

I was checking out Danielle de Lange's The Style Files on my hunt for some fabulous throw pillows for my new Jasper sofa (which arrives tomorrow, by the way!). I did a search on Danielle's site for pillows and she had a post about a Dutch design company by Marlies Spaan called MeS Textiles. They custom make these totally fun and hip patchwork pillows that I just completely fell for. They use this great mixture of textiles and fabrics, including the Eames Dot pattern, which they combine with really colorful checks and calico prints. It's crazy, and I never could have imagined these, but they really work and look fantastic. Very modern-hippie. Next time I'm off to Amsterdam (and I'm dying to go) this will be one of my first stops. In the meantime, it's wonderfully inspiring design and you can contact them MeS online for orders.




*On a side note, even the photography on the site is cool; very American Apparel-ish.