Cord Lights

Cord lights.  Very popular right now.  Cool and retro.  Done really well in this Italian bistro in Milan.  I talk a lot about working with the existing elements and here they strike again.  Original brick barrel vaulted ceilings meet kickass cord lights.  A genius fix.  Instead of running some traditional metal pipe (conduit) to get the power to the cord lights they opted to order/design the fixtures with additional cord. The cord becomes another design element and runs exposed along the ceiling following the brick and mortar patterns completing the connection.

via Yatzer

Kitchen Bricks

A smaller European kitchen showcasing brick details.  Look just about anywhere and you'll find some kickass brick patterns and styles across many kitchen backslashes.  In this application, however, the brick becomes the focal point of the kitchen.  It may be subtle but it's all about the detail from the stacked pattern wrapping the island to the jack on jack pattern cladding the backsplash and wall surface.  A very cool example of taking the material and design a little further without going over the top.

via Remodelista