It's only a few months since my trip, but so many other things have come along to fill my head and push those memories to the bottom drawer of the file cabinet in my brain. So it feels good to open that drawer again and linger over the patterns, their shapes and their colours, that transport me back to a time and a place, just like a scent can do the minute you smell it. Before you know it, you're right back in the memory ....
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| Tiles adorning the outside of Rumah Bebe shop-house |
When I first walked into Rumah Bebe in Singapore, I gasped. So much colour, so many patterns - my kind of heaven. I feel so alive and happy in places like this.
You can imagine how hard it was to choose which fabric to buy from the seemingly infinite range of batik prints stacked to the rafters in the back of the shop ....
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| A length of batik fabric I bought in Rumah Bebe |
Then I just couldn't resist this vintage thermos and its delicate decoration ....
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| Detail from vintage flask bought in Rumah Bebe, Singpore |
Time for a sit-down and a Singapore Sling after all that shopping!
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| Coaster from the Raffles courtyard bar, where you'll be served a REAL Singaore Sling. Tip: Don't bother with the Singapore Slings in the upstairs bar where everyone goes - it's pre-mix! |
Pattern is everywhere in Singapore, from the coaster under your Singapore Sling, to the stationery in your hotel ....
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| A montage of card, paper and envelope designs from the Regent Hotel, Singapore |
From the modern ....
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| The Crowne Plaza, Changi Airport, Singapore (taken from Terminal 3 - much more than an airport terminal!) |
To the traditional ....
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| Traditional shop-houses, Singapore |
I love this country's joyful use of both pattern and colour. I felt right at home! And speaking of home ....
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| Poppies (once they've flowered) |
The intricate patterns of nature and the countryside are always a source of delight in my native Scotland ....
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| Loch Leven, Scotland |
And how amazing was it on this trip to see the original interiors of the Royal Palace at Stirling Castle recreated as they would been in the 16th Century ....
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| The Queen's Inner Hall in the Royal Palace, Stirling Castle |
Another gasp-inducing moment ....
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| The Queen's Outer Hall |
And my old stomping ground of Edinburgh didn't disappoint either. It never does ....
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| A typical New Town terrace, Edinburgh |
And while Paris was a mere glimpse compared to the rest of the trip ....
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| No denying the Parisiens do a good lamp-post ... |
The patterns of its history are always a joy to behold ....
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| The underside of the Arc de Triomphe |
Thank you for joining me on this little 'Pattern' trip down memory lane. There's still the 'Texture' tour to come, so I look forward to seeing you there soon.
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| 'Nature Table' plate by Lou Rota, from Anthropologie in Edinburgh |
Til next time, Nx
2 comments:
Nic, it's hard to know where to linger the longest! I really love the detail on the thermos and the underside of the Arc de Triomphe? Magnificent :)
Oh, the terraces in the New Town of Edinburgh made me smile :-)
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