Tag Archives: inspiration

Drawing from the Heart

I have wanted to do a post about my grandmother (iaia Marta) Ribas Rabassa for a long time, as a sort of tribute to her life and work. I first thought of writing this post when I wrote the one … Continue reading

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Midsummer Night’s Wedding – The Invitation

Today we start a series of posts dedicated to the various aspects of what it takes to create and organize a BiniChic wedding. Jacopo and I will be getting married this summer in Tuscany (where he’s from), and thought you … Continue reading

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Bringing Nature Inside – Part II

Authentically BiniChic, Susan Unger’s home and fashion creations have embellished many homes and dressed countless women around the world. A few months ago, we shared with you the beginnings of her career on the island of Menorca (if you’d like … Continue reading

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Islands of Color

We’re back! Thank you for your patience while we have been immersed in the creation and launch of our new BiniChic Store, which you can check out here. We hope you enjoy it and keep coming back for new products, … Continue reading

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Effervescent Times

When she gave me the book “Photographs: Malick Sidibé,” Alana told me she got it because Sidibé’s images reminded her of BiniChic. Sidibé composed his portraits as if arranging a painting, beautifully capturing the rapidly modernizing Malian youth culture of … Continue reading

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When Art Dances with Music

BiniChic recently went on an stimulating trip to the past, where we revisited the ground-breaking costumes, backgrounds and art made for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. It was a fortuitous coincidence that we had been recently working on a new edition … Continue reading

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The Future of Living

In times of crisis, creativity and resourcefulness are invaluable assets. A slow economy can turn into a positive challenge as well as an opportunity to grow, build and create. (GRUPA) is a group of volunteer designers, artisans and architects actively … Continue reading

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Poetic Art

Marcel Villier is a poet from the Japanese school, who instead of writing haikus makes watercolors. An adopted Minorcan — he likes to say he discovered it the same way Columbus discovered the Americas: by chance — Marcel has been … Continue reading

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Primary Color

Red is the color of primal energy.  It is the color of passion, love, beauty and of strength, motivation and physical drive. Red warns us, catches our attention, raises the blood pressure and quickens the heartbeat. Texts from antiquity tell … Continue reading

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Fresh Ideas

Last week the BiniChic team went up north to the effervescent and inspiring metropolis of Paris. Great design was everywhere. The streets, the shops, the flea-markets and the trade show Maison et Objet were brimful of new ideas. Today we’d … Continue reading

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