BLACK FRIDAY: Ishka Designs Inc.

Meet Anishka Clarke and Niya Bascom

The designer and photographer behind

Ishka Designs’ creative team consists of the duo, Anishka Clarke and Niya Bascom. After working a decade in finance, both in Jamaica, and Wall Street, Anishka quit her successful and award-winning finance job to pursue her real passion, interior design and Niya has over fifteen years experience in photography, shooting unknowns to celebrities, products to interiors. Ishka Design Inc. is based in Brooklyn, New York with a satellite office in Kingston, Jamaica!

While Anishka’s design aesthetic leans towards minimalism, you would never guess given the how warm her rooms appear

I recently became “friends” with Anishka on twitter shortly after the whole “Nate Day” experience and I’m so glad I did! I’m a huge fan of her work and I hope to meet her in person one day! She is very talented and that was proven when Ishka Designs was featured in the latest issue of Rue!

I’ll leave you with one of my favorite spaces designed by Anishka

Swoon!

You can find Anishka:

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Blog

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Happy Friday!

BLACK FRIDAY: Karen of Hammocks & High Tea

If you haven’t heard of Hammocks & High Tea, I suggest you climb out from under your rock and pull out a magazine! It’s the amazing product line by Karen Young. Consisting of tea towels, sachets, totes, and pillows to name a few, Hammocks & High Tea has something for everyone!

I had the pleasure of meeting Karen in New York at the HGTV luncheon and she is such a doll, not to mention FUNNY!

Her products have been featured in many magazines and also featured on the Nate Berkus Show. They were recently featured in the latest issue’s of House Beautiful and Better Homes and Garden (in which I always give her a shout out on twitter whenever I see a mention!)

“Inspired by my grandmother (the embodiment of fusion with Scottish-Portuguese heritage), Hammocks & High Tea offers products that express a modern sensibility of what is commonly known as tropical design.”- Karen

I love the colors and patterns she uses in her collection. I actually have plans for her drawer liners!

You can find Karen here:

Website

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Twitter

Happy Friday!

BLACK FRIDAY: Niki McNeill Edition

Hi guys! I’m sure that you already know February is coined ‘Black History’ month, and after a conversation with my son the other night, I decided to do a feature on my blog highlighting different African American artists.

This feature not only will include well known artist, but some that are not so known about that are just as fabulous! You may also realize that many of my highlights will consist of women. Why is that? Because there is always a time to highlight a woman!!!

The first highlight for Black Friday is of fellow blogger

Niki McNeil

Niki is the writer behind the blog Single Bubble Pop. She is also a graphic/web designer

And on top of that she really is an artist. She currently has a feature on her blog called “What I Wore”, where she illustrates her outfits

She can also do it for you!

Oh yeah, did I mention that she is an interior designer? Yeah, she is just all around fabulous!

Niki McNeill is a very nice person and I’m happy that she allowed me to feature her for Black Friday. I’m currently working with her on a few design projects for myself and I must say that she is nothing less than friendly as well as professional (and as you can see, TALENTED)! Thank you Niki for being such an inspiration to me. You really show how anyone can do it all if they set their mind to it!

You can find Niki on

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Twitter

Website

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