The Beat That My Heart Skipped – A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi.

Love these crystalline crisp photographs of Swedish typography in a cafe from Forever is Today.

My name is Melissa Launay. I am a painter and illustrator.

I do not remember this, but I was apparently born in the Westminster Hospital on the Thames Embankment in London and immediately whisked off to Spain to be with my mother’s family. I am half Spanish.

Found to be sufficiently acceptable, I remained there for the next 20 years or so and, as I showed a certain amount of talent drawing as a child, I finished my education at the Seville University of Fine Arts. London was still in my blood, however, and as soon as I could I moved back to the capital where I now live in a delightful Georgian house in  Stockwell which I share with four delightful people.

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I am a real believer in seeing inspirational messages in your daily life, positive words instantly make me feel better. So these gorgeous letter-pressed prints on recycled paper from Keep Calm Gallery tick all my boxes.

The above ‘fail better’ print was inspired by the fantastic words of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett and the below by the well known expression to ‘become who you are’. Both are available here at only £25 each.

I found this gorgeous London Townhouse in the US Elle Decor – I have a feeling that if  London and the Upper East Side ever collided this might be the result don’t you think? It may come as no surprise then that the home owner once worked as a buyer in Saks Fifth Avenue.

I love the relaxed yet luxurious feel of the home with bold details and vivid colours. My favourite piece has to be the blue and green hued impressionist portrait in the breakfast room – so elegant.

I can hear the birds cheep all day on these long spring days, what if one day you looked out of the window and saw each and every one had magically turned into these pretty, pretty porcelain and gold lustre birdies? Unlikely but quite wonderful to imagine…