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

Nicola Malkin was one of the first people I ever interviewed and wrote about – as subjects go, she was a pretty interesting one! Nicola is a young artist who creates large scale ceramic jewellery  – giant charm bracelets, and completely oversized old fashioned stud earrings.

Since interviewing her years ago, when she had produced her very first charm bracelet, Nicola has gone onto create eccentric accessories for the likes of Vogue and many a celebrity fan. I’m loving her gorgeous and intricate new giant ceramic blooms… amazing right?

Oh, I’ve been waiting for these ever since I saw them at Maison et Objet – new Donna Wilson ceramics!

How great is this big Meg face plate?! Donna also has a brand new blog which is so great if you’re a fan, she features all sorts of behind the scenes stuff like photoshoots and Donna working on her fabulous quirky pieces…

As promised, here is my pick of the jucy-est, most covetable ceramics at this years Ceramic Art London…

My absolute favourite Louisa Taylor was first on my route – displaying her gorgeous pastel Supper Set, which to me is the ultimate in ceramic collectables. She also showed off some new small vase designs whose colours faded with their graduation.

Next, was a surprise new discovery in the form of Kate O Connel. Kate takes inspiration from traditional tableware designs, enlarges their scales in patterns and forms and shatters the object to create something entirely new. Shards of giant china are used as platters and bowls in a new way.

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Awesome simple ceramic brooches with cool geometric designs and flashes of gold! From Meyer Lavigne.

To those who read this blog often, I don’t think I have to tell you who Karin Eriksson is as we feature her wonderful hand painted ceramics so often.

Karin, is one of the designers who’s work made me fall in love with the interiors industry six years ago when I began my journey as naive design ‘aficionado’. So can you imagine what it feels like to have her feature in an article on my blog??? So, so thrilling and awe-striking.

I give you Karin and a day in her work and home life in beautiful Stockholm…

My name is Karin Eriksson, I’m a ceramic designer maker with a background in advertising. I trained at Central St Martins in London and ship most of my work abroad to small independent design and craft shops.

I start my day with a cup of tea, yoghurt with fruit and linseed and the daily paper. Then I move on to the computer to check and reply to emails. One day a week I spend at home doing admin, book-keeping etc, but today is not one of those days.

I take the bus, train and a 15 minute walk to my workshop. The whole journey takes about 45 minutes and it’s worth every minute because just look at what welcomes me every day…

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