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

I love the gothic romanticism behind these delicate and detailed pleated cushions and purses from Showpony. Available in two ranges, ‘Passing Time’ and ‘Hiding Place’ the cushions are pretty on the outside but hide mysteries on the inside…

In the Passing Time range, a simple tree motif is used to represent summer on the surface, if you peek between the folds you will find cold wintery leafless trees.

Cushions and purses in the Hiding Place range look pretty and appealing on the surface, inside you will find spiders, beetles and ants among thorns and decaying vegetation… but they still look so pretty!

See what they look like from afar here.

Like a modern day Rapunzel, London based Eunsuk Hur creates art with her intricate trails of textile trickery…

For anyone who noticed – I missed a post scheduling  on Friday, so here it is…

One of my very first shoots in this industry when I began as an assistant – was a fabrics shoot of sorts for Elle Decoration. Various fabrics were made into cushions and displayed in wonderful ways. There was one particular fabric I remember having to track down all week, one with a strange sounding name, we looked all over London [it was a lot more exclusive back then] and finally found it.

When I saw this elusive fabric at the shoot, all sewn and prepared in the form of a giant cushion, I remember being taken aback that something so naive and fairytale-like existed and was revered in an industry which I obviously didn’t fully understand as yet. It was of course the now very famous green Celotocaulis beanstalk print fabric. I obviously loved it, with my penchant for the magical, but was stunned that others did too.

I think what that shoot taught me not to be afraid of bold moves. Seeing this explosion of fabrics and patterns in Svenskt Tenn’s Stockholm shop really reinforces that. All these friendly, storybook fabrics were someone’s bold move and are now loved the world over [however out of them all, I think the beanstalk fabric will always be my favourite]!

images courtesy of Flickr.

How adorable are these new London and Paris themed products from Michelle Mason?

As part of her new Spring Summer 2010 range, Michelle has created as set of digitally printed cushions depicting pockets of London and Paris life. ‘French Fancy’ features a flower market with the iconic Eiffel Tower as a backdrop, ‘London Night’ depicts a street lit by street lamps complete with a black cab and a Routemaster bus, and ‘Flower Market’ illustrates the famous Columbia Road flower market. I could look stare at them and imagine sweet stories within their scenes all day!

All products can be bought from Michelle’s stockists.

Whimsical cushions from French textile designer Marie Wagner all with on-trend coral accents. Love the rain drops!