After graduating from art school, the French designer and entrepreneur Zoe de Las Cases set up shop in Paris and online. Her virtual aisles are filled with whimsical creations - all inspired by her unconventional childhood in the beautiful Aubrac region of France, vintage photographs and domestic imagery from the 1950s.
It's a strange but fun mix and very original; I have yet to find another shop offering wares including miniature cardboard kitchen kits, cushions covered with colanders and fox masks.
Zoe finds old photographs of nostalgic scenes - smiling children on a beach holiday or cloud-watching on soft grass, three serious sisters on a picnic, a pensive housewife pegging out her laundry - then adds splashes of bright colour and pattern to the monochrome prints to give them a modern twist before printing the designs onto cushions. The results are kitsch and fabulous.
She's not afraid to break the rules. Some of her cushions are irregularly shaped, as if a child has cut around the outlines of the people with a pair of scissors. Her red colander cushion is completely mad (and somewhat at odds with the rest of the range) but I love it all the more because it's so bizarre.
Zoe also sells cute magnetic boards that feature daydreaming girls and come with fun magnets that can be anything from a radish to a fly swat. Perfect for shopping lists or invitations, they're by far the most chic memo boards I've seen in a while.
Don't miss the strange little cardboard people here, apparently designed to be propped on shelves or stuck on the wall. Crafters, beware: there are the most amazing rubber stamping kits, with fluorescent pink ink and vintage-inspired designs such as analogue cameras, moustaches, designer chairs and rollerblades.
The poster collection at Zoe de Las Cases is a delight, too, and as totally bonkers as the rest of the shop. In most of the collage-like prints, colourful pigeons perch on children's heads. Pourquoi pas? It's crazy, but I'm converted.
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