September 19, 2015 Nestled almost secretly in the shade of a pink poui tree, on the southwestern corner of Carlos and Roberts’ streets in Woodbrook Port of Spain Trinidad is The Frame Shop. Peeking in through the glass of the large door invites the tingle of excitement throughout your body that can be compared to […]
September 20, 2014 Our Designer Island Instagram Profile Series features work of artists who utilize Instagram as a preferred medium to showcase their work. At Designer Island we are always on the look out for similar minded artists and naturally want to connect, share and chat with them. One of our recent finds is BSDLife, Brendan […]
August 31, 2014 We’re inspired by beautiful things and even more so, we’re inspired by seeing our multi-faceted reflections in those beautiful creations… The beauty of her Caribbean surroundings and heritage inspired interior designer, Toni Suratsingh Crockett‘s, decorative pillow collection. Earlier this month, Toni hosted a gathering of friends and supporters at the Verandah Restaurant, Rust […]
April 19, 2014 “It’s important to visually document our space the way we understand and feel it daily.” We continue the Designer Island Instagram Profile Series – conversations with Caribbean artists who use Instagram to show their lives, travels and to make a statement about the Caribbean as they see it. Today we profile Nadia Huggins, a photographer […]
A few days in Grenada leave only impressions like snapshots taken from a speeding vehicle. There is just enough time for your eye to click the shutter and capture the image, but not enough to really understand the world around you. Grenada seems like the Caribbean we only see in postcards. There are no high-rise buildings and […]
As small as Trinidad seems on the map, there are still places that you can get lost in. Surely you’ve driven off the side of the island, skirted the coastline, magically sprouted fins and sailed across the ocean and ended up on another landmass. Surely you’ve closed your eyes and woken up elsewhere You’ve got […]
