keeping up with other design blogs is a full time gig. In my morning read i discovered an interesting peice from Apartament Therapy about this great source for silk flowers a company called Sia.  You read something online and then the investigation begins… and then only ends when you actually track down the source. Sia Home Decoration a French company pulls their products primarily from Hong Kong where technology is innovating itself every day with renditions of flowers and plants so close to reality most people have a hard time telling the real from the fake.  And taken from their book of flower trends:

“This autumn the look is all about intense colour - rich reds, hot, sexy crimsons, the deep shades of a Bordeaux vintage plus the full spectrum of dusky pinks and purples. Flowers of the season include roses, dahlias - the neat Pom Poms to the more flamboyant Majestics - as well as wild asters. Red is the starting point of any display and for this you can’t ignore anthurium, Vanda and Phalaenopsis orchids as well as banksia and protea for exotic luxury.
To these add a more rustic element with branches of berries and even rhubarb leaves. This season’s love of contrasts can be seen with flowers too, with the mixing of the delicate and the tough, the local with the exotic. Fabulous!”

Sia