Did you guys enjoy a walk through the floral past of French Bull?

Next up on our list, released during 2007, was Carnival soon to be replace by Tapestry by 2008. Tapestry was a very popular print for French Bull that was finally discontinued in 2012. You can still see Tapestry as part of our storage container collection.

Carnival

Tapestry

Another French Bull favorite, Isis, was released the following season with Splendida and Collage following shortly after. Isis, along with Multiplaid, were the only collections to be released as plate (set of 4 assorted colors)  and picnic bag sets.

Isis

Splendida

Collage with our neutral Spin pattern

Raj debuted a few years later and has been one of our most successful patterns to date. Raj has been featured on almost all of our products from platters to mini bowls and spreaders to slippers.

Raj

Lastly, our most recent floral was released for this Spring and Summer, Dahlia. Named after the Mexican flower, this bright and colorful collection is perfect for any gathering this season.

Dahlia

Have a great Memorial Day weekend! Be sure to share any French Bull table settings from the weekend on our Facebook and Twitter pages!

Here is a quick rundown of the Spring 2013 trends we love!

Asia: The Asian theme spotted from such designers as Prada and Hermes was a favorite of ours. Kiminko tops, dresses, and Asian prints were paraded down many runways. One of our top sellers from the spring houseware shows, Kat, is inspired by the ancient Indonesian dying technique, Ikat.

Contrast: Another fabulous trend is the contrast of black and white as displayed by fashion great Marc Jacobs down the New York runways at Lincoln Center.

Botanicals: Also, of more relevance to French Bull, the Lifestyle Home Show in London saw a huge botanical trend. We always love a great floral pattern!

We also just received samples for our Fall 2013 line! We are super excited for everyone to see what we’ve been designing over the past few months!

There’s no better way to begin the season of Spring than with a beautiful garden! Living and working in a concrete jungle, we do not have the luxury of spacious yards and gardens; however, New Yorkers make do with what is given to us. Here are a few pictures of the “gardens” around the neighborhood of our office:

Can’t wait for these buds to bloom on Park Avenue!

Now is also the time to start prepping your garden for those fabulous spring and summer parties. Our durable and easy-to-clean French Bull plates, platters, and trays are great for all outdoor parties. Our bright and vivid patterns and colors with make any party pop! Here are a few snapshots and ideas from some of French Bull visionary Jackie Shapiro’s many backyard events.

Please share your fabulous French Bull garden parties with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Happy Gardening!

French Bull is excited to release two new patterns for our 2013 Spring/Summer Collection!

Our first and floral pattern is Dahlia, inspired by the Mexican national flower named after the 19th Century Swedish botanist Andreas (Anders) Dahl.

The second is Kat, inspired by the ancient dyeing technique Ikat.

With their vibrant colors and historical roots, both patterns are sure to become mainstays in the French Bull anthology!

We are also introducing many great new products this season to accompany our plate and platter collections. A trio of vivaciously vivid service trays and bowls in our two new patterns, along with Ziggy and Mosaic.

Mosaic Sleigh Tray, also available in Ziggy, Kat, and Dahlia

Ziggy Trio Tray, also available in Mosaic, Dahlia, and Kat

Dahlia Serving Bowl, also available in Kat and Ziggy

Ziggy, one of our best selling patterns, has finally become a salad server!

Last, but certainly not least, are our lusciously lucent tumblers and flatware snap sets! Both are available in a trio of lucent colors: turquoise, lime, and pink. The snap set is a luminously translucent spoon, fork, and knife that snap together – perfect for all your to-go needs!

Everything is now available on FrenchBull.com!!

Recently, I’ve come across many blogs and articles showing different types of plate walls. This is a unique way to add flair and style to any room, while showing off the paisley pop and delightful design of your striking tableware. There is nothing worse than storing your fabulous French Bull products in a cabinet, only to be seen when used. You can mix and match or keep patterns and sets together. Show off your style!

 
Below are a few examples we have around our office. We place our plates on stands on our shelves; however, there are actual plate hangers found at any shopping or hardware store. They are cable-type hangers that will keep any plate attached to the wall, including those treasured vintage pieces or the beloved family set.

Great spread from the May 2009 issue of Elle Decor of our Isis plate as part of a plate wall

Happy Plate Hanging!

We recently received some great press from a few of our international distributors.

Firstly, a spectacular spread from SOHO 100% Design Shop in Israel. SOHO did a fabulous feature with our storage containers and Ziggy and Mosaic round platters. These are great items for hearty Thanksgiving hosting!

Secondly, our swanky spreaders in Australia’a Home and Garden magazine.

Lastly, Urban Yogi in Dubai contacted us a few months ago about selling French Bull. Look at the magnificently marvelous job she has done! Such a great use of design and color!

Hi Guys!

French Bull survived Hurricane Sandy in one piece, thankfully! Our office is uptown, so we avoided flooding and power outages. Our warehouse wasn’t as lucky; however, they received electricity today, and they are back to business!

Below are a few pictures of the Frankenstorm aftermath. There are a few from the Upper East Side near our offices. French Buller’s have walked, biked, rented zip cars, crammed on shuttles and limited operating trains in order to get to the office in hopes of regaining normal work flow as soon as possible!

Our thoughts and sympathies go out to everyone along the East Coast that was not as fortunate as us!

View of Manhattan after the storm

Commuters walk across the Queensboro Bridge instead of taking mass transit after work

New Yorkers waiting for the bus since trains were inoperable. The line wrapped around the corner.

The National Guard downtown. Taken via the shuttle bus from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

Hi Guys!

Looks like Autumn has finally arrived! The weather is getting cooler, and the leaves are finally changing. It’s time to pull out your neoprene slippers and Tapestry collection!

 
It’s been a very busy time here at French Bull! Even though it’s fall time, we are currently working on our Spring 2013 Catalog.  We will be releasing two harmoniously hip patterns, along with a few new tableware items that we know you guys will absolutely adore. We’ve wrapped up our photo shoots and are working on putting everything together to form a final product. A tremendous thank you to the models and hairstylists that took time out of their busy day to help us.  The day was spectacularly successful! Can’t wait for everyone to see what we are working on! Here’s a sneak peek of our fabulous photo shoot:

Wardrobe

Jackie and Ron having a “discussion”

French Bull Love

The kids having a great time!

All packed up!

The end of summer is approaching, and some fantastically fabulous things have been happening here at French Bull. We’ve said goodbye to a great designer and dear friend who is moving to the West Coast. We’ve also acquired a great new designer who we know will do an amazing job.

Also, we had a tremendous time at the NY International Gift Fair in August. We obtained some great new accounts, and we had a marvelous time catching up with some old ones.

Delicious drinks with Jackie and Friends

Jackie and Ron with Alfie from Helium

Jackie has previously blogged about French Bull Korea. We have another new store at the Buchen Branch. French Bull Korea does a great job with the setup in these stores. They offer a very unique group of porcelain products that are not offered here in the US.

French Bull Korea at the Lotte Department Store in Buchen

French Bull Korea plate collection

Kids and Astrology collections

Lastly, we FINALLY received our neoprene slippers! After a long awaited arrival, we are super extraordinarily excited to finally have them in stock. The slippers are a great accessory, especially with winter just around the corner.

in 2004 I had the pleasure of licensing French Bull to a Korean entrepreneur that shared my vision of putting a smile on our customer’s face through the use of pattern on product in our everyday. Since then, we continue to design and produce to that end.

French Bull Korea’s distribution model embraces our lifestyle sensibility of products that add a surge of pop to your day-to-day, and are made only available through shop-in-shop partnerships with select retailers.

This bullog post highlights some snapshots of the latest French Bull shop at the Ulsan branch of Lotte department store in South Korea.

Never having seen our brand-name signage carved out in 3d and placed so beautifully on a wall as in these photos, I’m inspired and overjoyed by our growing presence around the world to 

Live Vivid.

Ulsan Branch of Lotte French Bull store

Ring, Fantasia, Delight & Multidot gold rimmed espresso sets

Porcelain Zodiac Collection

Delight table top collection

Multiplaid, Splice, and Dial serving platters

French Bull Shop in Shop at Lotte Department store

I love this sign