Dutch designer Nienke Sybrandy … ” My works arise from observations of daily life: small events at home, street images, actions and traditions. I walk around them and examine them from all possible perspectives. My favourite materials, my muse, are objects that are so self-evident that they are overlooked. I lift them out of the [...]
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Salone del Mobile 2012
April 23rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design
Doshi Levien is a London based design office, established in 2000 by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien. At salone del mobile during Milan design week 2012, Doshi and Levien showed CHANDLO a dressing table they made for BD barcelona design. The dressing table refers to the Bindi worn by Indian women on their forehead, the vanity [...]
Tags:Blue couch·Chandlo·Doshi and Levien·Milan design week 2012·modern dressing table·Salone del mobile 2012
So Simple
March 28th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Design, Uncategorized
This vintage German contraption is a design by Hans Brockhage (German, 1925-2009) and Erwin Andra in the 1950s. The “Schaukelwagen” is made of solid beech and plywood and has rubber wheels. It can be flipped one way to use as a child-sized play car or tilted upside-down to become a rocking chair. Such a simple [...]
Tags:1950 design·children's rocking chair·German design·Hans Brockhage·Toy car·Vintage toys·wooden toy car
Dots!
February 29th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Design, Interior Design, Life
For some time now I was looking for something to store my bags and shawls. Look what I found and bought the other day … just my style … simple, modern and warm. Made in first class oak wood, the Dots are a design by Norwegian Designers Tveit &Tornøe. The largest Dot has a diameter [...]
Portable stool
February 16th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Design, Interior Design
As some of you already know I am very fond of little stools. It’s a good thing my house is rather small otherwise there would be little krukjes al over the place… Here is another one … The carry – on portable stool by Scandinavian designer and architect Mattias Stenberg of studio vision A&D. This [...]
Tags:little stools·Mattias Stenberg·The carry - on portable stool
Making coffee the slow way
February 14th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design, Life
Do you know I never owned a coffee machine in my life? Until this day I make coffee by hand through a filter and all of a sudden I am hip because this is making coffee the slow way. And because of that all sorts of gorgeous coffee pots are popular although this one was [...]
Tags:coffe grinder·coffee pot·filter coffee·Neest·slow coffee
Cozy Shelter
February 13th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Design
The exhibition Design World in the Design Museum in Helsinki is from January 27 until May 6, 2012. The exhibition looks at international contemporary design and has a lot of pieces on show from well known but also from starting designers. The brand-new design Cozy Shelter by Dutch designer Lambert Kamps, features in this exhibition. [...]
Tags:Cozy shelter·Design Museum Helsinki·Dutch design·Lambert Kamps
Jewelry at Design Fair OBJECT Rotterdam
February 8th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design, Jewelry, Uncategorized
OBJECT Rotterdam Design Fair February 9-12, 2012 OBJECT Rotterdam a Design Fair with a mixture of, crafts, fashion, design, architecture and art. Good to see jewelry makers Judith Bloedjes and Ineke Otten participate in this Fair. The work of Judith Bloedjes includes unique jewelry and objects, often made of porcelain and / or silver. More [...]
Tags:design fair Rotterdam·handcrafted jewellery·Judith Bloedjes
Balancing between art and design
February 3rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · Design, Fashion, Textile Art
Sophie Duran lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. As a conceptual designer, Sophie balances between art and design. Sophie’s new collection is a wonderful series of scarves, titled “Undiscovered Wonders of the World”. The scarves are digitally printed on crepe de chine and silk velvet. The project came about with the cooperation of the [...]
