Amazing work by Finnish environmental artist Jaakko Pernu.
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Trippen!
March 5th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Fashion, Uncategorized
So now and then, for technical reasons, my blog is still not accessible…
my apologies. The server has promised by next Tuesday everything will be resolved.
Lets talk about shoes!
Really unbelievable how many shoes Trippen shows on their site and webshop.
A wide range from minimalistic to the exotic.
Michael Oehler and Angela Spieth founded the German shoe manufactory [...]
Tags:handmade shoes·Trippen
From Swiss with love…
February 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Design, Uncategorized
Years ago Manufactum was one of the first online stores that I discovered on the web. A wonderful store with items you thought no longer existed, classics in the real sense of the word……
I hope you all have a wonderful and relaxed weekend!
Swiss army blanket, 100% new pure wool.
Once upon a time bags like this [...]
Tags:Manufactum
Alexander van Slobbe
February 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Fashion, Uncategorized
Thanks to fashion designer Alexander van Slobbe the Netherlands is known as an international fashion country. Alexander van Slobbe was ahead of his time.
As a reaction against materialism he often makes use of traditional techniques by craftsmen.
His womens label Orson + Bodil exist for 20 years. To celebrate this there is a great exhibition, Stof [...]
Eating with cows
February 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Food, Uncategorized
In a previous post I talked about the fascinating outdoor dinners that American Jim Denevan organized.
The other day I came to the site of Sjef Meijerman and saw him doing something similar in the Netherlands. In his work Sjef deals with the origin of matters, he is strongly fascinated by the basic relation between man [...]
Tags:cows·Dutch·ecological food
Drops Pouf!
February 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Design, Uncategorized
Camilla Hounsell Halvorsen is a Norwegian designer.
She is a master student in furniture design and interior architecture at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
First there was the Drops Chair and now Camilla made the Drops Pouf. The pouf is inspired by the art of tassel making. Camilla wrapped an inner tube in colorful ribbons of [...]
Bazar Tsje & Tsje
January 28th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
This garland of colord paper cubes has electric lights and is for sale in de online shop of Bazar Tse & Tsje. Make sure you make a visit to this French, very odd and special looking online shop.
Tags:Bazar Tsje & Tsje·garland
Endless meals
January 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Food, Uncategorized
I know, I know, it is still very much winter…. Well I say time for some summer pictures!
This is about ‘Outstanding in the Field’ a group of people organizing adventurous diners to celebrate food at the source. Jim Denevan, a Californian artist I talked about before over here, founded the whole idea in 1999.
The long [...]
Typical Dutch?
January 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Architecture, Uncategorized
This hotel in Zaandam is a design by WAM Architects. It appears to be a heap of Dutch, traditional wooden houses. I don’t know what to think about it, do you?
The twelve-story square hotel tower is situated in the centre of Zaandam, Holland. The hotel facade is a monumental accumulation and interpretation of different types [...]
A Merry Christmas!
December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Jewelry, Life, Uncategorized
I like to wish you all A Merry Christmas and a very Happy and Peaceful 2010!
Tomorrow I am leaving for a small hotel on the Veluwe. To hike, to have Christmas dinner and pay a visit to the jewelry exhibition “het grote versieren” , at the Museum for Modern Art in Arnhem.
After Christmas we continue [...]
