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 info on Object Rotterdam.

Hotel The Exchange is an initiative by Lloyd Hotel and the cultural embassy Amsterdam. Students of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute dressed the rooms like models on the catwalk.

As a visitor you sleep in fashion and wake up in style…

The hotel is located in three buildings. In the same building there is a 230 m2 contemporary department store Options! and a restaurant Stock.

Pretty fabulous don’t you think?

Via April and May

This is such work …

Neckpiece COMBINATION by Myung Urso

Bracelets

Neckpiece Wraparound

Neckpiece STRATE

More work by Myung Urso on her site

The brooch is inspired by a detail of the dress by fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa.

For the last twenty years she has worked primarily with paper creating intricate sculptures that often resemble urchins, coral and other underwater life.

Paper Sculpture

Via : designboom

However, we currently have a couple of nice orders including  a request of a client to look for  a nice strand of Lapis Lazuli, the semi precious gemstone with the beautiful sky blue color.

It had to be absolutely the best quality Lapis, it needed to have a natural look, so not the shiny polished kind and certainly not the painted kind. Because believe it or not, ​​since the 13th century BC imitations are made of Lapis Lazuli.

We found 3 great strands so the customer has a choice from 3 different sizes and I think we keep a strand to ourselves to make a beautiful necklace …

Another order was for a pair of wedding rings, who for a nice change are not made ​​of gold but of titanium.

The titanium has a beautiful gray color and blends very nice with the inlaid cherry wood. More information about these rings can be found here.

We also made a new brooch inspired by our visit to a fashion show and we are working to design a pendant around a blue – green opal. Will be continued

During the process the designers were pleasantly surprised to discover exactly how many natural and plant-based materials could be made into yarns, including potato peelings, peanuts, milk, maize and seaweed.

Jewelry designer Willemijn de Greef made thread and yarn from nettle fibers to created this stunning oversized necklace.

The project also included “One-sheep sweaters” … before …

… and after

PS. Although Saterday is a busy day in our Atelier, I am going to work on my blog again today so … if the following days you might notice some irregularities on my blog, that’s because I am still working to redesign it a bit. So sorry …

After two weeks of sawing, hammering, hauling out old cabinets, cleaning and painting the walls, this is the result.

Finally room for my collection of  Maigret detectives, artbooks and a whole lot of big and small ginger jars.

In search of a new lamp I came across these beauties …

These beautiful lamps are called SKOG. The design is a collaboration between designer Caroline Olsson and Magnor Galssverk. Skog is the Norwegian word for forest.

Simply place a few of the lights together on the floor or on a table in order to create your own little forest. Or how about a few on my new cabinet?

True facts.

Junyi Wu

Via Olivier Abry

Three master painters designed in collaboration with designers Arian Brekveld, Chris Koens and Damian O’Sullivan as many as 22 new pieces. The collection is modern, without losing the tradition and craftsmanship of the Delftware.

The name: Blue D1653; Blue for Delftware, 1653 for the founding year of Royal Delft and D for design.

Call it contemporary nostalgia, new originality or the purest form of Dutch Design …

Via

PS. The following days you might notice some irregularities on my blog, that’s because I am working to redesign it a bit. So if something looks “funny” or out of place … so sorry …