I am not a big traveller; I hate flying and in order to relax like to understand at least a wee bid about the customs people have around me … So my wish list of countries and cities I like to visit is quite short and simple … Copenhagen, Helsinki, Cornwall in the U.K. and [...]
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On the Isle of Skye
March 9th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Interior Design, Life, Nature, Uncategorized
Tags:architect Alan Dickinson·Isle of Skye·Rural Design·Scottish holiday home
Drawings
March 6th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Art, Uncategorized
I just stumbled upon the lovely illustration work of Hong Kong based artist Peony Yip, aka The White Deer. I like all her pencil work, but especially these animal morphing illustrations overlaid on females faces, aiming to explore the relationship between human, animal and nature. On her tumbler Peony tells us she is an amateur [...]
A little hiding place
February 9th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Architecture, Uncategorized
Wouldn’t it be great to escape to a place like this so now and then? With the snow please … … the woodstove… … and the lovely simple kitchen. Waldhaus is a design by Atelier-ST Via FreeCabinPorn. This site has great images of cabins and was a tip off from 13Threads. Thank you Lois!
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
The Exchange Hotel in Amsterdam
February 6th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Fashion, Interior Design, Uncategorized
The Exchange is a new hotel in Amsterdam where fashion meets architecture … 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 [...]
Tags:Architecture·Exchange Hotel·Fashion·Hotel Amsterdam·interior design
Jewelry by Myung Urso
January 28th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, Uncategorized
Every now and then you come across incredible jewelry and you think WOW! This is such work … Neckpiece COMBINATION by Myung Urso Bracelets Neckpiece Wraparound Neckpiece STRATE More work by Myung Urso on her site
A new brooch inspired by Azzedine Alaïa
January 26th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized
This is Alaïa a new sterling silver brooch we made recently. The brooch is inspired by a detail of the dress by fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa.
Tags:Azzedine Alaïa·big silver brooch·handcrafted jewellery·handmade jewelry·Marion Pannekoek
Great Paper art
January 24th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Art, Uncategorized
Valérie Buess is a Swiss artist who lives in Germany. 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
Work in progress
January 20th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Jewelry, My Work, Uncategorized, Work in progress...
January is always a quiet month in our Atelier. Maybe everyone still needs to find his or her rhythm in the new year … 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 [...]
Tags:bespoke wedding bands·blue gemstones·handcrafted jewellery·lapis lazuli·titanium weeding rings
One-Sheep Sweaters
January 14th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Fashion, Jewelry, Uncategorized
A few years back designers were invited by the Audex Textiel Museum in Tilburg, The Netherlands to experiment with making yarn from natural materials. 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 [...]
