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Our visit at Meesterlijk

October 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Design, Fashion, Uncategorized

Last Sunday, Jan and I visited the Fair “Meesterlijk Design and Crafts”. Please find more info about Meesterlijk in an other post I wrote overhere . It was good to see that on the day we visited, the fair was pretty crowded. Many new designs in many different areas. Meesterlijk is stil going on through [...]

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Contemporary, festive and sophisticated

October 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Design

New in the online store of Wannekes is the collection of these modern contemporary tablecloths. The beautuful damask tablecloth are woven in the Dutch Textile museum and are designed by Dutch designers like Studio Job, Jurgen Bey, Hella Jongerius, Kiki van Eijk, Christien Meindertsma, Scholten & Baijings, Ineke Hans and more. Anne- Marie Jetten “Red [...]

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Knitting

September 24th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Design, Handmade, Uncategorized

Erica Hogenbirk is a Dutch designer. She graduated from the Hoge School voor de Kunsten in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Erica took fashion design, specializing in knitting techniques. Her collection consists of beautiful bags, clothing, jewelry and interior products. All Erica’s products are handmade by her from start to finish. Only natural materials such as wool [...]

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Inspired by Thonet chairs

August 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Design

For some time now I have been looking for new kitchen chairs. While surfing I came to the site of Sjoerd Vroonland a Dutch designer. Sjoerd Vroonland is in his fourth year of Product Design at the School of  Arts in Arnhem, The Netherlands. He was inspired by the traditional and early industrial furniture designs [...]

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Maria Hees

July 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Design, Fashion

In the 70′s of the last century Maria Hees was part of a unique group of designers in The Netherlands. After 30 years she still continuous to make designs witch I find innovative and modern. These beautiful bags of Maria Hees are for sale at Wannekes. Wannekes sells online fashion and designer accessories at the [...]

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La Fence

June 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Architecture, Design

Dutch design is world renewed for its conceptual, almost art-like products. A great example is this fence by Joep Verhoeven for Studio Demakersvan. La Fence is strong enough for outdoor use, yet soft enough for interior use. The fence can be used as room divider, a staircase railing, as building siding or even fencing. Read [...]

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Dutch Design

April 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Design

Kiki van Eijk is a young Dutch designer who graduated Cum Laude at the Design Academy Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Her designs have a strong personal touch and thus strongly represents a new generation of Dutch designers. Concept, material, structure and technique are all beautifuly in balance in her work. Kiki works in a wide variety [...]

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With love from Lien!

March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Fashion, Handmade

Liefs Lien (yes… I know, hard to pronounce, what it means is: With love from Lien) is a Dutch atelier for handmade bags. Leather bags that are attractive, sturdy, multifunctional, often unique and fashionable. Soon bags for men will also be included in the collection. The company has a beautiful site and don’t forget to [...]

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