Norm architects | Menu

These pictures are from a project that Norm Architects recently did for Menu. Looking at them I noticed how the walls have a great impact in these shots. With the furniture being overall white, they add some colour to the image.   Pictures via Norm Architects Facebook Page with thanks

A piece of Finland | Finnish design shop + coffee corner

It had to be a new Finnish design shop that opened it doors last week to introduce me to the ‘WARM’ coffee and tea set. A ‘mini classic’ of Finnish and Scandinavian design combining ceramic teacups and teapots with bracelets of laminated bent wood |Design, Brian Keaney| ‘A piece of Finland‘ is a brand new […]

Inspiration for your garden | Outdoor living

After a few days in Milano and the summer on it’s way I am thinking on what to do with my outdoor space… it is kind of empty and boring at the moment, as I had to take of all my ivy to get some work done on the brick walls that surround the little […]

Paola Navone for Essent’ial | Merci Pop Up Store | Salone del Mobile 2014

When your favourite designer and your favourite store team up in Milano at the same time you are in town for milan designweek you might call yourself lucky. After meeting Paola Navone at a party in Paris some years ago, I seem to keep bumping into her whenever I am in Paris or Milan. It was a […]

Fuori Mercato | Salone del mobile 2014

I had the most wonderful week in Milan. And those who follow me on Instagram might have seen the amazing area |have a look| I stayed together with a friend. A former industrial area beautiful renovated into loft apartments and creative spaces at Via Savona 97 right in the middle of hot and happening zona Tortona. With […]

Constancy & Change | Triennale | Salone del mobile 2014

Just amazing to enter this hall with Lee Bong-ju’s “Bangjja Meditation Bowl Bells”. Hand-beaten brassware, or bangjja, are made with a tin and copper alloy. The sound was just really beautiful |they are often called singing bowls| and together with the Patchwork Wrappers hanging from the ceiling my favourite exhibition at the Triennale! Hansan Ramie […]

Kanjian Creations | Triennale | Salone del mobile 2014

Kanjian, the main promoter of contemporary design inspired by the traditional Chinese arts, is a design platform with a cultural initiative that brings together top designers to revive forgotten arts such as silk embroidery, ceramics and black canvas prints.  The exhibition, Kanjian creation was one of the exhibitions at the Triennale and included a number […]

COS X nendo | Salone del mobile 2014

After skipping last years Salone, this year I went back to Milan to join thousands of Design lovers in Europe’s largest Design event. This is such a huge event, and it’s almost impossible to see everything and you can spent a whole day in one of the Fuori Salone area’s. We also spent a day downtown […]

A contemporary attic space | Architectural visualization

Michael Feuerroth is a media artist specialized in architectural visualization and architectural photography. He lives in Karlsruhe, Germany where he runs his atelier and teaches architectural visualization at the University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, faculty of architecture.  I found these amazing pictures while surfing on Pinterest and they are so ‘real’ I had to share them. If […]

The Jane | Fine dining meets rock ’n roll

Last month I was invited by Piet Boon to attend a pre-view and a lunch at new restaurant The Jane in Antwerp. Sadly I was not able to attend but one day I hope to have a taste and admire the restaurant with my own eyes. For now I love to show some pictures of […]