Choosing a wooden floor | Solidfloor™

Those who visited imm might have noticed I stept a bit out of the monochrome comfort zone you are used to see from me. When designing the space I was aware of the fact that many would expect an overal black and white stand from me as somehow people seem to identify the term monochrome and my blog with only black and white. If you look closer you will see I have always loved and used some strong raw and black materials, and I am a fan of stone, marble, metal, leather, old wood and a bit of imperfection and the unexpected.

Pictures from my stand at imm 2017 | #immspired

Sanktjohanser - Cabinet Linux

Back from Cologne and imm where I spent four wonderful days at the fair, in between weekends I went home to work and Valentina, who was the most amazing host took care of the space. I am so thankful she was really interested in the projekt and could explain the idea behind it and sent visitors to the different stands of the brands represented in my stand.

Enter the loft | Winter edition 2017

It has became a tradition on the blog to show a few pictures from 'The Loft’, the annual pop-up store by the Playing CircleThis edition's fictive person is Mr. Bare and the apartment is furnished with only a few but beautiful items. 

While making pictures I discovered the custom made mattress by Berlin company Muun (see at the end of the post) The Loft is open for one week only and the last day to visit is January 22. More info on location and opening hours can be found here: The Loft  Click on the link after the break to see many more pictures

Vosgesparis at IMM | IMMspired - a first look

Making beautiful mood boards was a great way to visualize my space at the Bloggers Trend show, and it was really fantastic to see it come alive this last weekend. Together with a friend and two great carpenters who helped moving heavy things around I styled the stand in a few hours into a warm and green space. In the picture you can see a part of it, I really love it and I am quite overwhelmed by the positive response I got, thank you so much for that! 

I didn't managed to make that many pictures as I was busy all day talking with visitors and things to do, from interviews with the press to making pictures with visitors and explaining my idea behind the space to answering questions about everything from the amazing flooring by Solidfloor to the airplants in the atrium. I will be sure to make time in the next few days when I go back to make more detailed shots, as there is so much I want to show you.

This next Friday, Saturday and Sunday the fair is open to the public and you can still use the promocode in the sidebar for a special offer. I hope to see you then! Stay tuned for more updates soon, meanwhile have a look at this item at the IMM site to read more about the brands you see in the above picture Surround yourself with things you love! 

flooring Solidfloor | table Janua | lightning Brokis | candle holder Galit Begaz

pictures ©vosgesparis

An 80s style industrial warehouse

What an amazing space I found through the blog of my friend Allan of Bungalow5 who is using this home as one of the main inspirations for the new home he is about to move in. The space and high ceiling also remind me a of the home of Paola Navone in Milan, which is an amazing industrial home. The existing 80s style warehouse furniture selection and joinery design was designed by Australian interior studio We are Huntly.

Styling van Joost | Bend the norm

Christmas holidays are definitely over, all work is done and I am ready to go to Cologne to style and present my booth next week. Being in January I can't help to also think about my next trip to Milan together with two friends. We are looking at apartments at the moment and can't wait to go back to Milan. I love travelling to Northern countries but Italy is part of my life and always feels like coming home.

New STRING Furniture Collection

Being a lover of Scandinavian design there are always a few brands not to miss when they show their new collection. This week I received these beautiful pictures of the new String collection. For this years collection Designers Anna von Schewen and Björn Dahlström have designed metal shelves and a series of functional accessories for the String®+ range. 

New is also a bowl shelf in felt, and a cabinet with sliding doors in depth of 20 cm and a 50 cm high wall panel. And if you are into colours, you will find three new ones in the String® pocket range: Sand, Burgundy and Mustard.

I am pretty sure that if you visit any of the upcoming design fairs you will be able to see the all the new additions. I'll visit String next week at IMM (Hall 3.2 Stand E044) If youviti String at IMM too, you are really close to my booth as well (Passage 2-3 Stand P003) come in and say hi!

As a reader of Vosgesparis you can buy a ticket for a reduced price when using promocode: 2017imm+lk buy ticket

Photographer: Marcus Lawett | Styling: Lotta Agaton | AD: Magnus Ingerstedt

vtwonen paint for Graham and Brown | IMMspired Update

A new week and a new mood board to show you the colours by Graham & Brown I will use at my trend stand, it is such a fun way to show things don't you think. This whole project is so exciting and to be honest I have never done something this big! It is such an honour to have been asked by IMM, one of the most important European interior and design fairs, to show my very own style on 80 square meter. I hope to meet you and welcome you in my stand and show you around in my world. Find me at the Passage between hall 2-3 Stand P003. 

I love to build good relationships with brands and designers, and was really happy to find some I met during my travels exhibiting at IMM, and borrow furniture and accessories from them and other brands for the stand, I will also bring a huge suitcase filled with some personal things and the work of some designers I like and met during my travels for the blog.

At the start of the project I found an amazing concrete wallpaper with a cool graphic motive but as said before I wanted to go beyond the black, the white and the concrete walls. Maybe I even wanted to challenge myself to use some colour, and go for a stylish and darker atmosphere.

Choosing colours

Some time ago I received the hand painted samples from the vtwonen wall paint collection for Graham & Brown, I immediately loved the matte and powdery appearance and asked them to work with me on this project. Luckily they loved to sponsor me, and with a sample of the dark floor I got sponsored by Solidfloor as a starting point, I choose for the colours 'Pine' and 'Flax'.

When the layout of my stand changed during the process, I had to let go a few of my original ideas and therefore will use less green and added an additional light grey, all mixed with lots of cool furniture and a few bold and stylish black and hand made pieces.

image credit naked kitchens

Graham & Brown
The innovative British wallpaper manufacturer Graham & Brown offers the latest wallpapers, wall decorations and paint for your house. Regularly they collaborate with well known designers in order to add new and creative work to the collection.

Together with Dutch interiors magazine vtwonen they developed a paint collection consisting of 40 colours from basic to contemporary. The wall paint, which I also used in my stand, consists of a matte paint with a chalk look. Colours can be combined with each other in order to perfectly fit every taste, and is next to wall paint available as a matte water based lacquer paint. The wall above was painted with paint from the collection.

Let's connect!

It is always fun to actually meet other bloggers and readers of Vosgesparis so I hope you will come and say hello and have a chat. We will have some cool prizes and exciting brands and designers to share on Instagram... let's connect!

Brands shown in the moodboard

In the moodboard you can see the Colours I will be working with: Flax, Pine and light grey all from the vt wonen wall paint by Graham & Brown

The Army green pouf is from the Cosima element sofa by Bolia which I will use in combination with some leather elements from the same collection, come and hang out on them!

Stool and side tables by Stefan Knopp for Janua I really love these and can't wait to see them at my booth as they represent that raw element I love to bring into a home. The other pictures in the moodboard are found at Kinfolk and tumblr.

Forestrywool styling

Styling lots of beautiful blankets on a warm Summer day together with Wen from BeeldSteil who did the photography for this shoot. A fun day at the Room of Ideas creating images together for Forestrywool  and a nice lunch in the garden.  I showed some pictures of the room earlier on Instagram and in this blogpost.

Photography Wen van Woudenberg (except for the last picture by Vosgesparis)

Rick Owens at MOCA Pacific Design Centre Los Angeles

Recently I showed the all new Rick Owens store in New York on the blog where like in all stores not only fashion but also furniture pieces are displayed, and as you might know whenever in Milan I always visit the store and furniture exhibition, here is a blog I wrote about my visit earlier this year: Rick Owens furniture line and store visit | Milan design week. 

I love this brutalist furniture style, the beautiful lines and the use of materials such as stone, concrete, marble and metal. For me it is like going to a museum and look at beautiful artwork.

For those of you in Los Angeles or visiting in the next few months there is a Rick Owens exhibition at MOCA Pacific design centre in Los Angeles showing Owens' recent furniture, a new group of large-scale sculptures, and videos by Owens, alongside a selection of works by the late artist and musician Steven Parrino.

MOCA Pacific Design Centre December 17 - April 2nd 2017
More pictures and a report of the opening at GQ magazine

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An industrial home in a converted factory in Germany

Earlier this year I posted the wonderful home of Petra and her family in an old refurbished factory, today some more pictures that I did not post yet. To seem more of the home have a look at this post: A converted factory in Germany makes a beautiful family home.
  
If you love Petra's style you might also love to have a look at her former home that I posted on the blog: An industrial home with authentic details in Kempten Bavaria