Rick Owens Milan store & furniture book signing | Milan Design week 2017

Ever since meeting up with Rick Owens in Paris during Maison et Objet in 2012 I am following the fashion designer, and in particular his furniture line, and when in Milan I always try to catch up with the latest additions to the collection. This year I found the store closed but got invited to […]

New collections by Salvatori as seen at Milan design week 2017

In my previous post I showed the amazing De Padova store in the heart of Milan, when thinking of De Padova, I think Boffi and Salvatori. Last year I had the honour to work both with Boffi and using Salvatori’s Plat-eau in a production I did together with BeeldSteil for a Dutch magazine. In Milan. Salvatori could be […]

Glass pedestalls at Maison Margiela | Milan design week 2017

The thing I love about being in Milan for design week you will always come across  something unexpected, a gallery, one of the many expositions for designweek, or a store that makes me curious and wanting to explore. On our way to the COS and the beautiful Villa Necchi with it’s amazing Wander from within […]

An amazing store in the heart of Milan | De Padova | Milan Design week 2017

Let me show you the amazing ‘De Padova‘ flagship store I visited in Milan! I previously mentioned the Italian brand, that since late 2015 is collaborating with Boffi, on the blog when visiting the opening of the Rotterdam store: Boffi X De Padova The Milan showroom shows the collection in an impressive industrial loft with two levels […]

Macaron table light by Brokis | Milan design week 2017

Earlier this year I had the pleasure to work with Brokis for the trendstand I designed on commission of IMM Cologne , you might remember the lamps I used in my stand, a roundup of all posts can be found here. At this months Salone del Mobile – Euroluce,  Brokis launched ‘Macaron’, a new collection of […]

Wander from Within | KHORA furniture collection | Milan Design week 2017

Wander from Within, an exhibition showcasing KHORA, the artisanal furniture collection designed by Adrian Cheng and Shigeru Uchida, inheriting the Spirit of Mindfulness and Japanese tea culture. I was in Milan with Iris from C-More and Wen from Beeldsteil and we discovered the exhibition behind villa Necchi and it was truly one of my many […]

T-Fish rug collection by Caterina Frongia | Sardinian craft

The day I wrote a post about my connection with Sardinia and how I used the island as an inspiration for my stand at IMM: BAM Design and Carnival traditions from Sardinia | imm 2017 I received an email from a girl who moved to Amsterdam and as a long time reader of my blog was […]

Cast impressions at Aesop Milan | Milan design week 2017

When visiting Milan there are a few stores I always love to visit, stores we do not have in Amsterdam like Muji, Rick Owens and Aesop! Remember I showed you the home of Vincenzo de Cotiis earlier this month: Palazzo Milanese from Vincenzo de Cotiis he has a great style and is also the designer of the […]

Meeting Italian design with DDN magazine | Milan design week 2017

This years design week I not only visited the many events downtown, but also spent a day at the actual Salone del Mobile where on invitation of DDN Magazine I joined a tour organized in collaboration with eleven major Italian design brands. Together with Francesca Russo of DDN and a group of bloggers, we visited the stands of the […]

Farrow & Ball In-home colour consultancy

When Farrow & Ball approached me with the question if I would like to try out their new ‘Colour Consultancy Service’ I had to think twice as colour is not really my best friend when it comes to considering decorating choices for my own home.  Maybe I am just lazy, but with a piece of […]

Neon and metal | Gun Gordillo at last resort gallery

Born in Sweden, Gun Gordillo today lives and work in Copenhagen after spending many years living and working in Paris. I came across here work after seeing her latest exhibition ‘for F’ at the  Last Resort gallery in Copenhagen.  Blown away by the hanging neon sculptural I thought It would be a good fit for my […]

Sculptural Minimalism | Kristina Dam Studio

Back from Milano with a lot of new ideas and pictures to sort out, to stay in the mood of my masterplan2.0 I love to show you this beautiful sculptures at the studio of Kristina Dam today. I first wrote about her design a few years ago when she launched her first work, a  series of […]