How do you like these pictures! Some time ago Studiopepe worked with Ivano Redaelli to interpret their brand image by creating evocative visuals and product images for a catalogue that explored various types of style and the different worlds associated with them. I selected this project from the many designers & projects shown in the new Milan section on […]
I got myself something new for the bedroom…It is black and the softest little rug ever! This beautiful rug is handmade by female artisans from Kathmandu, Nepal for Felt ball rug. I first spotted the rugs at the library near my home, where a really large and colourful rug makes a cozy play and reading corner […]
Saturday morning in Reykjavik, I plannend to visit some of the black beaches together with some other bloggers and journalists, but during the night the weather became that bad, that in the morning everyone was advised to not go outside… so we stayed in the hotel, I had a long breakfast and plannend in some […]
In my first blogpost about Iceland and my my visit to DesignMarch 2015 |read it here if you missed it| I talked about on how Sari and Birta organised things for us and I really loved all the effort they took in personalising the tour for all journalists from different countries. It is so much easier if people who […]
Like I mentioned before, the Icelandic Natura hotel was a real treat and inspired me to set myself a new goal for Spring: shop for new bed linen, pillows and maybe even a new bed! It was time to put those words into action and I decided to start by buying some new bed pillows. […]
London has always been one of my favourite cities, and being back in town after many years brought back so many memories of early 2000 meetings with friends, seeing new bands in little concert venues, and long nights at Saturday night rockclub Decadence in Dean Street. When having a few hours off, Linda and me took […]
An afternoon with Head of Design of Liberty Art fabrics Emma Mawston, her colleague, delicious scones, my first ones ever!, and coffee and tea. They gave us an insight into the inspiration and symbolism of their Secret Garden collection, named after the classic novel, and the process of creating it. Meeting the designers and seeing how they design and hand colour […]
March was pretty much all about travelling and celebrations. Celebrating my blog anniversary and celebrating life! Flying to Iceland on invitation of the DesignMarch 2015 Festival was, next to our London blogtour, certainly one of the highlights, and next to lots of design, I enjoyed some beautiful wonders of nature in a to me new part […]
It was a pleasure to hang out with the at{mine] girls, Helena and La, and I think they did a great job showing us some of the most interesting places and getting us to meet the designers behind some of the best UK brands… London is a big city and I was really happy the Addison Lee’s cabs took […]
Hope you enjoyed this week of Celebrations… and please remember you may join all 7 giveaway’s! Lets finish with Ay Illuminate! A brand I have been talking about many times and that you probably will know best for their amazing Lamp collection Ay Illuminate is the name behind the creative trio of Ay Lin, Nelson […]
We are nearly at the end of the Birthday week and I hope you joined all the giveaway’s that you loved so far! Today’s giveaway is another favourite item of mine! You can never have to many candles at home, and I am always on the look for beautiful candleholders. The ByLassen Kubus Candle has […]
I am madly in love with all the inspiration I find in my favourite magazines and online on the many blogs I follow, I actually started this blog after discovering a French blog early 2007. Before that I posted pictures from my home and flea market finds online and was a member of an online […]