Natural materials, craft & plants | Milan design week 2017

I got a few Milan posts left for you, last week I showed some pictures made at the IKEA festival, and I thought it was a good idea to finish today with these two light rooms filled with lots of greens and different furniture in natural colours. Just before leaving for Milan I visited the […]
Creative ideas for small places | Milan Design week 2017

In my previous post I showed some pictures I made at the IKEA Festival in Milan, a great room with many clever ideas for small spaces and a beautiful styled black kitchen unit. A new way of thinking for the living room was the theme of this year’s IKEA festival, from sedentary TV room to […]
IKEA Festival | Milan design week 2017

IKEA was back at Lambrata this year with a huge festival playground filled with food, music, new design, installations and four rooms with different characteristics designed by the stylists of Livet Hemma, the inspiration site by Swedish IKEA. It is always a pleasure meeting people you know online, and I loved finally meeting up with […]
Nonostante Marras concept store | Fuorisalone 2017

I kept this store a bit as a secret for myself and have to admit that beside a picture in an editorial I made together with a friend and some photo’s on Instagram I have never posted any of last years pictures, it was an exhibition that made me cry, as it felt so close […]
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 2017 : 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 […]
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 […]