Visiting Sectie C during Dutch Design week I also walked into the creative space of Collaboration O, an Eindhoven based collective of 14 Designers that work as a team , supporting one another while following their own individual paths. Corradino Garofalo is a designer with a background in industrial design, his practice focuses on creating […]
This weekend I visited Eindhoven for Dutch Design week, as the press centre is located at Strijp S my day started in the press room with coffee and picking up my map. This year I decided to go and see Sectie C first, as it is an area in the outskirts of town and quite far away […]
Due to my part time job I meet lots of small kids every week, I love these little ones and their innocent and sincere behavior. Inherent to my job I am interested in kids furniture and children toys. Wood is such a friendly material for kids toys and furniture and especially parents really like it, […]
This last weekend I was busy with a small makeover at home as I got an email from Emma Mattresses asking if I they could send me one of their products. Emma is an online store selling high quality mattresses and when I had a look at their website I discovered they sell just one […]
Operating under the name Kaksikko, meaning ‘duo’ in Finnish, Salla Luhtasela, a former confectioner and Wesley Walters, a Japanese interpreter, are in the process of completing their studies at the Aalto University. I met them and got to see their work in the young designers area while visiting Habitare in September. They are also the designers of […]
As part of my designtrip and visit to Habitare and Helsinki design week last month I got to see a few local stores and designers as well. Run by photographer Katja Hagelstam, Lokal is a beautiful concept store and home to independent Finnish art, design and craft. Besides the unique art pieces in the gallery space, there is […]
You might wonder what this beautiful Norwegian landscape and the factory in the middle of nowhere has to do with Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons, I got explained at a recent Kvadrat Raf Simons event followed by a wonderful dinner in Amsterdam where senior design coordinator Anne Vilhelmine Ebessen explained how the textile used for the Kvadrat/Raf […]
In a beautiful old industrial building in my neighborhood Bloemen Bureau Holland presented the flower and plants trends for 2017 during a lunch at the Van Gendt Hallen. The huge hall was decorated with long tables dressed in green-yellow flowers and a constructed roof consisting of large leaves of various green plants. Radical Reframe Radical Reframe was […]
I love to cook, although I seem to have little time lately to make my favourite Italian dishes like eggplants with cheese from the oven or a good lasagna. Instead I go for a quick meal very often, give me vegetables, some tofu and a wok or some garlic, peppers and oil to make myself […]
It’s no secret I am a huge fan of the iconic String furniture line. I have showed almost every new collection on the blog, and like earlier this year the all black stand at Cologne’s IMM, have a look here: STRING X Lotta Agaton at IMM2016 About two years ago I shared some of the String Works […]
Last week I showed some amazing black bathrooms on the blog, have a look here: Beautiful dark bathrooms styled by Lotta Agaton. Today this beautiful guesthouse with some really strong black features. With 3 bedrooms, a large living with a cozy wood fire for cold winters, Nord House is bringing the cool Scandi style to Australia […]
– The Horizon – Today Mariska Jagt shared some of her moodboards with me and the exciting news she and her team designed a series of furniture for Dutch design label Odesi. Odesi works exclusively with Dutch designers, creative young talent and established names such as Remy Meijers. All furniture is made out of pure wood and steel, materials […]