GIVEAWAY | Win a candleholder by Dutch designer Roderick Vos
For this giveaway I teamed up with Functionals, a company with a collection that really fits my idea of elegant simplicity! I am pretty sure you will know a few of the well known products that were especially designed for them, and I guess their Lloyd tables or Wendela Chairs are two of the many […]
Roest by Vanjoost | Karven
Simplicity in its most basic form is what defines Karven’s Roest (Dutch for rust) collection by VanJoost. Rust is an elementary but beautiful reaction between iron, oxygen, water and time. Simplicity, or the lack of complexity, is highlighted in this series inspired by rough materials around VanJoost’s studio in the Netherlands. I loved the raw and […]
Dutch Design week 2015 | Lidewij Edelkoort X Kazerne
This weekend I visited Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven and with the Limburg Design tour and a trip to Norway shortly before that, I had no time to look into the program at all and was really happy to be asked to be one of the Dutch design week 2015 bloggers. I couldn’t be more happier as […]
Dutch Design Week 2015 Blogger
Limblog Design tour ended early morning last weekend at Eindhoven Station, while I took the train to Amsterdam Airport and flew to Norway, Eindhoven was getting ready for Dutch Design Week. Like last years I will visit the Dutch Design event this Saturday. Together with six other bloggers | Binti home, Zilverblauw, Bubblemint, Interiorator, Foodbandits […]
vtwonen & designbeurs X #QAZQAQUEST2016
Remember the Qazqa Quest I wrote about last month when I showed you some new pictures of my home? I was pleasantly surprised to see Qazqa used my picture styling from last year on the cover of their catalogue. Although I blog for nearly eight years, I still find it super ‘weird’ to see people looking at a picture or article […]
DESIGN | Vase #1 by Gert-Jan Soepenberg
At a recent FD-press event I met some of the designers selling their work through Crowdy House, a platform and marketplace that helps designers and makers sell directly to design fans. I got to talk to Gert-Jan and I really loved the story behind his concrete vases. Vase #1, inspired by Oscar Niemeyer’s Palácio de […]
FASHION | The ANTS. Story
Last week I promised to show you more about the bags shown in my post about Ashes to Snow. Inspired by both Dutch design and Asian culture, ANTS. brings a mixture of practicality and cool aesthetics, with an interesting balance between dark influences and a touch of humour while transcending gender-based and seasonal boundaries in […]
Qazqa Quest | Nominate a young designer | #QAZQAQUEST2016
I made some changes to my kitchen and I am deeply in love with my new cabinet and really happy I could buy this industrial beauty from a friend who needed space. After working with lighting brand Qazqa last year, see my post here,they asked me to try out the ‘Lazy lamp’. I love a change and I […]
Industrial X「In Visible」by Daijiro Hama
Last month I wrote about Ashes to Snow and when I went to bring some magazines with the article I made about them for the vt wonen love blogs magazine, the store was even whiter then the first time I visited. At the entry a beautiful green bench and some plants blended perfectly with the green gas bottles of […]
Warm tones for a cozy kitchen | Piet Boon kitchen details
Today some more details from the recently launched Piet Boon kitchen line | pictures about the launch can be found here | I’m more and more drawn to these beautiful earthy colours, they feel so warm and stylish, maybe even a bit dramatic and with a certain grandeur…. a beautiful colour palette for autumn. The black oak, […]
EVENTS | Twenty designers collaborating for Salon Residence
For four days only the Singer museum in Laren, the Netherlands will be the home of ‘Salon Residence’, I was at the opening this week where chief editor Miluska van t Lam gave us a personal tour through the 20 different spaces designed by well known interior designers like Jan & Monique des Bouvrie, Studio […]
HAY Showroom X Het Arsenaal
I can’t believe I never visited the wonderful Arsenaal, the store of furniture designer and interior architect Jan Des Bouvrie before being invited at their party and opening of several new in-stores! Het Arsenaal offers a total concept for your home, from floors and furniture to accessories. Jan des Bouvrie is maybe best known as the person […]