Oliver Gustav studio visit in Copenhagen

When visiting Copenhagen recently a few things to see and people to meet were on my wish list and visiting the new showroom and boutique of Oliver Gustav was high on my priority list. The historical building on Kastelsvej has a longstanding relationship with the arts and the morning I visited everyone was busy preparing the […]

Visiting the VIPP Hotel in Copenhagen

Last week I was in Copenhagen for a few days where VIPP invited me to attend the opening of the VIPP Hotel. You might think the VIPP hotel is a traditional hotel but instead the hotel consists of three different rooms on three different locations! The first room is the VIPP shelter and I am pretty […]

A Dark and moody Hotel and Farm | La Granja Ibiza

Remember my Ibiza travel tips and ‘La Granja’ where we spent the evening around the pool, such a fairytale garden and place. These are pictures from the hotel rooms in the converted farmhouse which German design studio Dreimeta converted into a dark and moody hotel for Design Hotels. La Granja Ibiza was founded on sustainable principles. Composting, mulching and an […]

Go with the flow | My IBIZA travel tips

If you follow me on Instagram you might have noticed me and a friend worked on Ibiza this month. We visited many locations, something we could perfectly combine with visiting some markets, breakfast in cute cafe’s, lunch on the beach and drinks in some amazing gardens. I have spent most Summers of my adult life […]

FRAMA Studio store in the former St. Pauls apothecary

Earlier I showed you the The Frama Studio Apartment and private home of Frama founder Niels Strøyer Christophersen: A raw and minimalistic apartment | Frama Studio apartment  In the afternoon I visited the Frama Studio store located in the former St. Pauls Apotek in the historic and protected neighbourhood of Nyboder. At the entry the St. Pauls Apothecary Collection is beautifully […]

MENU Space | 3 days of design

Can you believe it had been four years since I last visited Copenhagen, time seems to have passed so fast and were filled with small trips to different countries and fairs over the last years. Yet I have very fond memories of my first stay in Copenhagen where, together with a team of 8 other […]

STAY Copenhagen Design apartments | 3 days of Design

This last few days I visited Copenhagen for 3 Days of Design, the annual design event with over 70 brands opening their showrooms and different special events organised around the city. I had the pleasure to team up with STAY and call the Copenhagen Loft XL my home for three days. The area just across […]

Bazar Noir | Handcrafted and hard-to-find goods in Berlin

Located in the heart of Kreuzberg between Bergmannstrasse and Viktoriapark Bazar Noir offers handcrafted and hard-to-find goods from local and international brands and designers. I came across the store after reading Dutch label Wdstck will be available in Germany exclusively through Bazar Noir. I my former post I showed you the House of Wdstck, have a look at […]

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 […]

Sergio Herman Surface table collection for Serax

I still regret not having been able to response to the invite of coming to the pre-view and lunch at the Jane Antwerp and must admit I still didn’t manage to have lunch or dinner at the beautiful restaurant of Sergio Herman. Piet Boon who was responsible for the interior made a special tableware line […]

Candles by Ester & Erik at Graanmarkt 13

Last week I visited the launch of the new Surface collection by Sergio Herman for Serax in Belgium, more about that later this week. Before catching the train back to the Netherlands we just had enough time to visit Graanmarkt 13 where I found this elegant taper candles by Ester & Erik I had been looking […]

Lokal Helsinki | Conceptstore and gallery

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 […]