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Poppilopp
Jag hittade en massa jättefina barnprylar på Poppilopp, en svensk webshop för med moderna barnsaker. De säljer även barnkläder från några av mina favoritmärken, som Molo, Ej Sikke Lej och Småfolk.
I found all these great toys and kid's stuff at Poppilopp, a Swedish online store with things for modern kids. They have childrens clothing too, by some of my favourite brands, like Molo, Ej Sikke Lej and Småfolk.
FindersKeepers, Konstfack part 3
Designista öppnar butik
Konstfack graduation show, part 2
Wall hanger with leather storage by Helena Lindberg, inspired by the wilderness in northern Sweden
Park lighting by Agnes Fischer, designed to help women feel safer when walking outside at night
Efterlysning: Vill du vara med i nästa Paumes-bok?
Darlingson
Konstfack graduation show, part 1
I went to see the MA graduation show at Konstfack this weekend, and found so many great designs and art pieces! Unfortunately, Art and Interior Design was shown in a pitch black warehouse, so the photos aren't what I'd hoped for...
I'll be showing some of them to you in the coming week, starting today with these three:
Paintings and drawings by Ragnar Persson
Table with built-in grill and beer storage, I believe it is made by Patric Sahlén
Pendant light by Emma Wineus och Lisette Bramsell, I can't seem to find the designer of the chair. But you should check Konstfack's graduation site to get a close up of the lamp, there is a really cute little bird sitting in the hole!
This week
I went to Konstfack's graduation show yesterday and found a great amount of interesting design, so I'll be posting lots of pictures from there.
And I believe I'll fill the candy bag for this Saturday with all mixed sweets, as I'm seeing such a lot of great looking homes these days that my computer is overflowing with pictures!
Fine little thing
En av mina favoritbloggare, Elisabeth Dunker, har startat en ny blogg; fine little thing, där hon tipsar om produkter, konstnärer och designers hon gillar. Kolla in!
One of my favourite bloggers, Elisabeth Dunker, has started a new blog; fine little thing, where she posts about products, artists and designers that she likes. Check it out!
Lördagsgodis
I dagens godispåse hittar ni lite fina barnrum!
In today's candy bag you will find some nice children's rooms!
Chris Haughton
London based illustrator Chris Haughton has a fab style that caught my eye immediately! it is graphic and colourful, with little quirky characters and monkeys, which I love. He is in the Times list over the 100 most influential people in the design business at the moment, accompanied by Ron Arad and Paul Smith amongst others.
Besides illustrating, he is also a graphic designer for the Fair Trade project People Tree, which employs persons in 20 different developing countries around the world to produce hand printed t-shirts and notebooks. Check out this kids t-shirt, with uber cool monkeys!
Via Homebug
Flickr-favoriter
It's flickr friday again! Here is some inspiration for your garden or balcony, now that the weather is nice and warm and makes you want to spend some time outside.
Studio Uli Budde
I found another well designed and thought out tea-set, also a graduation project, but this time by Dutch designer Uli Budde. He made this when he graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2004. The set consists of a ceramic tray with a tealight holder to keep your tea warm, and a cup and filter, both in glass, to make it easy to decide when the tea is ready.
Ah-yi's prints
Susan Bijl
I was very inspired when I saw Susan Bijl's shopping bags! They are in the same model as the ordinary plastic bags you get in the grocery store, but made of durable, lightweight and water resistant nylon, available in lots of cool colour combinations. With one of those in your hand bag, you'll save both the environment and your money when you shop. Of course, I'm planning to make one myself...
Charming Unit
10 quick with Holly Becker
Holly Becker, 34, freelance writer/interior design consultant/runs the decor8 design blog, living in Hollis, New Hampshire USA
1. What is your background/education?
Studied business and marketing in college and proceeded to study graphic design, and now interior design. I take art classes at least twice a year just to expand my knowledge and appreciate the arts even more.
2. Why did you start your blog?
To catalog my finds for design clients, myself, and my friends, as a "social bookmarking" tool where I could hear instant feedback from people I knew. It grew almost instantly into a community of now nearly 10,000 daily readers worldwide.
3. What are you working on at the moment?
I'm working on my flower garden and preparing for a flea market I'm having at my home in June. I'm also working on a trend piece about cane as a motif for HGTV.com and an article for Adorn magazine where I was asked to design a room for them.
4. Some things that you like:
How my husband supports and loves me, people that respect themselves enough to show the same respect and support to others, the smell of apple blossoms in the orchard behind my house, the sound of frogs at night in our pond, long talks with good friends, early morning walks before the world wakes up, outdoor concerts, cooking with others, singing show tunes, Morrissey.
5. Some things that you dislike:
Dishonesty, war, littering, drivers using their cell phones, negative people.
6. What inspires you?
My husband Thorsten, sincere goal-oriented people, travel, textiles, art, the ocean, my friends and family in Hannover, Germany, exploring cities like Berlin and Istanbul, contemporary art galleries, flea markets, book stores, architecture, fashion + design magazines, cafes, thinking about all the things my mother taught me - from landscaping to floral design - and her kindness, beautiful imagery, color, and music.
7. Favourite designers?
I admire anyone that is a trend setter vs a designer that simply follows them. Anyone can follow, it takes talent and innovative thinking to lead.
8. Your latest purchase for your home?
Two gorgeous vintage Suzanis from a flea market I attended a few days ago in Brimfield, MA.
9. What is your best decorating advice?
If you love it, it will work. Less is more. Don't decorate to impress others, decorate to impress yourself.
10. Do you have any tips for people who want to become successful design bloggers?
Be supportive of others in the design blogging community and do not isolate yourself, comment on the blogs of others and show genuine support.
Thank you so much Holly!
Jenny Nordberg
Jenny Nordberg is a Swedish designer who likes to work with things that she actually thinks are ugly, like curtains or typical Swedish peasant furniture. But in Jenny's hands, the items transform into modern, original things that don't remind me of their origins at all. Here are her latest projects Curtis (table and lamp) and Mogg (stools), that were shown on the furniture fair in milan this year. Everything is collapsible, and made in Sweden from ecological materials.
This week
A little preview on the upcoming week:
I'm very excited about the interview that I'm posting tomorrow, it's with Holly Becker from decor8! She shares some tips on how to become a great design blogger, and tells us a little about her inspirations and what she is working on at the moment.
Friday is Flickr-friday here as you probably know, and this weeks theme is outdoor spaces.
And for Saturday's candy bag, I've picked some stylish kid's rooms!
Johanna Westlin
Johanna Westlin, last year student at HDK (School of Design and Crafts), is a designer that I recommend you keep your eyes on in the future. She is going to be big. Her graduation project consists of tecups with lids/plates, a teaspoon and linen table cloths in three different colourways, inspired by different tea flavours. Evereything feels very well considered, the lid/plate has a place for the tea leaves, and when put on top of the cup, it keeps your tea warm. The cup has a shape which forces you to hold it with both hands, to create a calm for the user (how can you stress when both your hands are busy?), and an isolating cuff so your hands won't get burned. The patterns feel trendy and timeless at the same time. I am impressed!
Lördagsgodis
Today is one of those days where you'd rather just curl up on the couch and watch a good movie. That is why I'm showing you some nice living rooms today.
Green blogging round up
Fredagens flickrfavoriter
Of course I'm carrying through with the green theme here too!
Tack Pethra!
Möbler med miljötänk
Molo design har inte bara känsla för miljövänlig design, de har också en stark känsla för estetik. Deras rundade sittplatser tillverkade av återanvänd papp tilltalar ögat och ska även vara mjuka att sitta på, därav namnet paper softseating. De går lätt att vika upp och sitter på plats med hjälp av magneter. Därmed kan man även kombinera dem med varandra. Möblerna är hållbara och tänkta för långtidsbruk, med tiden får de en vacker patina som bidrar till dess tilltalande design. Mer att läsa om dem finns här.
Ett annat företag som gör möbler med miljötänk är Bravespace design. Mest kända är de för sina Tetris hyllor, men de har även matsalsmöbler, bland annat. Läs mer om dem hos Inhabitat.
SIGG
I like SIGG's bottles, they are both nice to look at and practical to use, as they are easier to clean than ordinary PET-bottles, and less spill-friendy for the kids. One thing that hasn't hit me before though is the fact that they are environmentally friendy, as aluminium is totally recyclable! Right now there is a competition going on at SIGG's homepage, where you send in a suggestion for a design, and the winner gets 100 bottles with his/her own design on. Wouldn't it be fun to have a self-designed SIGG?
Recyclomobile
Det är fantastiskt vilka saker man kan göra av förbrukade ting om man tar sig tid och tänker till. Det är samma slags tänkande som Tide Chandelier av Stuart Haygarth, vilken gjordes av saker upphittade på stranden vid ebb.
Så, vill Du ha unik design, men saknar en tjock plånbok och vill ha ett skönt miljötänk är det bara att gå på loppis och se sakerna ur ett nytt perspektiv. De saker man inte vill ha kan ändå ha material som är användbart. Hela världen ligger för Dina fötter!
Etsy - a goldmine for organic stuff
Green bloggers
The Home Project
The home project är ett litet experimentellt designföretag som drivs av Kathi Stertzig och Albio Nascimento, och det är baserat i både Portugal och Tyskland, de båda ägarnas hemländer. De gör en hel del udda projekt och happenings, men skapar också egna inredningsprodukter, som de här virkade skålarna och äggkopparna, som gjorts stela med salt, och porslinsmuggarna här nedanför, med isolerande kork runt om. Läs mer om kork som ekologiskt material i den engelska texten.
The home project is a small experimental design company, run by Kathi Stertzig and Albio Nascimento. It is based in both Portugal and Germany, the founders respective homelands. They do quite a lot of weird projects and happenings, but also produce some interior decorating objects like these crocheted bowls and egg cups, and the porcelain mugs below, with insulating cork cuffs and edges.
This is what Albio and Kathi has to say about cork as an eco-friendly material:
More, cork bark is still harvested from the tree in a centuries old tradition with hand tools; the water in which the material has to be boiled after collected is not polluted by the process; all means to work and prepare cork are mechanical based and even the dust resulting from this is used to generate electric energy.
Bibi Nelson
Bibi Nelson har designat ovanstående Hug Lights, som utnyttjar den värmeenergi som strålar ut från glödlampan. När den värmts upp kan man använda den som man skulle använt en varmvattenflaska. Två funktioner för samma elförbrukning. Smart design!
Av Pethra på Inredningsbloggen
Green bloggers
10 quick with Lena Corwin
Lena Corwin, 29, designer, lives in Brooklyn, NY
1. What is your background/education?
I grew up in San Francisco, California, and then went to college at University of Oregon. I didn't study art in college, but had a strong arts education in elementary and high school. I returned to doing art and design after college, and learned as I worked for various companies, and took classes in the evenings too.
2. Why did you become a designer?
I look at everything around me in terms of design, and I have since I was a kid! There are lots of other careers I would like to have, but working in art and design is natural for me.
3. What are you working on at the moment?
I'm writing a craft book on hand printing techniques. The book will have projects on printing your own stationery, lampshades, bed sheets, etc. I'm so excited about it!
4. Some things that you like:
wood, ceramic, plants, and natural fabrics
5. Some things that you dislike:
plastic, synthetic fabrics, and fast food
6. What inspires you?
my friends, photography, things i see in shops.
7. Favourite designers?
Eley Kishimoto, Karen Walker, Tsumori Chisato, Vera Neumann, and Alexander Girard.
8. Latest purchase for your home?
A bed frame - finally! It's a wood slat platform bed.
9. What is your best decorating advice?
I like to paint walls in neutral colors, and then use a lot of color in the furnishings and artwork.
10. Do you have any tips for people who want to become designers?
I learned a lot working for large companies like Calvin Klein and Jill Stuart. That's not the path for every designer, but it was really helpful to me!
Thank you so much for participating Lena!
The Cutlery Chair
Branch: Sustainable Design for Living
Det första företaget i min gröna serie är Branch, en amerikansk webshop som enbart säljer produkter som är hållbara ur miljöperspektiv. De har koll inte bara på materialen, utan även på tillverkningsprocesser, koldioxidutsläppen från frakten och att arbetarnas löner och arbetsförhållanden är acceptabla. Jättebra, som kund slipper man oroa sig över huvud taget, och kan shoppa på med gott samvete!
I'm catching on with Pethra, and doing a green week here on my blog. It would be great if anyone wanted to join us! There is so much cool, sustainable design out there, so we would have a great bank of links and tips at the end of the week... If you decide to join us in going green, please drop me a comment here and I'll put a link up for your blog!
The first company in my series of "green posts" is Branch, an american online store that only sells sustainable products. They do not only check out the material of the goods they sell, but also the manufacturing process, the amount of carbon dioxide that was discharged when getting the the items to the store, and that the workers wages and working environment are acceptable. That feels great, as a customer you don't have to worry at all, you can just keep shopping with a clear conscience.
Cardboard design
Grounded
Grounded is a webshop with mainly outdoors products, you will find a lot of garden furniture here, and they have their own landscape and garden architects. But they also feature lots of other stuff, that you can use indoors, such as this porcelain bowl with a bird, cool photoprints on birch-ply, and Amy Adams handmade vases.
Voon Wong & Benson
Have you ever seen a more stunning kitchen? I'm totally speachless, everything feels so right! The floating kitchen island, the super glossy black parquet flooring, the simple dining table with stools, and the lovely brown wall. I want to live here! The apartment is situated in an old school, and all the lighting is contained in the floors and walls. Very clever solutions from the London based designfirm voonwong&bensonsaw.
Via desire to inspire
Lördagsgodis
Today I want to give you a large bag of inspiration for kitchens and dining rooms. Here you go, enjoy the candy!
Skinny laMinx
Fredagsfavoriter från flickr
This Friday is a day of crafts and housework for me, I've been spring cleaning the balcony, sewing cushion covers, mixed my own granola and in a couple of hours it's time to take care of this weeks laundry. That is why the theme of today's flickr favourites is "work in progress".
På väggen
På väggen (=on the wall) is a company that specializes in printing photos and illustrations on canvas, and delivers them framed and ready to hang. I just recieved an email saying that they have increased their range with 15 new summery illustrations by Bo Lundberg and Monica Fritze (see example above). You can choose to buy motives by professional photographers or illustrators, or you can have your own picture printed and framed. I especially like Bo Lundberg's retro inspired pictures from their childrens range. if you want to see the pictures IRL, you can just pop by their little gallery on Upplandsgatan in Stockholm.
Nick Melville
British designer Nick Melville uses a fresh and clean design expression, and his furniture is innovative but at the same time very simple in it's construction. His materials of choice are mainly wood, metal and plastic, but also perspex and concrete. He has studied 3D Design at Plymouth University, and prior to that he attended an Art & Design class at Exeter College, and is now looking for graduate employment.
10 quick with Ranvita la Cour
Ranvita la Cour, feng shui consultant, 38, living on a houseboat in Copenhagen.
1. What is your background/education?
Director of Documentary, The National Filmschool of Denmark, 1994. Several educations in personal development/spirituality, i.e. NLP Master Practitioner, Feng Shui Practitioner and educated Clairvoyant Coach.
2. Why did you become a feng shui consultant?
I love creating sacred spaces that nourishes soul and spirit.
3. What are you working on at the moment?
Ouups, a lot... making e-courses, video podcast, books, teaching feng shui and taking care of my babygirl, Lotus Elvira, 14 month old.
4. Some things that you like:
Lotus Elvira and her father. Love and freedom, beauty and business!
5. Some things that you dislike:
Thinking small.
And if mothers let their babies cry alone, without holding them. Always hold your baby when he/she cries! How would you yourself like to fall asleep? Crying your tears out, or being held by someone that loves you ...?
6. What inspires you?
Sunlight, flowers, making love, my babydaughter, travelling, eating healthy food.
7. Favourite designers?
Nature itself creates the most amazing things, wood, stones, flowers. Besides that Arne Jakobsen, Panton, Eames, sometimes Starck creates shapes I like to be around.
8. Your latest purchase for your home?
A big white leather sofa.
9. What is your best decorating advice?
Surround yourself with things you LOVE. Throw the rest away.
10. Do you have any tips for people who want to become feng shui consultants?
Trust your own intuition.
Thank you very much Ranvita!
Rigo table by Studio Charlie
The Rigo table by Studio Charlie looks like it is made of feather weight spider webs, so in spite of it's size (210 x 120 cm) it won't take over the space it is placed in and make it look crowded, but at the same time it attracts a lot of atttention. The table is available with a surface of blackboard-slate or glass in white, black or clear. Wouldn't it look perfect with the DAR chair by Eames?
Maria Thorén
Maria Thorén has created five fairytale inspired patterns as her graduation project at HDK (a Swedish art and design school). Her thoughts has gone to childhood, to piles of clothes that became witches, clouds that turned into pirate ships and grandma's medallion wallpaper that was full of lions only Maria could see. She has created patterns that are to bring us back to the land of fairytales, to the clothes-witches and wallpaper-lions.
Home in Harmony
Home in Harmony is a home decorating store in Sickla Köpkvarter (just outside Stockholm) that opened last year. What makes this store different is the fact that they are seling everything you need when you are to decorate a living room! That means they've got anything from sofas and rugs to wallpapers and floors. If you feel the need for a little help to make everything look good together, they will help you to make a nice combination right there in the shop, or you get a visit in your home from their interior architect. Below you can see the same corner decorated in different ways and above is a picture of the stunning outdoor furniture Nirvana, that looks like it took inspiration from Balinese beach bungalows.
Berlin wrapping paper
Apartment for sale
Ashley G's Etsy shop
Missa inte Ashleys blogg heller; Kitty Genius!
Super cute little creatures with interesting facial expressions and great patterns is what you will find on the artprints at Ashley G's Etsyshop. The facial expressions are very important to Ashley, as she believes that even great emotions can be expressed through a simple gesture or look. She has been drawing and embroidering little creatures since she was a child, and says that "I strongly believe in what you're happiest doing at five is what you will be happiest doing your entire life". So she has continued making her little characters, although they have developed a bit over the years...
And don't miss her blog, Kitty Genius!
Vintage for kids
This amazing store in Antwerp opened it's doors in 2005. The woman behind it is Olga Perez, an interior architect who wanted to share all the cool retro finds she made for her son Otto, with others who thought it was hard to find that special, extraordinary stuff, so she opened Vintage for kids.
Via fine little day
Rare Device
I've written about Rare Device before, but they have so many cool products I just can't stop myself from mentioning them again. This time I've fallen for the pendant with a photo of graffiti on the screen, a knitted ceramic bowl, the still life they shot as inspiration for their office and home range, a DIY clothes rack and the yellow key rack with tree silhouettes.
Examensutställningar
Det börjar bli dags att boka in årets examensutställningar i kalendern. Jag hittar alltid en massa nya spännande formgivare på de här utställningarna, och det hoppas jag göra i år också, och för er som missar dem kommer jag lägga upp lite bilder här.
Här är de största:
Konstfack, 15-27 maj (magistrar), 11 maj - 5 juni (kandidater).
Beckmans, 21-28 maj. Modevisning på Berns den 21, biljetter genom ticnet.
Berghs, 25-27 maj.
HDK, 19 maj till 3 juni. De kommer även ha en utställning i en lägenhet på Viktor Rydbergsgatan de två sista helgerna i maj.
Weightless av Erika Janunger och mybigfatass av Märit Runsten, båda från Konstfack
Flavor Paper
I mentioned Flavor Paper in a blog post in February, but I think they deserve a post of their own. Gorgeously luxurious wallpaper with shiny surfaces are their signature style, and they are often seen in movies and celebrity homes. I sure wouldn't mind having a length of the white and pink one (bottom left pic) in my own home!
Les fleurs : boutique en ligne
Floden av väggstickers verkar aldrig ta slut... Jag hittade några som jag inte sett förut i den franska webshoppen Les fleurs.
The river of wallstickers never seem to run dry... I found some that I've never seen before in the French online store Les fleurs.
My Stockholm Guide
First I'd like to recommend Skansen on Djurgården, the oldest open-air museum in the world, with lots of old houses and Scandinavian animals. It is a really nice place, I take my children there several times every year and we never get tired of it. Our favourite part is the tiny town, where there are a bunch of small shops, a café, bakery, glass blowing hut, pharmacy etc. looking just like they did in the old days. All of them are open and fully functioning!
Old style food store at Skansen
To get to Skansen, take a ferry from Slussen, it is a nice way to get to see Stockholm from the water. On the way back, get off at Skeppsholmen for a nice walk into town, and a visit at the Modern Museum. The museum has a great shop with lots of contemporary Swedish design, and a fantastic lunch restaurant that you really shouldn't miss! It has a great view of Stockholm, lovely food, in the weekends they are serving brunch, and on Sundays even a special brunch for the kids.
The restaurant and the museum shop at the Modern Museum
Junibacken
Matador, lots of colourful clothes in soft cotton from mostly Danish brands like Molo, Ej sikke lej, Silke og Sus and Katvig.
Matador
Under, handpicked retro clothes and toys from the sixties and seventies, along with brand new stuff from young indie designers.
UNI, unisex clothing in strong colours and cool patterns with inspiration from the seventies.
Haven, great clothes and small interior details for both you and your baby.
Birka Baby, your baby will be the most fashionable and streetcool kid on the block dressed in their clothes! They sport brands like Finger in the Nose, Cheap Monday's baby collection and Minirodini.
Exterior and interior of Birka Baby
Numero, a small toy store on Katarina Bangata 33, full of great stuff in all price ranges. You will find everything from marbles to retro robots here.
Kalikå, plush animals and real tools and kitchen stuff in miniature versions, free from stuffy old thoughts on gender roles.
If you are visiting in the summer, a swim in the middle of the city is a nice break from the shopping, walking and museum visits. My favourite is Långholmen, a small island between Södermalm and Kungsholmen with a sandy beach and some nice cliffs to jump into the water from.
Take a bath at Långholmen
The Street market
Café Tubby
Vurma's baker, and a statue outside the café
If you like indie shopping and are curious about the latest Swedish trends in fashion, head to the SoFo area on eastern Södermalm. It is crowded with cool little shops like Grandpa, TjallaMalla, Nudie Jeans, Kunigunda, Lisa Larsson Second Hand, Under, Coctail, Acne Jeans, UNI and Nakkna.
While you are there, visit Café String, a retro inspired café where everything is for sale. So if you fall for the chair you are sitting in, the coffee cup the girl at the next table is drinking from or the paintings on the wall, just take them with you when you leave! (Well, you have to pay first, of course...)
Café String (photo taken from http://absurditypublishing.wordpress.com)
If you would rather buy your own food and cook it yourself, Cajsa Warg is a good choice for organic groceries. They also sell readymade picnicbags that you can take with you to the park Vitabergsparken next to the store.
For modern Swedish furniture and decorating details, go to Asplund, they sell products from the greatest designers of the moment. The store is very fresh and cleanlined, and apart from the minimalistic furniture there are some really cute and surprising little things for sale.
Asplund
Other good shops with modern design are Granit, Designtorget, Åhléns and Stockhome.
If you are looking for place to stay, these are the hotels I'd recommend for a sleep in modern Scandinavian style.
Rival, a chic boutique hotel in one of Stockholm's trendiest neighbourhoods on western Södermalm, owned by former ABBA member Benny Andersson. In addition to the hotel they also boast a cinema, bars, a bistro, a cafe and a bakery. All rooms are decorated with an old-fashioned movie print over the bed, and are equipped with a plasma screen tv, egyptian cotton sheets, a selection of different pillows, DVD/CD player with a selection of CDs (movies and video games can be rented in the reception), wireless internet access and bathroom products from Crabtree & Evelyn.
Hotel Rival
Birger Jarl, a hotel in one of Stockholm's most busy areas, took it's name from the City's founder. The hotel is totally decorated by the most talented Swedish designers of today. Exept for one room, the Forgotten Room, looking exactly as it did in 1974. This room, situated at the end of a corridor, was simply forgotten by the builders during the renovation, and is now kept as a reminder of the old days. It is super cool though, with teak furniture all over, black leather chairs and brass wall lights! Some of the sources of inspiration in the renovation process were Sweden's tall, slender birch trees, the traditional copper-red paint of wooden houses and good old-fashioned thoughtfulness and consideration.
Clarion claims to be "Stockholm's art hotel no 1", which means that contemporary Nordic art can be seen in all rooms and in the public areas of the hotel, the two bars and the restaurant. The hotel also arranges live concerts with popular artists. Clarion is built on top of Söderleden, one of the largest freeways into Stockholm, and distinguishes itself with it's spectacular architecture featuring a large expanse of glass. The unifying feature of the hotel's interior - it's light background, dark base and accent colours - continues into the guest rooms, where white contrasts with dark wenge wood.
Clarion Hotel
Welcome to Stockholm!
Lördagsgodis
Några fina sovrum med skön sommarkänsla bjuder jag på idag.
Some fab bedrooms with a lovely summer feel is in my goodiebag today.
Ikeas Älskade hem
I am so curious about the new decorating book Beloved Homes from Ikea! I think I'll have to go there soon, just to get the book before it sells out. It features nine different Swedish homes, the pictures are taken by one of my favourite photographers; Stellan Herner, and judging by the photos I've seen so far, the style is great! It feels relaxed and personal, not at all as Ikea-stiff as I expected. Lovely!
Fredagsfavoriter från flickr
Dagens tema är mönster!
The theme of today is patterns!
World Wide Fred
World Wide Fred is an online store full of funny stuff, often with more than a touch of kitsch. I like the door mats that looks like manhole covers, the digital alarm clock in the shape of a retro tv (with remote control, a colour-changing test screen pattern and an alarm that sounds like different game show jingles) and the toothbrush holder in the shape of a gigantic tooth!
10 quick with Louise Campbell
Louise Campbell, 36, designer, Copenhagen
1. What is your background/education?
3 years in art college, Bsc (Hons) in Furniture manufacture & Innovation from the London College of Furniture, and a post graduate degree in Industrial design from Denmarks Design School.
2. Why did you become a designer?
Because I wasn't sufficiently self-indulgent to become a really good artist. Working with design is the perfect solution. Utterly creative, yet not entirely about myself.
3. What are you working on at the moment?
Furniture, porcelain, lighting, glass, textiles, jewellery, you name it, we are working on it.
4. Some things that you like:
Spring, brand new ideas, champagne, my employees, all things beautiful, working on bank holidays, when the phones don't ring, sleeping in on Sundays, swimming in the sea, collecting paper.
5. Some things that you dislike:
Winter, having too much to do and too little time to do any of it well, cheap wine, nasty people, ugly products, the telephone, getting up before sunrise, chlorine, lack of space to store my growing paper collection.
6. What inspires you?
Staring in to the wall (preferably in bed), artists works, good litterature, a good brief, walking, and most importantly - time to think!
7. Favourite designers?
There are many! The Eameses, for the obvious pleasure they took in their playful teamwork, that led them in so many directions.
8. Your latest purchase for your home?
A hand held mini vacuum cleaner. What a ripoff! Bought it because I couldn't be bothered to carry a big vacuum cleaner home. Big mistake.
9. What is your best decorating advice?
Be true to yourself. Make sure you live in a personal space, where everything works for YOU, where YOU feel good.
10. Do you have any tips for people who want to become designers?
Only become a designer if you feel it is your only option. Working with design is not nearly as glorified as it seems, it literally requires blood, sweat and tears, more patience than most people possess, more insistence, more optimism, more drive. It pays very poorly for a very long time. BUT: if you can stand let down after let down without losing your spirit, if you are sufficiently passionate about designing, if you don't care about what is or isn't in your bank account, if you don't mind working eighteen hours a day three hundred and sixty five days a year, if you are strong and independent enough in your way of thinking to be unable to hold a regular job, if you live and breathe for beauty, then being a designer may just make you very, very happy.
Thank you so much Louise!
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