muurwerk
published August 2, 2007 in dutch design, home accessories and walls | email | print | 0 comments
I received an email from Berthe to inform me that her website Muurwerk is now in English as well as in Dutch. Berthe creates the most beautiful wall illustrations which you can buy as a stencil.
Berthe also takes assignments for tailor made designs. Give her a photo or some text and this talented lady will make a unique design for you! Visit Muurwerk’s website to see more examples and to find information on how to order Berthe’s gorgeous illustrations.
papermaster
published August 2, 2007 in design and home accessories | email | print | 1 comment
A while ago I did a post about the beautiful Scandia chair. Some of you sent me an email asking for the name and designer of the magazine table next to the Scandia chair. Although I had seen this design before, I could not remember its name.
Luckily, after doing some serious searching, I can finally give you an answer! The gorgeous magazine holder, which can also be used as a small table, is designed by Norways says, a design office based in Oslo (Norway). Papermaster is available in birch, oak and walnut and can be purchased from twentytwentyone (price is £284).
new ikea products
published August 1, 2007 in home accessories | email | print | 1 comment
IKEA has some new products in their collection! Here is an example of new items that you can find in IKEA stores world-wide.
Top to bottom, left to right: ÄLMHULT tumbler ($0.29/€0.25), HAVTORN vases and bowls ($9.99/€8.99) are handmade and shaped by a skilled craftsman, ESTETISK oak storage box (€14.95), VENNY dishtowels ($3.99/€2.99 for two), HAVTORN earthenware vases ($12.99/€8.99), SKIMRA light shade ($4.00/€4.95), VENNY cotton table runners ($6.99/€4.99), IKEA/365+ plate ($3.99/€3.50).
thomas paul’s melanine plates
published August 1, 2007 in home accessories | email | print | 5 comments
I love Thomas Paul’s melanine plates. The patterns and colours are gorgeous! The plates are available from Velocity and Elsewares. More retailers can be found on the Thomas Paul website .
nipa doshi and jonathan levien
published July 31, 2007 in design and furniture | email | print | 1 comment
British designer Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien have designed a collection for Italian brand Moroso. The collection Charpoy and Chaupar was presented a the last International Milan Furniture Fair and have already won their own cult following. The idea behind the Charpoy and Chaupar range is to present two different and complementary approaches through Doshi and Levien’s work; Levien represents Europe and Doshi’s work is strongly influenced by her Indian roots.
The duo works with the concept of “the unity of opposites” by combining handmade, one-of-a-kind work with industrially manufactured elements, and they have a special interest in the design of non-Western cultures. Perfectly in keeping with Moroso’s belief that cultural diversity is an enormous asset, Nipa Doshi says: “Globalisation and internationalisation are seen as the destruction of local cultures and environmental resources. We like to see globalisation as a way of bringing together diversity and breaking down standardisation”.
The collection is split into three products ranges: ‘Charpoy’ (meaning four legs) is a reworking of the Indian daybed of the same name, a Corian side table and a range of cushions made from silk and linen. ‘Charpoy’ comprises a mattress made from cotton and silk, with a traditional India board game hand-embroidered onto it, in stark contrast to the high gloss black lacquered wooden frame, from Italy. The Indian women who worked on the project have stitched their names in Hindi onto the final pieces. The side table is adorned with an Indian miniature painting, portraying a scene from the Indian epic, ‘Mahabharata’. The cushions are named ‘Tools of Inspiration’ and are the product of a collaboration between Nipa and a workshop of craftswomen in Ahmedabad, founded in 1986 by Nipa’s aunt. Adorned with patchwork, appliqué and traditional embroidery, the women have reproduced their own working tools on the cushions, together with simple, everyday objects around the home, like Chai-making apparatus and a collection of stationery (resource: Wallpaper magazine).
I love the clever balance between traditional and modern, craft and chic, hand and factory-made! If you would like to see this gorgeous collection for yourself: it is now on display at the new single-brand Moroso shop in New York. The products will go on sale at Moroso later this year.
sharon coplan hurowitz’s new york apartment
published July 31, 2007 in design, interiors and inspiration | email | print | 2 comments
Browsing through the design section of nymag.com I found this apartment owned by art adviser Sharon Coplan Hurowitz. The entire house is packed with beautiful design and art. Hurowitz’s collection is focused on European designers from the nineties to the present, Boontje to Wanders. This lady sure loves Dutch design! Her decorating sense is fearless with the bedrooms painted in blue, green, and violet. The image above is from the dining room, where Hurowitz’s daughter hangs out in a Nest high chair. I posted about this fab chair earlier this year (the Nest chair is available from Little Fashion Gallery). Above the IKEA dinning table (meant to be temporary) hangs Rody Graumans’s 85 Lamps. The chairs are Marcel Wanders’ New Antiques chairs, designed for Cappellini.
The pendant lamp, Random Light, in the top image is from Dutch designer Bert Jan Pot (I have this lamp as well!). An Elizabeth Peyton self-portrait hangs above bench quaderna by Superstudio. In the living room (lower image) the Bouroullec brothers’ Cabane structure (one of only three made) is paired with a Piero Lissoni sofa. The self-portrait is by Thomas Ruff. The two tables are by Marcel Wanders: Flower coffee table designed for Moooi (with legs, in front of the sofa); the other for Bisazza (the one on the left).
Click here to go to nymag.com where you can read the whole article and see all the photos of this gorgeous apartment.
new sofa by autoban
published July 30, 2007 in design and furniture | email | print | 1 comment
Early this year I wrote about Autoban, a young and very talented design company from Istanbul, Turkey. Box Sofa is one of their latest designs. Inspiration for this sofa, which is made from Oak and Walnut, came from the 1950’s modernist approach. It is certainly worth checking out Autoban’s website as their entire collection is gorgeous and very original.
