Rörstrand from Sweden is the second oldest porcelain manufacturer in Europe and has been producing contemporary porcelain products since 1726. Searching on Ebay, you can find some great vintage Rörstrand pieces. But they also have great contemporary designs, like for instance these colorful mugs designed by Swedish designer Hanna Werning. The decoration on the mugs, named Hanna, is hand-applied and comes in black, green, blue, pink and yellow colourways.
I am always fascinated by where creative people get their inspiration from. This is what Hanna says about her inspiration source for these mugs: “It was a chest of drawers in my childhood home that inspired this design. My mother went on a study trip to Russia at the end of 1970s and brought some souvenirs back home with her. I remember playing with them throughout the whole of my childhood. It was from this that I got the idea for Hanna (the mugs).”
If you would like to add some color to your kitchen with these mugs, then click here to find Rörstrand retailers in your country.
I don’t post about jewellery vert often but when I saw this Polaroid charm necklace I had share it with you. Celebrity Polaroid photographer Jeremy Kost of RoidRage collaborated with Rusty Pistachio’s PNUT Jewelry to create this limited-edition sterling silver Polaroid camera charm necklace. Very cute!
(via swissmiss)
Most people are acquainted with the French wine glasses originally from the Picardy region. These glasses are used to serve wine as well as water. The French Carafe from Royal VKB can be used with different sized glasses. Carrying both the full carafe and the glasses is very convenient as the glasses can be stacked in the neck so glasses and carafe can be transported with only one hand. The French carafe is available here and here.
Royal VKB is a Dutch company that offers innovative, beautifully designed products that are both smart and beautiful to use. I will post more about their great collection later this week.
BijzonderMOOI is an (online) store that specializes in lifestyle products from Dutch designers. This store, located in Eindhoven (The Netherlands), carries a collection of unique products. Here are some of the musthaves that founders Sandra Jacobs and Marijn Ruitenbeek have selected for their wonderful store.
First row (from left to right): Candleholder Vlameva, Oil & Vinegar Birds, Purse flower
Second row (from left to right): Crumpled coffee cups , Corsage, Wooden USB-stick
Third row (from left to right): Shopper, Goldfish Racetrack, Dip vase
Vintage inspired patterns for wallpaper are hot. But why don’t go for the real thing? I have searched the globe to show you some samples of wonderful vintage wallpaper and to give you the best European and US online sources for finding these popular vintage patterns.
5qm is a online store based in Germany but they ship world-wide. They have a large collection of vintage wallpaper from the 1950s to the 1980s.
First row, left to right: tapete 368, tapete 158, tapete 150
Second row, left to right: tapete 408, tapete 195, tapete 362
Johnny Tapete, also in Germany, ships globally. Their huge collection vintage wallpaper is, very convienently, organised by style (70s flower style, 70s geomatric style etc).
First row, left to right: Odyssey 2007, Orgon, Ultra Bloom
Second row, left to right: Japon, Summertime, Op Art
Vintage Wallpapers from Belgium sells wonderful vintage patterns. They have global shipping facilities available.
First row, from left to right: wallpaper nr. 132, wallpaper nr. 112, wallpaper nr. 116
Second row, from left to right: wallpaper nr. 26, wallpaper nr. 7, wallpaper nr. 141
More (online) shops that carry vintage wallpaper:
- Lounge Design in The Netherlands
- Design for Delight in The Netherlands
- Second hand rose in the US
- Hannah’s Treasures in the US
- Tapetorama in Sweden
The yellow trend mixes really well with the mid-century modern vintage trend. In these photo collages I have combined pieces of vintage Scandinavian furniture with yellow furniture and accessories. I personally love the warm combination of yellow with dark wood furniture.
First row: picture from Orla Kiely website
Second row: picture from Orla Kiely website, Marimekko table cloth
Third row: Stilla fabric from Marimekko, Danish vintage sideboard in dark palisander available from Design for Delight
First row: picture from Orla Kiely website with yellow Eames rocker, vintage enamel bowl Finel/Arabia Finland from Showhome, Big tulip wallpaper from Orla Kiely
Second row: Orange slice chair designed by Pierre Paulin available from Artifort, vintage plywood chair designed by Hans Brattrud available from Wonderwood
This lace printed packaging tape will make anything special, even a simple, brown box. This is so clever! Lace Tape, designed by Karl Zahn, is available from the Boiler Design Office website. Click here to pick up a roll of this versatile tape. A roll (2″ x 50 yds) of white or black tape costs $10.
String is a shelving system from Sweden. This practical system, designed by Nils Strinning, is lightweight, yet stable. The side panels are simple to mount and the shelves are easy to move around. You can combine shelves of different depths in the same unit and the frame functions as a book-end. When you need more shelf space, you can simply add more units. It is the framing that gives String its discreet but distinctive character: a refined ladder climbing up the wall.
All these characteristics, and the fact that it is timeless, contributed to the success of the design since the introduction in 1949. Click here to find a list of world-wide retailers.
After my hosting service Dreamhost decided to transfer the style files to a different server in order to make their hosting experience more pleasant (these are their own words!) my site was down for over 24 hours. They sure have a strange definition of the word pleasant. I am very sorry if you were not able to access the style files but I will try to make it up to you this weekend with some great posts.
By the way, since this is not my first encounter with the ‘pleasant’ service of Dreamhost, I would not recommend this hosting company to anyone.
Studio Ditte’s scrap wood wallpaper that was on show at last year’s Dutch Design Week is now for sale. At the moment this wallpaper is only available at Design Daily’s in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. You can order through their website, which is in Dutch. For international orders it is best to contact them directly at info@designdailys.nl.
Use this wallpaper, which is available in three colors schemes, on your wall, or to give your old (or new IKEA) furniture a new look.
