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flavourites shopping event in amsterdam

Posted on November 10, 2011 by danielle | 2 Comments

For those living in The Netherlands, or for those who are in the ‘neighborhood’ in November, there is a great event that can’t be missed! Online shopping portal Flavourites is organising their unique web shopping event for the third time. From 18 – 20 November over 160 online shops will be selling their most beautiful items live (in stead of online) during this 3-day event in a cool and urban location in Amsterdam. Very handy, especially with the holiday season approaching. And there is more than shopping … you can also attend some fun workshops. For more information you can visit the Flavourites Live website (which is in Dutch).

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smallable halloween scavenger hunt

Posted on October 27, 2011 by danielle | 1 Comment

This Halloween, super stylish children’s boutique Smallable is putting on a spooky scavenger hunt with a special Halloween Prize to win. The fashion and design concept store for kids ages 0-12 has hidden four Halloween characters on their site… a witch, a ghost, a scarecrow, and a pumpkin! Your mission:
1) Find one or more of the villains on the Smallable site and click the «like» button next to the character to show you’ve found it.
2) Then go to the facebook page and leave a comment to say you have played (but shhhh! Don’t say where the spooky character is hidden!)
3) Smallable will announce the winner and special Halloween prize.

Here’s a hint to find one of the hidden spooky characters: The witch is looking for a new black dress… look for her in the girls clothing section!
Too easy? Find all four! The scarecrow, ghost, and pumpkin are lurking in the midst…

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treat street

Posted on November 11, 2009 by danielle | 1 Comment

I’m loving this initiative! Mary, Clare, and Crystal wanted to bake all day and night, experiment with new recipes, and make their favorite stuff but they knew there was no way on planet Earth that they could eat all the sweets they wanted to make. They had to come up with a way to share. So they founded Treat Street. Treat Street is the original, friendly, neighborhood, underground, roving, secret bakery. Every so often, they set up cardboard shop in a driveway with a table or two loaded with homemade goodness and wait to see what happens. Friends, neighbors, and total strangers show up and eat treats!

(via Goop)

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japanese handcraft by ryuji mitani

Posted on August 18, 2009 by danielle | 1 Comment

This beautiful woodwork has been made by Ryuji Mitani who is a bit of a local handcraft hero in Japan. He set up his own workshop in Matsumoto in 1981 called Persona Studio, specialising in wooden tableware, working with local craftsmen to try and keep traditional handcraft skills alive.

In celebration of his book ‘Handcraft in Distant Towns, Japanese shop Sfera is hosting an exhibition of the items featured in the book.

The exhibition can be visited in Kyoto, Japan, until 30th August 2009.

(via Wallpaper magazine)

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news from milan

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Danielle | 1 Comment

The Salone Internazionale del Mobile was held last week in Milan, Italy. Here are some images of the latest designs presented by Dutch designers. The photo above shows the work of Dutch label Goods.

Above and below are designs from Studio Job’s gospel collection.

Piet Hein Eek presented Table Soccer (below).”It began with the figure, folded like a clothespin, after which the feet, legs, torso, shoulder blades and head automatically followed. The rest of the game was then produced to match in the same rugged steel and functional style.”

(images from designws)

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piet hein eek pop-up store in london

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Danielle | Leave a comment

During the London Design Festival the first Rabih Hage/Piet Hein Eek pop-up store was launched in a space large enough to highlight a wide variety of Eek’s work. The temporary shop will be open through October 31 (1-5 Exhibition Road, London) and it will be the biggest solo showcase of this highly acclaimed Dutch designer.
Piet Hein Eek is a graduate from the inimitable Eindhoven Design Academy and has been working as a furniture designer since 1992, establishing the company Piet Hein Eek in 1993 with Nob Ruijgork. His cupboard built from recycled wood was heralded as one of the most unique pieces ever produced, and continues to receive acclaim.

Combining unusual materials and less universal but elementary production processes have become characteristic traits of his innovative and elegant work with metal, wood and ceramics.

(via designws.com)

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pretty dutch

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Danielle | 2 Comments

These images where shot for ‘Pretty Dutch’ an exhibition about Dutch porcelain from the 18th century. Unfortunately the exhibition is no longer open but the gorgeous images are definitely worth showing.

(images from Studio Aandacht)

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stools by anna ter haar

Posted on May 16, 2008 by Danielle | 1 Comment

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During the Dutch Design Week 2007 in Eindhoven Anna ter Haar, graduate of the Design Academy, showed her graduation project ‘Buitenbeentje‘. Buitenbeentje, which is Dutch for odd man out, is a research on the qualities of poly-urethane resin. Anna is fascinated by everything that differs the normal: the odd man out, the freaks. Anna: ‘Certain appearances that are so ugly and disgusting that they become interesting’. The stools are part of the project and were on display at this year’s Salone del Mobile in Milan.

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salone internazionale del mobile milan 2008

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Danielle | 2 Comments

Last week the Salone Internazionale del Mobile was held in Milan, Italy. Every year the latest furniture design is introduced to the world at this prestigious event. Unfortunately I could not be there but with the help of press releases that were sent to me and the great coverage of blogs as Yatzer and Dezeen I created an overview of the best pieces that were displayed in Milan. The carpet shown in the image above is from the Textures collection by Deanna Comellini.

Anafim is part of ouTable, a new collection of tableware for the outdoor environment designed by d-vision.

Gorgeous furniture by Paul Loebach.

This bench is from the Soft wood Collection designed by Swedish label Front.

Chair Ruban is designed by Gauthier Poulain. This chair combines aesthetic and well-being with wooden back and seat designed in an organic way.

For Artecnica Dutch designer Joris Laarman designed the WirePod Artecnica, a multi-point electrical “power pod”.

This destilled nature vase is from the FOREVER series by BCXSY

The Branch series by Post Fossil absorb branches as branch holders and give the impression that trees are growing out of walls.

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a dictionary of cups

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Danielle | Leave a comment

As a graduate from the Design Academy, Croatian born Ivana Borovnjak showed her work during the Dutch Design Week. A Dictionary of Cups is part of her project Logic of Language vs. World of Objects. In this thesis Ivana articulates a theory of how language as a communication system can affect designing process, and become a tool for generating new ideas. She tried to compare the World of Words with the World of Objects. Through a concise translation of philosophical texts into the language of cups and saucers and their relationships, a series of cups develops new insights. This project is not only very interesting but also visually very beautiful.