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Sounds of nature

I know....everybody has seen this before, but I can't leave these two out
when exploring the Finnish sense of beauty.
Woodnotes
Ivana Helsinki

I'm exploring Finland this week so there is more coming
but I can tell you already that if I could only buy Finnish
stuff ..I could be perfectly happy..

Foldable plastic chair "reki" and "kantava" trivets by Mikko Paakanen
Table "shell" by Krista Kosonen both for StudioHelsinki
Porcelain caraffe and mugs "kulmakas" by Sami Rinne

cup and spoons

pictures by loraine

drawing and counting

This is my favorite art-book by Belgian artist Panamarenko,
he designed it himself and it was published in 2003 by Ludion
ISBN 90 5544 446 4
He was born in 1940 in Antwerp, lived there his whole life
and has now donated his house, the interior is a piece of art on its own, to MUHKA the museum for contemporary art in Antwerp. MUHKA is a wonderful place to visit.

Copenhagen Fashion Week

From 7-11 of February it's Fashion Week in Copenhagen and via this website
I could get a glimpse of it. I found 2 brands that I hadn't heard of before.

Top : best behavior spring/summer 2007
Bottom : Louise Wahlgreen summer 2006

Karin Eriksson

"signe" bowl by Karin Eriksson together with a microscopic
picture of a plant called "lepidozia reptans"
Here you can find more microscopic pictures.

Slow movement

'Cocoon' by Gonnie Constansia

Kitchen appliances "the tiranny of the plug series"
by Dick van Hoff who is also part of SLOWLAB

eye candy

Fabric by Erja Hirvi for Marimekko and beads from this store

Christane Högner

1 : one for all 2003/2006 Storage system
2 : sugarbags 2005
3 : white heavy weight 2004 Sofa on the beach
4 : china happy 2004 leather bag

Christiane Högner graduated in 2003 in interior architecture at the
Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich.
She now lives in Brussels Belgium.
Her website is also beautiful..
via designboom