Two beautifully designed books from Japan...Umami is about fabric bags
the other one about sock and glove puppets.
You can buy them at YesAsia. The category on YesAsia is Home Arts
Here's a quick link to the right department.
Umami ISBN 4-579-10985-6
Sock puppets ISBN 4-479-11061-7
On Flickr you can see more pictures by other people
I discovered these felt rugs through Shiny Shiny because she showed
a felt laptop bag made by the same company.
I can't tell you much about it except that they are made in Germany here's the link
A while ago Bloesem mentioned a shop in Amsterdam called Tante Tini,
Irene showed their beautiful shoes for children , although I am not a mom I went to see the shop anyway and much to my surprise it turned out that they also make shoes for adults under the name Koos. It's a collaboration between a Dutch women and a Japanese man, the idea to also start making tiny shoes came from all the leftover pieces of leather.
So Irene thanks, I'm walking on air with my new boots!
As you can see the promise of spring is getting to me,
if watching these pictures isn't enough for you, here's a shop Made in Design
The ring is for sale at Tjallamalla webshop
T-shirt and brooch available at French Touche
I love plastic
It would be grate if they were environmentally friendly, but I don't
think these are.
Ciacapo teapot and sicamba trivet designed by Tomita Kazuhiko for COVO
On the website of Frame magazine there was a discussion on ornamentation/
decoration. "Will there be an end to all the leaves, birds, flowers"
Nobody had an answer as to when this trend will be over....
But for now I'm still loving these trivets.
Picture by Loraine
Left : IGLO by Tsé&Tsé
Middle : cup by Annemette Kissow
Right : Sugarbowl by Maria Johansson
