Easter

I'll leave you with this picture by Dutch photographer Ellen Kooi

Enjoy your Easter holidays...and I'll see you next Wednesday

Birthday party

I'm going to a birthday party later today of the daughter of my cousin.
It's her 9th birhday, I hope she likes my present.
I bought it at Egg Mercantile in Amsterdam , i think it was Irene of Bloesem
who first mentioned this shop...I'm re-discovering my own city...

Hering Berlin....and...

I had the pleasure to see these ceramics from Hering Berlin in Vivian Hann'sStore in Amsterdam. They're even more beautiful in the flesh so to speak.

...and I've really enjoyed K.Coopers post last Monday on Mustard...

The pillowcase by UNIFORM Studio is really beautiful...


...the grey theme of Port2Port's new card set also clicked with me...

Erik Verdonck

Erik Verdonck made this fine knitted garment in close collaboration with
Marina Yee 2003-2004






Handmade envelopes for invitations 2005-2006



Erik Verdonck was born in 1968 in Merksem/Belgium
graduated in 1993 in fashiondesign at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Antwerp.
Has a hate/love relationship with the fashion industry
and a big love for knitted and/or hand sewn clothes

Tanja Friedrichs

Photography : Tom Haartsen


I found these spoons by Tanja Friedrichs in the archives of
Galerie RA. They were part of an exhibition called SPOONS
in 2003
Her project is called Re-spoons , because the spoons are made out of old plastic bottles
This is the only link I could find on her

Chair and Bugs

Wanted to show you my new tea towel by Studio Job
Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel.

The dilemma I have with beautiful tea towels is that I
like to have them but I don't want them to get dirty
...which is unavoidable...

(Studio Job's website isn't up and running yet)

Hairdresser

I'm a bit late today because I went to get my hair cut
in my favorite neighborhood around the Haarlemmerdijk
in Amsterdam.
I got a head massage as well !

Bought some flowers...the sun was shining...perfect day.
Wishing you all a day like that.

Evenings outside

That's what I was thinking
Blizzard bulb lamp by Hella Jongerius
These are from 2002 and now 5 years later I don't love them any less
then when I saw them for the first time.
That's a good thing..that things stick with you.

New lights New table

In my mind that is.
The lights are made by Industrial Designer Sandra Lindner from Hamburg
Lindner im Norden.
The table is by Atelier Alinea from Switzerland.

EricandMarie

I found EricandMarie design studio via Olivelse, she has a great blog with many
interesting links. I just had to show you this.
Éric Gaspar and Marie Bertholle are a team of graphic designers from Paris.
This book called Livre à l'huile (something like book of oil) is just one of their
many beautiful projects.