We all know as designers we couldn’t create without the inspiration from the past and the best result is when we can give it a little twist……….. And the twist has certainly been given here in this very contemporary coucou clock by the Italian designer Raffaele Darra (he is actually a glass artist) “Arcoiris” which …
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The past goes contemporary
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All that glitters is not gold………
I suppose we have since very ancient times always had a great appeal to gold. It gives us a feeling of luxury, glamour, power. And yes it can be kitch but also if well placed in your interior quite outstanding. The traditional Maroccan pouf takes a new step into the 20th century dressing itself in …
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How rough can it get?
Are you board with the sleek looking hotels that you find every where on the planet ? The designers have lost them selves in some kind of mainstream look and forgot why they became designers in the first place. The following hotels certainly have it going for them when it comes to their uniqueness, each one …
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Gingham, Ikat, Kuba
No I am not trying to speak Chinese but Fabric! Gingham is an adjective in the Malaye language ging-gang meaning funnily enough striped. Because when this fabric was originally imported into Europe it was striped, however, today Gingham fabric is always referred to its checkered pattern! This is probably the most wellknown Gingham furniture! in …
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Wall candy!
If you said the word wallpaper a few years ago people would look at you as if you came from another planet – what do you mean, wallpaper! are you kidding! And now we hardly can’t open an interior magazine with walls that don’t have wallpapers at least on one wall! the accent, the accent………….. …
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Give me that sCrap!
These tools should be a normal daily use for a furniture designer but I am not sure it is any more in the computerized world of design we are living in today. But for the Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek it sure is. I think he would be completely lost without them. Working with waste …
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Paper what a fun material!
We all know this very famous paper chair by the now famous architecte Frank Ghery, however, back in 1969 when he came out with this series of “Easy Edges” he was less known and experimented with this material. Since then there has been several trials to make furniture out of this very flexible and cheap …
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Happy (Mid) Summer
Don’t worry I have not abandoned my blog but am going to Sweden for the summer so will be back on my blog within a week. Talk to ya all then /Malin
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Mirror Mirror upon the wall tell me who is the best Interior Designor! Part II
Petra Blaisse is a Dutch designer who investigates in new and ambitious ways for interior design. Her company Inside Outside specializes in spatial, light filtering or acoustic objects such as curtains. Go to her website to see her beautiful projects insideoutside. Especially check out the Mercedes Benz museum she did textured walls very unique and …
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Mirror Mirror upon the wall tell me who is the best Interior Designor!
For some reason we all love those top 10 lists, best dressed, best looking, worst looking, the architect of the year etc. I stumbled over a list of the best Interior Designers and picked these guys whom I find have a wow factor and very different styles and way of working between them. If you …
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IKEA etc……….
I think we all have some love and hate relationship to the famous IKEA store. Is there any one out there that doesn’t have anything from IKEA ? It might not be a furniture, perhaps a plant, bulb a candle! How many times haven’t I said to myself especially living abroad OK I’ll go to IKEA and by …
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Cut it Out!
I do not really know why but I have always had an attraction towards cut outs in paper. Due to the incredible techniques we can use today this ancient art form goes beyond the paper. Rob Ryan is a wonderful English artist who stays true to his art form but with his humour gives it …
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280 Boulevard Michelet,Marseille, France
If you ask a taxi driver to take you to this adress in Marseille this summer he will take you to the Radiant City designed by the architect Le Courbusier built between 19545-1952. Between 15 July-15 August you can see these pieces designed by the marvelous French design duo the Bouroullec Brothers exhibited in an appartment. …
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Rocking in New Orleans………..
If you wondered where I’ve gone I disappeared down south for a week and visited the gorgeous New Orleans, in the following pictures you can admire some incredible buildings from this town. All these houses just make you feel like rocking on a porch. Here comes some modern versions of the ever so loved Rocking Chair. …
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Before and After
We who are all passionate about interior design we all love Before and After projects. I will come up with some now and then. This is a wonderful little house quite unpretentious from the beginning but in the good hands of this young couple it turned into a little jewel. Check it out! Ok what …
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Louise Bourgeois
Don’t we all have some kind of list back in our heads of famous persons whom we would like to sit down with and really meet? Well on my list Louise Bourgeois was one of them. She passed away this week 98 years old so I suppose it will never happen! This French-American artist and …
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Summer, kids, summer, kids
Well I suppose the official day of summer according the calendar is something around the 20th of June. But for me it is really this week the weather is hot and the kids are out from school in 2 days. Summer for me when it comes to interior design is really bringing nature closer to …
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Kiss me! and I’ll become your designer Prince
As we all know Scandinavia is a heaven for design and the design fever has eaven gone up all the way to the royalties! In Sweden our Prince Carl Philip is trying to show his artistic sides not only in photography but also in design. I have a feeling of deja vu though seeing this …
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Eat It!
Don’t you just want to cut your knife into these cushions? No one likes breadcrumbs in your bed but with these I think you are pretty safe! This remarkable lamp “Less lamp” by a Spanish designer Jordi Canudas Faura needs your intervention to actually become a lamp……….. It comes with this special designed hammer and …
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Wall, if only you could talk…………..
I love poetry. And now with the trend of stickers as wall decors you can have your favourite phrases, expressions, poems etc. directly on your wall. The famous hotel Puerta de America erected in 2005 in Madrid by the French architect Jean Nouvel took it even further. It is a very intriguing building not only due …
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