This Extra nice offer from BijzonderMooi to celebrate our new project :: Face to Face: A Designer's Profile :: this weekend, from 25-05 until 28-05, you will receive a discount of 10% on all the designs of Keecie and Mae Engelgeer.
{image credit: 1. fine little day 2. Johanna Ekmark 3. 101 cookbook 4. unknown 5. via oraclefox 6. Tina Hellberg}
The reason why poppytalk is loved by so many readers worldwide is probably Jan's perfect eye. She spots interesting things imedeatly and I enjoy her finds for so many years.
..The Art of Display collected by Jan from Poppytalk
Bloesem's Pinterest Boards.
Art in Your Home with Sue Williams A'Court.
A: Art means to me… Transforming personal experience into a new form and, for me, seeing beauty in our fragile, fleeting and AMAZING human experience; the desire and will to express that results in a painting somehow being created-the best bits usually arrive totally unplanned some how in the process of making.
R: Reading books, blogs or magazines... I have collected loads and loads and loads of books on artists and philosophers that inspire and are kept very close to hand on my studio shelves. I spend a precious guilty " cup of coffee-time" (or two..) in the morning after dropping my son off at school looking at inspirational blogs. For years i have torn out interesting bits from magazines and made piles of scrap book compilations that are a treasured personal resource for developing ideas and themes.
T: Trends I see in art or graphic design are… My husband, Andy, has his own design company and i've noticed how people come to him now not only for creating their brand but to make it work as a moving image- he does amazing animations for them and for T.V. In contrast to this highly teccy wonder world; i see that one increasingly important role of art that is 'hand-made' is to provide a window into stillness and a certain kind of focus - a very subtle intimate experience that fills a need that often can't be defined or articulated.
Always nice to share one of the projects Marjon and I have done last time she was here visiting me... a Kuala Lumpur City Guide for Sawasdee, the Thai airlines inflight magazine.
It is actually nice making city guides, intens, hard work but fun! It all starts with preparations: where to go, what to share and often you need to have permission to shoot. Than you give yourself about two days to run around like crazy to capture as much and as beautiful as possible. And you can only hope circumstances like weather, opening hours or others are working for you.
Kuala Lumpur is an interesting city. There are many hidden gems troughout the city. I believe much more could be done to clean up the city and restore the beautiful old buildings, but there certainly are many amazing spots. NY style restaurants, Milan kind of shops and of course the fantatstic Asian food stalls, restauarants and culture ... but guidance is needed! And I hope with this guide we have done just that.
The images were made by Marjon Hoogervorst and the words were by me. We have so many more images from Kuala Lumpur left, if you are a publisher or editor and looking for a Kuala Lumpur Travel Guide than please send Marjon or me an email.
A lot of browsing on the web tonight so just before i go to sleep i like to show you this: found via mokkasin. Do you like it too?
An these illustrations below that I found via Normann Copenhagen by Daniele Costa... his impressions of the Milan furniture fair 2012... i lOve them!
If there is something that I truly am obsessed with, it would be chalkboards. I am not sure if it is because both my parent's were teachers, and I spent a lot of time in classrooms around chalkboards growing up, but it is love for me. Typically, I only purchase vintage chalkboards, but I really like the new to look vintage ones over at DA Custom Frames. I also realize chalkboards are a thing right now, so I imagine these will go over awesomely. You can read more about them at DA Custom Frame's blog. You can also purchase the smaller versions on their website.
On top of bringing the chalkboard back, DA Custom Frames also makes lovely handmade picture frames, as I am sure you can assume from their name. They have a large range of styles and colors for you to choose from. To name a few styles I like - distressed, flat and vertical. DA Custom Frames also does handmade mirrors, so you could basically decorate your entire home at just this one shop. - Sponsor Spotlight
Very happy and proud to share our 2nd Face-to-face: a designer's profile today with Mae Engelgeer from Studio Mae. Marjon and Sandra visited Mae at her ground floor apartment of a house in 'de Pijp', a wonderful neighborhood in Amsterdam two weeks ago to talk with her about her textile label Studio Mae, inspiration, the way she combines work with family life and what it is like to start your own business.
Would you like to see all the beautiful images and the complete interview then click here for the special Designer's Profile page.
Photography: Marjon Hoogervorst
A little while ago I told you how my friend Lisette Scheers, who lives here in Kuala Lumpur had visited the Milan Furniture fair and she made some fantatsic images of the things she liked. You might remember this post about Paola Lenti's new collection or Ventura Lambrate... today just a summary of all the designs she saw at Fiera Rho, in lIsette her words: "This year not so inspiring - a lot of the same - and everyone uses the same colours : fluo, light blue, ocre yellow and light green" ... not sure of you agree ? I hear what she is saying but I do like these warm and cozy little stools... called the Bambi chairs by Takeshi Sawada.
It was probably the word Glamping that did the trick for me to write about Urbans and Indians ~ a new online shop that is entirely devoted to make camping and outdoor adventures a bit more glamorous .... just how I like it :-)
I never understood this whole camping thing as much as most of my fellow Dutchmen like to do , I rather go to a nice B&B or cozy hotel , but sleeping in a tent that is decorated like this ... Yes you could convince to go.
I really like this series by Sue Tirrell at The Clay Studio - you can always find such interesting pieces at The Clay Studio, and it feels good to know that you're supporting independent artists. One of the things I like to do when I visit The Clay Studio online, is go to their shop by artist section, and that way I can take an individual look at each designer, and not feel overwhelmed by all the lovely options.
Michelle Miller is the artist behind these sweet little cupcake stands (pictured above) found at The Clay Studio, and I like the idea of displaying your cupcakes...though I'm not sure I've ever been able to keep any in the house long enough to make it to its own stand. - Sponsor Spotlight
And speaking of copper ... how about a whole bike made of copper! While Lisette was in Milan visiting the Milan furniture fair 2012 she spotted Dutch designer Bart van Heesch at Studio zeta. He was one of fifty recent Design Academy Eindhoven graduates chosen to exhibit in Milan. And although he was there showcasing his luxaflex made from circles of brass (see the images below in this post) . I also love to show this incredible bike and the cool accessories from him.
Another graduate who made it to THE '50' in Milan is Eva Smeltkop with her Refrigerator 02. A small, transparent storage appliance, in which sweets and snacks not only keep well, but also look good. Thank you Lisette for the images!
In the picture today an all-time favorite of mine the Flowerpot(s) by Verner Panton. The Flowerpot is a design icon and truly has stood the test of time. Awarded many times for his genius designs Verner Panton brought the Flowerpot in 1969 to the stage and and named it after the happy days of Flower Power. The orange one in the image above is the FlowerPot table lamp VP3.
Finding an orignal vintage one form that era is probaly nicest but I would easily buy a new one. Many online shops have them available and &Tradition from Denmark is the current manufacturor.
I think Huset is such a fantastic shop, they have a little bit of everything for everyone, and that makes it easy. I adore these new butter boards from Ferm Living, and would like an entire set please.
How lovely is this Swedish outdoor lawn game? It is called The King's Game, and has been designed to last, so have fun outside and don't worry about breaking anything!
Let's do one more quick start today to start this week... these beautiful hopper boxes inspired by the traditional Japanese Wappa bowls by design duo Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider aka kasch kasch from Köln in Germany... who wouldn't want to have storage containers like these... I know I would!
