FRITZ HANSEN AND MAGNOLIAS
The magnolias were in full bloom last week in Copenhagen. I had a chance to visit the Fritz Hansen factory in Denmark and actually saw the making process of the 7 chair by Arne Jacobsen and some details of the Egg and the Swan chairs. It was fascinating, so many stages, so many handmade […]
POP-UP lunch in style at MOST
We had lunch at Spring Table connected by Nokia, a pop-up restaurant at the amazing old monk´s dining hall at Museum of Science and Technology. It was part of MOST a collision of technology, culture and design instigated by Tom Dixon. Food was by Stevie Parle and it was really nice. There are often cars, […]
MOMENTS IN MILAN
Second day over walking around in Milan. In the menu, there was a lot of all kinds of design, some rain, even a thunderstorm and a nice lunch. Bench by Horm. Toinen päivä takana Milanossa. Tarjolla oli vaikka minkalaista muotoilua sekä sadetta ja ukkosta. Onneksi välillä sai pysähtyä syömään hyvän lounaan. Penkki, Horm. Greyish […]
MILANO MILANO
First day at the iSaloni Fair, starting off with the bright and happy stand of Artek designed by Mike Meiré. The classic of the classics, Aalto stool 60 looks fun with all the colours. I guess I have an obsession with colour…. Ensimmäinen päivä iSaloni-messuilla. Artekin osastosta täytyy aloittaa. Mike Meiré on suunnitellut raikkaan ja iloisen […]
SELLING AND BUYING
There was a jumble sale happening arranged in a photography studio. Great, I thought, now I can get rid of some stuff. Well, I did not sell much, instead I came home with these wonderful Kumela glasses. A friend of mine also gave me these ridiculous lampshades, they are so ugly, they are really nice. […]
POLKA-DOTS ON THE WALL
I went to the office of Huippu Design Management and there they were. Uneven balls by textile artist Heli Tuori-Luutinen. Depending on the shape of a wall, a painting can sometimes be tricky, but with these you can play around with. Simple is nice and less is more. Poikkesin Huipun toimistoon ja siellä ne nököttivät […]
MAILBOX THAT MAKES YOU SMILE
When I was at the Ambiente fair I bumped into some Danish designers from Seidenfaden Design Copenhagen. They showed me some of their cool work and I fell for these Judo mailboxes they designed for Mefa. Some eye candy. I´m having difficulties to decide which colour I want. Picture is via their webpage. Ambiente-messujen aikaan törmäsin […]
SPRING FLOWER
Spring is definitely here. Huge masses of snow are slowly disappearing from our garden. Which reminds me of iSaloni fair in Milan in April. Which reminds me of Moroso, one of my favourite manufacturers. Which reminds me of a small sidetable, I never get tired of. Ukiyo by Tomita Kazuhiko for Moroso. Pictures from Moroso […]
WOOD SAVED BY WOODISM
Woodism is a collective where designers create wooden objects from trees, that are not good enough for the industry. Every now and then I check what kind of edgy products they have come up with this time. Pictures via their webpages. Parru rack by Jouko Kärkkäinen is one of my favourites. Jouko Kärkkäisen Parru-narikka on […]
Serge Van De Put and animals
Serge Van De Put is a Belgian artist whose work we saw in Paris some years ago with photographer Joanna Moorhouse. He makes adorable animal characters out of old tyres. He even gave me a book of his work, which I have lent to someone and happily forgotten to whom. My son has wanted a […]