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we are moving to a new house today, hope it will look a little bit like this one ...this is a house I really really love!
I will be back next week ... but will not be answering email until late next week .... hope you undertsand! WIsh you a very nice weekend, irene x
{Bird from Circus Design}
Steinar Hindenes and Dave Vikøren are Circus Design. They are kind of the grand old men of the Bergen furniture design scene, and they have a lot a really great work to show for. If you read the press release mentioned in this post (link to post 1), you might recognize Dave’s name. I’ve been told that he’s a wonderful resource for the design students at KHiB. Bird is a new collection of chairs, sofas, tables. It’s a module seating system based on 3 different chair modules. Manufactured by Helland Møbler, design by Steinar Hindenes, Lars Tornøe and Atle Tveit.
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Atle Tveit and Lars Tornøe are the design duo Tveit & Tornøe. You might recognise their names from the description of the Bird chair in my second post. These guys were students at KHiB and have had great success in very sort time. I did an interview with them in early April, and believe me; they have the coolest studio in town. The little sneak peek here doesn’t really do it justice.
Above two of Tveit & Tornøe gorgeous designs :: The Dots are giant hooks made of solid oak. The hooks come in sets of five, and make a pleasant addition to any wall. Manufacturer: Muuto. And the Copenhagen Chair is a low resting chair made of 3D-veneer and upholstery, with a steel base. It comes in a variety of veneers and fabrics. Manufacturer: Fora Form.
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Yes more then 50 artists from around the world are showing their work over at the Incredible Print Show organized by the lovely Susan from Artstream ...the show opened last May 1st for online sales all work will be sold off the wall ... above are just some of my favorite pieces :: Katie Vernon - Whale, Flowers :: Amy Ng - Petals + Points #2 :: Heather Smith Jones - happy ending :: Lisa Solomon - dream of home :: ... and here you can find a complete overview from all the artists...
Important message: as of tomorrow I will only have sporadic access to the internet ... therefore responding to your emails will start on Wednesday June 3 again ...thanks for your patience ...of course the posting will keep continuing, so hope to see you back this week.
{KHiB students at Stockholm Furniture Fair}
Thanks to the lovely Irene I (=Astrid) am doing my debut as a guest blogger here at Bloesem. I live in Bergen on the west coast of Norway and in my posts I’m going to introduce you to some very talented furniture and home accessory designers based in Bergen.
KHiB – Bergen National Academy of the Arts – is one of the best acclaimed academies in Norway for furniture and spatial design studies. Every year the students exhibit at Stockholm Furniture Fair (http://webfair2.stofair.se/furniturefair_eng/index.asp?menulink=2&language=EN). The photos above are some of the prototypes that were exhibited this year. Take a look here to see all the 2009 contributions. Here is the press release in English.
Erlend Bleken: "Half pipe" A spacious “one and a half” chair for comfortable lounging. Wool upholstery. Foam fill. Upholstered with steel base. Anders Berg: "Say-O" Lounge chair made of 3D veneer, solid aluminium and stainless steel. Ingunn Eikeland: "Pytt" is a low lounge table. The idea was to visualize a raindrop as it breaches the surface of a puddle. Halvor Eide: "Spin" Lounge chair in laminated maple and wool upholstery aiming to simplify the occasional mingling in an open social landscape. {All photos are taken by Bjarte Bjørkum}
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It's going to be a very hectic week for me ... we're moving house! The movers are coming on Wednesday and hopefully Thursday we can sleep in our new home ... I'm very lucky to have some really nice help this week with my posts, Astrid from HeiAstrid prepared some great furniture posts or us ... I always love visiting Astrids beautiful blog, so many images like the one above really appeal to me ... I will keep you updated during the next two weeks about the move, they (TMnet) promised I could stay online and a smooth transition is being promised to me ...We'lll see?? {ps. more of Astrid's great photography right here}
I'm in bed with a terrible cold ,yes these things also happen in warm countries ... and it's terrible timing because some of you know that we are moving house next week ... so today leaves me with finding some inspiration for the new house online and this is what I found yesterday :: a personalized ikea cabinet ... thanks Danielle for showing! Wish you all a very nice and 'slow' weekend! Irene x
...this is for Rik xxx
It's always fun browsing through Ginko paper's website ... super nice stationery with a Japanese feel and this very nice owl greeting card is absolutely worth framing ... very affordable art you could say!
... a new feature on B:Kids which all of you who like 'winning' probably appreciate ... B:Kids will host a GiveAway party every Wednesday starting today ... you have to click here to find out what you can win this week? Good Luck!
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