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Monday's quick start: Baby Barrel Lamp

A bit ashamed to say but New Duivendrecht a Dutch design label was totally unknown to me until last August when I visited the NY international Gift Fair. You remember I told you I came to the fair together with Jurianne, who was part of Tuttobene and Tuttobene was founded by Victor Le Noble who also is one of the designers behind New Duivendrecht.

Victor send me an email last weekend telling me about their latest product called the Baby Barrel Lamp designed by Nieuwe Heren... an I really like it!

The design of the first Barrel lamp was inspired by the aesthetics of WWI searchlights. Now more friendly but still a strong and sturdy shape that provides a steady source of light in any type of space. It is crafted out of wood, steel and concrete.... the combination of wood and concrete makes it very attractive for me and I  would probably place the Baby Barrel  lamp on a floor in a corner of my home. [READ MORE]

 

Design expo about The Eating Person

Marjon and Sandra visited the DesignHuis in Eindhoven a little while ago where the exhibition 'De Etende Mens' or 'The eating Person' is currently showing. The exhibition is curated by well-known food designer Marije Vogelzang and organised by Premsala.

The Eating Person is about exploring the link between people, design, food and the origins of what we eat - with topics ranging from global farming systems to the potential of laboratory-grown meat. You will find the work from international designers, photojournalists and artists including Marti Guixe, Peter Menzel, and Koen van Mechelen. 

If you are in the Netherlands this exhibition is definitely worth going to and you still have some time ... open until 13 January 2013. 

{image below: The Last Supper by Julie Green : a very interesting story about last suppers for death row prisoners.}

     

Twilight, shade, dawn ... new collection by Tas-ka

Absolutely worth waiting for ... the new collection by Dutch design studio Tas-ka.

Twilight, shade, dawn! ... are the six new prints screenprinted on high-quality cotton, all fabricated in The Netherlands.

The ladies from tas-ka are bgining the sensation of 'Schemer, lommer, dageraad' (dutch for Twilight, shade, dawn!) which is the elusiveness of what happens in the early morning and evening, with the clear colours of the rising- and setting sun and the darkness of the night.

And the new collection is now available in their webshop.

Many more images below.

 

Face-to-face a new designer's profile with Anne from La Farme

Marjon Hoogervorst and Sandra Jacobs visited another Dutch designer for us ...  Anne Olde Kalter from LaFarme, who lives with her partner Dirk Gelijsteen in one of those old charming little farms very near to Amsterdam. Their home is just amazing ... beautiful one of a kind furniture pieces combined with little treasures and lost-and-found gems ... 

I am sure this home will bring you lot's of inspiration and some creative ideas ... starting with this great poster 'Ma'am step away from the computer'

Thanks again Sandra and Marjon for a gorgous Home Visit.... click here to visit the home ... 

..Face-to-face : a designer's profile

Jointed Jewels byAmt

One of the nice things about my visit to the NYIGF was meeting dutch designer Alissia Melka-Teichroew in real for the first time ... she and I have been emailing very often during the last couple of years, but meeting her in person adds so much to my love for all her designs. 

At the gift fair Alissia showed her latest jewelry collection: Jointed Jewel 'Amalia' Collection 

When I saw Alissia wearing one of her very new necklaces I almost ripped it of her shirt :)) .. I think she got the message and was super kind to give it to me as a present at the end of the show ... and I must say whenever I am wearing it I am getting so many compliments ... it is pretty big and so a real eye-catcher you can say and so completely different from all other jewelry! I believe the particular necklace I have is not available for sale yet ... it is the Quilt Maple Pendant and will soon be available through her website. But at Jointed Jewels you can buy any of her other amazing jewelry pieces.  

      

World Skin Colors by Reineke Otten

Today I start with Reineke Otten and her amazing World Skin Colors carves. The silk scarves are printed digatilly with not just a nice looking patteren. Reineke has studied and interperated data for the last couple of years and litterly spend 4 months working with excel sheets resulting in these patterns.

For a designer working in the field of visual sociology Reineke's goal is to to reveal society’s patterns and orders — and occasionally, to generate beauty by recording and assembling images and information. Each scarve shows a graphic for a particular country ... 200 in total. 

"imagine people as color pixels. Flying over the world, you would look down and see . . . what? Our planet is an unstable composition of complexions: through migration, intermarriage, cosmetics, war, trains, planes, and automobiles, the ‘view from above’ of the earth’s skin tones is in a continuous state of evolution."

One day this beautiful looking one-of-a-kind lady came to Reineke to the tuttobene booths at NYIGF and expressed her awe and love for Reinke's scarves ... you can probably imagine who much fun we all had and of course were intrigued by this colorful person. 

Turn demographic data into a visual language and then into fashion... World Skin Colors