Show Up

Did some exciting work for Show Up, pictures soon here and on Facebook Jantine-Benschop-interieurdesign. Or come over tomorrow, nice to meet you there.

Interior project

 interior project: fabric from Arpin 1817

Erik & Emilia

This post was long due! It is about Erik & Emilia and Are You Swedish? A few weeks ago I was invited by Are You Swedish? to a brunch offered by Visit Sweden and Are You Swedish?

Erik & Emilia, the two designers behind the Nordic brand E&E glasses held an inspiring presentation. I was immediately drawn to the personality of both Erik and Emilia, founders and owners: warm, smart people with a big passion and drive for their beautiful eyewear. They told us how the company started, about inspiration, quality, finding this small fabric in Italy where the glasses are made by hand. And the new ecofriendly collection. Erik & Emilia are inspired by nature, by Swedish Lapland, its mountains and northern lights. The pictures of nature take your breath away and you immediately get it. 

It did a lot to me, this presentation. It hit me once again that you have to follow your heart and passion. I enjoyed talking to Erik & Emilia about the identity of the brand, the quality, being authentic. The same goes for Are You Swedish? This agency represents very cool Swedish brands and has the same power, drive and warmth, combining passion for beauty with a great sense of business. Thank you both Erik & Emilia and Are You Swedish? 

La Raviere

off piste and hidden in a wood.. once you find it you want to stay, forever or.. take everything home 

Sarah Schönfeld

Looking for art for my client, i remembered the work of Sarah Schönfeld which impressed me a lot. This is what she says:
"Wende Gelände is my pho­to­gra­phic record of import­ant pla­ces from my childhood that fell into decay as a result of the Wende [the col­lapse of com­mu­nist East Ger­many and the crea­tion of a uni­fied Ger­man state] and the sub­se­quent struc­tu­ral chan­ges.."

Visit her website!

llot llov

 So i discovered llot llov...

picture from their website

Travel

just because... i love to travel and my small flat country looks beautiful covered in white

Formes et Utopie

Picture taken at Formes et Utopie, concept store and gallerie. Beautiful selection of Design. Knitted light object 'Matt' from llot llov.

Arpin 1817

One more time Arpin 1817, at home this time... 'ravissant' these plaids. My pretty hot pink dot carpet from Scholten & Baijings agrees.

Daisies

another chair to love 

A Chair

in France with tea-towel from Hollandsche Waaren

Arpin 1817

In the Savoie last week, our friends told us to go to Arpin 1817. The factory has been classified as a living heritage company. 14 machines are listed on the National heritage register and in active service....
'It is these machines, and the hands that operate them, generation after generation, which give Arpin fabrics all their individuality and their unique qualities, as striking to see as to touch. Master wool worker, Master weaver, overseer, upholsterer, quilter…. these noble, ancestral trades continue to live on within the Factory. '

Chalet Style

Mountain inspiration in the Savoie, Tarentaise. 

Bellerose Brussels

nice floor at Bellerose in Brussels, Belgium

Miss'Opo

Reading an article in Dutch Elle Decoration about Miss'Opo Porto Portugal, instant love with this place. Photos from their website, by Ana Luandina.

Back home

New York, you made me smile and sparkle.... 

New York

llustration from Ryo Takemasa

Rio de Janeiro

Rio on my mind. Beauty these abstract stone mosaic sidewalks of Rio, seen in The New York Times

un café

Hotel The Exchange

 www.exchangeamsterdam.com