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Last couple of days: enjoy 30% off our birch wood trays!

Only 2 days left to receive 30% off our collection of birch wood trays: £17.50 instead of £25!

Dutch Design Week 2014

The Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven is one of the biggest event happening in October in the Netherlands and it is really worth going (18-26 Oct). The quality of work from Dutch designers is outstanding and so inspiring. The event is taking over the entire town of Eindhoven, offering numerous exhibitions, seminars, workshops, parties, food and drinks. Altogether there are more than 300 events at 80 different venues!
My sister Charlotte is graduating in December from the prestigious Design Academy. She invited my family over to spend the weekend in Eindhoven to show us the different events and to visit the graduation show at her school. We had such an amazing time, thanks also to the most beautiful weather. It felt like Spring time!

I will show you a selection of images of my favourite events and designers I discovered over the weekend:

We Make Carpets by Dutch trio Bob, Marcia and Stijn. Not the kind of carpet you would expect. You cannot walk on them. From a distance they may look like a carpet but come closer to discover a carpet made of pasta, colourful sponges, beer bottles, fire crackers, pegs, wooden sticks or some other everyday product.

Wooden model by Floris Hovers:

Graduation project at the Design Academy by Anne Ligtenberg:

Graduation project from the Design Academy by Debby Yu.

Lunch on the sunny terrasse in the Strijp Area. There is a huge skate park right next door. We also went for a coffee at Pastry Club located in a reconverted factory.

On Sunday after a long breakfast sitting outside in the sun, we all went to visit the Piet Hein Eek factory where he reconverted an old Philips building into his workshop, showroom, shop, restaurant and studios for up and coming Dutch designers. It is such a wonderful and inspiring place to visit.
Piet Hein Eek huge workshop:


Piet Hein Eek signature table made of small recycled wood blocks:


Wood patterns:




Ceramics rENs, exploring the colour red on different ceramic objects.

Furniture and textures by Dirk Van Der Kooij:

Ceiling lampshades by Lotty Lindeman and Wouter Scheublin.

Light Forest by Ontwerpduo:


Tallow candles by Ontwerpduo:

Dutch sky

Sunday on the beach, 30 minutes drive from Amsterdam. No wind, delightful temperature, lunch in the sun and a long walk on the beach. More Sundays like this please.

Autumn means a beautiful birch wood tray offer!

We love Autumn. It's such a colourful time of the year and we thought to share a little joy it might be nice to have a special - colourful - offer!

So we're offering 30% off our entire collection of birch wood trays.

Made in Sweden using birch wood sourced from renewable forests, our trays are both functional and a wonderful set piece decoration for a kitchen or dining room. They are available in four designs:
Morning in Manhattan
Un Dimanche à Paris
Ludo le Lapin
Flower

A little bit about our trays...
36cm x 28cm
Scandinavian birch wood
Hygenic dishwasher safe
Made in Sweden

The offer ends 31st October 2014!

Assembli: DIY paper kit

Make your own paper animal trophy with these step by step DIY folding kits from Dutch studio Assembli. Aren't they beautiful? I'd love to get the Giraffe for my children's bedroom. It would be a nice project to do with Ophelia on a Wednesday afternoon after school.

Woonbeurs Amsterdam

This morning I went to visit Woonbeurs, the Dutch Interior trade show in Amsterdam. I went along with my friends Ester Van der Paal from Babyccino and Erika Harberts from Miko Design. Erika is famous for her beautiful Paris Dolls and for making the most adorable and imaginative breakfast and afternoon tea for her daughters. I have known Erika for a while but only through her work and social media so it was nice to meet her 'for real'!
It was my first experience of an interior trade show in the Netherlands and it was a nice one. It was a good size show, not as huge as Maison et Objet so I managed to see quite a lot within my tight schedule of 1h30.
Here is my selection of things I liked. I took the photos with my phone so excuse the poor quality of the snapshots.

Dutch designer Lex Pott:

Creative desk on the 101 Voonideeen stand. I love the customisation of tins and shoe boxes.