Hasta La Ideas

{Holiday memory from France}

Art in the Home of Akkie Bosje

A: Art makes me…

Think. It touches and inspires.

{Telephonecards by VANDEJONG}

R: Reading books / blogs / magazines …

There’s is no day without reading. Every book, article or blog is a journey into a new world. Amongst my favourite writers are Martin Bril, Toon Tellegen, Herman van Veen and the grand old lady Hella S. Haasse. Reading blogs is a journey a day, very inspiring. It replaced most magazines.

Favourites; Darling Clementine, Swiss Miss, Nordic Design, Design Observer and Wilfried de Jong. (I’m a huge sports watcher)…………….                                              READ MORE>>>

{Picture by Rob Schröder, tin designs by me}

T: Trends I see in art or graphic design are… On the one hand graphic design is becoming more an strategic art-form, on the other hand there is a kind of revival of the old days (letterpress typography, arts and crafts). It is a great time were everything comes together at the internet. Love all the interaction possibilities. Amazing times.

{House of Cards by Charles and Ray Eames}

A: Artists I admire are… Charles and Ray Eames are still a great source of inspiration. I like the interesting diversity and concepts of Hella Jongerius and really like the athmosphere in the landscapes of painter/actor Jeroen Krabbé, also a great divers person.

{Schiphol by Raimond Wouda}

N: Never will I … Stop having a head full of ideas. ‘There’s never enough time to do all the nothing I want’ -Calvin and Hobbes

{Painting by Anne}

D: Dreams for my own work are about… In the near future I will finally start that blog and I hope to make a whole lot of new illustrations in new books, and maybe one day an exhibition.

{Picture by Piet van den Beuken en Peter Hermus Piet is founder of Rubens&Roelofs}

P: Projects I'm currently working on are… Setting up a new webshop for a client. I am really pleased to do the webshop design but I have also the great oppertunity to design the collection in it. The shop is sceduled to be launched in September, so I am quite busy…

{My working table and posterdesign Chapeau}

R: Relaxing I do at / when / if… Like to go to the beach, watch a great movie, visiting a bookstore and I love riding my bike.

{Nachtparade, illustration}

I: Interesting art-places online are…

Winterhouse and Phaidon.

{Hocus Pocus, storyboard for Sesamestreet animation}

N: New in my home is…

Actually nothing, cleaned out a whole bunch of stuff. But have a lot of plans for redecorating. Of course there’s always a new book around.

{The other side of my studio, a collection of inspiration}

T: Tomorrow I like to go to…

Copenhagen, it is a place on my wish-to-go-list for a long time.

{Scetches, some nice paper, stickers and a postcard on my mosaic tray}

S: Studio, my studio is…

My world, my haven. 

…………………….Thank You Akkie Bosje………………..

Akkie Bosje, educated at the prestigious Gerrit Rietveld Academie, worked as a graphic designer for twenty years, before recently making a radical career switch and becoming a full-time illustrator. You can find her online portfolio right here … would you like to ask her something than this is the link to follow…

All images by Akkie Bosje

 Art in the home of Thereza Rowe

A: Art means to me… Creating things I daydream of.  It makes me very happy both personally and professionally.

R: Reading books / blogs / magazines … Such a relaxing activity… I’m reading Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro for the second time. It’s that good. Audiobooks have become a big thing for me as I get to ‘read / listen’ to ace books while I’m working.

Visiting my favorite blogs over a coffee break has got to be one of my favorite things to do. 

T: Trends I see in art or graphic design are… Just trends. Trends come and go… I think good work remains timeless. Personally, I tend to be inspired by the classic line, in whatever time or shape it may come.

A: Artists I admire are… Joan Miro, Alvin Lustig, Matisse and Frida Khalo to name a few.

N: Never will I … Say never.

D: Dreams for my own work are about…  Growth and happiness.

P: Projects I'm currently working on are… Album artwork for a Danish indie band amongst other things + obsessively playing with patterns and looking into possibilities and ways of application for those.

R: Relaxing I do at / when / if… A lot of lounging around on Sundays mostly at home and occasionally do a visit to a good old traditional car boot sale in London.

I: Interesting art-places online are… Pretty much every publication and print from Nobrow + it’s nice that   also have great stuff regularly show on their site. And of course Bloesem for daily inspiration.

N: New in my home is… A pair of duck-scissors + a vintage briefcase I got from Camden market, which is now portfolio and a little wood shelf I designed recently.

T: Tomorrow I’d like to go to… The moon in a hot air balloon.

S: Studio, my studio is… Some sort of organized chaos…. I have a weird habit of deliberately hiding things around the place (such as a set of new pens, a little old frame, papers, anything really) so that one day, (sometimes months or years later) whilst going through a box or drawer I find something… and the happiness, of not even remembering I had it in the first place, is unbelievable! 

Thereza Row is very talented  illustrator and graphic designer. Would you like to see her portfolio, buy some of her work or read her journal than follow the links… Enjoy!

 Art in Your Home :: Sanne van den Winden

A: Art means to me… freedom and reflection, also by learning about art, i learn to see more.

R: Reading books / blogs / magazines … I read books to be inspired and to relax. I browse through blogs and magazines to be up to date. at the moment: book:Nighttrain to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier. Magazines: Elle Uk & NL, Spoonful, Nylon, Architectural Digest, Marie Claire a.o. Blogs: amelia's magazine, Freunden von Freunden, Selby, Tas-ka, Bloesem a.o.

{in the picture art by: Ga! box by Hidde de Roos, center Print  by Thegoodmachinery,  Circus Picture by Floris Schrama,  Mirrors from journeys to Indonesia and Greece, rest= postcards and own work}

T: Trends I see in art or graphic design are… **green meets urban and **cozyness.

A: Artists I admire are… Raoul Dufy,Kees van Dongen, Dries van Noten, Henri Matisse, Rothko, Jan Sluijters, Kenzo, Anish Kapoor, Sonia Delaunay, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Maira Kahlman.

N: Never will I … be without ideas

D: Dreams for my own work are about… being a full time illustrator and pattern designer, working internationally. 

P: Projects I'm currently working on are… Editorial illustrations, exhibition work for Fashion Clash Maastricht and working on my own textile collection.

R: Relaxing I do at / when / if… By reading a good book, being with my family, cooking and eating and by travelling.

I: Interesting art-places online are… tate ; amelia's magazine ; dear ada ; sophie munns

N: New in my home is…  my blackboardwall, in stead of my ever disappearing little lists, a 2hand record player and a bed cover from Beddinghouse

T: Tomorrow I like to go to… London, to work and live there, in a little studio with a little rooftop garden…

S: Studio, my studio is… my home.

Thank you  Sanne van den Winden…………..

Sanne van Winden is a Dutch illustrator and pattern designer , who graduated at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague at the fashion&textile design department. You can find her colorful portfolio right here, read her journal here and visit her etsy shop right here. I also love her designs over at Envelop. 

{in the image below, Bedcover  by Beddinghouse}

Art in the home of Leah Duncan

A: Art means to me…sharing a little piece of myself with the world.

R: Reading books / blogs / magazines … keeps me connected to other artists and designers, provides a different perspective, and allows me time to absorb the always inspiring and supportive community around me. 

{image above : print by ana raimundo}

T: Trends I see in art or graphic design are… geometric shapes, linework, hand-drawn aesthetics – all of which i use in my own work.

{buffalo and bird by Small Adventure } 

A: Artists I admire are… artists who have the courage to make a living doing what they love. 

N: Never will I … be discouraged.

D: Dreams for my own work are about… growth. 

P: Projects I'm currently working on are… preparing to debut my first collection of surface patterns at Surtex NY.

R: Relaxing I do at / when / if… walks with my dog, yoga, a jog on austin's hike and bike trails, a glass wine, on my bike, a lunch out with friends.

I: Interesting art-places online are… an artist's personal blog is always my favorite read – getting to know the person behind the work.

N: New in my home is… blossoms from an early Spring.

T: Tomorrow I like to… go for a hike with the dog and husband in tow, sip some coffee on my back porch.

S: Studio, my studio is… a work in progress, a mess, a sanctuary, a place to be who i am today, and become who i will be tomorrow.

..Leah Duncan..

..Leah's online shop..
..Leah's blog..

Art in the home of Furze Chan

A: Art means to me…Art is a sudden impulse to create something; to fulfill a my desire to create something.

R: Reading books / blogs / magazines …I almost finish reading a book written by Italo Calvino.The name of the book: If On A Winter's Night A travelerIt takes me a very long time to finish a novel in busy days, but I am always thankful that we are able to read stories written by people in the past. This is to me a valuable and exciting adventure.

T: Trends I see in art or graphic design are…I do not really see a trend in art or graphic design, things are going diverse nowadays in terms of the changing meaning on "beauty". However, there is a thing that I discovered. People are starting to revisit tradditional craftmanships, digging out the valuable treasures from the past. I think this is a good phenonmenon.

A: Artists I admire are…Morandi, van gogh, Edgar Degas, J.S. Bach, Federic Chopin, Michael Jackson…

N: Never will I …forget to feed my pet…

D: Dreams for my own work are about…calmness and silence

P: Projects I'm currently working on are…I am working on a book-binding projects, trying to explore book forms as well as the meaning of visuals and texts.

R: Relaxing I do at / when / if…drinking coffee and chatting with my good friends; dancing; sitting down and doing nothing

I: Interesting art-places online are…some blogs i visit everyday:http://workspaces.tumblr.com/http://thegoldensmith.blogspot.com/http://ridesabike.tumblr.com/http://elasticnovice.com/http://art-glossary.com/ 

N: New in my home is…A coffee dripper. I am able to enjoy very smooth vietnam coffee at home now!

T: Tomorrow I like to go to…stay home to work on some book binding and drawings.

S: Studio, my studio is…a small room full of messy stuff…

Thank You Furze for sharing your walls and collections with us today. Would you like to see more of the work by Furze Chan than click here for her website and here for her shop. I have fallen in Love with the Animal Poetry by Furze… if you click here you probably understand why 🙂

..Furze Chan