Dutch design

Ontwerpduo

I always enjoy re-visiting the websites from Dutch designers and see what they have been up to lately … like Lloop from Ontwerpduo :: such a simple but splendid idea to adjust the length of your lamp and of course it looks beautiful…

Jorineoosterhof

..or some really nice new cups from Jorine Oosterhoff :: T(r)eacup, Tea cups with little tree-trunk legs and Cafe Pompose, the cups are little personalities…the cappuccino cup represents a fat lady, the espresso cup a stately gentleman with a large ego ( but ridiculously short next to his wife) and the ristretto cup is their little child…

Nienke Sybrandy :: help

div xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”pI truly enjoy writing posts like these … about a true artist that gives me so much inspiration, new ideas and a new way of looking at things that you so easily take for granted … since the a href=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/bloesem/2007/02/nienke_sybrandy.html” target=”_blank”last time I wrote/a about Dutch designer a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl” target=”_blank”Nienke Sybrandy/a she has created some amazing a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl” target=”_blank”new work/a for several projects … bra href=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451e8d469e20115707dffbf970b-pi” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”Bladerportretten_NienkeSybrandy” class=”at-xid-6a00d83451e8d469e20115707dffbf970b ” src=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451e8d469e20115707dffbf970b-500wi” style=”width: 500px;”/a br’a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl/html/DDW2008.html” target=”_blank”Bladerportretten/a = Leave Portraits’ is the name of this stunning project which I believe a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl/html/DDW2008.html” target=”_blank”Nienke/a does for herself in her own home … every time a leaves falls from her plant she engraves a small face in it, gives it a date tag and places it in a keepsake box … this way a family tree from the plant is being created … unbelievable how real the faces look … a href=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451e8d469e201156f8837e4970c-pi” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”Bloemstilleven_NienkeSybrandy” class=”at-xid-6a00d83451e8d469e201156f8837e4970c ” src=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451e8d469e201156f8837e4970c-500wi” style=”width: 500px;”/abrFor a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl/html/IDA2008.html” target=”_blank”InsideDesign 2008 Nienke Sybrandy/a gave a whole new meaning to the word flower-arrangements … she was asked by the people from InsideDesign to turn one of the rooms of the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam into a PlantCabinet … and so she did in her own special way … on the wall you could find this still-live of flowers … print of a flower arrangement in vase and then cut ou from the paper.bra href=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451e8d469e20115707dfd47970b-pi” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”Herbariumvazen_NienkeSybrandy” class=”at-xid-6a00d83451e8d469e20115707dfd47970b ” src=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451e8d469e20115707dfd47970b-500wi” style=”width: 500px;”/a brnbsp;Some gorgeous a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl/html/INT2008.html” target=”_blank”2-dimensional porcelain Herbariumvases/a … find more images a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl/html/INT2008.html” target=”_blank”right here/a to see how special these vases are …bra href=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451e8d469e201156f883448970c-pi” style=”display: inline;”img alt=”Plantenkussens_NienkeSybrandy” class=”at-xid-6a00d83451e8d469e201156f883448970c ” src=”http://bloesem.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83451e8d469e201156f883448970c-500wi” style=”width: 500px;”/a brand I love these fresh and fun looking flower cushions that don’t need any watering … soon Nienke is going to add them to her online shop, if you are already interested in buying themthen just send a href=”mailto:info%5Bat%5Dnsybrandy%5Bdot%5Dnl” target=”_blank”Nienke an email/a …/ppemstrongspan style=”color: #898a49; font-family: Helvetica;”HELP :: /span/strongspan style=”color: #898a49; font-family: Helvetica;”a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl/” target=”_blank”Nienke/a asked me whether I could help her find somebody in New York who might be interested in showing her designs in a Gallery or if somebody can give her a name of who to contact in New York for a possible review/exhibition of her gorgeous work?? a href=”http://www.nsybrandy.nl/” target=”_blank”Nienke/a will be so happy if you could help her find the right person …. pleasea href=”mailto:info%5Bat%5Dnsybrandy%5Bdot%5Dnl” target=”_blank” send Nienke an email/a or leave a cmment if you do …/span/em/p/div

Jurianne Matter

Juriannematter

Jurianne Matter is my favorite ‘paper-designer’ from the Netherlands, she makes fantasitc and unique paper products to make every party more fesitve and nice … I already told you about her garlands, wish boats and angels … but recently she added these supernice lanterns to her collection … Jurianne sells them per 7 in a package and you can order them online by sending Jurianne an email or have a look at the online stockists

New wallpaper from Studio Ditte

Studioditte


Studio Ditte, a design studio from the Netherlands, brings new inspiration for your walls … wallpaper ribbon colorful … and yes colorful it is, maybe a bit much for an entire wall, but it would definetly look awesome on a smaller wall to bring some ‘extra’ cheer to your home … wallpaper is avaliable online right here


BY:AMT studio

Byamt


The Soft Tree Trunk Stool from BY:AMT studio is finally available … in 2001 Ilona Huvernaars and Alissia Melkateichroew were asked by a gallery in the Netherlands to present a setting for an exhibition called “The grass is always greener on the other side”… and these were the super fun looking chairs they designed … Kikkerland from New York has started manufacturing them … the Trunk Stools will be available as of May 2009, currently they are being manufactured in Mexico … for more information please contact Alissia via an email or Laura Kellner from Kikkerland if you would like to recieve wholesale information…  {previous posts from Alissia on Bloesem}

Eat Love … and more food

Eatlove


EAT LOVE … a fantastic new book about Marije Vogelzang‘s beautiful food designs and concepts … Marije is a well-known Eating-Designer in the Netherlands … the book is about Marije Vogelzang’s work in context of Dutch design, international design and trends in food, eating culture and society … the book is written in English by design critic Louise Schouwenberg and available via BIS publishers

More Food … a new column on BloesemKids … Cooking for Kids

Jo Meesters

Jomeesters


Many of you probably know that I’m a huge fan of the incredible work by Dutch designer Jo Meesters and one f his latest projects called TESTLAB is again fantastic … Jo says about TESTLAB: "it is an experimental ongoing project about rejuvenating and reusing discarded materials and exploring the possibilities of the materials, removing them from their contexts and transforming them into something new" …

Jomeesters_testlab


TESTLAB kicked off with the collection “Odds and Ends, Bits and Pieces”, consisting out of four furniture pieces … beautiful! The black vessels in the cabinets are from his Pulp collection, and I’m still hoping that one of these will one day find a place in our house too … feel free to enquire any information about Jo’s work by sending Jo an email …