50 DANSKA KVADRAT

The truth is.

2011-08-28T17:19:00.002+02:00

Dear readers, friends and followers. I feel it's time I share this with you. I usually don't post things that are this personal since this is more a "blog-of-nice-stuff" than it is a blog about me.

The thing is, that for the second time in my life, the evil little bastard called cancer moved in to my body. I'm furious, frustrated and very sad. I thought I had done my round but suddenly he is back. Not as ugly as last time perhaps, but ugly enough

The good news are that it was detected at a very early stage and the doctors tell me that all the evil stuff was removed with the surgery I had. I will be undergoing chemo therapy for the months to come though, to make sure that awful son-of-a-bitch doesn't move back in. Therefore, this blog will be silent for a while.

Meanwhile I will be spending time with the ones I love and find ways to cure both body and soul.

I thank you all for stopping by and I hope to be back soon!

Image from here

Isn't it strange

2011-07-22T18:37:00.001+02:00

When life is tough, people you've known for most (or all!) of your life strangely disappears. At the same time, people you've never met before turns up from nowhere to give you strenght and help you out.

Today we had a really awful day. Suddenly the doorbell rang and outside our door was this wonderful person with three books he wanted to give to my husband. Just to cheer him up. We've never met before.

Thank you so much! You saved our day, Egill!!

Everything will be fine

2011-06-27T00:40:00.002+02:00

Today

2011-06-16T23:03:00.001+02:00

Sometimes life hits you in the face big time. So today, when I have no words, I borrow from Isak Dinesen aka Karen Blixen. I won't be posting for a while, but I'll be back. I just need to be close to my salt water for a while. Love to all of you.
// Emma

Bjerge by Marianne Nielsen

2011-06-05T09:50:00.000+02:00

Icecream coloured, beautiful ceramics by danish artist Marianne Nielsen.

Tourists at home and roof top drama

2011-06-04T23:17:00.000+02:00

Sometimes when you have friends staying at your place you rediscover your own city and remember why you love it so much. Thank you Hanna, Robert and little Lee for two amazing days!
We woke up after the Nørrebro Distortion festival night and discovered a guy sleeping on the roof of the building facing our appartment. He kept rolling closer and closer to the edge (you can see his arm like a little bump on the bottom pic) and us shouting and whisteling was no way near enough to wake him. We ended up calling the police who came and woke the tired man up. I hope he didn't get into touble because of us, but it was just too scary to watch and not do anything.

Jag älskar min mamma!

2011-05-29T11:47:00.001+02:00

Jag älskar dig mamma, du är bäst!
Happy mother's day mom. I love you. You are the best!

Collage by SCHELTENS & ABBENES

Russia

2011-05-21T10:30:00.001+02:00

Russian appartments found here.

Miranda

2011-05-12T09:10:00.000+02:00

I'm going to cry. I'm going to laugh.

Liebling

2011-05-04T20:11:00.001+02:00

Found these wonderful photos of the boutique Liebling in Malmö over at Byggfabriken's blog. Lovely! Why have I never been there?

Move in with me!

2011-04-28T21:55:00.000+02:00

Via

Happy last day of Easter!

2011-04-25T15:24:00.000+02:00

Doodles

2011-04-17T21:47:00.001+02:00

Found these over at Jokemijn (thanks for many inspiering posts). Lovely. The bags are by Monja Gentschow.
Easter is coming up and we are going to Sweden for a wedding and to visit Simon's family. I'm really looking forward to it. Just three more days of work and then some vacation.

You shouldn't let poets lie to you!

2011-04-14T21:02:00.000+02:00

Muller Fien photography

2011-04-12T21:05:00.002+02:00

Love these images from the studio of ~~dutch (here we go again)~~ furniture designer Maarten Van Severen by photographer Muller Fien. Beautiful.
Correction: Not Dutch! Belgian! Good to know my taste goes beyond the borders of the Neatherlands :)
I'm not the best blogger at the moment, I know. Still trying to get into my new job. I love it but it takes a while to adjust to a new place after all. Possibly the best job I've ever had, btw :) But, so you know, I'm still here!

So pretty.

2011-04-02T09:37:00.003+02:00

Everything that comes out of the Netherlands looks good. Or at least, so it seems. (Sorry for the lo-res images, but I couldn't resist posting :)
Found via Design Shimmer Photo by Jansje Klazing

No nails

2011-03-11T10:03:00.000+01:00

I often wish I was better at building stuff. I come up with all sorts of amazing designs, amazing in my head at least since my knowledge in carpentery is next to none. My father is a very skilled carpenter and I've kept some of the drawings I made of stuff I wanted him to build for me when I was a kid. Like the one of a candy kiosk for example. I had written down that the shelves in the kiosk were supposed to be 1 centimeter wide...(!) Very useful information for my dad I guess!
This invention above could certainly be something for me. Developed by israeli design lab Dag these little thingies were made to join all sorts of things in your house, even for building shelves!

Found via Shoebox dwelling

A favourite scene from a favourite film

2011-03-02T09:23:00.000+01:00

Dustin Hoffman and Jason Schwartzman in I ♥ Huckabees

Iben Birch Bech lamps

2011-02-27T18:31:00.011+01:00

Love these lamps that Iben made for a bar at the Roskilde Festival a couple of years ago!

Print saved and a cool pop-up store!

2011-02-27T18:21:00.003+01:00

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying this sunday evening. Copenhagen was cold today so we spent the day inside, cooking risotto (me) and watching a bicycle race on TV (Simon). To my great surprise the stains on my Lottas träd print faded away when it dried and are now almost impossible to see! Lucky lucky stupid little me :) I promise to take a photo of it once I get it framed.
Tomorrow I'm going to meet with this talented lady to discuss a future project and I'm very much looking forward to it!
And finally some eyecandy to finish off the week! Love the concept of this cool pop-up store for Australian fashion brand Arnsdorf created by design studio Edwards Moore. So simple but stunning. 154 pairs of tights were used in the installation!

Via Dezeen. Photography by Tony Gorsevski.

Random niceness

2011-02-24T18:29:00.000+01:00

Source within the images. Last two images by Hanna Konola

Afraid to tell you how stupid I am, Lotta.

2011-02-24T16:25:00.001+01:00

I recieved a gift in the mail a couple of days ago. A really really beautiful print by Lotta Olsson. I had been planning to take a photo of it today and post it here. I laid it out on the floor and put some candleholders in it's corners so that it would lay flat. I only had three of them so i reached towards the sofatable to get hold of a... a... a... Coffeacup!!! How incredible idiotic and totally mindless was that!! I had to call my husband and shed a little tear over my clumsyness. So, no photo of the much appreciated gift, but an image from Lotta's website once again. Thank you so much Lotta, I seriously love your prints, and I'm sorry that I'm such a clumsy dumbass. I'm still going to frame it, but I think you would prefer me to show an image without stains, so that's what I'll do.

London

2011-02-20T17:55:00.000+01:00

Hi friends! I'm back from a wonderful stay in London so here are some pics :) We pretty much stayed away from the central parts of the city, except for a visit to Tate modern and a stroll through Borough market. Probably the best idea ever, since I came to like it a lot more than I did before. We ate a lot of really nice food and had a great time. Having such sweet and generous hosts really helped too! Thank you so much Gero and Cornelia! You are the best!

Thank you thank you thank you!!

2011-02-06T20:00:00.001+01:00

Thank you so much to everyone who has left me London tips, I'm feeling so excited about this trip now! You are the sweetest!
I have a feeling that the upcoming weeks I won't be the most frequent blogger, since I started a new job last week. It's at a small book publishing company and I'm very happy about it, since I always dreamt about designing books for a living. Jubii!! But, you know what it's like when you start a new job, it can be quite exhausting. If it's quiet here, you can always pop by my other blog @ Elle interiör, that one is updated at least a couple of times a week.

The London trip is this upcoming weekend and one thing I will be sure to do is to have Afternoon tea at some really nice place. Teapot above is by Ettore Sottsass. Like a building almost.

London - I want your best tips!

2011-01-31T19:38:00.001+01:00

We are going to London for a few days in the middle of february to visit Simon's sister and her fiance! I've been to London a few times but I never really fell in love. I am absolutely sure that this is because I haven't been to the right places! I'm sure our hosts have tons of great tips, but I thought I'd ask you too! So... I'm interested in everything; Museums, restaurants, current exhibitions, shopping, nice areas, cafés, clubs... everything! Fire away!

Playful and ingenious!

2011-01-30T14:21:00.002+01:00

I love everything about this concept. The playfulness and the creativity. This is an interior for a boutique made by Italian designcompany Marama.
That lamp is just ingenious, and look at the fading floor!

Images from Marama

Oui oui oui!!

2011-01-27T12:56:00.002+01:00

Look what I found in my mailbox the other day! This great tote made by Mette that I won in her secret birthday lottery last week! Lucky lucky me! Thank you so much Mette <3

Birdhouse by Klaas Kuiken

2011-01-27T12:03:00.000+01:00

Image from Klaas Kuiken

oh.....

2011-01-24T11:19:00.000+01:00

Via Jokemijn

Sorry for the mess...

2011-01-22T21:22:00.000+01:00

Puha! I'm trying to change the layout of the blog. It looks terrible right now, but I wanted to be able to show larger images. I'm trying to fix it :)

Sweaters

2011-01-22T20:10:00.004+01:00

First one found here second one found here.

Multiväxt

2011-01-17T10:18:00.007+01:00

Nice print by Lotta Olsson.

Two-thousand-and-heaven!

2011-01-16T22:34:00.002+01:00

We bought ourselves a new camera. I've always considered myself a pretty lousy photographer but 2011 (or twothousandheaven, as my best friend calls it) is the year of learning new things. Besides learning to play the ukelele I also hope to become better at taking pictures.

How big is a beaver?

2011-01-16T22:19:00.003+01:00

Today I learned that a European beaver can become up to 75 cm long (without the tail) and an American beaver up to 100 cm, also without the tail. I also learned that they serve beaver meat at NOMA.

Stools by polish design studio MOWO

Now on bloglovin'

2011-01-12T11:22:00.002+01:00

Click this link to follow my blog Vinklar & Vrår with Bloglovin'!

How cool and how hot is this?

2011-01-12T10:37:00.001+01:00

Heat-sensitive wallpaper by shi yuan

For the little architect

2011-01-12T10:18:00.004+01:00

Stackable dollshouse by Martijn van Tilburg for Toideloi

Hello Sunday evening

2011-01-09T19:35:00.002+01:00

I'm back in Copenhagen after a short stay in Malmö over the weekend. It was windy and cold so we spent most of the weekend in our friend's sofa watching episodes of Lost. I also stubled over this beautiful and funny project by artist Anna Gleeson. Giant paper earrings!!

Giant paper earrings by Anna Gleeson Via I'm Revolting

Not a banana.

2011-01-07T09:17:00.002+01:00

I remember making a desk organizer in the woodworkshop at school when I was like nine or so. It was supposed to be a banana but it looked more like this.

Desk organizers from Etsy Shop Less and More

More Made a Mano

2011-01-05T12:59:00.002+01:00

Lotta posted some images from Made a Manos catalouge today. I'm a long time fan of their work and I honestly don't understand why I haven't posted anything about them before. These images are my favourites!

Images from Made a Mano photo by Heidi Lerkenfeldt

Happy New Year!!!

2010-12-31T12:48:00.001+01:00

I wish you all a very very happy new year! Thank you for following, it means a lot to me, and I hope you will continue to swing by every now and then in the upcoming year! 2011 will be a beautiful, wonderful, fantastic year!

Image from Confetti System

Things I liked in 2010

2010-12-29T15:05:00.001+01:00

Since 2010 is almost over and I know 2011 will be great! I just know it! For me the past year has been very varied and a little bit strange but in the end, it came out just fine. This blog has grown a lot in the past year and I'm so happy for all the interesting and inspiering people I've met through this blog! Thank you so much!! You are great! I've picked out a few things (one for each month) that inspiered me this year, the link is within the image, like a little recap of 2010.

January - Move in with me!

February - A gift from mom

March - Just perfect

April - Faye Toogood

May - C'est la vie oh la la

June- Bagggggs

July - It's so hot in Copenhagen

August (in august i didn't post anything because I was on vacation and got married ;))

September - A house in Norway

October

November - Make faces

December - To live with less

A home in Texas

2010-12-27T02:00:00.003+01:00

No words today. Just images. Enjoy :)

Via Desire to Inspire

Sasa clock by Thorunn Arnadottir

2010-12-24T11:32:00.003+01:00

Beautiful and poetic conceptual design by Thorunn Arnadottir. From the designer's website: "The time is read from the color coded necklace. Each bead represents a 5 minute increment. As the wheel turns, every 5 minutes a bead drops down the cord. Orange beads represent hours, gold and silver beads represent noon and midnight."........"To "stop time", remove the beads and wear them proudly, as a statement that you are in control of your own minutes.
The clock is manufactured and sold by Daniel Estes Designs

Images from Thorunn Arnadottir's website

News news news!

2010-12-22T15:44:00.003+01:00

I've started to blog for swedish ELLE Decor! This blog will be focusing on smart small space soloutions and inspiration for those of us who live with few m². The blog is in swedish with a summary in english so I hope some of you will follow me over there. 50 danska kvadrat will stay here, and continue as usual :) Looking forward to seeing you over at Elle's!
Follow the link here: http://vinklar.elleinterior.se/

Rosy Nicholas

2010-12-16T21:45:00.002+01:00

Rosy Nicholas lives and works in London, as an illustrator and prop maker. I really like the dirty-cute theme in the second print :)

Rosy Nicholas

I love this place (and the clothes!)

2010-12-16T21:02:00.001+01:00

The clothes of the japanese born Los Angeles based designer Momo Suzuki are really something, but look at her place! Again (I've kept coming back to that over and over again for a while now) so simple, so uncomplicated and beautiful! The photos are shot by photographer and artist Jeana Shon who has a great blog.

Photos by Jeana Sohn found via A Merry Mishap

Lamp in clothes

2010-12-15T11:34:00.002+01:00

Hello again!! It's nice to be back. The workshop went very well and we were so impressed by engagement the students showed us, we had so much fun! (See some pics here)
I really like the idea of this lamp below, by Ana Kraš. What a great way to reuse your old favourite clothes!

M lamp by Ana Kraš

So long for a little week!

2010-12-05T16:23:00.000+01:00

I'm going away for a few days to teach a workshop in illustration here. I'm excited to meet with the students and Becci and I hope to inspire and surprise them a bit. A lot of exciting things are happening in my life right now (finally!) and I hope to share some of it with you soon. Until then, take care and visit some of the excellent blogs in my blogroll! See you in a little week!

Animated gif via ffffound

Reclaimed wood!

2010-12-03T12:03:00.002+01:00

When my parents moved in to their first apartment in the middle of the 70's a large part of their furninture was "based-on-a-cube" and homebuilt out of particleboard. Very trendy at that time I learned when I laid my hands on some old "Bo Bedre" magazines a few months ago.

This buildning system is called Panels & Plugs and is developed by Mope. The pieces are sold separately so you can either buy the whole thing, panels, hinges, connectors and handles OR you can choose to use your own pieces of reclaimed wood! Like it!

Via Reflexdeco

To live with less

2010-12-02T10:47:00.000+01:00

This Tokyo home feels like a deep breath of fresh air.

Via A Merry Mishap but originally from here

In my mailbox today!

2010-12-01T16:26:00.002+01:00

Remember the post I made with the lovely collage by Liesl Pfeffer back in July? Well, this collage is now waiting to be framed and put on my wall! The print was sent to me by Kristina of Up your wall, an internet based gallery where you can buy really nice and affordable prints. The reason I got the print was that Kristina found Liesl through my blog! I love to connect people in real life, that's the best feeling in the world, but I never thought that this blog actually could be a place for that too! Love the print and good luck with Up yor wall, Kristina! Thanks a million!

Collage by Liesl Pfeffer available at Up your wall

Make faces :)

2010-11-30T14:50:00.001+01:00

I have a feeling I could play with this forever.

Via Flux Blog

Wallpaper for Bungalow 5

2010-11-29T22:20:00.002+01:00

I made this december wallpaper that you can download over at Bungalow 5. There are also a few of my limited edition prints left to buy at Cinnober bookshop. A perfect christmas gift :)

Emma Busk

A home in Finland

2010-11-25T00:02:00.002+01:00

This is so beautiful! The colours and the materials makes me think about Gotland and how much I sometimes miss it, especially today when the first snow fell here in Copenhagen.

via Desire to inspire

Some extra seats maybe?

2010-11-22T16:56:00.002+01:00

This cute foldable bench was designed by Ali Bei Building Workshop in Barcelona for the café My little café in Bordeaux. I suppose it is meant to be used outdoors but I think it would be perfect at my place too. It could just slide under our sofa and serve as extra seating (with some cushions) when we have friends over! It looks a little retro, and in a good kind of way!

Images Ali Bei Building Workshop

We make capets

2010-11-22T12:35:00.001+01:00

Temporary carpets made out of everyday objects by We make carpets, a collaboration between designers Stijn van der Vleuten and Marcia Nolte and visual artist Bob Waardenburg.

Via Yatzer

Principessa?

2010-11-19T20:17:00.004+01:00

I grew up thinking, at least up until the age of 4, that everyone at some point of their lifes would become a prince or a princess. It was all very simple, life was endlessly long so there would certainly be time for all of us. And like in all games you take turns playing the most desiered role. I remember having an argument with an older friend about this, the same boring friend that tried to convince me that "one thousand" was actually more than "one hundered".
I remember this so clearly, I think it was probably during this argument I realized that maybe the world was not so fair after all.
The closest I ever got to princess was a Lambada (a very childish and far apart one, not at all like the kids in the video) during my dancing lesson in fourth grade with a boy who would later become the boyfriend of one of the princesses in Sweden.
I'm pretty ok with the fact that I will never become a princess nowadays, in the same way I'm ok with not being a priest or a nanny, two other childhood dreams of mine. Life oh Life.

The daybed is called Principessa and is designed by Doshi Levein

Minakani

2010-11-17T11:31:00.001+01:00

Minakani is a Paris based textile design studio. Eyecandy!

Images Minakani

Moon and Sun - new release!

2010-11-16T11:26:00.001+01:00

Listen to this!
Buy the 10" here! Become a happier person!

Paper sized multifunction

2010-11-15T16:23:00.001+01:00

The proportions of this good looking cabinet by South Korean designstudio Kamkam is based on the standard A-format papersizes. The cabinet can be rearranged in many different ways and serves several funcions. Wardrobe, workstation and table. Probably a few more! Perfect for small space living or for people wo likes to rearrange a lot. The golden ratio wins again!

Found via Dezeen

Un Giro di Sporco Sud

2010-11-14T14:37:00.001+01:00

Just came back from a short visit in Malmö. Yesterday we went to the world premiere of this bicycle film by Martin Lang, shot at a bicycle race in Malmö last year arranged by my husband and his bicycleclub. Even though I'm not a bicyclist myself, other than using the bike for everyday transportation, I really enjoyed the film and the beautiful shots of southern Sweden in the spring. Great music too! The clip below is just the teaser so if you want to watch the film you can do it here!

Un Giro di Sporco Sud 2010- Un Film TEASER from Martin Lang on Vimeo.

A child at heart

2010-11-13T11:48:00.001+01:00

I found the website of this amazingly great designstudio from Eindhoven called Ontwerpduo via the (also great) blog Madame Hervé. I've always been faschinated by miniatures and how their proportions are different from real life size objects. This is exactly what Ontwerpduo has been working on in this project called "When I was little." They've simply taken the proportions of a doll's sized dressing table and scaled it back to adult size. The result is this fairytale like piece of furniture with the same kind of magic as in these photos . I love it!
Someone once metioned to me that there somewhere in NYC would be a bar that was completely bulit up around the concept that everything (tables, chairs, glasses... everything!) was made slightly bigger than normal to create the feeling of you being a child again. (A child drinking beer...!) Has anyone of you heard of this place? Or maybe even been there? Has it even existed? Is it there still?
Anyways, I am completely in awe of the conceptual and wonderful world of the Ontwerpduo so be sure to look into their other work, especially this project!

Last photo by photographer Lisa Klappe
All other photos from Ontwerpduo

Marika Åkerblom

2010-11-12T14:04:00.003+01:00

Marika Åkerblom is a talented scenographer and also the big sister of my very best friend :) Amongst all the projects this super creative woman has worked with I want to show you two. The first two images are from the play "Mentalsköterskan" (The mental nurse) at Uppsala stadsteater and the second project is XX video below where she struggeled quite a bit to find someone who could lend her a monkey (!) I hope to see more from her soon!

Andy Goldsworthy

2010-11-09T16:41:00.002+01:00

I don't have a lot of words right now as you might have noticed. These works of art are by british artist Andy Goldsworthy and suits my mood perfectly right now.

Photos by Andy Goldsworthy

Random patterns

2010-11-01T12:37:00.002+01:00

Click image to view source!

Busby Berkely dreams

2010-10-27T10:25:00.002+02:00

Peter Freitag collages

2010-10-24T12:58:00.001+02:00

From the series Private stages

Found via Today and tomorrow

2011 Calendar sneak peak!

2010-10-23T13:29:00.000+02:00

Me and Becs are working on our 2011 calendar. Picking 365 sticks was a hard job but it will be worth it for sure. We are hoping to get it ready and printed by the end of this month and this limited edition series will be sold through this blog and our website, possibly somewhere else too, but I'll keep you posted on that!
Have a great weekend!

Claire-Anne O'Brien

2010-10-08T09:42:00.001+02:00

Two projects by London based textile designer Claire-Anne O'Brien. I've recently felt a bit tierd of design. You know, when you feel like your eyes need to rest for a while? But these stools and the dressed chair were just too good to resist. Click image to view more of her work!

Found via Reflexdeco

I won!!

2010-10-06T12:29:00.001+02:00

Like for the first time ever I've actually won something! This book by Ranvita La Cour, layouted by Sisterbrandt designstudio! Thank you Sabine!

Alice Rosignoli hangers

2010-10-05T11:26:00.001+02:00

Found these over at Madame Hervés. Sometimes the old kliché "less is more" actually fits just perfect. The hangers are by product designer Alice Rosignoli. View more of her work by clicking the images.

Via Madame Hervé

Cooking

2010-09-26T20:22:00.001+02:00

Photography by Carl Kleiner and recepie styling by Evelina Bratell for IKEA's new cookbook “Hembakat är Bäst” (homebaked is the best)

via Today and Tomorrow

Mini bathtub

2010-09-18T12:08:00.002+02:00

via Thank you, OK & Il-ne-kore

A house in Norway...

2010-09-16T21:45:00.002+02:00

I'm not from Norway but still I get homesick watching these pictures. I think I need a house. By the ocean. Just like this one.

via Design Shimmer

Hey you...!

2010-09-16T21:01:00.000+02:00

I've started this tumblr blog for instant-inspiration-saving so if you think that this place is currently too quiet you can have a look in here... (Click image)

Mixcast "cover" illustration

2010-09-14T18:43:00.001+02:00

Probably great music too, but I'll have to get back on that...

Found here

Autumn Leaves

2010-09-12T21:08:00.000+02:00

By illustrator Owen Gildersleeve via Hello Tiger

Random inspiration

2010-09-12T20:59:00.001+02:00

Going through an inspiration folder and these photos have absolutely nothing to do with eachother, except that they are interior shots. Just. Random.

via (from top): From Scandinavia with love, man make home, Please Sir & The style files

Late night nostalgia

2010-09-11T03:25:00.002+02:00

Christian
Thanks for reminding me Emelie!

phew....

2010-09-06T21:26:00.002+02:00

I'm married (you can look here if you are curious ;)) and I have the privelige to spend the next month at the office of these talented ladies! Lucky me!!

A coupe of nights ago I had a dream about that an extra finger had grown on my right hand. Sounds a bit scary, I know, but the funny thing is that in the dream I was very happy about it, thinking about how convenient it would be when knitting. Found this image through favourite blog I'm Revolting but couldn't find it again when I went back to get the info. Goldfinger....

via I'm Revolting

200th post and 200 things to tell you!

2010-09-06T20:57:00.000+02:00

So difficult to start when you have so much to say...
When I made my first post on this blog I never thought that anyone would find way in here, but such a sweet surprise that you actually did. I've met so many nice, interesting people through this blog and I want to thank you all for following me, and for letting me follow you! I'm having a bit of perormance anxiety around this post so I'm going to move on to the next one....

Wedding and vacation!

2010-07-29T12:45:00.002+02:00

My recent posts have been a bit uninspiering perhaps and the reason for that is that I've had so much on my mind. I'm getting married to the best man in the world next week!! Never in my life could I imagine what a huge project it is to get married so that's why my blogging has been a bit sporadic recently :) So now I'm taking a couple of weeks of to travel to the most beautiful place on earth and then return to Copenhagen by the end of august as Mrs Busk ;)
See you soon!

I'm sorry but I don't know where I found this pic. Shout out if you do!

Set design by Irina Grewe

2010-07-27T22:05:00.006+02:00

Irina Graewe

Tomás Alonso

2010-07-27T15:35:00.002+02:00

Stools by Tomás Alonso

Friendship necklaces

2010-07-22T22:47:00.006+02:00

I'm still here, just super busy at the moment :) Right now I'm in the middle of planning something really big and I'm super excited but a bit stressed out. Thank god I have the best friends in the world to help me out!
Remember the friendship bracelets? I used to make them when I was a child, but forgot how to. In case you did too, here's a tutorial.

Honestly WTF via popytalk

Beds

2010-07-14T22:21:00.000+02:00

By Greg Hatton via Jokemijn

Beneath still waters...

2010-07-14T19:45:00.002+02:00

This is an illustration I made recently for the swedish magazine Aluma. I wonder if I will ever grow tierd of putting noses on things.

Lines or circles?

2010-07-13T16:59:00.002+02:00

During the course I took at the university this spring one of the supervisors told me that my working process propably was circular and not linear. This was great news for me who always had to force myself into that way of thinking and always struggeled to follow the process they wanted us to use at the Danish Designschool. I kept loosing track all the time. I never even gave it a thought that my process might go in circles by constanly coming back to the same thoughts and adding more and more to it as the process goes on. Such a relief to find that this way is just as ok as the one we worked so hard to get a grip of the whole first year at school. After making this discovery I probably need to buy me some new notebooks. I am guessing they might look a bit like the bottom one here:

By TM shop via I'm revolting

It's so hot in Copenhagen...

2010-07-12T11:35:00.001+02:00

Wonderful collage by Liesl Pfeffer via Poppytalk

Holes

2010-07-07T19:40:00.001+02:00

A hole in your sweater? Watch this!

via atswim-two-birds

Pieke Bergmans

2010-07-07T13:34:00.002+02:00

Art by Pieke Bergmans via It's nice that

30 m2 (322sqft)

2010-07-06T12:26:00.002+02:00

via Marie Claire maison

Rugbrødsmad - an arty take on the danish lunch

2010-07-05T13:06:00.002+02:00

Art by Kevin Van Aaelst

My little drama

2010-07-02T17:02:00.001+02:00

Necklace by My little drama

The cool kids

2010-07-02T12:10:00.004+02:00

I grew up on the countryside on the island of Gotland. The small country store where my family used to go to buy food was one of the kind you hardly ever see anymore, where you could buy everything from screws and wellies to lipstick and milk. I got my first ever wrist watch there, with big numbers (my mother insisted) and a red wrist band. You had to wind it up every morning. I was six years old and so proud. Happily unaware of that the cool kids in town wore swatch watches. I sometimes wish I was that kid again.
The little store definately closed down five years ago and that summer, when I visited my parents, we went there to kind of say goodbye to an era. I bought the coolest digital watch ever. It had been hanging there since the 80's and it could play seven different tunes, the same kind that the cool country boys wore and drove the teachers mad with back in the day. It took the old man who owned the store half an hour to put the battery in, since his eyes were so weak.
As you can see I'm feeling a bit melancholic and very nostalgic today and I'm seriously considering giving up this city life.

from top:
Cosmesis Swatch Watch (1990) Designed by artist Alessandro Mendini.
Tennis Grid LW100 Swatch Watch (1983)
Grey Memphis GM100 Swatch Watch(1984)

Pics via 01 blog

Sim sala bim - super slim house!

2010-07-02T01:06:00.003+02:00

The 2,4 meters (or 94.5 in) wide home and workspace of architects Pieter Peerlings and Silvia Mertens (Sculp(it) architects) in Antwerp, Belgium. Obviously they are not very concerned about their privacy, I would feel a little exposed living like this but I really like the idea of making the most of what you have, and their take on what you can do with small left over spaces in the city. Probably a great way of showcasing their work too - they display it and live in it at the same time! Found here!

Sculp(it)

Katy Krantz

2010-07-02T00:11:00.000+02:00

Katy Krantz via ça envoie le bois

Driftwood in stripes

2010-06-29T22:41:00.004+02:00

By ginettesqulette via osez la coleur

Carson Fisk-Vittori and Michael Hunter

2010-06-28T13:57:00.001+02:00

Via All the mountians photo by Frank Labatte