The future...

Leah Dietrich was always told by her mother to write thank you notes. So she started doing that. On her blog thxthxthx she posts a new one everyday. A good exercise in appreciating life as it is.
Thank you Thursday for starting out in the worst possible way and having the good manners to change, with the help of a coffee and a good friend, into a very good day after all.

via A Cup of Joe

Dead star by Michel de Broin

Michel de Broin via Design Squish
(lot's of art posts recently, I know, but it occupies my mind alot at the moment)

Joshua Ben Longo

There is something very sad about these little creatures by designer and artist Joshua Ben Longo. Exploring the fine line between comfort and discomfort he draws inspiration from his obsession with monsters and comic book heroes. See more of his great work here! Or get your own monster here!

by Joshua Ben Longo.

Moon and Sun under tree

Remember that I wrote about wonderful Moon & Sun some time ago? Monica made this live recording of her song Ashes together with Kalle and Lars Ekman under a 800 year old tree on the island of Curaçao. Lucky me to have such talanted and sweet friends! She is the best!

Moon & Sun in Kapok tree from Moon & Sun on Vimeo.

listen to more songs here

Alex Kopps

Alex Kopps is a San Fransisco based artist who works with mixed media, painting and installation. Found his work via Mint and the gallery shot (middle pic) looks very interesting. They remind me of a trip to Cartagena in Spain many years ago where all I can remember is alot of halfway torn down houses where the interior walls were visible with all of their old tilings and wallpapers. I would love to see an exhibition with Kopps' 3D work, until then, I enjoy the work on his site.

Art by Alex Kopps

If drawings were photographs

When I was a teenager I was told that drawing from a photograph was cheating, but how about the other way around? This project by Tom Edwards and Rob Matthews where Matthews interpreted Edwards' drawings into photographs made me smile today. And by the way, I draw from photographs all the time ;)

view more here

Faye Toogood

Surrealistic styling for a photoshoot about dressing tables for The world of interiors magazine. I love the play on scale here! Read more about Studio Toogood here.
This made me smile today!

via Sight Unseen

Bland bladen ☀

via Osez la couleur

Good thinking!

Ironing boards are ugly but necessary. I'm not the most frequent user of the iron, as a matter of fact, I think ironing is something that my generation, as oposed to my parents, very much stopped prioritizing. But, you still need to keep one in you home for special occasions, right? Therese Glimskär designed this space saving one that works double duty. First you iron, then you flip it to view the result of your hard work! Tadaa! I couldn't find any signs that this was put into production though and that's too bad, since I think it's a great example of really clever design that looks really good too!

via Note to Yourself

Eskilstuna is looking good

This is such a great place. And it's also for sale, so if you feel that Eskilstuna in Sweden just might be the perfect spot in the world for you...

via Room and Serve

Same same but different

Jonas Bohlin's pendant  Liv (first pic) or this one made out of a tutu?

Bottom two pics via Design Shimmer

Move in with me!

I recently became aware of my soft spot for wooden, painted little sculptures like these or these And a couple of days ago Ellie over at Mint  posted some by artist Pepa Prieto. I suppose they are some sort of paraphrase to the Alexander Girard ones and I like the fact that they have sort of a human form to them, and that it's hard to tell whether they are little people or something else.

Pepa Prieto

Susanna Vento

Finnish interior stylist Susanna Vento

via Hello Tiger

A couple of moons and one sun

I know that Easter is officially over but eggs never go out of style, right? My friend Jonas got this lamp made out of an ostrich egg from his grandmother. I was totally inspiered and now I have to find out where I can get a hold of an ostrich egg. It's not something you usually find in Danish supermarkets so I guess I have to hunt down an ostrich farmer or something. But isn't it great how this egg turns in to a tiny moon when gets dark? And talking about moons... My dear friend Monica, artist and musician based in Amsterdam, recently started to write and preform under the name Moon & Sun. Listen to her great music here or if you are lucky to live in a country where Spotify is available you can also find her there.

Foto by Jonas

Happy Easter!

I'm going away for the holiday's to visit my family and I'm so looking forward to getting away from the city for a while and eat alot of eggs and pickled herring! I wish you all a very happy Easter!

Eggcups by Donna Wilson