Principessa?

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

Minakani is a Paris based textile design studio. Eyecandy!

Images Minakani

Moon and Sun - new release!

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Paper sized multifunction

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

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

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

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

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

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Busby Berkely dreams

Peter Freitag collages

From the series Private stages

Found via Today and tomorrow

2011 Calendar sneak peak!

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

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!!

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

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