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ciff youth 2019

  Things that caught my eye at Ciff Youth. When young in the '70/'80 Jens Storms bag always take you down memory lane. Bigger bags and pencil case was new to me. Pinecone was new to Ciff - a tumbling furniture/pillow among others, that had a soft cover, for the kids to play on, from resting as a newborn to toddlers to jump from and balancing while playling. Washable and easy to stack into a block.
LiiLu a German brand that is all about natural colors, organic and sustainable.


A book of Magic and Dreams at Soft Gallery - could not resist this dark velvet top.


Christina Rohde in a decadent miks of beautiful bright colors and flowers on print and in vase!


LuckyBoySunday alway a fun visit in so many ways.


New inspiring brand from Barcelona Spain "Weekend house kids" designed by Cristina, so much fun, great quality and all made in Spain.


New wallpapers from Ferm living kids, illustrated by Katie Scott with beautiful animals. Rugs for the floor or wall (on the back of the rug, is a strap to hang the carpet), inspired by  sea creatures, for the kids room or for the bathroom.

Earth colors at Liewood - Cat rug and Panda lunch box in soft silicone.



Exit Ciff youth!

20 years of bold mixes

In a mix of Christmas spirit and 20 years of designing lamps, furniture and interior accessories Design by Us opened they door last week for a sneak peak of their news to come. Funky stribes and wall lamps that will soon come with a blue iris - great idea to ad a crystal iris to the lamps. (pict. 3-4 with a white iris). See them all alive at M&O this spring. (photo 2 & 5 : from the catalogue by Appeal Magazine)

new reflections

News from Reflections Copenhagen. Press release last week with morning coffee and breakfastbowl from "bowl 37". Decadent, art-deco inspiration are just some of the words that were said about the new cabinets (pict.1-2). Handcrafted boxes made from MDF and Brass and decorated with melamic and a finishing touch of crystal coat. They come in 6 different sizes and patterns, and will be at M&O this spring.
(pict3-4) Crytal news, the new vase "South beach" and new candle light holder. (pict 5-8 eye candy).

later that day

..... walking through Copenhagen after Ciff Kids, small things like this beautiful decorated coffee minivan and Ganni Kiosk pop up store makes the city alive.

Finishing the day by visiting Holly go lightly in their newly opened shop in Borgergade, a lot more space for great interior, beauty and humor that complement their universe so well. Paper flowers arrangement by Marianne Eriksen Scott-Hansen

Ciff kids 2018

Back in August I went to Ciff kids in Copenhagen to get inspired, see news and trends, the trade is mostly kids clothes, which is full of so many great news, but my interest is more in interior and accessories for kids.

Leo Leo:

First stop was Leo Leo a new brand started by Emil and Josefine, a family business that started with the cuddle teddy Lion, for soon after to involve duvet covers and soft books, hand drawn watercolour by Emil from his childhood. In the future Leo Leos adventure continues in an old bus taking the whole family to Portugal, where they expect to live and expand their brand with a line of kids clothing. Follow their journey to Portugal @leoleojournal and their brand @leoleocopenhagen and for much more about their story and thoughts behind Leo Leo 

Wooden toys - for all ages:



Loullou.com - Wooden memory game and hanging toys for the youngest.
Kolekto by Stories in structures, building bloks in so many shapes and corlor - great for even the smallest architects.


Luckyboysunday



And LuckyBoySunday. Their next step would be ? ......Christmas balls! - yes of course, I love them. In shop for Chriatmas 2018. If you are at Maison&Object these days you will see them again. 

Kids clothes with flower, quilts and rainbows – for summer 2019



(1)Flowers at Christina Rohde, she continues to create great clothe with lots of flower prints. SS19 catalogue is full of flower print and flowers in a beautiful colour mix.
(2) Great quilts by Hannahandtiff for a cold summer day and more flowers and balloons at Bobochoses
(3) Rainbow love at Soft Gallery for summer 2019.
(4) Favourite from my childhood - i lived in those sandals, my mom bought them in Nørregaard way back when they had a slide in the shop - obvious long time ago. 

blogging again.......

After creating an instagram profile in 2012 and becomming a daily user of instagram, my use of blogs, visiting blogs and blogging my self have been decreased dramatically. In some ways I miss blogging, but have not have the right focus. So I will try start blogging again.

Starting with a small trip to Copenhagen. In Store Strandstræde old and new shops, cafes and restaurants, have over the past years been popping up, plus some heavy renovations has made the street blooming again.
Beutiful old buildings have made it possible to create a overall feeling of the streets of Paris. It is a tucked behind the famous Nyhav (New Harbour) and easy to miss. Well a month ago I went there and found the great shop StudioXviaduct (pop up shop - kind off - been there for almost a year now) check their instagram for details in case they move before you go there. (they have now moved to Dronningens Tværgade 50.) Here is what I saw:


Lucky to meet Blomsterbar and talk about the love for flowers and organic life. 

 

glimse from the "hay talent award"

When I arrived at Formland this summer – I had a pleasant surprise when I entered the hall where the essence of Hay talent award was situated.
33 talented designers were displaying their design, in a different and very inspiring way. Each design had its own house. The house had two sections, one where the design was displayed, and in the other end a sleeping and work area.  Each plywood house came with a bed, desk, duvet covers, lamp, chair, hanger and a shelf  (all HAY design)
How the designer and in some case designers, wanted to display and style their house was up to them. The result was apart of amazing new designs, also a great way of styling a small home and small workspaces.
During the 4 days long fair the designers lived at the fair in “their houses”.

1. example of the house, 2-3. Charlotte Kristine Kristiansen, 4. great desk space, 5. Stine Keinicke Jensen, 6-7. Studio Fem, 8-10. Renaud Defransesco & Cyrill Verdon 11-15. One of the winners: Hannah Waldron, for her woven tapestry: Hand in Cloud 16. the other winner: Joel Hoff, for his industrial Switch Light.

london inspiration

Albion cafe - Shoreditch, London. 
Shoreditch - gate to pop up food: freebirdburritos and Yalla-yalla amongst others.





Conran - Michelin House - Bibendum

Daylesford for lunch and inspiration. Notthing hill.Rich cheesecake from Ottolenghi



Glimpse from walking the streets of London.

spring cleaning

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The last couple of days it has been all about spring cleaning at the office and in my stock. So there is empty cardboard boxes all over the place, that I until now just wanted to take to recycling. But then I visited this blog and saw these great cardboard box projects at this super blog. So I will save boxes for the easter holiday and then we can create castle out of them. Pictures from Wildflowers blog

hilma af klint

Just amasing is what I think of the svedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) a mix of colours, symbols, geometri, spiritual space, huge formats and more.
Read more about her.

(foto:lånt af louisiana.dk)

blue skies from marimekko

lovely colors at their stand at M&O. take a closer look at the collection.

weekend fun

We have too many apples, even if we give to friends and family. So now we started our own little Apple juice farm. The taste of freshly pressed apples is amazing and is plenty reward for the hard work of collecting, cutting and squeezing.

happy camper - diy

Quick DIY - make an easy "tent" for the kids to play in.
We used 2 blankets, a laundry cord and clothespins to hold the blankets in the top and stones to hold the blanket in the right angle.

flower bouquet made of meadow flowers

If I was to marrie once again - this would be my bouquet. Natural beauty when it is best.

decorative painter

It is important to get inspired and give yourself time to reflect - I try to do that at least once a day, and some time it works. Yesterday I took my bike on a small trip around my neighborhood. Because of the warm weather - doors was open and this was what I came around. An amazing workplace for decorative painters. Inspiring.