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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!

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.

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

a woolen heart for your love

I love Wollfiller and their ideas. My best woolen cardigan has prolonged its life several years because of their ideas.Today Design Sponge feature a series about DIY hearts one of them is how to make woolen hearts for valentine day. Super idea why not take your loved ones beloved old sweater and add a heart any color any shape - just for the love. Old or new sweater will still be full of love. Take a look here at Woolfilller or over at Design Sponge. 

“upcycles” men’s shirts = Kallio

So many men wear a shirt every day to work, and they get worn out and replaced, but in one of these worn shirts there is so much more potential and Karina Kallio have found a way to make use of these shirt and upcycles their potential.
Kallio makes clothing for boys and girls ages 6 months to 8 years, all from pre-loved shirts. My favorite is the tunic dress and I am sure that my girls would love them for summer.

build & destroy

When you think of building blocks, you think hard and sharp edges - MAIK have made these great blocks made of foam, they are soft, light and do not make noise when you "destroy" your building. They come in 6 colors and you can even put them in the dishwasher. take a closer look at MAIK.

walls of greens

Today I saw this vertical garden/small space organization and I thought what a great way to combine the to things. It seems that Urbio is a very flexible organizing system that easily can bee integrated in your home or office. (via)

more cardboard

Sorry for all the cardboard, but I just could not help falling in love with this tipi. happy weekend.

karton

New great ways to use cardboard. see more ways to furnish you home with great cardboard solutions.(via)

treasures from new york

Some years ago on a trip to New York I was so lucky to find and bought a big box of old buttons. A friend advised me to sort them in colors and lucky for that because they kind of came back to "life". Inspired by many of the amazing Japanese DIY book I came up with idea to make this cute neckless, made from old buttons and haba plastic pearls. Try and sort your thing in colors and see what you find.

imac recycle - macquarium

What a great way to recycle the first Imac - if I had one stored in the basement I would buy the kit.(via)

traveling tracking

This pillow is just a super idea - a world map where the trips  around the world have been sewn on, with different colors. Get one made for your self or your kids.

panduro and shane brox

 
 
Shane and Panduro have joined forces - you can buy a Shane Brox "Magical Friends" kit in Panduro and then all you need to create these magical creatures is add garbage. Get inspired here for more "Magical friends" or make up your own.