More Gifts

Tobias and the Angel are a group of people who simply love handling and making quality things. They began sourcing items to create an attractive living space in 1986 and now offer everything from balls of string to antique Staffordshire jugs. Their passion for good workmanship and design led quite naturally to making their own range of furniture, furnishings and block printed fabrics including these pretty bags. Tobias and the Angel are a group of people who simply love handling and making quality things. They began sourcing items to create an attractive living space in 1986 and now offer everything from balls of string to antique Staffordshire jugs. Their passion for good workmanship and design led quite naturally to making their own range of furniture, furnishings and block printed fabrics including these pretty bags.

Gift idea's

These lovely printed purses are made by Teresa Cole, the dyou can find more esigner behind Teresa Green design you can find more designs on her web, or buy her purses at Selvedge. She uses practical textiles as a canvas for her print work a combination of art and design that can be used on a daily basis. She sources old buttons and haberdashery to add individuality to her pieces. Her purses are made from natural fabrics and screen printed in subtle colours. Each has an interor pocket and is lined in a contrasting fabric. A lovely little gift!

The Natural Wave

A very smart design of Byung-seok You. The Natural Wave is a new kind of warming plate. The ceramic plate fits perfectly into the grooves of your radiator and will keep your drinks and snacks at a perfect temperature, especially on these up and coming cold nights. The Natural Wave is sure to make any room more inviting with warm treats at hand.

Swedish Country Style

In Stockholm I bought this magazine, it is full of nice idea's for decorating the house and for the coming Christmas time, recipes look interesting too. After all Swedish is not that difficult to read if i use Dutch. I will post some recipes soon.

Special Bags

This beautiful bag is designed and made by Tineke Beunders, a Dutch designer who is using old blanket and transforming them in precious new bags. Tinneke graduated at the Design Academy Eindhoven, visiting her web you can order the bags, and find more about her studio.

Asia meets Sweden

These beautiful ceramic open pebbles are made by the Lindform company. It is a Swedish design company which tryes to combine the Asian harmony and the Scandinavian minimalism. Unfortunately their web is only in Swedish, but you can see their collections of beautiful and organic products. I found them at the Nordieska Galleriet in Stickholm, a design shop/gallery specialized in scadinavian design.

Who's next in fashion?

I recently attended a very interesting lecture from the Curator of the Musee' de la Mode in Paris. Mrs.Gilbone guided us through the history of fashion from the very beginning and she tried to answer to the difficult question "Who's next in fashion?"

Thanks to her lecture I have learned that Maison Dior was the first fashion house to become a Brand, infact they licensed their name for parfums and lingerie products.

This was a total new concept for that time, and it was the very beginning of the Brands movements.

It the end it was clear that there is no "next" in fashion, the designers names and the fashion houses identity has become a powerful world where the clothes and accessories are just a small part of it. The Brands are a strong marketing results and they can almost sell everything just labeling one of the other products.

The customer will buy those products because he wants to belong to a certain world which the Brands represent.

So the Marketing strategy is the next in fashion.

Welcome!

I would like to officially welcome you to IDEE (Italian for Ideas). These are my personal notes about things that I like, products or trends that I want to follow and remember. I hope you will visit my blog often and that you will enjoy the reading and discovering. Think of IDEE as your daily inspiring magazine from the creative world. Enjoy!!

Real Good Chair

This powder-coated steel was launched at ICFF, the smart piece of furniture gained attention for its origami-like appearance. It is from Blu Dot design group, three college friends who shared a passion for art, architecture, and design. Laser-cut perforated lines allow it to be creased and bent to perfection by its owner. (The bright, shiny colors even remind us of those Japanese paper squares.) Each seat comes in a flat box, which means you can pick up a few and transport them by yourself on the subway. It is now available at Future Perfect in New York. I think it is the perfect solution for our small apartments!

Dutch Design Week - products

WoodXPlastic

The young Singaporean designer Hunn Wai (recently graduated at the IM Master Design Academy Eindhoven) has researched the "join" value in the furniture.

As the confrontational title suggests, sheets of smoke-coloured acrylic are impaled by beech poles to construct a shelf. First a small hole is made in the acrylic sheet and is heated for an exact duration. The wooden pole is then pushed through sheet by sheet. When the plastic cools down, it contracts around the pole to create a vice-like grip. This is repeated, resulting in a strong and stable structure.

Cultivate The Sputnik coffee table is one of the many interesting products shown by the Cultivate group. Folded from one sheet of aluminium without any additional constructional elements or welds, this coffee table displays furniture design in it's purest form.

Barry Rengelink I saw these very interesting modular furniture pieces at Barry Rengelink showroom during the Lift Off event. I like the forms and the rhythm in these product. Too bad in his web there are any information about the materials.

Airdrop Shelter Rita Giesbers is the designer behind the Airdrop Shelter. Her interest for how the people look for shelters solutions in case of disasters or in outdoor life brought Rita to start a research and contact with Doctor without Borders. From this collaboration Rita got inspired and designed a Shelter which can be dropped and which contains a working stove and a decorated inside. This can bring a bit of protection and first comfort to the one that have lost their home.