Sebastian Herkner was inspired by the non-slip soles used for children´s socks when making these beautiful chairs for Moroso. Nice to see the photo’s of the creative proces on his website.

Today, I’ve searched the web again with the keywords “Dresser Danish design“. I love the design of these dressers, but mostly they are too big, too expensive, or I find the color of the wood too dark. I still believe that one day, I’m going the find exactly the one that fits into our home.
Later, I came across this original designed dressers by Kalon Studios. It’s no Danish design, but they must have been influenced by it. I just can’t stop looking at it, and I think that’s what I’m continue to do, because of the tight budget!

Last week, I posted photo´s of the original handmade signs on Paros. I really like to see the effort those habitants of the Cycladic islands in Greece put in making their surrounding look nice. Way back they decided to paint the gaps between the floortiles white, just because it matches te white walls better. Quite some work, but they seem to have pleasure in doing it. There´s even time for some jokes, which made me smile.

But if you would look to the ground only, you´d really miss a great and simple idea to brighten up the sky!

This is such a nice example of creativity. Philippe Starck, designer of the Hotel Mama Shelter in Paris, came with the idea to use inflatable armbands around a fluorescent tube. I like the bright transparent colors in combination with the dark surroundings. I really want to stay in this hotel sometime soon. But first there´s going to be Istanbul, later on this week!

Photo is from VT Wonen by Jansje Klazinga

I like everything about this mini goals chalkboard from the illustrator (specialised in hand lettering) Mary Kate McDevitt: the idea to reuse this this old object, the colors (which you can choose yourself), the text on the chalks,  the friendly explanation on the back, and the packaging itself.

It was a lovely queensday. We wandered through town, all dressed in orange of course. I didn´t buy that much at the fleamarket, but I´m happy with the nice embroidered pillow I´ve found! It was dirty, I washed it immediately. The bad thing is, it shrunk. So now I´m going to make just a small pillow.. The good thing is, the lightbrown thread in the middle turned out to be white, much nicer than before! I like both sides of the embroidery, and I wonder which side to use. The back looks a little bit more raw and takes of a little of the corny character. I´m going to think this one over.., hopefully I´m going to make a decision, so this piece won´t end up at the fleamarket next year.

But why make a simple pillow from it? In a lunchroom I stumbled across these nice
wooden tree stools. They are from the Dutch company Afgezaagd en Stoffig (something like: Sawn and Dusty). They also make very nice lamps in the same style.