decal

Keith is looking into decals for his pots and that made me think of these Droog Design cups we got while we were in the Netherlands last month.

Mina Wu and Jan B. originally made them as a part of the "Value for Money" presentation at the Milan Furniture Fair (I want to go to there).
They made 3 versions- a plain white cup (cheapest), a white cup with hand painted flowers that was signed by the designers (most expensive), and a cup with a flower decal on it (somewhere in the middle).
Visitors to the exhibition voted for the cup with the decal as the best "value for money" and they put it into production.

My favorite part is where the decal folds over from the unglazed outside to the glazed inside.
Sometimes, I'm a total ceramics nerd.

carpet

While we were at Dutch Design week, we saw the work of Kiki van Eijk and I fell more than a little bit in love with her carpets.



I'll take one of each, please.

I also liked her Knick Knack pots.

And drooled over her tables of fabrics.

shuttered

We're back home from our whirlwind trip, but there are more things I want to share from the Netherlands, so I'm going to keep posting things over the next few days.

One of the reasons I love the Lloyd Hotel is because of all the design eye candy in the interiors. Not just the spaces, but the objects as well.

This Droog rag chair is just hanging out in a hallway and it's a lot more fun to see it there than it is to see it at Moss with a big ole "do not touch sign on it". (I understand why they don't want you to touch it- that's a $5,500 pile of rags- but it's still a lot less fun.)

But better than getting to touch the things I have seen before, is seeing new things. One thing that I especially liked were these felt window treatments.

They are backed with a stiff material (I'm not sure what) and hinged like shutters.

And they are lovely.

Book 'em, Danno

They published a big fat book about the Ceramics and Architecture project we were a part of, to go along with the exhibition.

Our work is on pages 93-97 if you ever come across it.

(What the heck is, "book 'em, Danno" from? And does it make me culturally ignorant that I don't know?)

why the caged bird sings

I love this swing by Nathan Wierink and Tineke Beunders that we saw in Eindhoven.
I don't think that I could stop myself from singing like a canary while swinging in it.

waffler

More from Dutch Design Week: In the cafe across from the exhibition hall there is this giant Medieval looking waffle making contraption.

It's very impressive.

However, the waffles it makes are not. They're somehow burnt and pasty, and just kind of tasteless all at the same time.

Can't really blame them. Eindhoven is famous for its design school, not it's culinary one. Besides, Steven ate them anyway.

And the space was amazing.

Speaking of waffles, have I ever posted Steven's waffle recipe?

I should. (if only because then he'll have to make me some.) Steven makes great waffles..

Archi-tourism

Whenever we go anywhere we spend a whole lot of time looking at buildings.

And details of buildings.

Buildings of famous architects, buildings by not so famous architects, it doesn't much matter, we go see 'em.

And take pictures of them.

It is the blessing, and the curse, of having married an architect.

These are just a few of the hundreds Steven took over 4 days.

A good friend of mine says that art is like vitamins. You take in too much at one time and you just start peeing it out.

Same goes for architecture.

The Netherlands is pretty amazing though.

It's an incredible mix of gorgeous old buildings and gorgeous (and sometimes crazy) new buildings.

warming hut

on wheels.

sized for kids.

would be great to have one of these at the sledding hill. Although, I wouldn't trust most of the kids in my neighborhood with an open flame.

jam on it

More from Dutch Design Week.
I love this wall of jam where the colors are used to form a pattern.

I should do that in our kitchen cabinets next year.

skate

My favorite thing at Dutch Design Week is the skate park they built inside one of the exhibition halls.
It is certainly the most popular thing in the exhibition, at least with the under 20 set.

I love this concrete sofa.

It is beautifully made and designed and the kids were having so much fun it was infections!

The only thing I didn't like about it was that almost no one was wearing helmets. It stressed me out just watching them!