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and thank you for stopping by, taking an interest in my blog. I am the 'relentless hunter and gatherer of soothing beauty, great and small' behind these pages, which for now means: here you find the stuff that makes me think, that inspires me, that I envy and am passionate about. I would love to see or read your views too, so feel free to comment!
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Tag Archives: Milan
Tiny Flash Forward
A page from the full trend report on next season, autumn winter 2018, for sale at Patternbank. The preview is tiny, but radiant.
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, Fashion, ONLINE FINDS, work
Tagged 2018, autumn, color inspiration, colors, Fashion, forecast, forecasting, image bank, Milan, patternbank, presentation, show, trend, winter
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WORK | Menacing Curtain
A photo sent to me by Lasut en Braun, interior architects, based in Amsterdam. An illustration of a room divider, a subject they tackle in the new magazine I am working on at the moment. They caught the moment when … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, MR WOON, PHOTOGRAPHY, REVIEW, THE FABRIC OF HOME, work
Tagged color inspiration, curtain, decorate, design, Eye, fabric, forecasting, home and lving, Lasut & Braun, Milan, PHOTOGRAPHY, room divider, Salone de Mobile, set design, styling, THE FABRIC OF HOME, trend
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Public diary | Record
I live in an archive. A collection of stuff that somehow caught my eye and spoke to me. The record I bought at a flea market, because it reminded me of my childhood. When I was a girl about … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged Amsterdam, angel, bedside, blue, character, creation, diary, flea market, Jason Rinaldi, light, London, memory, michelangelo, Milan, Mona Lisa, name, New York, painting, Paris, past, perception, personality, portrait, public, record, sea, song, story, storytelling, tokyo, uomo universalis, vinyl, wilma, wonderwall
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Milan window report
Inspiration from shop windows in Milan this week.
Posted in Books, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, Fashion, Illustration, MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, REVIEW, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Things I made
Tagged adult, advertising, Africa, army, ART, black and white, book, bright, camouflage, chair, color, colring book, cover, design, fabric, Fashion, flower, Hat, head, household, illustration, interior, Jazz, Jewelry, Milan, Music, Nigel Kennedy, pastry, PHOTOGRAPHY, print, shop, skarf, sportmax, street, text, throne, top shelf, trend, utensils, walk, window
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Reflection
My trip to Milan was an unexpected inspiration. Instead of visiting the indoor expo of the Salone del Mobile, I spent most of my time outdoors, walking. Spring has conquered Italy, and the air was flowing in a warm breeze, scented with fresh … Continue reading
Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, PHOTOGRAPHY, Things I made
Tagged ART, better half, blossom, castello Sforzesco, different, duality, event, future, horizon, indoors, insight, interior, Italy design, Milan, mirror, opposite, outdoors, parco, past, PHOTOGRAPHY, qual, relection, roots, Salone, salone del mobile, spring, stop, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Tree, vision, walk, water
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I was here
Last night I came back from a short trip to Milan. Two nights, jampacked with impressions of art, Italian lifestyle and design. If anything for inspiration traveling is always a good idea. Here’s a photograph I took on Via Tortona … Continue reading
Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TEXT
Tagged ART, backdrop, background, design, focus, impression, inspiration, Italy, lifestyle, Milan, obsession, phone, PHOTOGRAPHY, portrait, Salone, scenery, self, selfie, statement, travel, via Tortona
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Italy fix
First thing today: Visit that large regional market, just around the corner, for a true Milan fix 🙂
Posted in GEM OF THE DAY, MUSIC, THE FABRIC OF HOME
Tagged ambiance, daily, dily, elevator music, fix, Italy, life, local, market, Milan, Music, muzak, of the day, regional, soundtrack, true
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Explosion
Where my trip to Milan meets the new car blog. A Beetle taken apart and regrouped. It’s the work of Mexican artist Damian Ortega, seen in a former Pirelli hangar, now contemporary art space HangarBicocca in Milan. Other work by Ortega: Reminding … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS
Tagged cornelia parker, damien ortega, details, disorder, elements, explosion, frozen, HangarBicocca, highlight, lay-out, Milan, mines, moment, order, overview, panama, papers, particles, pirelli
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Dutch portraits
Striking portraits by Rachel Dubbe. After a successful career in commercial photography Dubbe embarked on a journey making some work of her own. “(…) a balancing act between present and past, tranquillity and spontaneity, chance and perfectionism, resulting in cheeky … Continue reading
Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, PHOTOGRAPHY
Tagged Am I..., Amsterdam, classic, costumes, dutch, dutch design, Fine Art, girls, head dress, Milan, modern, natural, PHOTOGRAPHY, present day, Rachel Dubbe, Salone, tradition
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