What's in store today? kids & candy! This summer campaign by Kico Kids is just perfect. Great concept, styling and colour palette. The giant balloon sea creatures are so well done, so much better than a banal dog by any balloon twisting clown. Even better than Jeff Koons if you ask me, but that's a Read article…
Month: August 2011
Icelandic Coffee
Something I really miss in France are coffeehouses. Of course there is a Starbucks around any corner in Paris (and we do have a unique café & restaurant culture!) but nothing compares to the kaffehus culture in Scandinavia. It's the perfect laid back place to meet up with friends or family to spend time together Read article…
And just like that…
…the new issue of Est Mag is now live! Some of the things I liked best: • A sneak peek into the property and studio of Jackson Pollock and his wife Lee Krasner. The studio floor reveals the colors and gestures of almost every painting he did from 1947 to 1952. • Of course there Read article…
Sucker for Succulents
Since the few agaves I dug out in the South of France survived the trip home and started to grow super fast, I'm very much into any type of succulent. I just love their blueish and white shades of green and the graphic shapes. Besides the agaves, I also started to grow lots of cacti, Read article…
Product Power
An appropriate material for bags other than the traditional choices of leather and reinforced textiles, is Tyvek®. A few years ago Eastpak already introduced Tyvek bags in black and white but these bags from the "Papier" series by Saskia and Stefan Diez have better designs. They are extremely lightweight and exceptionally robust, both water- and Read article…