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…
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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…
Travel smart
For my job I spend many hours in trains & metros. Usually it's fast and easy, I can read a book or a magazine, listen to music, prepare a meeting, write to-do-lists. Sometimes it's annoying due to delays or smelly & noizy co-passengers. This tool by Mapnificient is really cool: it visualizes the areas Read article…
This is a couple
For the last few years, Parisian brand The Kooples has been featuring real life couples in all of their ad campaigns. Yohji Yamamoto has been doing this for many years. At early july's V&A's Fashion in Motion catwalk event, real London couples modelled menswear and womenswear pieces from the archive of Yohji Yamamoto. So cute! Read article…
A light breeze
With the mercury reaching temperatures of up to 37°C (100°F) here in France, the world smells so much better. Nothing beats the wonderful smell of fresh air and sunshine, sunscreen, outdoor bbq's, seaside and fresh lemon drinks. This asks for some light and airy designs. Here are a few of my current favorites. J3 Production Read article…
Light & Airy
The Midsummer night celebrations marked the opening of the warmest season with a new slower rhythm. Late nights outside, counting the stars… or sky lanterns! The world record attempt of most sky lanterns flown simultaneously in Poland looks just magical. I wonder if they are using the biodegradable and more animal friendly version with flame Read article…
JOELIX featured on Bloesem
In the last few weeks Irene from Bloesem published a series of 3 articles with my shopping highlights of the Nordic countries. First we visited Denmark, then we traveled through Sweden and ended our journey in Oslo, Norway. Hope you enjoyed this little voyage! Thank you Irene! P.S. Did you know there is a new Read article…
Monumental
I missed out on the huge exhibition by Anish Kapoor for Monumenta 2011 in the Grand Palais in Paris. The photos featuring the exhibition are amazing; the color of the 4-armed balloon goes so perfectly well with the green construction of the Grand Palais. And the inside is just spectacular. I got more familiar Read article…
This ain’t no disco
Why do so many office workplaces look so dull and impersonal? Neutral colors, cheap art reproductions on the walls, an awful carpet, rental plants, and the same standard office desks with matching stationery sets. We spend so much time working, that I think our work environment should be a comfortable, beautiful yet functional place. We Read article…
Nordic light
Three weeks in the Nordics made me realize I could never live there. I totally underestimated the influence of the light and lack of darkness during spring. But at the same time the Nordic countries are so very beautiful! So much fresh air, space, rough nature and wild animals. Clean light (Scandinavian) design is everywhere Read article…
