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sentiments

so when i was a kid there were a few years when we somehow managed to get hold of a rosenthal studio-linie calendar... they were small agendas, rather, about the size of 9 by 9 centimeters... and they contained works from the likes of herbert bayer, salvador dalí, victor vasarely, or hap grieshaber, just to name a few... i loved flipping through those little calendars.

that's how i got to know the breathtakingly beautiful works of bjørn wiinblad.

1 _ via 1stdibs.

2, 3 _ via antiquehelper.

4 _ via stick close to home.

rwb

so clean... i really think there's something about red, white and blue as a color combination, and it doesn't have to do with america, i think (no offense intended).

our national colors are red white and green, far, far less powerful than rwb.

image styled by lo bjurulf for ikea, via agentbauer.

graphic stuff

the ones that look like paintings (1, 4 and 5) are actually big planters from planterworx.

2 _ cutting board from general store.

3 _ cushions from established & sons, at hauslondon.

6 _ bowl from general store.

recycling

rugs by augustina woodgate... imagine how many lovely teddy-bears had to die for just one of those big rugs.

furniture from the "made of new york" collection at newyorkcitysnaps... made of reclaimed timber.

oh, what a place!

when i first saw these images, i only could see the amazing graphic quality of the photos... i only looked at them as pics, not as a home... but this is not very far from how i see it now. and i think these pics demonstrate so well, how your home can be a work of art with spots and blocks of color and juxtaposing various surfaces, clean and busy, light and dark, matte and shiny, new and old... quite amazing, i guess.

also, the facade looks to me as if it was some old painting that we deciced to paint black and start anew in a whole new manner, but it's obvious that there was another one underneath.

some fifteen years ago i spent 6 weeks in the netherlands, and it always takes me by surprise how the dutch manage to live without curtains... i've always been very curious, so i looked into every dutch house i passed by. :D this house above has a little garden on the roof, and a very little house, that looks like a winter garden, but is in actual fact the bathroom.

the house, called the black pearl studio is home and studio to rolf at "studio rolf.fr", a guy who makes furniture (like the chairs in his home) and other objects... i guess that the place is mostly his own design work with the facade designed by utrecht based "zecc architects."

some of the images are from this article (along with hi-res images) about the project at arthitectural.

but where i first saw this place was at dark matter, a very new blog that i think is well worth checking out.

hugs,

agnes

(the horizontal images are a lot bigger, click them for a closer look)

color stripes

1 _ linen towels at neest, found via svpply.

2 _ table by ross lovegrove, at hivemodern.

just things

via old chum.

via ffffound.

via intelligent clashing through ffffound.

both via mood, through ffffound

japanese sweep and dustpan at mjölk, via i'm revolting.
these are so beautiful... if i had them, i never would use them.

library

you know, i wouldn't mind expanding my library so that it would span a whole side in my place.

i'm not much of a reader, even tho i'm not very proud of this... (only, i tend to buy every book that begins with "how to")... and i'm not sure i will find much time in the near future for literature... but it's sure that i would thrive on big tomes filled with design, art, fashion and other beauties of the world...

this is a house in sao paulo by grupo sp. more pics here at vectroave.