Sanna Annuka

Inspired by Finnish nature and folklore Sanna Annukka designs the most interesting prints on paper and textiles. They look very graphic and simple, yet they tell magical stories from the Finnish epic called The Kalevala. It is great that young designers discover their traditions to give their work a new perspective and depth!

Rest in peace Pierre Paulin

...and thank you so much for making the world more beautiful!
By the way: thanks for designing my great F 444 chair, generations enjoyed sitting in it (me as a baby, my sons and probably their kids too)!
Pierre Paulin (1927 - 2009)

Passengers party

We had a party last night. Good vibes on a great location on the Amsterdam Docklands! Hadn't been there for years, the former (50ties) passengers terminal called Kompaszaal still has this great nostalgia. We saw a superb sunset from their terrace over the IJ. They serve lunches, dinners and high-tea's in the weekend!

Supermarket

Today we did the shopping in Land & Boschzigt. I really love this organic-food-supermarket! It is surrounded by gardens where you can pick your own bunch of flowers... You can drink herb-tea in the garden and just leave the money in a little box. We bought super fresh white asperagus, an organic Riesling white wine, good eggs, ham and potatoes to go with it...Yummie!

Happy

Found this cute cat in the local second hand shop. Its face and colour gave me a moment of happyness (for only 0,40 eurocents!). It stands on one of Orla Kiely's superbe notebooks. A lovely mother from my kids' school bought this Orla-booklet for me, 'just because'...
As I said: Happy!

Time

Time is my friend and my enemy. Time made me wiser, milder. But these days, time goes too fast. Wish one day had 100 hours to do everything I planned. I am in need for a real human (slow) clock. This is a nice start.

Shopper

A new Björke creation. What a good idea to give it leather handles and - what else? - vintage buttons! I will order one immediately!