Saw this house in Portobello Road yesterday - there was something about it that struck me and I had to stop and admire the harmony going on here. Everything about this house feels at peace, the house looks so cosy. The warm purple and the flowers draping on the front, as well as the subtle grey of the front door and windows - all fit perfectly with the symmetrical design of the house. Basically I love this house-front, from colors to architecture!

I can only imagine how beautiful it must be inside… 

I’ve started to sketch interiors again, feeding my decoration obsession, which almost usually includes shelf-storage solutions. I’ve primarily been inspired by Pinterest lately, which is such a rich visual source, especially if you search specific attributes and of course follow great people - Emma’s Design Blog being one of THE most inspiring Scandinavian blogs I have seen. 

Hoping to keep this inspiration path going :)

The coolest and most original ‘flower pot/vase’ (if you can call this one) I have ever seen! I spotted this today outside a home-ware store near my place here in Stockholm. I had to stop and photograph it as I’d never seen anything like this. A great way to recycle an old + unwanted chair, although it will occupy lots of space if you only have a varanda at home!

A visit to Jacksons Design store

My Dad was visiting last weekend, and as two great admirers of Scandinavian design and furniture, we went to visit the well known Jacksons store on Sibyllegatan 53, in Östermalm. 

They have the most amazing furnitre pieces from some of my favorite furniture designers like Arne Jacobsen and Alvar Aalto. If you are an interior design fanatic like me, you will love this store, with some of the most beautiful Scandinavian classics on show. 

I took these pictures of the two white chairs and table beneath the two lamps at the entrance, as I thought they were very well aesthetically positioned. They also had this old bicycle on the window show front, which I thought was really cool. Some eye candy for now… I hope to one day earn enough money to buy at least one chair / sofa for my own place.  

Recently I came across this beautiful hairdresser shop-front here in Stockholm: UNIK.  I really loved how the old typography & style of the words Frisör (meaning hairdresser in Swedish) stand above the front entrance.

I don’t know if it was already there before UNIK, but either way I was really drawn to the contrast between the old and the new styles. In fact what I saw first was the word Frisör, staring at me as I was crossing the road. I had to stop and take a picture.

Ohhh.. beautiful Stockholm! 

Bookseat : Book + Seat.

Could the idea be more cross functional? Love this, and you don’t have to walk too far to reach a book you are too lazy to get up to get! Let’s hope it is comfortable though. By Fishbol.

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Bookseat by Fishbol Atelier

The Bookseat, is a simple bookcase that playfully curves and becomes a seat. The creative design is a response to the advent of multifunctional spaces in today’s urban living.

Beautiful Design Studio from Singapore

I found this awesome studio based in Singapore today, Studio Juju.

“Established in 2009 by Timo Wong and Priscilla Lui, studio juju is a design partnership based in Singapore. The studio possesses keen interest in applying design methods and sensibilities in products, spaces, and art direction.” Their simplicity, elegance, and livelihood translated through projects on their website, is so wonderful.       

Priscilla & Timo.

What Studio Juju does:

• Product Design & Development
• Spaces
• Furniture
• Conceptual & Research

I especially like their AT Lamps, which i’ve spotted before in some interior design blogs, seen below.  

They’ve recently been featured on The Wall Street Journal blog.

Been a while since I posted some interior stuff that I love, feels good to find a company and identity I love again.

A powerful living room

Found this photo on Ana Montiel’s blog  ‘AM on the Present Tense’. She makes beautiful designs & patterns, you can see some on her book called ‘Visual Mantras’ in the video on the bottom of this page as well as some more of her work: http://www.absolutnetwork.com/ana-montiel-patrones-atemporales/

I love this photo she had on her blog. It’s such a powerful and beautiful setting, it’s like no words can describe what you feel when you look at it. Just contemplating the photo, and taking time to understand and settle yourself in this wonderful room, is what you want to do. I think the tall ceilings add such a ‘umph’ to the setting, making it so majestic.

Bird Nest Inspired Bed via Woohome

Found this today. Like the concept of a social/playing area for kids. Occupies too much space though!

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Woohomes main mission here on woohome is to inspire you, to showcase the best creative products and designs including mordern furniture. Came across it today on StumbleUpon and really liked it. 

Sustainable design and meeting at Kulturhuset today

Today was my first client meeting at Kulturhuset, the official partner and where the venue will be held for the sustainable design exhibition I am doing the web design/concept for. (More details on the exhibition to follow soon.)

Both Habibihus & Apparat - the interior designers &architects pioneering this exhibition -  were also present at the meeting today. Very interesting to ‘shadow’ and see what a meeting for an exhibition of this scale - running for 5months - includes.

After the meeting me and Elise ran through some of the designs, and we sat down in the ‘Ekoteket’ cafe/restaurant area on the 3rd floor of the Kulturhuset. This is a stunning space that is updated every month with sustainable furniture designs, and where there are weekly talks and discussions about sustainable design. I have to say the color green is evidently predominant in this space, and I love that! It is a very inspirational space to be in, with a beautiful view of Stockholm of course. I include some photos here of my favorite pieces displayed, which coincidentally, some of them I saw displayed at Stockholm Furniture Fair that I posted on here too.

I’m so happy to be feeding my hunger and passion for beautiful interior design exploration, combined with design & strategy with this great freelance opportunity. 

New Collaborative Project with Swedish interior design house Apparat, architects Habibihaus & Kulturhuset

Recently I agreed to collaborate with a project regarding sustainable design & development, that will take place between May - October, which will take place on the top terrace floor of Kulturhuset. This is a project led by Swedish interior design company Apparat & architects at Habibihaus. Both these companies strive to always find creative, imaginative and unusual solutions, in terms of sustainability, so this project is very promising. 

This is a very interesting project to be part of, first because I love interior design & architecture, and because I have been currently very interested in the sustainable market, especially after the event I attended by Svensk Form Magazine part of Stockholm Design Week this February called  ‘Closing the Material Gap’. This event talked about how scientists and designers should work more closely together and create great things with materials researched by scientists.

During this collaboration, I will be working with a previous Hyper Island student, Alfred, doing the web design & design for the exhibition taking place in May at Kulturhuset, while working alongside the architects and the PR team for the event. The exhibition launches May 27 so our deadline will be two weeks before that.

So exciting about this project and happy to involved with such talented and innovative people!