america vs. europe

some asian kids at physical education

my mobile number in the u.s.a.

kidrobot chair aprox. 1000 $

dewey gaedecke, founder minggl at the venturebeat party in the ambassador (dewey, I see sth gayish)

kelly tunstall at their opening in the minna gallery

‘life savers’ – it’s not really working

they call this ‘minibus’

we call this the ‘perfect car’

at anderson anderson architecture, downtown

steven shein shirts at wasteland

bus stop (cool white stripes + 3 black seats)

there are various power sockets in the world. these are the one you find in the u.s.a.

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4 in a row’

‘I got punched’

‘double shocked’

‘2 half-chinese and an angry one’

‘the upside down situation’

manufacturer’s description

barbie (matylda) california girl surfer doll and friends (people I meet). It’s another endless summer (a trip) and barbie (matylda) california girl surfer doll heads off for sun, surf, and sea (wanna find out what and who is going on in california) at one of their favourite beaches (it’s my first time in california). california girl dolls are sporting the ultimate beach styles wearing board shorts, fashion beach tops and cool jewellry. (I wear what I want and ken is a freak)

hm. i forgot to erase the rest of the hair. whatever..

today I got an email from patrick vogt, a friend. patrick knows that my heart belongs to poland and that I would like this:

gogosian gallery – bialo-czerwona
(white-red – a reference to the colours of the polish flag)
an exhibition by piotr uklanski

the crowned eagle is the national coat of arms of poland.

untitled 2008
steel frame, foam and gesso

untitled (Stach’s Eagle) 2008
steel frame, foam and gesso

he is also the maker of summerlove, the first polish western. I haven’t seen that one but I wonder why val kilmer is playing a role in a polish western? waldek kilmerowsk, the lost polish soul? maybe it has more to do with celebrity than function. to be honest, he not even says anything because he plays a dead person.

pat, by now I think you know me better than I thought.

Here are some more pictures to give you an idea how great Milan actually was. Wish you were here !

hairdress cloning by 5.5 designers

superma..ahm.. stephan siepermann at tuttobene showroom

karim rashid picks his suit color by his environment

some guerilla in the metro – designmetropole aachen (hey fab and pat!)

my mum said that I shouldn’t talk with alien fruits

for everybody who loves flowers – charles & marie

hugo christiaan/intern at drift and ralph nauta/drift – he calls hugo ‘the best intern of the world’

finally I found my chair

internet is a treat. a special gift. especially when you spend a hole week in italy and you are dependent on italian wireless lan. if it’s raining there is no chance to be online (we had 3 days rainy days).

tomorrow I will fly back to the netherlands. within the next few days I will post more about the design week. there are still some interviews which I couldn’t post without a scanner (arnout visser, kiki van eijk, maarten baas..etc.)(now I recognize that I am quite obsessed with dutch design)(to be honest: I knew before!) so you should be excited like a virgin on prom night!!

design soap in our friends milanish bathroom. I am responsible for the packaging (the design world is waiting for my ideas, as you can see)

today we arrived in milano. we spend our first hours in a small italian bar, far away from tourism. sun and red wine made that moment perfect. the designweek starts tomorrow but today was the day for some dolce vita. we just hang out with our hosts, magda pietowska and katrien van besien, both architecture students (they are doing an erasmus year) at the politecnico di milano, to get some energy for the next design obsessed days. we weren’t even motivated enough to go to the party by cassina at the triennale. but why crash a party when sweet life is kissing you.

where is the swimingpool? that’s what a guy asked who came along

buying some prosciutto, pasta and vino

magda piotrowska

katrien van besien