a chair is the most important design object ever. and ikea is the world-famous furniture store. I love chairs but I don’t like ikea. I can’t understand that people want to live in the same interior like millions others. a rack called ‘lack’ and his buddy ‘lack’ desk are the only items I posses from the ‘DREAM KITCHENS FOR EVERYONE’ and ‘become your own interior designer with the help of the IKEA planner tools’ organisation. but since today I am in love with this royalblue folding chair. bought at the vintage store it cost me 1 euro. I guess it’s an classic because I can’t find it on the website.

the new occupant

I am little bit into videos right now. at that into this clock. I’ve seen it during the design week (the official relaunch) at rosana orlandi‘s spazio in milan. christiaan postma is a dutch designer, based in stockholm. and why describe how it works when a video can exemplify it best.

this notebook contains a simple grid so that the user is able to create individual letters himself by filling in the lines. a hand written text contains a stronger emotion than a printed because its more personal, but a hand written text is not always the most presentable. with this notebook people are able to create personal notes in a presentable way with guidance from the grid.

‘ted’ music video for clark of warp records. made by 1stavemachine. cracking good song. brilliant video.

another trade fair of no importance. no importance to me. I’ve never been at a 100% rotterdam in the van nelle ontwerpfabriek before but now I know that I won’t come back. the fair adresses the target group of ‘people who have money left to pay for a chic interior’. and when I talk about chic I don’t include in the best of taste. I don’t wanna be a meanie, but I would like to see more innovative, experimental stuff. I’d really rather see work of students. I am maybe the biggest sympathiser of the ‘never make 2 products that are exactly the same’ idea. anyway I show you 4 examples of what I am talking about. they are all from my academy, because we were the only academy at this ‘great and worth to be there’ trade fair.

100% design umbrellas – london weather

dik scheepers – the cups travelled and the dents are tagged with the latitudes of the places they were

marco iannicelli – resolve the wear and tear without hiding it

fabian saenger – simple and old refined chair

fien de graf – before & after sweater

functional & inefficient – that makes me grin

give us more of the ‘professor look’

why stand when you can sit, why sit when you can lie down –
big words on a couch ‘thing’ for the garden. finally they solved what I’ve been asking myself the hole life

sundays are the ideal days to do deal with things you missed out during the week. to open and check the post is one of these things. between my mini accumulation was a brand new issue of the polenplus magazine. I opened it and found an article over the polish pavilion on page 10. michael okraj from designerdeutsch, berlin, already send me some visual material about the pavilion in january, but the more I see the pavilion, the more I like it. especially because I found out (the polenplus article revealed it) that the designers graduated quite recently. they are young and fresh and that makes their idea even cooler to me. the 3 architects, natalia paszkowska, wojciech kakowski and marcin mostafa, wanted to use the motif of polish folk-art paper cut-outs in a building and this is their winning result:

the polish pavilion at the expo 2010, shanghai

the paper cut-out idea

at night

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2 days of art (and design): 24 + 25 may, 2008 = kunsttour

till kramer – till tomorrow, graphic design

maasterclass shop – go there and shop!

nina grunenberg – palms, cakes and everyday stuff

brigitta van drie – pschological gangbang

bright and beautiful – linda maissan

I’m not just some bimbo with tits

kaat waterschoot – realistic oil paintings like gerhard richter (obviously the theme is different)

berg & kather – sounds of silver (fashion)

mireille gromowski at lbb

‘the wonderful world of disscoia‘ at kumulus theater

yvonne laufer + catarina vasconcelos actors from ‘the wonderful world of disscoia‘

film reel swimming

I am so tired – it’s 3 am and we are still busy with arranging the event (to be honest, we started 3 days ago. everything is very spontanious but going well). but there is still some power left for a post:

the second edition is meant to give people the chance to experience maastricht’s hidden personality in a special public location. the social qualities of a living space are translated and rearranged. different personal furniture of different local households are merged together to perform the setting of the night while revealing their origin to the visitors.

we, miriam hartiwg and myself, decided to set up the event at the glass pavilion on top of the gulf gas station, next to the A2. the location is one of the first buildings people would see driving into maastricht. regarding the space we will provide the opportunity to socialise and to express creativity. In doing so, the visitor becomes a part of the event.

we welcome the guests, at the opening, 22 may 2008 at 7pm to be a part of the get-together and to enjoy the night with a perfect panorama view on the highway.

before: at 5 pm

after: at 10 pm

there is a 2nd luxe paarden in actie event coming up. after a sucessful exhibition at our appartment (in march) we decided to do the next in an off location (our neighbours are happy). between 22 and 23 may 2008 we are presenting an event of ‘personal space’. we decided to set up an event at the glass pavilion on top of the gulf gas station. the location is one of the first buildings people would see driving into maastricht. regarding the space we will provide the opportunity to socialise and to express creativity. join us tomorrow night! it’s one day before the kunstour. it would be a pleasure to host you! (the event starts at 7pm)

viaductweg 27
maastricht
next to the A2 highway

luxe paarden in actie invitation

luxe paarden in actie poster

the location

the location

who knows morgan spurlock’s documentary super size me? the trademark of america – everything HAS to be bigger, here – also can be seen in american art, it seems to me.
this sculpture stands in the golden gate park, san francisco and is part of the de young museum.

claes oldenburg + coosje van bruggen
(even the europeans believe in bigness)
corridor pin, blue, 1999
stainless steel, aluminium and polyuretane enamel

herzog & de meuron architects, basel, switzerland
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