Products, Design, Art, Fashion and other things that we find cool, interesting, provocative and simply brilliant
Magasin, a Danish department store branch asked us to make our version of the Nutcracker soldier as part of a charity project helping the Danish red cross. Obviously we had to use Familia Bone China. It was suppose to be on display during Christmas but unfortunately it cracked!!!
There may be a global financial crisis but see if we care –we got GOLD!!!
Actually we got so much of it that we use it to stop doors!
The Gold bar is designed by Arik Levy and is part of our Eno exhibition that will run for the rest of the year.
Designer Arik Levy
Once in a while you need to be challenged. Everyday we meet and work with very talented designers and craftmens but on Friday it was our turn to be creative at our office in Copenhagen. The task was simple - make your own Grass vase - only the imagination sets the limit. Even our CEO Poul made his very own Grass vase….
Opening of a new huge center for modern art in the northern part of Paris, the “104″. 26.000 m2 in a former municipal undertakers centre. Exhibitions spaces and working ateliers for selected internatioanl artists. Take a good look at the T-shirts ! - A REAL good look!
Work by: A. Rovero & J. Korthals Altes.
Spotted by Boje Estermann
If you mix Ikea and Lego, you could end up with something like this fellow. He is made out of wood and spotted in the roadside on the highway in Sweden. And since the trend right now is wood and nature (example here and here and here), my moose must be the hottest thing around. Spotted by Rikke Hagen
It may be cold and wet outside here in Copenhagen, but that doesn’t affect us at all. We have just started to sell our very own Normann Copenhagen 100% Lamb Wool blankets in six cool colours. Find your favorite book, make yourself a hot chocolate and curl up in that cozy old chair in the corner. Winter is coming - and we are ready for it.
Our Familia Cup has a quite unique handle. Yesterday the designer Ole Jensen showed our Japanese friends from Scope different ways to hold the cup.
Click on the link below to see the five grips.
Friday evening Plane took off from Copenhagen with the help from 1500 passengers. During the four hour flight we danced, enjoyed “Flyversjusser” and Tiger-beer, got tattoos - both fake and real ones, watched the Monorex boys in action, had a visit by the American ambassador, and made sure that Plane is off to a flying start.
p.s. more than 400 Planes went “missing in action” during the night. If you see one please email us a picture of its new airport - so we know it had a safe landing… thanks
Ready for glazing
It looks simple - but the Grass vase has proven to be one of the most difficult products to produce. Shifting from a few items pr. week to mass production has been a very bumpy road, leaving many grass straws broken in the process. But thanks to our Chinese colleagues Cathy and Roger we have solved the problems - and the Grass has finally started to “grow”. Grass will soon be available in selected stores.
A Tech Company will reveal a new hardware product today!!! Nothing interesting about that. But replace “A Tech Company” with the brand name Apple, and now you got everybody’s attention. Designlovers will gather around the live-blogging sites that will keep us up to date - minute by minute during Steve Jobs presentation. It’s amazing that Apple has succeeded in turning a product presentation into something that can be compared to a sports event.
100% RESPECT
Can you guess what this product is? - If not click on the link below.
Images from the production of our new lamp, Norm 03 Steel.
The Steel version is build exactly the same way as our white Norm 03
Inspiration is an odd size…but always fun to learn about. Visit the Clay and Glass students (from The Danish Design School) flickr account and see what inspires them right now. Here is a image from Betina Huber.
It´s time to pimp your lamp with cool wire colours! Try Silver, Olive, Steel, Purple or Blue - just arrived in our store.
Date: 17th of October
Location: Copenhagen
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