Products, Design, Art, Fashion and other things that we find cool, interesting, provocative and simply brilliant
This is Hannah Maj Kragh Bagge, a young design student from The Institute of Fine Metals in Copenhagen. Right now she is exhibiting her work together with fellow students in our Flagship store (address). In the picture above she is holding two rings, one for him and one for her. But what are they made of?
Click below to find the answer… you will probably be surprised!
The human body is a piece of art. This food belongs to… well you may already know. If not click below… or visit Aros!
Taking a different route can make you spot things you wouldn’t normally see. I work at a very corporate (read boring) part of Amsterdam called Zuidas, where many of the big (bad) banks are located. At the headquarter of controversal bank ABN AMRO I saw these acorns in their office garden earlier this year. In Dutch the word acorn isn’t only fruit from an oak tree, it’s also is an insulting curse word for men (details here). Wonder if they put it there themselves or whether this is a subtle message from someone else?
Spotted by Lieke Voermans
Together with Tiger Beer we invite you to the Tiger Translate – East connectin’ to West – reception in our Flagship store this friday 5-7 pm. More info on facebook.
On Friday August 21 :Venue contemporary art gallery had the opening of artist Stephen Ives exhibition: “The resistible rise of a bear of little brain”. We went by to get inspired and enjoy the world where Stephen portray the ageing of Pooh Bear. We got to meet Stephen and had a little chat about his work. We can’t wait to learn more about this exiting and conceptual artist.
Johanne
During the Copenhagen Fashion Week and August out, Normann Copenhagen and Nowak cph are asking the question: Can art be cut in pieces and still be art?
With these gorgeous handmade pillows made by Nowak cph – we say YES - of course! Each pillow is unique and comes in three different sizes .
Stop by the Flagship Store throughout August and grap a piece of art for your living room!
Interested to know how to make Kuglen? Nowak cph made a movie about how the big “Kuglen” was made. Check it out here at their youtube channel.
It’s always great to see what creativity can do with an already existing product. A perfect example is what readers of this blog did, putting a new perspective on some of Normann Copenhagen’s products.
The artist iri5 took it a step further. Picture this: an old almost extinct product, torn apart and reordered and by doing so creating art. Sounds difficult but looks great!
Iri5 is an artist who created this portrait by recycling an old cassette tape. She also works with old books, playing cards, magazines and credit cards. Her view on working with old materials is cool:
It feels great to work with strange, older materials. Things that have a mind of their own. Most everything I use has been thrown away or donated at some point. Past its prime, like some of the finest things in the world.
Spotted by Lieke Voermans
As a typography nerd a friend recently asked me what some good places to get posters for his house were. I thought it would be a great idea for a post because I think we’ve all wondered the same thing at some point.
There are literally THOUSANDS of brilliant designers out there who make amazing art using typography and design. There is absolutely no way I – or anyone else – could ever come up with a comprehensive list. However, i’ve done my best to highlight a FEW sites i’ve come across. I invite anyone to post their favorite sites in the comments – even if it’s your own! (there’s nothing wrong with self promotion!)
Change The Thought - One of my favorite shops, I own several of the limited edition prints. You can also get some of the now iconic Obama posters.
Design Supremo – Pricey but very unique wall art prints.
Walloper – Uses Toronto’s unique subway signage available to put on your wall.
HelveticaFilm – Some of the superstar designers from the documentary about the typeface lend their skills to what they do best: posters about Helvetica.
MoMA store - The mother of all design/art museums naturally has one of the best online store for posters and prints.
Sam Javanrough – One of my favorite Toronto based photographers. You can purchase prints off his photoblog.
Barcode Plantage – Takes barcodes and makes cool posters out of them which you can download for a few dollars.
Esty – Huge online marketplace where artists can sell their gear. May take some searching but great things to be found.
Spotted by Chris Hanz
Right before Christmas we had a very special visitor in our store. It was Alex Tjoa from Switzerland, the winner of our “Be creative and win” competition, who came to claim her prize. Alex won with her picture of the new Norm 03 Steel lamp which she turned into a beautiful haute couture dress.
Alex in our store with her cute son. By the way, thank you very much for the sweets you gave us.
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