Kids classics

On Saturday we celebrated our daughter´s given name, Tille, and had a lovely party which included family and friends. On her (or I guess mom´s!) wishlist was a bunch of Scandinavian classics such as:

1. Kay Bojesen´s Monkey. A qute little friend that will be around forever!

www.kaybojesen-denmark.com

2. The Tripp Trapp High Chair, designed in 1972 by Norwegian Designer, Petter Opsvik, now produced by Stokke. A great and practical chair she can have for years.

 www.stokke.com

3. Childrens cutlery Vivianna in stainless steel from Georg Jensen, designed by Vivianna Torunn Bülow-Hübe in 1996.

www.georgjensen.com

All these and a bunch of other great gifts became hers on her lovely day.

What a lucky little girl!

Wonderful wallpapers

 

Wallpapers are hot and you can find them in all colors, patterns and variations. Even though I am not a wallpaper "gal" myself, my favourites are the "earthy" ones inspired by nature (surprised?). Despite my lack of lust for wallpapers (they are beautiful, I just think I would go bored with them very soon after I put them up), I couldn´t resist and HAD to take the strip of Andrew Martin´s "lumberjack"  home with me after the shoot, which now has its place in one corner of my living room (only for a short while though...).

These are a couple of images from a wallpaper shoot we did for this issue of Bo Bedre, Norway.

Want to know where they´re from? Leave a comment or send me an email and I´ll try to help you the best that I can.

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Styling: Hege Barnholt

Sneak preview: Fab fluorecent

 

Not too long ago, stylist Kirsten and I visited ex- co employee at Kvist (now Bolina), ceramist,
Silje Aune Eriksen in her colourful home in Briskeby, Oslo.
 Her place is filled with colorful and humorous details and everywhere you lay your eyes, you´ll be suprised by a funny note, an animal of some sort and a great selection of cool design (chairs, lamps, tables and more) in the colors white, grey, black and neon pink. Silje is weak for ceramics (surprised?), and together with her own designs, her collectibles are neatly displayed throughout the apartment.
The feature will be out in Elle Decoration´s second issue of this year,
which will be out in the stores from February 27th.

Styling feature: Kirsten Visdal and Silje Aune Eriksen
Styling cover:  Jannicke Kråkvik

Photography: Trine Thorsen

I´m in love

with this beautiful ceramic from Höganäs Keramik, designed by the Swedish design team Front, launched in 2010. I would love the teapot, in white matt or white blank (the grey I could also go for!), I can´t really decide... And of course the bowl, the coffee and tea mugs and the small plates that goes with. In 2011 they added more products to the series, and soon the new pitcher (bottom image) will be added and seen in the stores.

Images found on hoganaskeramik.sewww.hoganaskeramik.se

Time flies (when your having fun!)

2012 has already started out to be a busy year and blogging has been put aside. Again :-(. 

So far this year I have visited and photographed a couple of beautiful homes, photographed new wallpaper arrivals (LOVE Andrew Martin´s "lumberjack"), delicious cakes, and a cover for Elle Decoration, Norway. I have even judged the "global chic" challenge that NIB (Norske Interiørblogger) put out earlier this month.

My job is so varied and exciting and I am SO lucky being able to work with something that makes my heart beats faster. My job takes me to many new and great places both in Norway and abroad, and I meet so many wonderful people everywhere I go.

My collegues, all the great and talented stylists, make my job fun and inspiring.Together we try and create new and inspiring images for all you readers of this blog, other blogs and magazines around the world. Hope we are able to inspire you in 2012 too. I will definately try my best! :-)

Here are a few bedrooms I have photographed in the last couple of years which inspires me :-)

The home of Line Dammen, stylist and journalist for Kamille magazine.

Styling: Line Dammen

 

 The home of Oliver Gustav in Copenhagen.

Styling: Christine Hærra

 The home of artist Maria Øverbye

Styling: Maria Øverbye

 

My guestroom that Kirsten styled so lovely for our "lovely linen" shoot.

Styling: Kirsten Visdal/Kvist

Photography: Trine Thorsen

All I want for Christmas...

Not too long ago I was asked by the magazine Rom 123/Klikk.no what I thought was a design classic that would never go out of date. My answer was easy; Paolo Rizzatto´s lamp 265 designed for Flos in 1973.

Being a swingarm lamp addict this is one of my absolute favourites! It goes well with all kinds of interiors, being in a workplace, a modern minimalistic home, a more industrial one and more. You see it in kitchens, living rooms, offices and halways in grey, white or black.

What the other people in the "expert panel" answered, I don´t know, but I´m excited to read about it their next issue.

Image found on Flos.com

Farmhouse

The last weeks has been filled with many exciting photoshoots, one of them a shoot for the next issue of Interiørmagasinet.

On Wednesday last week I filled my car wih my photogear and stylist Kirsten and designer/model/assistant, Heidi, theirs with lots of lovely things "farmer style". We met up in my favorite location, the wonderful home of Ingvild and Olaf, to shoot an inspirationl feature containing great textures and materials like bamboo, recycled wood, ceramics, linnen, cotton and hemp.

The magazine will be out on May 11th.

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Styling: Kirsten Visdal

Model/designer: Heidi Bjørnsdottir

Wallstickers

Wallsticker have been around for a while now and more and more designers explore this world of endless oportunities. The French company, "Le Pré d´eau" is one of them. With a huge selection of cute drawings, quotes, poems, riddles and rhymes (mostly in french), they have a wide variety to choose from.

Images found on Le Pré déau

Paper or plastic?

If I would have to choose between products made out of paper or plastic, I would definately say I´m a paper girl. Just look at these wonderful creations from Japanese Onao. Their collection SIWA, made in collaboration with industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa are just gobsmacking! The products are made from Naoron, a special paper developed by ONAO. The great thing about this amazing paper product is that it´s durable (does not tear easily) and washable! SIWA is the reversing of the characters in the word WASI (washi), which means "crinkle" in Japanese.

Images found on Onao.co.jp

Food thoughts...

Poster by 3 lamb studio, found on flickr!

Great gadgets!

If you hate to be alone...

Cool cuttingboard

Definately "my cup of tea"!

Love me stamp

Don´t know what to vote?

Care for some candy?

Want a moustache?

For your salade...

Mine gode venn og forhenværende romkamerat, Jean Sebastien Ides er en av to bak det Paris baserte firmaet Atypyk. Mens Jean Seb for det meste grubler, tegner, designer og kreerer, sitter kompanjongen Ivan i "sjefstolen" og tar seg av markedsføringen og alt det andre som må til for å drive en vellykket business, men sammen kommer de opp med de morsomste ting du ikke trenger, men bare MÅ ha!

My good friend and ex roommate, Jean Sebastien Ides is one of the two guys behind the French company Atypyk. While Jean Seb draws, designs and creates, his companion, Ivan is the "big boss" and in charge of the more serious side of the business. Together they come up with the greatest ideas on the funniest things you don´t really need, but just got to have!

Images found on atypyk.com

Cool stool!

I´ve been in love with this high stool from Danish Mater since I layed my eyes on it for the first time a couple of years ago. The stool is designed by Danish designers Signe Bindslev and Peter Bundgaard Rützou, and is handcrafted in dark stained North American white oak. The stool is made in a small Indian wood workshop which is participating in the sustainable business development program Susbiz India.

Image found on materdesign.com

J´aime!

Elsker trykkene til den svenske designeren Therese Sennerholt!

Love the prints from Swedish designer Therese Sennerholt!

Images found on theresesennerholtshop.se

China chic!

Designer Silje Aune Eriksen lager de fineste ting i hvit porselen. Som dette nydelige lille fatet med fugler... Fatet får du kjøpt på hviit.no til den nette sum av 400,- kroner.

Designer Silje Aune Eriksen creates the nicest white china. Like this cute litt bird plate... You can get this and many of her other great designs online at hviit.no

Photography: Trine Thorsen

Caravan

Da jeg lette på nettet etter et bilde av en Jieldé lampe, kom jeg over denne fantastisk søte butikken i London. Butikken ligger i Shoreditch og selger en deilig miks av nytt og gammelt, re-design, ny design, morsomt nips, lamper, klær og masse mer. En butikk jeg helt klart skal besøke neste gang jeg er i byen! Websiden er laget av kuule Frank Design og bildene tatt av talentfulle Debi Treloar. 

When I searched the net for an image of a Jieldé lamp, I came across this stunning shop in London. The shop is situated in Shoreditch and is selling av great mix of old and new, re- design and new design, great gadgets, lamps, clothes and a whole lot more. A shop I´ll definately visit next time I´m in town! Their website is designed by cool Frank Design and the images taken by talented Debi Treloar.

www.caravanstyle.com

News from Nicolette

Har falt pladask for talenfulle Nicolette Brunklaus´ nye kolleksjon puter og puffer. Disse vakre (og litt dystre) tingene fra den nederlanske designeren ble presentert under Maison et Objets i Paris tidligere denne måneden. Besøk Nicolettes webside for å se flere av hennes fine ting og kanskje finne en forhandler nær deg.

I have fallen head over heels for Dutch designer Nicolette Brunklaus´new collection pillows and pouffes. These beatiful (and gloomy) objects were presented at Maison et Objets in Paris earlier this month. Visit Nicolette´s website to see more of her beautiful stuff and to find a dealer close to you.

www.brunklaus.nl