Some of the most beautiful plates from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory are made by Hella Jongerius.
Designer Hella Jongerius (1963) has become known for the special way she fuses industry and craft, high and low tech, tradition and the contemporary.
After graduating Eindhoven Design Academy in 1993 she started her own design company, Jongeriuslab, through which she produces her own projects and projects for clients such as Maharam (New York), Royal Tichelaar Makkum (The Netherlands), Vitra (Basel) and IKEA (Sweden).
Her work has been shown at museums and galleries such as the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (New York), MoMA (New York), the Design Museum (London), Galerie KREO (Paris) and Moss gallery (New York).
There is a whole series of animal plates - absolutely outstanding, check the fine pattern the bunny has on the belly and in his ears!
PS Jonsberg, Date: 2005, Commissioned by: IKEA, Sweden
Colored Vases, Date: 2003
Repeat, Date: 2002, Commissioned by: Maharam, New York
Soft Urn, Date: 1994
It's interesting how new passions can start out of almost nothing. I wasn't interested in ceramics or porcelain to long ago. And then a visit at linck ceramics atelier got me started. Our linck collection quickly grew from a single vase to a nice little collection.
Last year we got a beautiful vase made by Christine-Ann Richards as a present.
Last month in New York we went to Moss. The whole shop is filled with nice things. But most impressive was their porcelain and ceramic selection.
They had lot's of beautiful things from the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory.
I'd love to have one of these!
Hella Jongerius plates
Atlas service Service Zauberwald
Service by Konstantin Cricic
Global Service by Barnaby Barford
Read more on the Nymphenburg Parcelain Manufactory on wikipedia
www.nymphenburg.com
The big trend in interior design seems to be old school Needlework, goblin style. I always liked it a lot. But how to integrate it into a modern surrounding is going to be a bit of a challenge I always though. But this season you see so many nice things I just have to try.
One of the nicest but also most expensive brand is Frédérique Morrel
{ Frédérique Morrel } Founder and Creative of Frédérique Morrel SARL, Frédérique was troubled by the fact that her grandmother’s needlework ended up in the trash when she passed away. Since then, she has found an interesting concept to recycle these and other un-justly, un-recognized, anonymous and devalued artifacts.
The products have been carefully “re-made” using vintage needlework saved from oblivion in the interest of the redemption of the painstaking work involved in their original creation. Each product is one-of-a-kind, using a unique combination of tapestries or tapestry pieces, assembled in order to create an interaction between themes .
Every now and again one stumbles on a ingenious product. This does not happen to often though.
When I saw the concept of Vynil Surfaces for the first time I immediately knew that this is an ingenious product.
Vynil, an alternative to wallpaper", literally passes into the hands of the end users, who, invited to transform their interiors into an area where they can express themselves, become the creators of their own setting.
Thanks to Vynil, the "wall space" becomes the field for a game of composition and narration into which a lot of effort and inventiveness can be put. Beyond its practical interest (no need for paste or a papering table), the Vynil collection makes it possible to think again about the place and the role of ornaments and decoration in our interiors.
We sell them in our shop now and I had the opportunity to "install" several - they really look as great as they do on the picture. If you have very craggy walls they might not stick enough. And don't think they leave no marks once you take them away, they are like wallpaper and probably you have to repaint the wall after taking a vynil of.
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