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LAGOM | BATHROOM COLLABORATION WITH LOTTA AGATON

9 March 2018

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Korean brand Lagom approached Swedish super stylist Lotta Agaton, trendy Danish architects Norm and multidisciplinary Note Design Studio last year to add to their bathroom collection and the results of these combined Scandi design superpowers can be seen in these beautifully styled shots.

Soft Swedish minimalism at its best with simple products that add style to even the smallest bathroom.

I’ve been a fan of Lotta’s aesthetic for a long time and love how she carefully and deliberately lays out her objects – always managing to create a muted palette with interesting shapes and textures. The bathroom collaboration will launch this Spring and I can NOT wait.
 

You can see more of Lotta’s work in previous posts here (food styling), here (garden gadgets) and here (stunning book with more eye candy).
 
 

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MORE INFORMATION | Lagom
DESIGNERS | Lotta Agaton, Norm, Note Design Studio
PHOTOGRAPHY | Ragnar Ómarsson with thanks
 
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BRANDING | JAPANESE RESTAURANT HOKKAIDON IN HONG KONG

20 October 2017

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Japanese restaurant Hokkaidon in Hong Kong beautifully combines two of my loves, interior and graphic design. The stylish minimal identity was conceived by the creative dreamers mad people at A Work of Substance, an agency with studios in Stockholm, Paris and Hong Kong.

Hokkaidon serves sea-to-table Chirashi, a traditional Japanese dish of fish and rice that delivers a multitude of flavours and textures. The identity beautifully reflects the restaurant’s contemporary take on this traditional dish by depicting grains of rice at the core of it’s logo in combination with a strong indigo colour.

The striking graphic on the walls, menus and take away bags are inspired by the Japanese seigaiha motif which is a pattern of layered concentric circles creating arches, symbolic of waves or water representing surges of good luck. The graphic is interspersed with fish and fishing boats reminding the customer of the fresh ingredients.

The branding with it’s strong use of indigo blue works incredibly well for me in combination with the elegant, clean and minimal interior almost entirely kept in light cypress wood without any distraction from the dish and it’s fresh ingredients.

I must mention the tableware as well which is kept in indigo, white and brown tones with varying patterns of seigaiha and irregular shaped coasters subtly featuring the logo. The wooden menu boards are dyed to match the brand’s indigo blue and feature an easily exchangeable printed menu held by a strong blue elastic – simple, yet functional and completely on point.

Let’s hope Hokkaidon will open a London branch soon!

For more inspiring Branding head over to California cafe and bakery Voyageur du Temps and Austrian Hotel Trofana Alpin.
 
 

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BRANDING | A Work of Substance
PHOTOGRAPHY | Vita Mak with thanks
 
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SUMMER HOLIDAYS 2017 | SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN

25 August 2017

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My view – every single day!

 

You may have noticed my absence on here so I thought I’d check in and tell you about our summer holidays in Schleswig-Holstein and Northern Germany’s Baltic Sea Coast where we’ve been spending the past 3 weeks.

For those who’s geography is a bit vague, Schleswig-Holstein is Germany’s northern most county bordering Denmark’s Jutland to the north, the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east, giving it it’s name ‘land between the seas’ (Land zwischen den Meeren). I grew up here on the Baltic Sea coast and have been spending the last couple of summers back at my childhood home. Mainly to spend time with my family but also to give my own kids a taste of how I grew up and what shaped and influenced me.

I’m loving revisiting my old stomping ground and it’s on reflection and with the wisdom of age hindsight that I realise and appreciate how lucky I’ve been to grow up in such a beautiful spot. Don’t get me wrong I clearly remember the grey, cold and windy days that seemed to last from October till well into April sitting at home and longing for some action – any action. But since there were more cows than inhabitants in my village entertainment was somewhat limited.

However, the beauty of the countryside with it’s woods, gentle hills and farmland as well as the stunning coastline still takes my breath away. I’m convinced there’s no fresher air or more dramatic blue skies anywhere in the world but this is coming from an expat who’s spent the last 20 years of her life in London… #nuffsaid

One place that always grounds me is sitting on the beach and looking at the sea. The sand here has got a beautiful white/grey colour and is soft and white and I love covering my bare feet in it. Luckily our kids seem to share my enthusiasm for the beach and as long as it’s not raining you can find us digging, playing, cartwheeling and swimming (them, not me!) on the beach and in the sea. A great way to get rid of their boistrous energy and a sure fire way to ensure a good nights sleep.

Since our arrival we also jumped on the train and headed further north/east for a short stay with some great friends in Copenhagen which also gave me the opportunity to catch up with some of the city’s latest design trends and craftsmen thanks to my hip friend Leonora who was born and bred in Copenhagen and who has her finger on the pulse on everything interior.

More of my discoveries once I’ve eaten my gazillionth ice cream.

 
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Happy sandy feet and wet shorts – not going in any further! 😉
 

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You can find us here for at least another week.
 

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Hey from Leo and me!

 

 
PHOTOGRAPHY | Annie Kruse
 
 

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AESOP EMPORIUM MELBOURNE

29 May 2017

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Although completed back in 2014 I’ve only just come across this gem of a retail space that is the Aesop Emporium in Melbourne.

Designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects I love the dark luxurious and contemporary feel of it. Aesop is renowned for pushing the boundaries when it comes to their shop interiors and here in the UK the first store in Richmond was designed by Ilse Crawford who put the hand and wash basin in the centre of the shop emphasising the essence of skincare.

The interior of the Melbourne flagship reflects the dark brown and black of Aesop’s packaging which is a nod to the old apothecary glass bottles as well as the high quality ingredients they use. Sustainably sourced hardwood ply made from local Australian spotted gum timber is used throughout and accented with brass details for taps and basins and the use of edge razor edge technology to produce graphic wood perforations. The lighting was designed in collaboration with PSLab who used matt black shades in simple contemporary shapes to support the rich, dark and intimate mood of the interior.

 
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PHOTOGRAPHY | Kerstin Thompson Architects
MORE INFORMATION | Aesop
 
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SPRING NEWS FROM STELTON

16 March 2017

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ABOVE | Circle water bottle

 

Some Spring news from Stelton today who seem to have heard my silent plea through endless hours of hanging out in the cold playground and added this new aesthetic and functional thermos cup to their I:cons collection.

The To Go Click cup has a state-of-the art ‘smart click’ function that lets you open and close the cup easily so you can drink from the full 360 degrees of the cup as if there were no lid. And in case you wondered about the environment rest assured the cup is also BPA- and phthalate-free.

Another icon I’m pretty excited about is the strikingly beautiful Circle water bottle with it’s unique open/close function. The twisted design provides a natural physical connection with the bottle, starting from the ergonomic grip provided by its twisted design. Designer Maria Berntsen says,

“It is the intuitive feeling for the nature of the material and the sensuousness of the form that is important to me. I’m always trying to work out a form that I feel speaks to your senses. You have to feel like touching the form/design and feel joy in surrounding yourself with it in your daily life”.

I couldn’t have put it better myself.

And to finish off I have to mention the gorgeous new soft colours of the To Go Click cup and the iconic EM77 vacuum jug – designed by Erik Magnussen in 1977 – which are inspired by Scandinavian evenings by the sea and sandy beaches with gentle summer breezes.

Spring I’m ready for you.

 
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To Go Click cup in soft new shades

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I:cons EM77 jug

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MORE INFORMATION | Stelton
STYLING | Maria Grønborg & Caroline Bahrenscheer
PHOTO | Brian Buchard
 
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