switch off

There will be a little break and silence in the coming 2 weeks here on the blog. 

I decided to ‘switch off ’ my internet channels and activities. 

I noticed that I’m very much addicted to an online world and I need to step out of it to get some distance. In a week time we are leaving for a short holiday with all our family, so I just wish to leave my phone home and be somewhere without the internet connection. 

I think this way I could find a rest, recharged and find a new energy for the creativity. 

See you in a while. 

photo by Matthew Scherfenberg

salonedelmobile for kids

It looks like this week is all about the Salonedelmobile in Milan, at least in the interior design world. 

Well, for some others it’s just a normal, very busy working week…

Thanks to strong social media presence of such events,  you can see a lot of news directly from people/brands which are visiting the fair. I spotted this beautiful blue room at Nidi’s Facebook page. The pictures are coming from Ki.D.S., the new event dedicated to kids design! During the Milano Design Week 2015. I find it very magical and perfect for bringing us into relaxed and dreamy mood….

it’s almost Friday! yeeea

picures by © Valentina Sommariva

get inspired with Rafa-kids

We are so exited to work with stylist/photographer Paulina Arcklin and prepare this inspiring child’s room with Rafa-kids’ furniture. We thought it’s good to go out of our comfort zone and imagine a room of a child with accessories not particularly dedicated to children’s deco. 

We are definitely inspired by blue colours and textures this season. Never have enough of denim/jeans and linen bedding in tones of grey and blue. We like industrial, raw touch in the room and XXL Lego boxes are a perfect pieces for storing all treasures. Did you know, that you can get a couple of car tyres in your local garage for free? at least we did. Paulina had an idea to use them to expose soft toys on the wall or on the floor, and they give such a character to this space. At the end the Rafa-kids R toddler bed with wheels as a part of this cool room. 

We hope you like it as much as we do! 

Special thanks to Paulina Arcklin for this inspiring day 

and knuffelsalacarte store for bringing us plushies for the photo shoot. 

Behind the scenes - photo session at Rafa-kids studio in Rotterdam / styling Paulina Arcklin

“Song of the Sea”

Finally not a full 3D movie made using computer-generated animation coming from Pixar or Dreamworks…but a magic, two-dimensional unique story : “ Song of the Sea “.  

Hand-drawn movies for children seems like a dying art form, so I was glad to take my boys to see this new Irish film.  “ Song of the Sea “ is directed by Tomm Moore and produced by the Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon. It’s easy to forget how water-coloured backgrounds in 2d animations, give the  depth and perspective into the images you look at. The film will take you into an old-school legend story telling. I will not tell you more about what the story is exacly about…I will just say : It's an unique movie, with a beautiful personalities and touching story.  

Don’t miss it. 

Spring at Fine Little Day

I hope you are having a relaxed Easter break…

We are enjoying our 'slow' long weekend with kids in Rotterdam with a beautiful Spring's sun. Most of the time around Easter, our kids have a longer school break, but not this time, so we didn’t have chance to plan any longer holiday away…

New collection of Fine Little Day , takes me back to our holidays in Sweden, some time ago. We have a family leaving there at the sea side, so this is exactly what I see back in the new design patterns of Elisabeth Dunker. If you are not familiar with the name, Fine Little Day started as a blog in 2007, by an artist and photographer Elisabeth Dunker. 

“… During the years Fine Little Day has expanded into design and interior products with expressive and narrative patterns and images as the key essence of the brand. “

From their new Spring collection I absolutely adore the bedding collection with the new Fish/Wave and Ohoy pattern. I think it will be a hit of the season!