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Thursday, 21 February 2013

How do you hide a TV?

Have you thought about how seldom a TV is shown on the photos of designed interiors? Even TV benches are often without a tv on them? A TV would usually would destroy the atmosphere and the beauty. Usually the photo is taken from an angle so that the TV cannot be seen or there is simply no TV (temporarily maybe?). However there must be some solutions on how to integrate/hide a TV in a living room without it intruding on the harmony of the space.

Here are a few solutions I found that are not too bad:


Source: houzz.com via Grace on Pinterest


Source: dinesen.com via Réka on Pinterest

Source: wallpaper.com via Réka on Pinterest



Thursday, 31 January 2013

Saturday, 12 January 2013

Neon Art

I have for a long time been dreaming of owning some neon art. It's so much fun: the light, the colours, the shapes, the statement, the words. Even my kids loved Dan Flavin at MAMCO:
(photo by Mattias Nilsson)


from this website.

Neon Lights by Tracey Emin
Gio&Mi at MAMCO

Monday, 10 December 2012

Designing in concrete

At the pop up shop last week I was selling Tove Adman's concrete lamps, tables, candleholders and clocks. I had hung the nude concrete lamp on a coat rack but a lady asked me how else one could hang this lamp. Below is an answer on the first photo: on a nice tree branch for example. I have also found some other inspirational images with her designs. 

The ide&oda webshop is only a few days away....

Source: sooo.nl via Daphne on Pinterest



Friday, 30 November 2012

Pop-up

This is what my Scandinavian Art and Design Pop-Up shop in Geneva looks like. Hugboxes by Swedish Matt Nils, photography by Carl Spader and design from Sweden, Denmark and Norway. All items are available on www.ideandoda.com
























Sunday, 11 November 2012

Made in Sweden

We all know that Scandinavian design is appreciated all over the world. This is why SMD Design not only believes that good Swedish design deserves to be made in Sweden, but they actually make most of their products at their own production site, in Småland, in southern Sweden.

 The below products will be available at the Scandinavian Art and Design week by ide&oda, but if you see any other products on their website that you like, let me know.




Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Just waiting to be hugged!

Most important act at the Scandinavian Art and Design exhibition will be Swedish artist Matt Nils who will be spreading joy and playfulness with his ceramic Hugboxes.

Available in different sizes, in black and white, these whimsical sculptures are each carefully hand sculpted and glazed.

We (the design film company) had some fun making this video for you.

 
The Hugbox! from the design film company on Vimeo.

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Launching of Scandinavian Art and Design Event

Today starts a three week countdown to the Scandinavian Art and Design event I am organizing in Geneva. The week between 26 November and 2 December I will open a pop-up shop in the old town in Geneva selling Matt Nils' ceramics, Carl Spader's photography (Swedish Artists) & Scandinavian design objects. Today I am only posting the invite but stay tuned for more information on the artists and the objects. In the meanwhile you can like ide&oda on Facebook.

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Old treasure in my living room

An amazing luck to find this old school bench in a secondhand shop in France. 


Thursday, 4 October 2012

Even Hungarians can do it...

How cool is this Hungarian farmhouse featured on the Dezeen website? It was created by architects Budapesti Műhely and is a "contemporary interpretation of a traditional Hungarian peasant house".






Friday, 28 September 2012