Monthly archive January, 2010
Miami Beach life - part two

Miami Beach life – part two

Here follows part two of our short image story from a recent visit by David Report to Miami Beach. You can read part one by following this link. We are actually off to Miami Beach later this week again to make further reports, stay tuned. W hotel is the latest addition to the legendary hotels...
Ross Lovegrove to DesignBoost

Ross Lovegrove to DesignBoost

The knowledge company Designboost is announcing today that Ross Lovegrove will attend and talk at DesignBoost February 12 at Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm. Also Henrik Otto, design manager at Electrolux and Jens Fager, the new hope for Swedish Design, will come and share their visions about how we create design for a better life. The complete list of speakers and panelists...
Karim Rashid among others at Arkitekturmuseet

Karim Rashid among others at Arkitekturmuseet

As reported earlier DesignBoost will take place at Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm February 11-12. The overall theme is “Design for Life”. As earlier years Designboost has invited speakers from all over the world which represent the true frontline within design. Today Designboost reveals four new speakers for the BoostTalk (lectures) on February 12th. Karim Rashid –...
Candles are the new flowers

Candles are the new flowers

While flowers assorted our most important moment in life: from birth and romance to marriage and procreating, there is only one comparable modern-day object that mystically embodies the same symbolism: scented candles. In a noisy world where a new awareness is arising, scented candles have become a companion in our most fulfilling and luxurious quest: stillness...
A flooring and architectural garden

A flooring and architectural garden

The Swedish flooring company Bolon presents the collection Botanic – a new flooring and architectural garden, a revolutionary breakthrough with environmental care. Botanic reflects nature’s variety of organic architecture and wealth of detail – a garden with a natural brilliantly coloured product flora to discover and wonder at. You can check it out both at the...
Jasper Morrison at Hallwylska Museet

Jasper Morrison at Hallwylska Museet

Jasper Morrison exhibits in Stockholm. With reference to the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February Forum, the magazine for Scandinavian architecture, interiors and design, brings Jasper Morrison and his exhibition Jugs, Jars and Pitchers to Stockholm. The exhibition will be shown at Hallwylska Museet. As the name implies, the exhibition consists of personally selected jugs, jars, and pitchers...
Whatever makes you happy

Whatever makes you happy

The Happy Four is a new band from Malmö Sweden. I’m actually one of the members, playing the guitar! Back in the early nineties we released a couple of albums for EMI under the name Love Kings (we are 4/5 of that band now). The songs Kill Me and Happy are produced by Tore Johansson...
Never Can Say Goodbye

Never Can Say Goodbye

On January 15, 2010, No Longer Empty (NLE) will re-open the legendary Tower Records store on Broadway and 4th street with a trans-media art exhibition: Never Can Say Goodbye. Spotlighting more than twenty artists working with sound, light, image and installation,Never Can Say Goodbye recreates a fantasy version of the now defunct Tower Records with Never...
Designboost brings Design for Life to Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm

Designboost brings Design for Life to Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm

The theme of this autumn’s DesignBoost in Malmö was Design for Life. Now the question is once again being posed, how to make design economical, ecological and fair when DesignBoost collaborates with Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm. At this DesignBoost people of worldwide reputation such as Stephen Burkes, Ineke Hans, Katrin Olina, Ilkka Suppanen, James Irvine, Richard...
Products of the month at Shop by Jasper Morrison

Products of the month at Shop by Jasper Morrison

Shop by Jasper Morrison just put up the products of the month. This time a cork bowl, a dustpan, an outdoor brush, a brown tape and a bucket. The Shop which is situated in one part of the Jasper Morrison studio is worth a visit next time you are in London. As simple and straight...