Libratone Fairytale Edition - with Stine Spedsbjerg

Libratone presents "Libratone Fairytale Edition", a series of Libratone Zipp speakers hand-embroidered by Danish cartoonist Stine Spedsbjerg and inspired by the story of Thumbelina by Hans Christian Andersen. The magical speakers will be auctioned on eBay, with proceeds going to UNICEF, the global children's charity organization and awarded to a lucky winner in a "Fairytale Edition" competition.

Stine Spedsbjerg is an award-wining Danish cartoonist whose spare style and warm drawings always elicit a smile. Her comic strip, "StineStregen" is an honest and humorous autobiographical strip about her daily experiences and challenges. In 2010 she won komiks.dk's price as "Best Web Comic".

The "Fairytale Edition" collaboration with Stine Spedsbjerg began at the Danish Chromatism exhibition, at Salone del Mobile, furniture fair in Milan earlier this year, when Spedsbjerg hand-embroidered selected scenes from Thumbelina on the speakers on display to remind us all that audio speakers are much more than just black boxes!

01) Emerging from a flower / Join the competition to win it (ends June 15, 2013)
02) A marriage-minded toad / available on ebay.com from May 26nd until June 5nd
03) Carried of by a shallow bug / available on ebay.com from May 31st - until June 10nd
04) A one-way engagement / available on ebay.com from June 5nd - until June 15nd
05) Happily ever after / available on ebay.com from May 21nd until May 31st

Online contest                                                        eBay auction

eQ plus | Zona Tortona

The Look And Feel chair (L.A.F.) - design: Geke Lensink / Jesse Visser

The Connect - design: Geke Lensink / Jesse Visser

Between the eQ plus highlights designed by Geke Lensink + Jesse Visser and presented in Zona Tortona last month:
- The Look And Feel chair (L.A.F.), inspired to architects and designers' seat. A very clear and sleek design with maximum comfort available in 9 contemporary colours. The material is very practical and bends itself to the shape of the body. Because of the diversity of bases the L.A.F. chair fits in many different locations and situations. Colours: oxblood, red, orange, forest, green, lime, petrol, taupe and black.
- The Connect, a sturdy and very comfortable seat on a swivel base that can be delivered in several fabrics and leather.

In the eQ plus catalogue, I especially love the Big Mama table, see next photos.

TV production company De Haaien bought a Big Mama for their Amsterdam office

Big Mama in the office for Kunstwerk Loods 6 - designed by Geke Lensink and Jesse Visser

Arocca - Ilblua collection

It looks like boys' room after a party - while it's effectively a boys' room during the FuoriSalone in via Savona Milano. Anyway, the sofa is fabulous! And the rest of the collection, too.

Salotto Sofa is part of the new collection Ilblua designed by Arocca and introduced during the Zona Tortona Week in Milan.  

The Dutch design team consists of Jan Wout and Dax. Besides the inhouse design team, Arocca works with several freelance designers. 

The Arocca showroom is located in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. The building was designed by the Dutch architects of 'Duck Deventer', and has been nominated for the National Prize for Architecture!

Acqua Alta Collection

Murano - scent diffuser

'Acqua Alta is the italian word for the “High water”, phenomenon that occurs in the city of Venice. This project is conceived from the idea of enhancing a cultural and historical heritage that belongs to us: the city of Venice. Venice and the Venetian region are home to such craft techniques and secrets that few know how to play. Strong traditions characterize this city that has for a long time been the center of commerce and trade with the rest of the world.
Among them is the manufacturing of textiles, with a wide range of products created in the area. No less important is the Murano glass craft, and the trade of spices and essences that are precious keys to Mediterranean’s business. Acqua Alta as a tool to link all these techniques starting from a unique phenomenon. Water as transport, water as energy, water as an issue that affects the lives of citizens, leaving it’s mark. It deeply influences the life of this city, haping and surrounding it with thousands of different colors and textures. The first collection “Aqua Alta Collection”, is influenced by these findings. Aqua Alta includes a series of objects strongly linked to the theme. These can be summarized in a series of textiles (fabrics), a carpet, a series of fragrances correlated with diffuser, and a table lamp. 
The intent of the collection is to translate an important and delicate issue, as an inspiration for the development of objects that fit in the contemporary living.'

Florence on Sister Magazine 7 - the big ITALY issue!

EN   -   DE

Sister Magazine 7 is out! Main theme of the magazin: "Do you know the land where lemons grow?" - the big ITALY issue! I'm very honoured that Thea and Tony published my article about Florence :-) You can choose between the English or the Deutsche version.
Soon I will post new photos about crafters in Florence.

READ IT HERE

ARTISAN / Artigianato e Palazzo 2013, Corsini Gardens - Florence - 2nd part

The Corsini Garden during the fair, via della Scala Firenze.

ARTISAN / Artigianato e Palazzo 2013, Corsini Gardens - Florence - 1st part

Consorzio Il Cappello di Firenze - Georgine Glaenzer

Moleria Locchi

Giotto Scaramelli by Francesca Guicciardini - Fabbrica Toscana del Fumetto

Piedaterre - Venezia

La Bottega di Laura - Consorzio Il Cappello di Firenze - Plissettatura Milady - Marco Paoletti's collection of crafters' bicycles

Find more information at http://www.artigianatoepalazzo.it