maastricht

yesterday I visited my friend theda schoppe at her new studio. theda is currently working for maarten baas. in her spare time she and 2 other young designers are trying to establish a design workplace, studio 33, for product and interior in maastricht. all of them are recent product design graduates of the academy maastricht. more about the upcoming studio soon.

theda at the new studio

milan 2009/

max lipsey lives in eindhoven. the american designer was exhibiting his coathooks at spazio rosana orlandi last month during design week.

djim berger is student at the design academy who will graduate this year. he is obsessed with ceramics. I had the chance to have a look on what he is doing (the first samples) for his final project but I’m curious what we will see at the graduation show.

dik scheepers is a product design student at the academy maastricht, netherlands. before he decided to become a designer he worked as chemical laboratory worker in amsterdam and as a fine mechanics toolmaker in leiden. both was not enough for him.

this is his mud lamp. a lamp made of sand, mud and recycled paper. the idea was to make a product that uses as little as possible energy in production and transport. and to make a product that fits into the current hype of ecodesign.

I’ve met dan ziglam and elliot brook at the imm cologne, international furniture fair, this week. the uk-based directors of deadgood, a furniture company of young design, started their business after meeting in university. they run their ‘baby’ with a lot of passion and love. ;-)

lutz caesar is a photographer. he is the one who took the picture of me above. lutz parents were on a trip in south america in 1981. they bought this sweater with the lama theme. and now, 28 years ago, lutz felt that its his time to wear it. (I want one with horses or with armadillos)

rest area - highway 40 between bochum and essen, germany

tom astrella is a london-based designer. despite still dabbling in product design, tom’s dedication over the last 3 years has been designing footwear for puma’s high end fashion ranges. he is not just a shoe creator, but also a shoe collector. with about 60 pairs of sneakers in his arsenal, he is still constantly looking for more treasures to squeeze his dainty size 46’s into!

vera berg and petra kather are a fashion label. they launched berg & kather during their studies. vera graduated this year. petra in 2006. both at the academy maastricht. last weekend they were presenting their clothing at the shopstop shop in the old wyckerpoort shops in maastricht, netherlands.

vera berg and petra kather in their temporarily (just for that weekend) showroom in maastricht

roy orbit is roy orbit, a dj with the love for jocoseness. I’ve met him at lucky strike ‘white colours’ event in hotel shanghai, essen, germany. we know each other for years and he still has the competency to choose the right tshirt for the right event. he even makes his own. check doozy.

always surrounded by his fans

rose etherington is the assistant, co-editor and right hand woman of marcus fairs and rupinder boghal, founder of dezeen, online design and architecture magazine. together we have soup for lunch, chocolate for breakfast and champagne in the evening (at all the receiptions). If you google her name you find loads of design but no picture of herself.. till now! besides, I am the dezeen blonde no. 2.

hello ros(i)e

josh meyers checked in the jacobs inn dublin just after we did it. he is travelling trough europe for 3 months and this is his beloved pimp watch that supportes him on his trip.

josh meyers from Idaho, usa

tokyoflash watch

something else than design.. a couple of days ago a friend took me to e pellicci in bethnal green, london. I found myself in a small cafe full of people and activity. a real greasy spoon caf’ with italian charm. It is owned by the pellicci family for over a century. mama pellicci is standing in the kitchen and prepares you a proper dish. if you go there don’t miss the chips. these are mama’s best. lovely nevio even remembered what I had to eat the last time. to sum up: e pellicci is the social institution of london and is on the right track to become even mine.

lukasz czarnecki, tony pellicci, nevio pellicci - polish-italian power

pellicci london - since 1900

the art deco interior

liver, bacon, onions, sweetcorn and some gravy - that’s what I like

alexander winterkamp is an german actor. from 4 - 20 september the barbican, europe’s largest multi-arts and conference venue, in london presents ‘helium’ by yorkshire-based theatre company slung low. (the first time that slung low has mounted a production in london) today is the premiere. the special feature is it an individual experience. only one person may enter at a time.

marco gabrielle lorusso is an architect, conix architects, from brusseles. 2,5 weeks ago he travelled to iceland to get out of society. he called me today and we meet at the cafe 1001 on brick lane. it was strange for him to be in such a crowded place again.

phillip schüller is a fashion designer. after graduating in 2007 he worked as a designer for h&m in stockholm. now he is back in amsterdam and works for elle fashion. he loves his 512 ipod shuffle because it’s already an classic.

reinder dam works as a pedagogue. but in his spare time he use to spin some records. his favourite is ‘bingo palace - live at the bingo palace‘, a gift from sasha crnobrnja better know as in flagranti.

jonas löllmann has spent 3 months in new york. the camera is his tool to capture the moment. that’s what he did for his graduation project.

mara hellmann is graphic design student at the udk berlin. she loves kit, the knight rider car.

she is this girl you love to meet. the one you even would hang out (I invited her to come to europe and visit me after a 5 min talk). born in orange county (she says o.c. is dull) she is now driving her moped in the streets of los angeles.

mayumi date is from japan. after her fashion studies in ny she moved to los angeles, where she lives life and workes. there is something about mayumi what makes you feel that she acts naturally in her total being. if she wouldn’t do fashion she would move to the countryside and live on a farm.

we bought the couch she is sitting on in venice for 50 $
(but she is not sure if she likes it)