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Google+Martha Graham

2011-05-22T15:50:00.004+02:00

I mean, come on!? Fantastic. I always smile at what they create over at google on special occasions. This from what would have been Martha Grahams 117th birthaday. wow!

Via Jana

Janie Taylor for Chloe

2011-04-19T11:28:00.005+02:00

This sleeping blog awakes to give you this ethereal video of prima ballerina Janie Taylor for Chloe. Lovely.

via Nowness

Why I love fashion

2010-09-28T07:05:00.010+02:00

From top Phillip Lim, Rodarte, Diane von Furstenberg, Proenza Schouler. All from NYFW.

via wallpaper

Digna Kosse

2010-08-11T17:06:00.004+02:00

Gorgeous work from ceramicist Digna Kosse. Via style files

Close to perfection

2010-02-26T07:52:00.000+01:00

The office of dutch advertising company Nothing, designed by Alrik Koudenburg and Joost Van Bleiswijk. It's all cardboard, people. So beautiful my jaw dropped like a cartoon character. Photos: Joachim Baan. Via CR

Wis design

2010-02-23T07:31:00.004+01:00

Wis design got my attention a couple of years ago with their peekabo-style kitchen, "Gallery" (last photo). I love their new benches, "Croquet", so pure and cute.

Romantic wallpaper

2010-02-18T07:09:00.001+01:00

This is on a must-have level for me..I'm planning on getting a panel of the "la vie en rose" wallpaper, designed by the fabulous designer Lisa Bengtsson. I love the overpowering romantic factor. I think it will contrast well to my more scandinavian style interior..hmmm

ps. You have to listen to Susanne Sundførs latest single (and soon album) it's SO good!

Sleepy wednesday

2010-02-17T10:35:00.003+01:00

Today I just want to crawl back under the covers. These bed linens make me smile.

Top two photos: bed linen from Life Modern. Last photo: Pillowcases designed by Miranda July for Third Drawer Down.

Nostalgia

2010-02-13T07:07:00.000+01:00

I'm starting to get old..I like to look back..and sigh..From the time of innocence: Lil Kim, Kate Moss and Johnny Depp.

Hello pretty chair

2010-02-12T07:05:00.000+01:00

I love this chair upholstered by Suzie Stanford, it's so brilliant. I think this photo is from notebook.

Etro-loving

2010-02-12T07:04:00.000+01:00

This dress deserves a post of it's own, maybe a blog of it's own. So perfectly flowy and flowery. Etro.

Spring fever

2010-02-05T07:05:00.001+01:00

Oh spring, you cannot come soon enough for me! Alexander Girard-embellished Electrabike, dress by H&M.

Elton John's humble view..

2010-02-01T07:05:00.000+01:00

Don't stop 'til you get enough..

2010-02-01T06:34:00.005+01:00

A lot of Vanessa Bruno posting all at once, I know. I just couldn't resist posting the newest video. Still with Lou Doillon, still beautiful.

Vanessa Bruno's perfect place

2010-01-29T07:09:00.000+01:00

Favorite designer + Favorite interior photographer.

J D Salinger

2010-01-29T07:03:00.000+01:00

RIP JD Salinger.

Read even more of his work here, and walk in Holden's footsteps here.

Miss Bruno + Miss Doillon

2010-01-26T07:10:00.008+01:00

Think I forgot to post this last autumn. It's SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!! the music. the clothing. Lou Doillon. the visual. LOVE that mirrorscene at the end. AAAAAAHHHHHH!

Pretty in pink

2010-01-25T09:30:00.003+01:00

From top: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Funny Face, Livingroom from Residence.

Finn finds

2010-01-22T09:22:00.001+01:00

På Finn er det alltid mange skatter, men jeg tar meg sjelden tid til å lete. Her er f.eks fin tekanne , Nydelige JIE krukker (bildet), og fine Orlando sofaen fra Bolia. Alt til overkommelige priser. Må ta meg tid til å surfe Finn litt oftere kjenner jeg...

Finn is the Norwegian equivalent to ebay, so many pretty finds.

Queen Mary

2009-12-18T09:40:00.002+01:00

The queen of hip hop soul, and the most honest heartfelt vocalist I know of, Mary J Blige, has made her new album available on her Myspace page. The album Stronger withEach Tear hit the stores December 21st. I'm most definetly a BIG fan, and this sounds SO good. YAY!!!
Photo: Annie Leibovitz (1999)

Soul birds

2009-12-17T16:15:00.000+01:00

I immediately fell in love with these beauties.Sanna Annukka have designed two wonderful wooden sculptures, "soul birds". (Sanna is probably most known for her oh-so-fabulous-prints.) Birds available for preorder here.(via style-files)

Dear Santa..

2009-12-14T16:02:00.000+01:00

...please give me an Olympus PEN for christmas..

pretty books

2009-11-12T12:26:00.007+01:00

Leon

Wary Meyers Tossed and Found

FamilyLifeStyle: Home

Charley Harper : An Illustrated Life

Paris

2009-10-22T20:22:00.002+02:00

Pretty stores in the wonderful city of lights. repetto, bisazza, merci and ladurée. I want to go back!

sculptural home accessories

2009-10-02T09:37:00.008+02:00

Love these terrariums and hourglasses by Roost, beautiful shape and materials. Perfect for adding some soul to the city apartment. available here

Luminodot

2009-09-25T08:41:00.000+02:00

I read about this fabulous gadget on Janas blog, and now it's on my wish list. The Luminodot is a frame with punctuated holes for small led light bulbs. Feel free to create your own personal artwork, no skills needed!! it reminds me of cross stitches, nabbi beads and the old computergames (I'm talking the 80s here..) How fun and beautiful and with endless possibilities!!

underwater love

2009-09-17T11:02:00.000+02:00

Hope you all have a easy breezy day. Adorable underwater photos by Bruce Mozert.

swoon!

2009-09-16T10:31:00.000+02:00

South African design studio Casamento are reupholstering and redesigning old furniture, making them the furniture of my dreams!! You really have to check out every piece they've designed, at their website. Treasures upon treasures! Swoooooon!
Top photos from notcot, bottom photo Casamento.

Alex Monroe

2009-09-15T09:27:00.000+02:00

I absolutely adore Alex Monroe's jewellery. It's so romantic yet funky fresh. I want I want I want!

Mmmmm..

2009-09-14T10:33:00.000+02:00

Beautiful hand-blown glassjars from Elizabeth Lyons. via AISL.

Mina Perhonen

2009-09-11T09:40:00.002+02:00

What's not to love about Mina Perhonen?

The young and beautiful

2009-09-10T09:41:00.001+02:00

Currently loving The xx .

Pretty staircases

2009-09-08T08:44:00.000+02:00

The house of Nick Hoffman. Photos: Fred R. Conrad for NYTimes.

Hay Oslo

2009-09-08T08:24:00.002+02:00

Finally, our very own Hay store!
Hay Oslo opened last thursday, and it's the prettiest store in town. These Danes now their business. The store is designed mainly around my big love: the woody shelf, and filled with big and small treasures.
Hegdehaugsveien 27.
(On another note: Sigh! The best auction house for used furniture, Lauritz Oslo, had to close it doors..)

j'adore

2009-08-27T10:01:00.001+02:00

Just wanted to post a pretty kitchen from MarieClaireMaison. Me Like!

Living colours

2009-08-26T10:20:00.006+02:00

Bathroom inspiration for the more flamboyant.

From the top, photos: living etc, last photo: MarieClaireMaison

Natural light

2009-08-26T10:14:00.011+02:00

Bathroom inspiration, natural light and shades.

Top two photos: Residence, next two: living etc , last photo: Marieclairemaison

Lego + architecture

2009-08-25T08:00:00.000+02:00

Why not combine your childhood nostalgia with your present passion. Sip your pastis while you build some of the architectural masterpieces of the world, in Lego! Available here.

Donna Karan's place

2009-08-25T07:59:00.000+02:00

Donna Karan's Manhattan apartment. Very peaceful and pretty.

Photos: Richard Powers

Mari Boine

2009-08-24T11:01:00.005+02:00

Words cannot describe how much I love this Norwegian artist. The new album from the sami superwoman Mari Boine will most definitely be my autumn favourite.

Blue hue

2009-08-24T10:42:00.004+02:00

The Danish Chef Claus Meyer's beautiful blue and brown Kitchen. Love the linoleum tile flooring. From BoBedre.

Douglas Coupland

2009-08-21T08:50:00.008+02:00

The author Douglas Coupland's home looks like one big art installation. Plus he apparently loves Eames as much as I do. This home makes me jealous!

Photos:M. Tessler/NY Times

Richard Powers

2009-08-17T10:59:00.000+02:00

A bundle of interior clippings from the oh-so-fabulous photographer Richard Powers. (see also the previous Autoban -post)

Autoban

2009-08-17T09:56:00.008+02:00

The Turkish design firm Autoban is definitely one of my favourites. I love their use of wood and natural colours. The lamp in the middle is called Big, and the bottom picture is of their latest design a lounge chair called Nest.

Top photo by Richard Powers , an Autoban-designed apartment. Perfect in every way.

Anthropologie cuties

2009-08-10T10:16:00.002+02:00

Anthropologie

Shaken and stirred

2009-08-05T09:40:00.006+02:00

You know when you need a new piece of furniture, you get obsessed until to you find the right one. Well, I'm looking for the perfect shelving system to hold tons of books and stuff. I rummaged trough my treasure chest of old magazine clippings (yes, I do tear up the magazines..) This is one of my favourite apartments of all interior-magazine-time. And much because of that fabulous wall shelving. Top two photos from Adriana and Fredric Barra's place in Sao Paulo. Photo: Nathalie Krag.

It's the Treme Treme (shake) shelving system, from Sao Paulo based architects Triptyque, the most beautiful shelving system I've ever seen..

Does anyone know how to get these in Europe?....I'm obsessed!

Wishlist

2009-08-03T10:00:00.001+02:00

1950's colo lockers, and 1960's form seat by Robin Day, all from the fabulous Fears and Kahn.

Sea urchin

2009-07-31T06:00:00.000+02:00

Sea urchin pillows!!!! I'm CRAZY about these! Handknitted cuties!

Designed in Germany, by studio taschide

Up in the trees

2009-07-31T00:31:00.000+02:00

The most beautiful fairy model of them all, Penelope Tree .

Summer house

2009-07-31T00:30:00.000+02:00

This cabin by the fjord is quite stunning in it's simple interior and swooshing exterior. Norway can be pretty sometimes.. Now it's just rain rain rain..

Summer house, Hardanger, Norway
Architects: Todd Saunders & Tommie Wilhelmsen

Pool with a view

2009-07-30T09:00:00.000+02:00

See, I'm better off not knowing that people live like this..This white cube avec pool are designed by argentinian architects adamo-faiden .

Stella McCartney

2009-07-29T12:03:00.001+02:00

Stella's pretty fall campaign. Models: Sigrid Agren, Bambi, Flower, Owl, Thumper and Bluebird.

Stars at home

2009-07-28T10:48:00.000+02:00

Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner hanging out in their fabulous homes! I absolutely L-O-V-E these photos!

from ad

Maxim Velcovsky

2009-07-27T22:47:00.000+02:00

The Czech designer, Maxim Velcovsky, did this beautiful installation for Austrian glass dynasty Lobmeyr last year.
Using chandelier parts he found in the company's archive, he arranged them in light boxes to create the skylines of London, New York, Moscow and Medina.
So magical, right?

Holiday

2009-06-23T08:00:00.000+02:00

Enjoying the sun somewhere much warmer than Oslo. Back in a couple of weeks!

the most beautiful workplace..

2009-06-22T23:51:00.000+02:00

Old treasure from my inspiration folder.. The offices of Denmark's Minstry of Culture designed by Louise Campbell and Marianne Britt Jørgensen back in 2006. So pretty!

Mark Lanning

2009-06-16T11:45:00.000+02:00

I discovered this wonderful photographer, Mark Lanning, via Elle Decoration S A, and fell in love with all his pictures. Go drool at his website. These are from Soweto, I just want to eat those colours!

Still swimming..

2009-06-16T08:47:00.000+02:00

My favourite swimwear this season is from princesse tam tam . Gorgeous photos, too.

more swimming..

2009-06-16T08:39:00.000+02:00

And while shopping swimwear at marc jacobs, you might want to pick up a cute bikini or bathing suit. I'm so ready for the beach today,but it's still way to cold in Oslo.

Swim in style

2009-06-16T08:17:00.000+02:00

As you blondies out there would know, bright locks often turn green in pool water. So I always have to wear a swim cap..and it looks stupid on most heads, but especially on mine..These are a some stylish ones, from marc jacobs.

Cipria

2009-06-15T08:41:00.001+02:00

Crazy sofa, Cipria, designed by Fernando Campana & Humberto Campana for Edra. Looks like cotton candy bonanza! I actually like this one...Below is a cool photo, by artist Daniela Edburg, "Death by cotton candy". It looks like one of my nightmares!

woody

2009-06-11T00:29:00.000+02:00

Hay has just launched this new and fabulous shelving system, called Woody. Being a girl in love with pastels and wood- this is too perfect for me!

solar power

2009-06-11T00:09:00.000+02:00

The sunny days light up the dark nights.
From the top: Luau lamp from vessel , Sun jar from suckuk , bottom two ikea

Cassandra Rhodin

2009-06-09T23:00:00.000+02:00

New prints available from the very talented illustrator Cassandra Rhodin. This time her sleepy eyed models pose with different animals. Part of an exhibition called Animal Planet. Signed edition of 400 prints each, from 900- 1200 SEK.

Shigeru Ban

2009-06-09T21:15:00.000+02:00

He's the kind of architect that make you drool, and wish you were able to do what he does.

Shigeru Ban builds both magnificent lasting buildings, but also works with more temporary buildings and structures. He works with what is available and often with what is recycable. He's done amazing structures using papertubes, and nomadic museums- built of containers.

He designed shelters for refugees in Rwanda made of papertubes. This led him to do temporary housing - log cabins with papertube walls for disaster victims, first after the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, where he also built a paper church, and later in Turkey and India. (The second picture is from the cabins in India)

When building the apartment building where he lives, in Hanegi Forest, Tokyo(first picture)- he didn't cut down a single tree-but worked around it.

His website has plenty of photos from all the amazing projects, do check it out.

My fix of Almodovar

2009-06-08T21:51:00.000+02:00

While waiting for Broken embraces , Nytimes printed a beautiful Pedro collage a couple of weeks ago. Love his aesthetic eye.

Flea market find

2009-06-08T21:01:00.000+02:00

J'adore this face. That crazy blue hair plus the calm look. Yes, I know it can be viewed as a tacky ornament, but I'm so glad I found this. Haven't quite figured where it will go in the apartment yet, though..

Retro kids

2009-06-08T12:26:00.001+02:00

Supercool childrens clothing from Hula Mula .
Available in Oslo from Kool Kidz . Løp og kjøp!

Paradise

2009-06-07T23:04:00.000+02:00

When in Norway on a cold summer day, you should not look at pictures like this, they will only make you envious..

The home of John and Cynthia Hardy, in Bali. From cookie.

Elton&Jacobsen

2009-06-05T10:12:00.000+02:00

Norwegian sisters Solveig and Åshild creates the most beautiful women's clothing. Very feminine, but with a sci fi touch. I'm actually planning to buy that top skirt.. Love the model too, she's got the cutest face!

Check out the full collection ; Elton&Jacobsen.

Available at KRY and Freudian kicks, Oslo.

Online at farfetch and styleserver.

BCXSY

2009-06-03T12:17:00.000+02:00

Love the photo the selby has taken of designer duo BCXSY. Their design is really direct and playful. If you have a garden, that swing lamp is a must have!

Fun in the sun!

2009-06-03T10:24:00.000+02:00

Sunglasses, made from original 70's confetti plastic. Designed by the brilliant Swedish brand Whyred .

Kenzo Takada

2009-06-03T00:55:00.000+02:00

The gorgeous Paris-home of Kenzo Takada, from marie claire maison.

Serenity

2009-06-02T15:56:00.000+02:00

By the sartorialist

yes please!

2009-05-29T22:37:00.001+02:00

Eley Kishimoto sunglasses

THE SELBY + HELENA + FRENCH VOGUE =

2009-05-27T17:08:00.000+02:00

Helena Christensen by The Selby in French Vogue

Nederland Dans Theater

2009-05-26T09:06:00.000+02:00

There is one thing that is really annoying me about this new, and close to perfect, opera house here in Oslo.(architects: snøhetta)

The time of strolling down five minutes before a opera or ballet without booking a ticket, like I could in the old opera, is over. I suddenly have to take in the effects of getting a bigcitymonsteroperahouse..

Yesterday they released the tickets for next season, and besides some contemporary pieces on the small stage, I haven't been able to get a single ticket the previous seasons. So now I was prepared, hungry for ballet, in front of the computer. Deciding what i I want to see next winter is so grown up and strange to me, but..

The choice : NDT in November, I can't wait to see this company that made my jaws drop to the floor as a kid (then seeing them on TV) and I finally get to see the big stage in that house on the water.

This is..

2009-05-25T10:18:00.000+02:00

This is one of the beautiful children travel guides from the fabulous Czech illustrator Miroslav Sasek.

"This is Hong Kong" is just one of the many books I own in this series (I want them all..).They were originally published in the 60s.

Hong Kong is one of the most fascinating places I've been to, and even in this over 40 year old book, I still get that Hong Kong feeling

from it. They are timeless, and the things that have changed is summed up in a page in the back of the books.

The series is available in This is... Ireland, Edinburgh, London, New York, Paris, Rome,Venice, Greece..etc etc!

wishlist

2009-05-25T09:00:00.001+02:00

I'm really not a sofa person, for rest and relaxation I like it best if I can sit with my back straight on a diningchair. However...I would be easily persuaded to the land of sofa loving people if I could get my hands on one of these mamas! My first true love was Doshi Leviens Charpoy daybeds (top right), and the Asia-inspired Mah Jong lounge (bottom right), designed by Hans Hopfer for Roches Bobois. But if I was to get a ridiculous sum of money today, it would be neck to neck between the funky pumpkin sofa, designed by Pierre Paulin. Or the soft looking Doshi Leviens My beautiful backside (top left).

green/guilty pleasure

2009-05-22T15:53:00.000+02:00

I've got a bad addiction. I'm totally obsessed with the tv-show World's Greenest Homes, with Emmanuel Belliveau. These environmental-conscious people live in so so fabulous houses. The green part is just a bonus, on top of a house tour from another world. Most of the houses are really exciting and edgy. And the host; cute and sympathetic. Here in Norway, it airs on FEM ("Økohjem i luksusklassen" heter det her).

kitchen necessity

2009-05-21T23:04:00.000+02:00

Sriracha sauce is definitely one of the must haves in my fridge, nytimes just wrote a piece on it. Illustrated with a trashy photo from my messy kitchen countertop, after making a pile of wraps in a hurry.

I heart Boylan

2009-05-21T18:08:00.000+02:00

What's not to love about this American soda pop, from a company that's still making the real deal. Boylan bottling company, who has been in the business for over a hundred years, still uses pure cane sugar to sweeten their sodas (most others have switched to corn syrup). And the beverage filling these pretty bottles taste like heaven to a sweet tooth like me! My favourite is the ginger ale. Here in Norway they cost as much as a trip to the moon, but in Sweden it's cheap! (Norwegians often cross the border to buy cheap food from the Swedes...it's a strange ritual that I myself find great pleasure in..)

Madsen cargo bikes

2009-05-20T00:23:00.000+02:00

Hello!! How about these easy breezy cargo bikes from Madsen cycles? How can a huge bucket on the back of a bike look this great!?? This would be good for my flea market-bonanzas, I would be able to buy a lot more, and whistle my way back home! yay!!

Vertical gardens

2009-05-19T23:28:00.000+02:00

Flora Grubb makes these wonderful vertical gardens. Really fascinating. Check out her blog to see more. The picture (nytimes) is from the lobby of the Bardessono hotel, located in Napa Valley.

It's a classic

2009-05-08T00:32:00.000+02:00

The stylish and timeless paulistano chair by Paolo Mendes da Rocha, was designed in 1957 as part of the Paulistano Athletic Club in Sao Paolo, his very first masterpiece. De Rocha won the prestigious pritzker award in 2006.

swoon

2009-05-07T10:50:00.000+02:00

What a heavenly combination, Lou Dillon for Vanessa Bruno

LETMAN

2009-05-07T01:21:00.000+02:00

letman showed the beauty of letters at DesignMiami 2009, the letters on the floor represents the vistors at the stands. aaaahh..pretty cool.in collaboration with mutabor

good morning world..

2009-05-07T00:14:00.000+02:00

..it's so nice to be a beautiful girl! (what better song to start the morning then Kahimi Karie's cute morning-manifesto.)
And what better way to eat your breakfast with the new mug, plate and tablecloth called Kippis, by Maija Louekari for Marimekko
Every sunrise should be celebrated!

chalayan

2009-05-06T12:22:00.000+02:00

Hussein Chalayan at Design Museum London (nytimes)

rasberry sorbet

2009-05-04T23:18:00.000+02:00

You'll need an ice cream-maker to get the fluff in this one, but otherwise it's super simple!

700g frozen berries (i used a mix of raspberry and blackberry, but anything goes)

350g sugar (u can add more if you like it really sweet)

ca.7 dl of water

put the sugar and berries in a saucepan, add water and let it simmer until the sugar is melted and the berries are soft.

mash it with a hand-mixer, then sift it. Leave it to cool off completely in the fridge.

Pour it into your Ice cream-machine, about ten-fifteen minutes, or until you see it's gotten firm yet mushy like you want it. YUM!!

hello lovely

2009-05-04T11:52:00.000+02:00

rings from schmuck jewelry

sound of spring

2009-05-03T22:53:00.000+02:00

Anna Jarvinen "Man var bland molnen"

It really is my soundtrack these days. If you don't understand swedish, you just need to know that the lyrics is as beautiful as Annas voice..