bråkig - beyond ikea

Sunday afternoon is an afternoon to avoid Ikea, unless you don't want to miss the limited Bråkig edition!

In the almost empty Bråkig booth, we found;
some of the last harlequin cups, yay!
a harlequin pillow cover (which suits perfectly with my handmade harlequin pillow)
some 'harlequin bottom' plates (super cool idea, white plate with decorated bottom)

The pastel colored chairs and stunning graphic wallpaper are absolutely beautiful! We didn't buy them, because we are in 'no need of chairs or wallpaper' at the moment.

This limited edition is beyond Ikea and i like about the entire collection.
It was worth struggling through the huge crowds...

coloured vases

coloured vases, originally uploaded by wood & wool stool.

Today I visited museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam to see the Misfit exhibition of Hella Jongerius.

In 2005 Hella designed Jonsberg vase in four variants. The vase is held in a large number of musuem collections and it is also held in numerous private collections! I mean, who doesn't have one? (Yes, me. The white one is always sold out at any Ikea I visit.)

It was Hella's challenge of how to pre­serve traces of the craft process within a mass-produced product.

Meanwhile she designed in 2009 three wall-hangings; Pelle (hare), Mikkel (fox) and Gullspira (deer) for Ikea.

You should really visit the exhibition.
Jansen (not rich, but taste) tips;
- free admission on Wednesday
- have lunch in the restaurant with nice view

design your own life: ludde & vågö

design your own life: ludde & vågö, originally uploaded by wood & wool stool.

It was not easy to get this IKEA PS Vågö chair designed by Thomas Sandell.
A typical case of love at first sight. It's perfect for outdoor use and came in the colors black, white, green & orange.

Unfortunately the easy garden chair disappeared very quickly from the PS collection and I occasionally searched on the web for a secondhand chair.

With spring approaching, I ventured once again an attempt to obtain this classic design. I finally found one and was also fortunate, it was in my favorite color and accompanied by a matching footstool. Yay!

This morning the big package arrived and the plastic seating surface was rather cold when I made a test sit, so I put my sheepskin Ludde on it and enjoyed the new Vågö while reading the newspaper.

Now the seat is moved to the backyard and I look forward to the spring, for it's a perfect chair to 'sit and hook'.