indoor oasis

You can never have too many houseplants.

Although we don't have plants everywhere in the house, but clustered together in one place in the kitchen, the 'daybed-side' of the living and in my atelier.

Yesterday I've adopted some green babies (cyperus haspan, banana plant, sparmania africana, mimosa pudica) some of which can go outside in the garden in spring. For the time being they will stay inside for an indoor oasis atmosphere.

s t u d i o

S T U D I O

My workspace is featured in the new S T U D I O book by author Sally Coulthard, published by Jacqui Small.

It's a very inspiring book about creative workspaces for creative people. I'm very happy and proud to be one of the creative people in this book.
You can find lots of bright ideas from the real-life studios of artists, crafters, designers, writers and painters.

A workplace is a place that feeds your imagination. Creating a perfect studio won't happen overnight, it's a growing process and that's how it should be.

Thank you Sally for including my workspace inside this fantastic S T U D I O book.
Studio will be released on March 16, 2017. You can pre order the book now.

beside the banana tree

I love spring changes in the house. Brighten up the space!

The old grey sorting cabinet on my desk moved to the attic for the time being.
It's a piece of furniture you can easily stuff with everything, you don't know where to put. So this happened all the time, everyone in the house is putting things in those 'sorting boxes'; keys, sunglasses, postcards, receipts, half a dozen chargers, scissors, but most of all 'things that absolutely must not get lost'

It was about time to tidy up my desk and get rid of the 'unnecessary' and I obviously moved a lot of stuff to other cabinets and drawers, but at least my desk is not a stockroom any longer.

The banana plant, that has awakened from its hibernation in the attic, has taken place on my desk.

It feels good, working beside a banana tree!

wood workplace

Besides the fun of seeing the creation of the winning 101 characters cabinets, it was moreover a feast for me to walk around in the workplace at Piet Hein Eek.

To discover the (fun) details in every corner of the huge workplace and the pleasure to photograph in this wood heaven. It's so light in this former Philips factory and it was really cool to get a guide tour by the master himself. Piet Hein Eek told about the interesting story of his career and the development of his designs. For instance; he doesn't like to waste material and he never throws away anything and reuses wherever possible.

What particularly appealed to me was, how important it is to him, to create a fine workplace and make the conditions as pleasant as possible. As a fan of the first hour, it was an honor to get a chance to take a closer look in his workplace.

Well a fine place it certainly is.