Raw Styling - Concrete and Copper

I love it when I finally find the source and the full project of some of the photos that catch my attention on Pinterest or blogs. Some images are very inspiring just by themselves, but I always like to know the context in which they were taken, it adds some depth to them. That's what happened with the photos of the Nazdrowje bar in Sweden. 

Designed by Richard Lindvall, what used to be a parking garage was transformed into a restaurant and bar, having as inspiration old factories in Poland. The existing raw atmosphere was kept by using concrete on the floors, walls, and casted tables and benches. White tiles, the Tolix stools and big, old, lamps (brought from a factory in the Czech Republic) accentuate the concept of an industrial ambience. Details in copper and some amazing photos (by Mattias Lindbäck), of the workers who built the restaurant, on the wall, add some warmth to the space. 

photography: Mattias Lindbäck

all images via Richard Lindvall

A great combination of materials to start  an inspiring week! 

Moorbi - Sustainable Design

If you like the idea of re-cycle, up-cycle, and re-purpose. If you are looking for one of a kind, unconventional, piece of design. You may find Moorbi an interesting concept. 

Moorbi is an on-line platform that gathers and sells the work of professional designers around the world, whose common concern is design sustainability. Creating, thus, a community whose main goal is to reduce waste and  the negative environmental impact of design, while providing remarkable décor and fashion available for all.

When exploring Moorbi's shop you can find different styles (from a contemporary look to a vintage expression) and a lot of quirky -sometimes just plain freakish - pieces. And you are also provided with a brief history of the product and an explanation about what makes it sustainable.

I'm sharing a few favourite images but there's much more, and it's worth a visit. Hope you like it!

all images via Moorbi

Indoors Garden

I've been working on a Pinterest board called [ Indoors Garden ] and I'm loving the atmosphere it transmits. It's fresh and full of good ideas for having plants inside our homes.

Here are some of my latest pins. 

Hope you like it!

all images via Pinterest

Vipp + Merci

The story of the Vipp's pedal bin is an example of permanence in good design. This pedal bin, created in 1939, by Holger Nielsen, for his wife's hair saloon, was in the origin of the internationally recognized Danish design company Vipp. And in 2009 it was accepted into the architecture and design collection of The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Today, the pedal bin continues to be very sought after, and as the iconic product that it is, it gets to be dressed, styled, painted and personalized by different artists and designers, for limited editions or charity purposes, that you can find on Vipp's Pinterest board Collaborations.

source: Vipp + Merci

On a previous post, about Merci opening it's web-shop, I shared the images of their paper bag as one of my favourite products. So you can imagine my excitement when I first learned, on Nordic Leaves blog, that the designers of the paper bag (the French design team bê-pôles) and Vipp had worked together for a limited edition of the pedal bin for Merci. I had to share it here!

image via Nordic Leaves

image via Nordic Leaves

By far my favourite collaboration...what do you think?

Let's Stay Home

image source 1 | 2 | 3 |4 | 5

The hubby isn't feeling well today so we're having a Cave Day.

Man flu...someone help me! (hehe)