Dutch Design Week 2022 – The Delicious Eye Candy Edition
You want eye candy? Well, I got it! I was at Dutch Design Week 2022 to check out the most visually appealing design out there at the moment – let’s dive right in! Dutch Design Week 2022 – Manifestations at the Veemgebouw I started my whirlwind tour of Dutch Design Week…
The Cortina Blau Reviewed: Cycle the City in Style
The other week I was in the French city of Lille to visit Europe’s biggest antiques market. As I made my way through an endless parade of bric-a-brac, my eye caught a bicycle shop called Le Hollandais. VENTE DE VÉLOS HOLLANDAIS D’OCCASION, it said in the shop window – a reminder…
Museo Cerralbo is Madrid’s Best Kept Secret So for God’s Sake Don’t Tell Anyone.
Don’t tell anyone. I mean it. Just don’t. Because if you do, then the Museo Cerralbo in Madrid will be packed with people. You wouldn’t guess from their rather ho-hum website, but this delightful little bombonita of a Madrilenian museum should be on the very top of your to-do list if…
Designer Arif Veendijk Proudly Presents the Cortina New Horizon Concept Bike
As design lovers, I’m pretty sure we all regularly ooh and aah over the latest concept car to hit the auto shows. But a concept bicycle? Now that’s something you don’t see every day! Even so, Dutch bicycle manufacturer Cortina decided to take the plunge and let its design lead Arif…
A Look Back at Big Art 2021 to Get You in the Mood for Big Art 2022
What’s another year? Well, in the world of Big Art it’s only nine months! Last year’s edition of curator Anne van der Zwaag’s annual exhibition was in September…and now we’re in June and a brand-new edition is already coming up. Can you believe it? To get you in the mood, I…
Art Rotterdam 2022- Ten Bold and Beautiful Artworks to Look Out For
It is a FACT that time goes by more quickly when you get older – this is true because I read about it somewhere once even though I forgot where that was but can’t be bothered right now to look it up. The theory is that basically a year is a…
Chatou Is Where I’m Living My Best Life
I am not exaggerating when I say that I am really, really happy about where I am in life at the moment. I’m genuinely happy to be single, I have a dog who I love very much and I LOVE my side hustle as an interior stylist at Dutch Seating Company….
The Lynk & Co 01 as Experienced by a Hesitant Car Enthusiast
Cars. Can’t live with them, can’t live without them. If that’s how you generally feel about automobiles, then sit down and take a few minutes because I have something that might be of interest to you. Now, I don’t always know who reads my blog, but chances are you’re a bit…
Gods in Color, Steven Bukowski, My First Kimono…And More
My two Christmas trees are gone, I’m cleaning my apartment and I’ve even found some time to write a new ‘…And More’ blogpost. How about that? Gods in Color If there is one exhibition I’d love to see at some point, it’s the Gods in Color exhibition. I’m a bit of a…
Omicron, Schmomicron – I’m going to OBJECT Rotterdam 2022!
Why, oh why, oh why, can’t the world go back to normal? I am in AGONY, tossing and turning in bed, wondering whether this year’s edition of OBJECT Rotterdam will actually happen. The latest news is that yes, it actually is. But then again, who would have thunk last year that…
And Just Like That, Catawiki Catch of the Week…and more
A good friend of mine walked up to me during a party last week two weeks ago three weeks ago and asked me if she could give me some advice. “ You know, you really should try and keep Interiorator alive. We rarely see anything new anymore.” Of course, I instantly…
Lynk & Co’s Alain Visser: “I Never Gave in and of That I Am Proud”
Do you drive a dingy old compact car with a cassette player as its main entertainment center? Or worse – you don’t have a car at all and have to take the tram, the train and the bus to visit your countryside friends? And do you ever fantasize about driving a…
Art Rotterdam 2021 – 10 Great Works You Don’t Want To Miss
My my my, has it been a year and a half already since the last edition of Art Rotterdam? This annual contemporary art fair – conveniently located minutes from where I live – was postponed due to a little pandemic called Covid-19, but now it’s back and hopefully better than ever….
OBJECT Rotterdam comes roaring back – an interview with curator Anne van der Zwaag
I’m so excited… and I just can’t hide it! Just like everything in life, OBJECT Rotterdam comes roaring back this summer after an unfortunate delay due to you-know-what. I’m not exaggerating if I say that OBJECT is my favorite design event of the year. It’s cutting edge, compact and gives a perfect…
Big Art 2020 – the Highlights (and Yes, I Know I’m Six Months Late)
Remember when going to an art exhibition was normal? Well, neither do I. After one year of living in a world dominated by the C-word, I’ve more or less forgotten about everything that we once took for granted. And it’s not that I *just* realized this. In fact, I distinctly remember…
LABFRESH: I wore the same shirt over and over again – and here’s what happened
Okay, male readers. Time to fess up – and I have not one, but two rather vexing questions for you. First, what is the percentage of clothes in your wardrobe that you actually wear on a regular basis? I bet you think it’s at least fifty percent. But you know what?…
My top three interior design trends for 2021
So, a few weeks ago I was asked by Porch.com to predict three interior design trends for 2021. Now, I don’t know about you but I always have mixed feelings about trends. One the one hand, I like to think that I’m too cool for school and don’t follow trends. But…
Art City – 10 stunning works of fine art I found wandering its streets
No matter fine art fairs or upscale galleries I go to, I always feel like a bit of an outsider. An intruder even. I know it’s all between my ears, but still. On the one hand, I love looking at art up close, studying its details and learning about the artist…
Vintage design shopping in Ghent – these 3 great stores are where it’s at
First you pass Antwerp and then it’s a whole lot of nothing until you get to the border at Lille. Let’s face it, that’s how the Dutch experience driving to France. What about Ghent, I hear exactly no one ask? After all, Ghent is the shy wallflower along the highway you…
Tadaaa…the Maison Berger Jonathan Adler collection is here!
Oh my, what on earth is causing that horrible smell? It’s a sentence I say to myself at least, ooooh, once a month. I come home, open the front door and it hits me. An unpleasant scent that permeates my 65 square meter apartment. As I hold my nose, I start…
SUITE702: I’m in bed with Shirley and Olaf – and yes, so could you!
Let’s face it – most of us sleep better at hotels. And if you’ve ever had the luxury of staying in an actual hotel suite, you’re a) one lucky bastard and b) you *know* you’ve slept even better than you would at home. If you’re like me and you like nothing…
Dunhill Aquarium Table Lighters – the number 1 way to burn your money
On the off chance I’m winning the lottery this month, I thought I’d do a little research into these rare Dunhill Aquarium table lighters I saw in Hong Kong a few years ago. I have the day off and don’t have anything else to do anyway. I was going through some…
The Braderie de Lille – You’d be navel gazing just as hard as I did
Now that I’m back in the mood for blogging again, I thought I’d move right along to part trois of my visit to the Braderie de Lille last summer. The world was a different place, I tell you. No masks, no social distancing, just miles and miles of antiques, vintage furniture and bric-à-brac. I took…
We’re going to hell in a handbasket…at the Lille Flea Market!
Right about now would have been the time I would have gone on a vintage shopping trip to the Grande Rédérie in Amiens. Unfortunately, a little something called Corona happened this spring. And so here I am, cooped up at home and wondering what to do on my day off. It…
Don’t worry! I got your back in the sack (together with Bedsupply.eu)
Question. And I want an honest answer here, so no fibbing. When was the last time you asked yourself, can I go to bed yet? If the first words that come to mind are either ‘no, never’ or ‘wait, what?’ then please move along. Nothing to read for you here. If,…
Silhouette Eyewear – Admissions of the number 1 Brand Lover
Look, I’m sure it’s something we all do. But even then, I’m still kind of embarrassed to put down in writing what I’m going to tell you. Deep breath, here it goes (oh and by the way, this article is about Silhouette Eyewear – but I’ll get to that later). The…
Philippe Malouin’s Kuru for Iittala – the PERFECT gift for the chronically forgetful
I lose everything. My gym membership card. My headset. My phone. My phone charger. The other month, I lost my driver’s license after it had apparently fallen from my wallet. I didn’t even miss it until a man who lived clear across the country contacted me on LinkedIn to say that…
Making the rounds at Morentz
In the end, how much does it matter if you go shopping at a place where you can’t afford anything? I’m not going to say that I’m going to be strapped for cash for the rest of my life, but I do have to admit that I have to be careful…
Object Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam and a Motley Crew
I’m a bit of a rush today, but that is not going to keep me from sharing with you this one tip: if you’re into art, design and all things visual, come to Rotterdam this weekend! There’s so much going on here at the moment with Object Rotterdam, Art Rotterdam and A Motley…
Art Rotterdam 2020 – 10 artworks I look forward to seeing IRL
Remember that scene in Manhattan where Woody Allen and Diane Keaton meet each other at the MoMa and keep disagreeing over which works they liked? Art is terribly subjective, which is why you’re probably not always going to agree with this listicle with the ten works at Art Rotterdam 2020 I’m most…