Design Festival in Eindhoven.

I absolutely loved these Transcience oxidized mirrors by David Derksen and Lex Pott. 

One Duck by Monique Habraken

Made of the feathers of one single duck. Beautiful. 

Chris Kabel's wood ring bench. 

This was done by Pia, a friend of Phil's. (website please?). Fun!

This was the highlight of the visit to Eindhoven. It was incredible to watch the Endless Chair being made! Designed and developed by Dirk Vander Kooij. I could have stayed there for ages, watching the warm plastic come out like toothpaste! 

Here's a video of it:

Interaction with the Design Festival logo. Some people found it very sexy. 

Piet Hein Eek's empire. 

As per usual. 

What could be better to work on a Mac Book Pro?
Another Mac Book Pro!

I met almost the whole Laikingland crew, with whom Phil works twice a week for over a year now! They 
were also showing some of their products at the festival. 

Collage poster.

Found outside a nightshop on Nieuwe Binnenweg, Rotterdam. 

Up the Euromast with Phil.

Nervous smile. 

Too scary to handle. We managed to go up a couple of these stairs and went
back down again to get the lift up. 

2nd Pintxo Contest.

Friday music and monsters.

OMG A RAINBOW.

Good afternoon with Nico Roig.

Made me think.

I always take more pleasure in liking something than in disliking something. That’s not to say there aren’t some things that deserve to be liked and some things that deserved to be disliked, but I’m never fond of disliking something.

The lesson I’ve learned is to be wary of those who are. The ones who seem to think that being critical is the same as having good taste. Those people almost never have good taste, so their opinions don’t matter.

There’s no particular sophistication required to be a critic. We know this, because children often dislike foods they learn to love as adults.

So, even if what you’ve done isn’t so great, just remember that those who can’t say so with grace, those who seem to take pride in criticizing you, their opinions don’t matter. It may very well be that you’ve created a masterpiece, and they’re just children.

If you can learn to be a fair judge of yourself, you won’t feel the need to rely on other people’s opinions.

By Chris Shiflett

Flash and plants go well together.

I'm finally getting the hang of my little camera. 

Stichting LAB on the outside.

Stichting LAB on the inside.

Two meter long bunch of flowers under his arm, riding a bike.

Not a problem for Chris Kabel.

We had the photoshoot of his photos for The Plant Journal,
in which I've been collaborating for a couple of months. 

The Silent Earth.

Masha gave me this poster she made. Her imaginary world truly fascinates me. 

Thank you, Masha!

http://www.mashushka.com/category/personal

Now the summer holiday is just a blur.

Disturbing skype.

Pepper decides it's safer to keep a distance while Phil is on skype with me. 

Snijlab Laser Cutters.

Here you have a little sneak peak of the menu boards for the project I'm doing the house style for,  L'Antiquari, tapes de mercat, a nice tapas restaurant in Lleida. It's opening very soon. I went to see the boards being laser cut at Snijlab, here in Rotterdam, where all sorts can be cut: wood, plastic, cardboard and even fabric! For 1€ a minute you can have your own design cut (+ material cost). Awesome!!

More info here: www.snijlab.nl

I really enjoyed watching the whole process. Here's a little video of it: 

I've been doodling.

Family feeling.

Sunday brunch at Picnick with the Russians.

Night wander.

Friday Music!

Animalito.

Little princess.

With a VOICE. That little pose at the end: couldn't be cooler.

Hellogoodbye summer.

Lots of countries in northern Europe got a few little days of summer. In Autumn.
And it was Autumn during the whole summer. 

Headgear on Floyd.

It makes me LOL.

A must-watch.

Floyd addiction.

Coochi-cooh.

The glare. 

Holding on for dear life. 

No cuddles are better than mama's cuddles. 

Oh mama!

He fits perfectly in my hand-sized luggage.