From Place To Space: Bloggers Tour Amsterdam

Lately I took you to our magic, coastal inspired bloggers dinner in Amsterdam and to the showroom of Moooi. Today I want to give you another insight into what our group of European design bloggers was up to in Amsterdam. Our 4-days bloggers tour was packed with design, bloggers, good food and lots of fun of course.

We kicked off our bloggers tour at the interior design fair 'Woonbeurs' where we were invited along with other Dutch bloggers by Dutch interiors magazine VT Wonen - we all contributed to their special blogger issue. We had the opportunity to discover the beautifully styled VT Wonen house at the fair and browse the other halls too. No wonder that I was absolutely happy to see lots of greens at the fair - a real Urban Jungle Bloggers playground!

The next day was reserved for the 'Meet the Blogger' conference where we mingled and networked with a huge bunch of international bloggers, listened to a Q&A session with Kinfolk Magazine and gave presentations/workshops. I teamed up with my friend Elena and we spoke about green trends and how to trigger a community - but I will blog about that in more details another time!

Apart from our appointments with local brands and designers, we also had time to roam the city and discover nice restaurants, cafés and sights - mostly we traveled in style with limousines and chauffeurs order through the easy Uber app.

One evening we were invited to dine at the fantastic Bluespoon restaurant in the Andaz Hotel - a real 5-star delight and a hotel design that makes you feel like amidst the bewildering beauty of 'Alice in Wonderland'! And we couldn't skip the compulsory canal tour in Amsterdam - thanks to the great 'I Amsterdam City Card' we had not to worry about getting tickets for the public transport nor the canal tour - it was all inclusive! A real recommendation if you plan a weekend trip to Amsterdam anytime soon!

I hope you enjoyed this little Monday voyage to Amsterdam. Have a great new week and let's see where I'll take you next Monday!

Photography by Igor Josifovic, Uber pic by Susanna Vento

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Happy Interior Blog Recommends: Libratone

Liberate your sound in style! That was my first thought when I was introduced to the stylish wireless speakers of Libratone during our Design Bloggers Dinner in Amsterdam. They sponsored our party by providing a beautiful and strong speaker system to keep our guests entertained with fine music. I was convinced by both design and sound quality so I had to get a closer look on their website and learn more about their wireless speakers.

I belong to the generation of people who have no radio at home. I only stream music (probably like most of us) and currently I am using a bluetooth speaker to stream the music from my iPhone to my entire apartment. But it is not as stylish as the cool Libratone speakers. Not to mention that the sound quality is rather poor. If only I knew Libratone before!

What I really like about the Libratone speakers is that they are covered in real wool and they come in a variety of colours to complement any kind of interior styling. My personal favorite is the Libratone Loop in Petrol Blue - it would definitely make a good appearance in my home. 

Which one would suit your home best? And do you use wireless speakers to stream music in your home? Just wondering...

Photography via Libratone

Libratone was a kind sponsor of our Design Bloggers Tour

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Exclusive Peek: Bloggers Dinner In Amsterdam

Hello from Amsterdam! Some of you know that I am currently on the Design Bloggers United tour in Amsterdam visiting the Woonbeurs and the 'Meet the Blogger' conference. Tonight we are also hosting a great dinner and party in a fantastic location called 'Pistache' in downtown Amsterdam. We are in the middle of styling and preparing the place and here are the first exclusive peeks of the wonderful venue.

More input from this great design bloggers tour will be up on the blog over the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

Photography by Susanna Vento

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Stockholm Furniture Fair: The Best Stands

Hello back, my friends! After four days of design fun at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair with my blogger friends, I am back with a first round-up of three outstanding fair booths at one of the world's leading design fairs. We were asked to select three favorite stands with an exceptional design for the fair's blog and I thought I'll share our favorites with you too in today's post. Here we go:

Menu: The Danish design brand Menu not only captivates the visitor’s eye with their excellent product range but managed to catch our attention from an overall perspective as an exhibitor stand. The refined, minimalistic Scandinavian approach is softened by the use of very pale, soft colour shades of green and nude to take off the edge and a multitude of textures like wood, marble, copper, ceramics and concrete visually stimulate the visitor’s attention. Additionally, Menu has managed to preserve their traditions while they’ve managed to renew themselves simultaneously. The stand is a good example of this and shows that Menu manages to show both well-known products and their new design objects. 

String: Swedish iconic furniture brand String opted for a monochromatic full-impact performance at this year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair. The non-colour scheme was mirrored not only in its shelving systems but also in the entire booth styling by famous local stylist Lotta Agaton. Moreover, String managed to portray the various facets of the String system usage on its stand – for big apartments, small apartments and now for the office, too.

By Lassen: Danish design brand By Lassen convinced us with a smart interpretation of their iconic designs for their own fair booth. The typical, cubic design of their benchmark product, the ‘Kubus’ candleholder, has sort of set the tone for a cubic design approach of their entire stand highlighting the wide range of products and offering the best visual frame for their new range of reversible coffee tables. Also, the colour palette was very balanced and well composed for design-savvy eyes. 

It comes as no wonder that we've picked three pretty iconic Scandinavian brands as the Stockholm Design Week is a true source of fabulous Scandinavian design. However, I have way more to share with you including some excellent examples of young design talents. All this I will share with you over the next few weeks. Stay tuned!

For now off we go to hit this Monday and a new week! Bon courage!

Photography by Riikka Kantinkoski

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