Bedtime Stories gives you something to read in case of insomnia. Take your time gives you something to do during dinner. This tablecloth, with 300 riddles printed on it, is designed by SEMdesign from The Netherlands. I like the concept: you will never be bored during dinner and there will always be things to talk […]

In these interiors furniture in different shades have been used to give some colour to the environment. I like the chairs in different colours in the top images!
(images from House of Pictures)

Perhaps you know Dinosaur Designs from their great jewellery collection. But did you know that this Australian company also produces a fab range of colourful home accessories?

Their homewares collection, made from resin, includes bowls, spoons, jars, plates, vases, dishes, jugs and cups. Each prototype object is modelled three-dimensionally by hand, using a type of plasticine. […]

What do you prefer? A serene, zen-like bathroom like the ones from NEW SPACES. Or would you rather have some colour in your bathroom? If you do, can choose to have only the bathtub in a bold colour (like the image above). Or you can go all the way as in the images below where […]

Last month we talked about white interiors and furniture. This week will be about colour! To start I want to show you this retro-style interior in which bright turquoise and orange have been used as accent colours. I normally tend to stick with neutrals for walls and then add some colour by using colourful accessories. […]

I don’t talk about fashion very much on the style files but I do want to share with you one of my favorite brands for casual women’s clothing, Naketano. What I like about Naketano is that their clothing is casual (you can label it as street wear) but it is feminine as well. In […]

Tiago da Fonseca sent me a email to inform me about project SLEEPLESS. SLEEPLESS is a collaboration between The Great Eastern Hotel and fourteen students from the Royal College of Art’s acclaimed Design Products department led by Professor Ron Arad. Reactive installations and objects invite guests and visitors to take part in an experience and […]

I love this desk that I found on Better Living Trough Design. The Piu Desk is actually two tables in one, as it easily can be converted from a workspace to a dining or conference table with a few small adjustments. By adding or subtracting the modular storage containers, available in sets (one large and […]

It’s weekend! And with Monday being a national holiday it is a long weekend in this part of the world. Enjoy it!
With this cool site Spell with flickr you can create words, like the word weekend above, by using Flickr photos of letters. Isn’t this cool?!
By the way, next week the style files will be […]

Whenever I am in Amsterdam I make sure to visit Zara Home. They always have such a wonderful collection! During a recent visit I picked up a copy of their Summer 2007 catalogue. It’s worth to get a copy as it is packed with beautiful & inspiring images. You can also view the catalogue online […]

Although I don’t have children I can certainly appreciate well designed children’s toys and furniture. Like these gorgeous toys from Sirch! Sirch is a woodworking family from Germany with a 400-year history. The current Sirch, Wolfgang, has teamed with Christof Bitzer to design an excellent range of toys and furniture. Their design ethos stems from […]

Originality and functionality come together in this collection of garden furniture designed by 5.5 designers from France. All pieces are made from concrete. I love the contrast that has been created by the combination of this ‘cold’ material with the living plants and flowers.

Wouldn’t this bench look good in your local park? The bench […]

Remember those beautiful carpets from Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk that were featured on the style files last year (it was one of my first posts!)? I received a message from Kiki that she now has a new design: a carpet made from bricks. Isn’t it gorgeous?!

Hurray! Heather Moore has some new teatowel designs in her Etsy shop SkinnyLaminx. I was honoured to hear that I was the first one to order one these gorgeous teatowels. Check out Heather’s Etsy shop, but hurry up as I think that these new designs will be sold out in no-time!

Do you have a design-loving friend or relative moving to a new place, or getting married? Then this is the perfect gift! Droog Design has created a box that contains eight products to get you started on a lifetime of love for (Droog) design. What’s in the box? A tape of Do frame, Bowls plus, […]

Via Apartment Therapy I learned that the famous molded plywood chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames is now available in various colours. Originally the classical chair, manufactured by Herman Miller, was only available in a red and a black version. Now it is possible to buy the gorgeous chair in yellow, light blue and […]

Another print that I recently purchased! In my opinion Imagine by John Lennon is one of the most beautiful songs ever made. London design studio Airside has now used these famous lyrics to create this gorgeous print. The limited edition print comes in three colours of 100, all numbered and signed by the artist. The […]

The Bibliochaisse from my earlier post today reminded me of a storage system made from books that I have seen earlier this year. I had to do some searching but I found it! Books is designed by Studio Aisslinger from Germany. Books are assembled with a special designed metal connector. Use old books as the […]

Last year I wrote about the Bibliochaise, an armchair-library that can store up to five meters of your favorite books. I received a lot of response on this gorgeous chair so I thought you would like to know that a matching stool, the Bibliopouf, is now available.
The chair (& stool), designed by Italian company […]