March

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Pure Poetry About Bread | by Ninkipen design studio

Today my inner nerd is completely in love with a bread displayer!

...sigh...

The interior design of this bakery, called Panscape (how perfect is that?), is the work of the japanese studio Ninkipen.

Stunning!

photography: Kawada Hiroki

via: facing north with gracia

And did you notice the little mouse hole on the wall?

Can't have a bakery without thinking of those tiny fellows...

Design Crush | CEPA - Port Wine Bottle Coaster

With Christmas around the corner, it's time to start thinking about what presents to get for the entire family. I personally love the simple things that, nonetheless, come with good design and full of significance. So I decided to share with you this design piece which I have a serious crush on - especially the cork edition. 

Designed by the Oporto based atelier Clínica de Arquitectura, the CEPA is a support for Port Wine Bottles that aims to inspire new ways of presentation and serving rituals. It creates a way of reviving old traditions, like the wine and the wood and cork industry, with a contemporary look and attitude.  

all images via Clínica de Arquitectura with permission

"The support is a cylinder made of one single piece of one of the materials - solid wood or cork - both strongly related to the identity of this wine and the Douro Valley, in which two connected cavities are cut out. One of the cavities is dimensioned to fit the bottle. The other is designed to land the stopper..."

You can find the two versions of the coaster for sale on DesignSpray: Cork edition | Wood edition

Neugebauer Apartment

An amazing home, in Hamburg, with a masculine feeling. 

A constant presence of wood, white and grey all through the apartment - perfectly balanced. 

Art and books. 

And a general sense of tranquillity.

And how perfect if this first photo? I just keep staring at it.

sources:

photography: Janne Peters

styling: Wolfram Neugebauer

The Wood Lamp - Scandinavian Lighting

image via Muuto

Today I'm sharing the Wood Lamp from Muuto. A desk lamp made of pine wood with a rubber cord, in green or white, that represents to it's designers team, TAF Architects:

"...a low-tech antidote to the usually very modern work desk lamps. 

All of the details are pragmatically chosen with every screw visible. 

The wooden lamp gets a lot of personality with the most simple methods.”

images 2 | 3 | 4 photographed and styled by Nina Holst from Stylizimo blog

Butterfly Joints

via BDDW

Today I'm embracing my inner nerd and posting about wood joinery. More specifically about Butterfly Joints. This type of joint can hold two separate planks of wood together. But what I really like is when it is used, in furniture or flooring, to lock natural cracks on a single plank and avoid it's further opening. The butterflies are usual of a contrasting wood or of a different material, such as metal (like in the picture above, which happens to be my favourite). 

A way of transforming imperfection into something absolutely stunning!

via Nakashima Woodworker

via Janosi Designs

via Janosi Designs

via Dinesen

detail of a photo via Dinesen

work by Josh Vogel via Yatzer

What do you think?

Do you have an inner nerd that feels strangely attracted to this sort of detailing?

White, Black and Wood Mood

The tones I'm loving these days.

Wishing all a great weekend!

sources: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 

Dinesen GrandOak

Some images, from a photo shoot and a finished work, with the new option of Dinesen floors:
The GrandOak. 

Gallery Mess Café, Saatchi Gallery, London

all images via Dinesen

Balfour Place by KHBT

Today I want to share the renovation of an apartment in Mayfair, London, by the design team KHBT.

The whole space was planned to be completely white with rather "clean" lines, where a strip of walnut timber crosses the apartment, and connects it's opposite sides, becoming the kitchen counter at one end and the bathtub at the other. A dark, warm, wooden element contrasting with the cool white background.

Going up and down the stairs may seem a bit weird and inconvenient but, since this is a renovation and they were constrained by the several levels of the old construction, I quite like that they decided to embrace these features to create this beautiful, mostly graphical, gesture, that completely transforms the apartment into something unique.

photography: Johannes Marburg

all images via Dezeen

Wooden Cutting Boards

I have a "thing" for cutting boards. Actually I have a "thing" for most kitchen utensils. But I've been wanting to get myself a proper wooden cutting board, for bread, and decided to gather here a few ideas. Some have a more modern look, others are more rustic, and some are ridiculously expensive (...yes! I'm looking at you colourblocked board by Anthropologie). But because dreaming doesn't cost any money, here is a few of my favourite choices.

via Caroline Gomez

via visje bij de thee

via Ferm living

by Canvas   .   via 79 ideas

via Toast

via Anthropologie

via Loop the Loop

via Analogue Life

via Rowen&Wren

by HK Living   .   via Skandivis

by House Doctor   .   via Retro Villa

Warm Wood

One of the things I love most about Scandinavian interiors is that it frequently involves the use of light, almost white, wood. You see, in Portugal that is not so common, not traditionally anyway, and as a consequence the interiors feel  very dark, heavy and grave. 

But motivated by the wonderful gift I got from my mother-in-law for Christmas - the limited edition of the Eames Hang-it all, in black and walnut - darker woods have been growing on me. I still don't like the somber atmosphere of a home fully furnished with them but I really love it when it see it applied with moderation, in details. 

In a black and white space, a piece made of wood like walnut can create a warm and at the same time a more refined look. And, even though it is something that still "scares" me a bit, I'm finding that mixing different types of wood, with very different tones, can bring amazing results.

image via Christian Woo

photo by Prue Ruscoe   .   via The Names Agency

photo by Sveinung Bråthen   .   image via Klikk bolig

image via Stadshem

image via Wall&Decò

photo by Anna Kern for  Skona Hem   .   found at The Style Files

image via Designspray       .       image via Republic of Fritz Hansen

images via Analogue Life

What do you think? Do warmer woods work for you?