MARIE LUISE, HOW OLD R U?

MARIE LUISE NOVAK, designer

How is your bed?  Its cool to jump up and down cause it squeaks. The iron-bed is a heritage of my great-grandfather. What is your favorite dish? Which kind of meal do you not like?  I could eat Lasagne every day cause I love noodles. But zucchinis and eggplants look rather strange, I don't want to taste it. What is your favorite book?  I have many favorite books cause I love them. But I think the most often I read the book  “Pony, Bär und Apfelbaum”. Do you have an imaginary friend? No, cause I have so many fluffy toys in my bed.

BRIT, HOW OLD R U?

BRIT  LEISSLER, designer

How is your bed? I sleep on the lower bunk bed, my twin brother on top.  The bed is used  not just for sleeping but also for building caves and the top we use as a stage for regular performances in which we show magic tricks or sing to the tape-recorded version of all kind of songs, using our Mum’s mandolin pretending it to be an electric guitar. Under my bed I created a cemetery for all kinds of dead insects that I keep finding in the garden. I design little coffins from matchboxes for them and then cover them with garden mouldmixed withcress seeds. Unfortunately the cress never sprouted – but because of me watering the little graves (and therefore also the carpet under my bed) eventually the whole cemetery got really rotten and smelly – not to the amusement of my parents. What is your favorite dish? I always loved cheese, olives and chocolate. Which kind of meal do you not like? I never liked meat very much. Some things never change. What is your favorite book?  Alice in Wonderland Do you have an imaginary friend? No imaginary friends. But I was convinced for a long time that I was a Red Indian child adopted by my parents, as this was something a friend of mine had suggested. When I confronted my parents with that thought, they denied it all… which I took as an obvious sign that my assumptions were right.

JOCHEN, HOW OLD R U?

JOCHEN GAUKEL, designer

How is your bed? It is a “standard”-bed from elmar flötotto. nothing to get excited about, but i sleep well. What is your favorite dish? “maultaschen”.That's a regional, traditional meat filled pasta wrapped thing, mostly swimming in bouillon. it looks a lttle bit like a ravioli or tortellini but bigger. Which kind of meal do you not like? Brussels sprouts. brrr..... What is your favorite book? “Peterchens mondfahrt” written by gerdt von bassewitz. it tells the story of a may beetle, named “sumsemann”, travelling to the moon to find his sixth leg which he has lost. peterchen and anneliese come along with him and they have many adventures on their epic voyage. Do you have an imaginary friend? No, but i think it is because i love to suck on my thumb. thats a real friend.

JETTE, HOW OLD R U?

JETTE LOEPER, designer

How is your bed? I sleep between my two older brothers. Its a wide bed witch tree mattresses and a wooden framework bild by my father. over us is the bed of our parents.(loft) What is your favorite dish? Peas with chicken and potatoes and a lot of sauce, made by my mom.  Which kind of meal do you not like?  Sauerkraut, or soup of pumkin. What is your favorite book? “Ferien auf Saltkrokan” von Astrid Lindgren. I would love playing with the children in this book.

Finland ... at home!

Finland Apartments, edited and published by édition PAUMES.

Edition PAUMES is a small and dynamic family run Japanese publishers, working in close contact with artists and designers in Europe on different editorial projects. With a poetic and original approach, édition PAUMES explores the environments of those who stimulate the creative industries, and in doing has produced a set creative "bibles" that overflow with inspiration. This is the time for FInland! Do not miss!

Credit photo: Hisashi Tokuyoshi

NICHOLAS, HOW OLD R U?

NICHOLAS HANNA, designer How is your bed? A bunk bed with my sister Which kind of meal you do not like? I do not like eating corn. And your favourite? I like mashed potatoes with salt, pepper and butter. Your favorite book to read? I read “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” Have you got an imaginary friend? No, but my imaginary friend has imaginary friends.

水书法器: let's write with water!

The Water Calligraphy Device conceived and realized by the designer Nicholas Hanna is inspired by the Chinese custom of writing calligraphy in  public spaces with a water brush as a contemplative and poetic act. Calligraphers writing passages of poetry, surrounded by a group of onlookers, are a lovely presence in Beijing parks. The Water Calligraphy Device combines the inherent beauty of an ancient form of writing, a refined public art practice with the mystery and magic of mechanisms. The device is mounted on a flat-bead tricycle which is a ubiquitous form of transportation in Beijing. Passages of Chinese characters are input to a computer. Custom software on the computer processes the characters and transmits them to an electrical system that actuates an array of solenoid valves. The valves release droplets of water on the ground as the tricycle moves forward, thus forming Chinese characters that slowly pool together and eventually evaporate entirely. Do not miss the video!

PAMELA, HOW OLD R U?

PAMELA PERGOLINI, writer

How is your bed? My bed is orange, soft and smooth and is very big for me almost like my parent's bed! Which kind of meal you do not like? I don’t like  sweet corn!  And your favourite? I like very much meat  balls and mashed potatoes Your favorite book to read? "Great Big Schoolhouse" (by Richard Scarry)  with Sandrino e Zigo Zago. Have you got an imaginary friend? No, I haven’t but I’d like to meet him/her/it soon

HALLOween!

  Kalon introduces a limited collection of beautifully handmade masks for Halloween. Made in New York by Amelia McIsaac the masks are available in five whimsical styles: Coyote, Owl, Fox, Chicken and Bear!

GALA, HOW OLD R U?

GALA, BARTSCH How is your bed?  It's a bunk bed, which is funny because I'm an only child. All my plush lives there. What kind of meal do you not like?  Happy meals from Mc Donald, they're everything but happy. And your favourite? My favorite meal is melt chocolate on toasts. Your favourite book to read? My favourite book is "Le voyage de Corbelle & Corbillo" by Yvan Pommaux, a story about two crows going on holidays. I know it by heart (and still do). Have you got an imaginary friend? I don’t, I have a cat named Chantilly and we have great conversations.