Summerdays

This year during our summer holidays my boyfriend and I decided to have a photo-contest to see who

made the best picture. 

The judges haven't decided yet but I think this one, featuring a rice-pudding (!) flavoured icecream in Mundaka, is pretty close to winning the game!

From here to there

In the north of Amsterdam there's the industrial area of the NDSM wharf. 

Every summer there's a great theatre festival, Over t Ij.

Various performances in raw surroundings, with a view on the docks.

My favorite one was 'Van hier naar daar' (from here to there), in a cargo container. You were asked to write a letter about a memory, in a lovely post-office setting. On beautiful paper and with a fountain pen. Today I received on my doormat someone else's memory!

Flowerbar

Last saturday I visited the graduation exposition of HKU (School of the Arts). 

Like every year I've seen some very interesting projects in various fields of design; interior, fashion, product and illustration.  

But the coolest project by far was 'Een vergeten taal' (a forgotten language) from graphic designer Deborah van Mourik.

She invented a so called 'flowerbar' to revaluate the symbolic language of flowers. Just choose some of your personal characteristics which you file on the 'karakterkaart' and she handpicks the seeds of the flower who carries these features. Plant them and you get the most original bouquet!

more info on website HKU - graduation 

Studio West is here!

Welcome at Studio West.

My name is Maud and I am an interior stylist from Utrecht.

Starting from today I hope to inspire you with pretty things I find on the street, in my cupboard or during my journeys on- and offline.

Enjoy your stay!