Lepokorpi AW1112

 

Saara Lepokorpi is talented and interesting Finnish fashion designer who makes stylish and very unique clothes. The collections include hand made, special pieces, locally produced at her studio in Helsinki. I have to say I really like her collections and especially these superb photos from her Autumn/Winter collection by Liisa Valonen.

Piles of suitcases

Belgian designer Maarten de Ceulaer has made these intriguing piles of suitcases exclusively for Gallery Nilufar. All pieces of the series were made in close collaboration with one of most renowned leather artisans in Brussels, Ralph Baggaley. They are both wardrobe cabinets and pieces of art at the same time...what a great idea and great colours.

Airport in a box

I'm not a big fan of airports because they are busy and usually quite ugly. However, this one I like and it's very nicely designed too. The portable play airport from MoMA Store is made out of wood and when playing is done, it can be stored in a box. The box size is roughly 25cm x 23cm and the set includes two aeroplanes, a helicopter and runway tracks.

Colours of snake

There is a snake in the house! This crocheted snake took me two nights to make. No rules, except use lot's of colours!

Dream bookshelf

I have a lot of books and I keep getting more because I can't help it -I love stories and the feel of the paper. I have tried to arrange our bookshelf so that it would look nice but still it does't look anything like this. Dream bookshelf by String.

Norwegian folklore

I found a traditional Norwegian pullower for my daughter at the fleamarket and for some reason I'm really liking the Norwegian folkloric patterns at the moment (maybe it's the cold weather...) Scarf (1) is from Amundsen Sports , pillows (2) from Pur Norsk and woolen dress for little girls by great, crazy company called Ugly Children's Clothing (3). All lovely and warm!

Northern milk

We drink a lot of milk in our household. Valio just launched a series of design milk cartons by eight famous designers. The new designs will be in stores in November. My personal favorites are the cat by Klaus Haapaniemi (my children will love this!), cow by Eero Aarnio and beautiful embroidered countryside landscape by Paola Suhonen. I also had to take a look at other milk cartons in Scandinavia and here are two nice examples from Swedish Arla (design by Neumeister) and Milko (design by United Power).