The so striking Cocoa Eyes

The amazing cocoa eyes logo was designed by the Swedish graphic designer  Olle Eksell  for Mazetti Ögon;  a Swedish chocolate factory.  The chocolate factory has now been lovingly restored and functions as a hotel, nightclub as well as a cultural center .   

Check out the Mazetti-eyes that are evident throughout the building, as well as the poster as it is featured in various magazines!

This Cocoa Eyes poster was printed in 1999 by Olle Eksell for his exhibition at Form Design center in Malmö, Sweden, and often pops up in magazine shoots.

Images Jaroslav Csampai,  Modern Findings, Vastemanlandsker

An office hotel

An office hotel is a hot desk the Danish way! For me this is just the perfect space for home workers to come and connect with other people, but there is a catch! The LYNfabrik is located in Denmark so unfortunately, too far to commute!
This amazing old factory, houses a variety of creative people who either rent a hot desk, or just come  to spend a day in the cafe, and thereby have the opportunity to connect with other people and benefit from this vibrant and creative environment. Lynfabrik even houses its own window gallery! How much cooler can it get?!

It is fair to say that I also
♥ Lynfabrikken 

 The office hotel

The Cafe

The Conference room

Window gallery













images via Lynfabrikken

A Nordic backdrop ...

I've just come across these amazing backdrops, designed by the Norwegian company Scandinavian Surface and thought I would share them with you.

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Source Scandinavian Surfaces

Five reasons for swooning over this apartment ..

This is  the home of the interior designer Tanja Jänicke, and perhaps not surprisingly it is an apartment packed with creative solutions! I  especially adore the way black, white, and natural materials play a major part throughout!

The gorgeous wooden floors

The cool storage solutions

                                                                    The sense of S P A C E

The feminine pastel coloured wall

  

The utility room for its functionality and beauty

Photos: Lykke Foged, Source  Bolig magasinet 

When love is a tree stump..

I have fallen in love with these Nordic tree stumps!  They are the creation of Cathrine Glende from  the farm Krosser in Ås, Norway.

Her idea is simple, and that's perhaps why the stumps are so very special.  The entire "production" takes place at the farm.  This is no mass production! Each pine tree is carefully selected  cut into chunks, sanded, dried and nurtured before it is finally painted.

 Simple and beautiful!