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HAORI LAMPE in the MIDDLEWAY GALLERY

HAORI LAMPE in the MIDDLEWAY GALLERY

Es war alles sehr aufregend! Corona Zeiten 2020 – wann war was erlaubt? Fest stand: Das Shooting findet statt – mit der Fotografin ESTHER HAASE und Brandingexpertin GESINE GOLD. Aber zunächst ging es nach Berlin zu der berühmten Hutmacherin FIONA BENNETT…

THE MAKING OF…

THE MAKING OF…

It was all very exciting – Corona in 2020: when was the last time anything was allowed? One thing was certain: the portrait shooting is going ahead – with ESTHER HAASE and GESINE GOLD (strategic holistic branding for THE NOBLE WORLD brand and “The Making of” images). With the initial easing of the first lockdown, Gesine Gold and I took the train to Berlin, where we visited FIONA BENNETT in her workshop/studio.

Colourful walls

Colourful walls

Designing small rooms can be a real challenge as too much decoration often makes small rooms appear even smaller. Even extraordinary wallpapers have long had a reputation for “overloading” small rooms. However colours and patterns breathe life into small rooms – whether invigorating or relaxing, wallpaper can have a wide range of positive effects. Designer […]

Uchiwa wall lamps

Uchiwa wall lamps

Uchiwa was created in 1973 by Ingo Maurer as a Japanese wall lamp. Inspired by the art of fan making, between 1973 and 1975 he made various lamps from Japanese fans (called Uchiwa in Japanese). These are traditionally made of paper and bamboo. This was the first time that an “objet trouvé” inspired his design […]

A decorative centre piece with a story to tell

A decorative centre piece with a story to tell

In East Asian Mahayana Buddhism, the Guanyin is a female bodhisattva of compassion. She is one of the most worshiped deities in the Buddhist tradition, and was originally the male bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.