zondag 7 oktober 2012

Design at home

 The "Museum of Modern Art" in Amsterdam has a great design collection. This chair designed by Italian  "Joe Colombo" caught my eye because we have the same chair at home!

We bought it 42 years ago just because we liked it, this one is orange because it was the time of brown and orange interiors. It is made of folded wood.

The next thing that looked familar to me was this crockery from the Finland.
 
We got the crockery from our parents of both sides as a wedding present. It was rather expensive but it is very robust, because we still use it daily and only some coffee cups has gone.
So we live between museum pieces here!
 

12 opmerkingen:

  1. Wat een mooie stoel. Hij lijkt nog helemaal nieuw. Wij hadden eens een marimekko servies, ook bruin en oranje, toen modekleuren. Vrienden van ons hadden zo'n servies als jullie, ook heel mooi. Ik ben al vrij vroeg op Engels en Frans overgegaan maar Marimekko was voor dagelijks. Ik ben gek op serviezen en zou alles wel willen kopen.
    Fijne dag nog!

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  2. How wonderful to come face to face with a piece in the museum that you have in your own home Marianne, and a very cool chair it is.

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  3. That must have been a surprise to see the very same items that you use from day to day residing in a museum. The best I can do is maybe see some of ours in a thrift shop.

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  4. Wat ontzettend leuk dat je die stukken nog hebt! Zo zie je: je moet niets weggooien!
    We gaan nu terug naar de fifties zag ik net bij het programma Kunsstof! Mij hebben ze!

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  5. Wow. I can't wait to see that museum! I think I would look up the value on that chair online...and then have it insured...no kidding!

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  6. oooh, that is just so funny!!
    the chair looks great. is it comfortable?

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  7. The process of "folded wood" must be quit interesting. Love the casserole dish...my favorite kitchen equipment.

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  8. The chair is probably worth a lot of money now. How cool is that having one at home. We also have crockery similar to that.

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  9. ha, that's neat.
    I can see why you'd get the blonde chair, the black one looks like a huge dark blob.

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  10. and now orange is definitely back in favour! the chair does look neat and the dishes are basic and sturdy looking. I still have my orange Le Creuset pots and pans from 30 years ago from before all the trendy new colours to match your kitchen.

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  11. Popular here in Norway too, and now it is popular by young people (again) who likes the retro-style.

    I still like it!:)

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  12. I love the last pics...indeed expensive means often great quality!

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