Our Secret Car Crush
Growing up in a contemporary artistic family had many positive sides.
My parents were open minded, our big house had room for a swing
in the livingroom, a climbing wall, we could cycle through the house.
Not too many strict rules.
The girl and her brothers, at that age, had not many complains
Then the girl, me, became a teenager.
Besides by being embarrassed by my artist dad,
which I think is quite normal for a teenager…
I was embarrassed as well about some car choices
my parents made.
Can you imagine…
Volvo Amazon, 245 GL
Citröen HY, DS, 2CV
Rover P5B 3.5 litre
Landrover Defender
Obviously not a very objective vision,
because they were cool
and later happen to be stunning wannahave-cars.
The main reason for this:
quite some time the car broke down while touring.
With that in the back of my mind
I’ve created an aversion against vintage cars.
Just wanted them to do the job,
by getting me somewhere.
Thanks dad!
But if you think my only wish is to just drive any car
which for sure would bring me from A to B,
then you’re wrong…
The interest in innovation, design
and the exterior looks is extremely big!
Much bigger. I have to admit.
So… OUR SECRET CAR CRUSH was born!
Secret because I also grew up with values like
‘be kind to our planet’,
‘don’t be too greedy’… Share…
How can you admire a machine
which polutes the planet?
Car crush because I can really admire
a particular car design or car brand.
And then a little devil in my head says…
No, all no good for the planet.
Owwwwww….
You can understand I’m extremely happy
and thankful for the rise and shine of electric cars
at most of the car brands…
For sure for the heart we have for our planet…
but it also…
… makes me feel less guilty.
Even without the electric cars (being common yet),
the best of both worlds is
just writing about cars, test-driving
and writing reviews in my own way!
And not be the owner.
I can be objective in a good way.
Give a visual opinion.
Get input from the technical sides,
without boring you…
And photograph it in our own way too,
to make the story complete.
Cars which are just cool, beautiful, wannahaves
for yes ‘an independent woman with kids’, haha!
In contemporary pantone-colours. Hallelujah!
No, this is not shallow…
This is heart for design,
and innovation.
And… Freedom!
You have to drive them to football
or swimming lessons, to birthday parties
or to the grandparents anyway.
Eighter way I want to make quite sure
it is fast and getting me there,
looking contemporary beautiful.
And is just comfortable enough.
Comfortable as in
an automatic…
+
The luxury of a button or sensor
which opens the backdoor automatically
when you’re arriving with all the groceries…
Heavenly cool!
So, soon you can expect our first review ever
of such a COOL WANNAHAVE CAR
(we were able to test last november);
The MINI Cooper S ALL4 Clubman
#iwantmyminiclubmanback
Have a lovely weekend!
Driving or something ; )
Source:
Green Jaguar
Me & My Bentley
We want more!
Freedom from worry; peace of mind. Calmness; tranquility…
The literal translation for REPOSE.
We feel it!
The beautiful contemporary kidsbrand from Amsterdam
has launched their newest collection, #no.03.
Designer In-Yeo Couperus is a storyteller in every way.
With her fabrics, her colour-choices
and the way she wants her collection to be photographed.
We’ve met her for the first time, last summer, in Paris at our favourite KID,
What a beautiful personality she is, inside and outside.
She happen to live around the corner in Amsterdam.
You could say we’re neighbours.
Small world! 😉 We love that!
Small, independent, authentique…
A lady with an eye for detail.
Nothing is good enough until it is proven to her.
You can be sure her designs are of a very high quality,
comfortable, yet sophisticated.
Simplicity is the keyword,
although with all the refinement and the tiny details,
it doesn’t cover it for us.
The forms of clothes are maybe archetypisch simple,
but it is all about the details
which makes a collection just good or fantastic!
In-Yeo is the colour-master! It looks so simple, but it is incredibly refined.
The colours for her collection are so well chosen.
‘Sandy skin’, ‘Washed sunny yellow’ en ‘Dark night summer blue’.
Collection no.3 is about… yeaaaaahhh… SUMMER!
With your toes in the sand.
Enjoying the little things in life, which are actually pretty big!
Can’t wait for this moment!
If you would like to find out more about this lovely talented designer,
follow her IG and pinterest account.
In a way that you will understand her way of observing the world.
And it is gorgeous and thoughtful, but in a natural way.
Refined is the best description for In-Yeo and her REPOSE AMS.
Luckily In-Yeo decided to upgrade the sizes for the collection from 2-12 yrs,
(before 2-6 yrs), so we can enjoy these wannahaves for a much longer time.
And in case of being kind to the world,
the idea that the quality is so high,
makes that a lot of other kids can enjoy these designs.
No waste and contemporary enough
to still be a wannahave…
For now…
the vibe, the colours and the images are giving us a lovely childhood story.
We want to be in it…
Photography: Anna Ciolina
(Beautiful work Anna!)
p.s.
In-Yeo’s IG – post/image – heart – heart…
We secretly want to write for girls too,
but it happen to be we’re stucked at the boys’s side ; )
In your face!
We were waiting for something like this!
The face plates of CASE STUDYO X JEAN JULLIEN!
What a brilliant collaboration…!
The characteristic and humourous illustrations
of the world-renowned funny French Englishman
JEAN JULLIEN, has created new friends at the breakfast-table.
CASE STUDYO is a publisher and producer of artworks by contemporary artists.
Like Parra, Grotesk, Andy Rementer, Boris Tellegen.
What we love about this is,
that they are triggered by the changing boundaries of the art world,
different forms and places of creative expression
and the abolishment of predefined rules
they do not limit themselves to a certain style or visual language.
Creative freedom which results in something which we can actually use,
but we also believe it is almost fine art
(yeah we know we have to be careful by saying that)…
Who doesn’t want those at the breakfast-table every morning?
It’s not possible for grumpy young dudes to stay grumpy!
And tired parents will find their innerchild… ; )
So much fun guaranteed!
Although like said before, it will end on our wall,
at our crib, as ART!
To make sure it won’t be broken…
We have a clumpsyness in our genes,
so for everybody’s safety we’ll protect it.
But the main reason…
It’s too COOL, too awesome,
too precious…
BIG BIG WANNAHAVE!
What do you think?
Using it or staring at it?
Up to you…
We don’t know yet!
It makes us smile anyway!
Thanks BRILLIANT CLUB OF CREATIVES!
Credits: CASE STUDYO and JEAN JULLIEN
Just two weeks left…
It is our favourite MONDAYYYY again… ;-P
So we just wanted to reach out to you
in a positive way, by saying…
HAVE A NICE, LOVELY, DAY!
With this fantastic beauty and COOL illustration
from the talented DEPEAPA.
It’s wall coolness people! And it makes you smile!
Design: Depeapa
scissors needed…
We are big fans
of Dutch Illustrator LOES RIPHAGEN‘s book
‘Trunk for the Nose’
or in Dutch ‘ Bij de neus genomen’.
That book is illustrated by a cutting paper (collage) technique,
which makes ‘the jungle’ becoming alive.
Actually for us it is art…
The cover of the book is open and looks like a showbox…
A black cover with the title in gold.
Really awesome and very unique!
As a follow up she’d made
#knipjeeigenbeesten,
which is something like
#cutyourownpaperanimals
A booklet where she is teaching you
how to create a beautiful paper cut animal yourself.
In very easy steps with examples.
And if you will make a version on your own,
she will be delighted when you send her a picture.
Well, we will Loes : )
So obviously we’ve ordered this ourselves,
as we have a creative dude at home
and we are big fans of her work.
But this will be a great gift for birthdays,
Xmas or just creative days with the kids anyway.
#alltimefavourite!
ENJOY A LOVELY CREATIVE WEEKEND!
Images: loesriphagen.nl / thecoolheads.com
Dancing Shoes
It’s no secret we have some favourite stores…
Even though we prefer to stay independent…
It is hard as some stores have it all and we fell a bit in love.
So we thought let’s share…
Starting with…
FRANKEY SUE
#frankeysueweloveyou!!!
For this BEAUTY we wished we had a baby in the house.
We’ve tried to fit these at our 5-year-old…
But it didn’t work out ; )
So maybe we just put it in a glass bell and stare at it.
So if you can…, BUY IT! You really won’t regret it…
#gorgeousnesstothemax
These dancing shoes of BIRDS OF NATURE
from FRANKEY SUE
#thecoolest!
Photography: thecoolheads.com
Sweeeeeetttt!!!!
Just because we LOVE these images!
Every time we see them it still makes us smile!
Even though ‘the face’ doesn’t smile… we just love ‘him’!
It is touching and so sweeeeeettt!!!
And the way
‘two eyes, 3 stripes of hair and one stripe as a mouth’
can make it instantly a character. That is so cool!
The lovely face is from LE TRAIN FANTOME
The series is from the blog of Aurélie Lécuyer, Le Dans La!
Aurélie is a talented photographer and stylist from France.
So we just want to show you something
which could make you just SMILE today!
Have a wonderful day!
Credits: Le Dans La by Aurélie Lécuyer
#wannahave no.1
This PANDA POSTER of artist & illustrator
HANNA KONOLA,
is one on top of our wishlist!
Because in a way you just see forms,
which makes a face.
But in detail it’s sooooooo good!!!!
Minimalistic and yet not detached at all!
And then the colours!
We have a big preference for
the ‘powderpink’ in our boys home.
Maybe because I need
a little bit of girlyness somewhere.
So this would be a thoughtful
pink detail in the house.
Absolutely gorgeous!
Big wannahave!
You can go to the artist’s website
HANNA KONOLA, but sold out already…
Or go to the store of my COOL friends
FRANKEY SUE
(online or offline)
and be as fast as you can.
You really want this!
Credits: Hanna Konola
denim dude & cool hat
Stella McCartney Kids is doing it again…
Denim from her kidscollection AW16
is a big wannahave, yes a #wannahave!
Sounds greedy and suddenly we become greedy…
#not #us #but #have #a #closer #look #at #it…
#youwillunderstand ; )
Badges and denim together makes it instantly COOL!
Her brand is great with badges…
(We’re still enjoying the sweater with the smilies from SS15).
And then the metal zipper. Reminds me of my youth.
Denim is forever…!
You can sell it afterwards or make someone else happy with it.
Wearing it in a whole different way…
And it gets even better and therefore more beautiful with time.
Better for the world, eco-friendly, so everybody’s happy!
Have a lovely denim day!
Image: Stella McCartney Kids
P.s More DENIM DUDES or cool.HEAD.s
