How it's made (And why it's so ... expensive)

Great exhibition starting next week at Dek 22, Rotterdam (organized by Duran/Vanderpoort) on how products from contemporary designers are being made and the reason they end up so expensive in the public's eye.

One of the designers featured there will be Marianne van Ooij, who is currently getting a lot of well deserved attention for her work.

(Warning: foul language ahead)

Wallpaper tree made a bit longer

Anna from Athens, Greece sent us this great picture of a Wallpaper Tree #1 Juni 066. What's special about this tree is that the trunk has been made a bit longer (we sent some additional 066 wallpaper for this). Nicely done!

Thanks for sharing, Anna!

Kiwi Magazine (US)

We just received this great editorial from Kiwi Magazine (USA), by April Hardwick featuring a wallpaper elephant - all made possible by our dear friends at Romp.

Shown here is a wallpaper Elephant 068L - and it's available online in the US via the Rompstore.

Langeland Zoetermeer

We received this nice article on the brand new wing of the LangeLand hospital in Zoetermeer (NL). We had the honor to decorate the pediatric ward of the new building and we are extremely happy how it turned out! More pictures on this in our earlier post.

Featured by Kitty as a Picture

We are delighted by this amazing piece on Inke's designs at the magnificent Kitty as a Picture Blog.

Editor/3DAnimator/Mum Brenda has a keen eye for Dutch vintage design, check out these cool new year's greeting cards!

A big THANKS for this wonderful post!

Kleine Fabriek 2011

Last weekend we had a great time at the Kleine Fabriek trade expo - lots of good reactions on the book and it's always great to see everyone in person.

Thanks to Marta from Yellowbasket for sharing the picture :)

Yellow Basket Torino

Earlier we blogged about the huge turnout at the opening of the new Yellow Basket store in Torino (IT). Now we have some fresh pictures of the wonderful stylish store.

In the first picture you can also see some beautiful new designs by our good friends from Kids on Roof...

The Wallpaper Trees are a big hit there!

Deco Home 01-2011

 

Thank you Deco Home for the nice publication in the wall-sticker issue!

Ezeltje Prik

Last month, we got this wonderful mentioning in "Ezeltje Prik"- a Dutch magazine that can be found in daycare centers all over the Netherlands.

My daughter was extremely excited to show all the kids and nannies the picture of dad's elephant :)

ebabee

We are blushing of the kind words Nomita wrote about us on Ebabee - that's a nice way to start the week!

Thanks a lot!

stijlstudiojet.nl now online

Congratulations to Jet on the brand new site! Looks great!

If you need to have your house to look at it's best, you should hire Stijlstudio Jet :)

Happy 2011

From all of us, a very happy and healthy 2011!!

Inke, Paul and Jeroen

Poly-Color @ Woonestetika

A wallpaper monkey 071 and baby elephant 023 were featured prominently last month in the Poly-Color stand at the Woonestetika fair in Genk, Belgium. Great Pic!

vt wonen december 2010

 
We are very surprised and proud to find a photo of an INKE wallpaper tree in the december edition
of the dutch interior magazine "vt wonen". The beautiful picture is taken in the sleeping room of Juliëtte.
http://www.vtwonen.nl/

Shown on the image is Wallpaper tree #1 April 074 (silver trunk).

Best. Video. Ever!

I can't stop watching this great video from Japan!

Arigato Masa and friends!!!

Marianne van Ooij @ MAD (NYC)

Every Tuesday until the end of February, Marianne van Ooij will be working on the 6th floor on dinnerware and digitally printed textiles at the Museum of Arts and Design as residential artist for the Open Studio Program.

This program is to give visitors a chance to get a behind-the-scenes view of the artistic practice, as well a to provide artists with a state-of-the-art studio where they will be actively working.

Follow Marianne's progress, as well of that of the other artists via the Museum blog.

Or better, stop by!

Awesome dollhouse wallpaper tree

This little piece of ingenuity was sent to us by Anna from Gaudete Kids (Helsinki).

Sunna, one of their clients, used some extra bits of the wallpaper to create this amazing little wallpaper tree for a dollhouse.

The life size wallpaper tree #1 doesn't look too bad in the "real" children's room either!

Proper respect to Sunna for this fantastic idea!

Guys, you are blocking the tree! II

We just received these pictures from the opening of Yellow Basket, Torino. What a turnout! Stay tuned for more pics...

Get your boots on: Sliet Landscape experience

Our dear friend Elly attended us to this great project - Sliet Landscape experience. For all you city dwellers who want to get in touch with their inner country-side, this is something for you.

Next event is december 11th - highly recommended!

Fragile!

Something I have always suspected, turns out to be fact: Applying "Fragile!" stickers to your parcel is more of a challenge than a warning.

From the article:

One disheartening result was that our package received more abuse when marked "Fragile" or "This Side Up." The carriers flipped the package more, and it registered above-average acceleration spikes during trips for which we requested careful treatment.

(the comments on the article are full of examples as well)

Sidenote: Paul and I came up with a similar idea for an experiment last year to send an accelerometer with a GPS module in a parcel around the world and see what the readouts would be. Never came to it, so we are glad Popular Mechanics did this test for us!

Welcome on board: Kartonjatek (Hungary)

We are extremely happy to welcome the Hungarian store Kartonjatek to our list of resellers.

They offer a complete range of INKE designs - go check it out if you're Hungarian!

Ambient Ljubljana

Earlier this month, at the Ambient Ljubljana Furniture fair (Slovenia), Silvia from Sisi presented a beautiful table together with famous slovenian dress designer Almira Sadar.

Used at the backdrop of the stand: Wallpaper Tree #2 Mei 075.

Treespotting: Nudge Eco Store

Anu from Matteriashop sent us this photo from the brand new Nudge Eco Store (Helsinki) where a Wallpaper Tree #2 April 074 (silver) is featured quite prominently!

More on the Nudge opening here and here.

Funky Rhino err... Lama!

Belgian E-Store Funky Lama made an offline appearance on the Petit Bazaar expo last weekend.

Thanks for sending the pics!

НОВИНКА: ВИНТАЖНЫЕ НАКЛЕЙКИ ДЛЯ СТЕН

Голландская компания Inke Heiland выпустила целую серию аппликаций с забавными силуэтами животных. Вырезать из обоев бумажный зоопарк пришла в голову дизайнеру Инке Хайланд, когда она оформляла комнату для своего сына.

New Papers (sneak preview)

Jiphijahey: Paul and Jeroen just came back with a container full of "new" vintage wallpapers!

We will do our very best to quickly organise them into our warehouse / studio, scan and number them.
Hopefully we can put  the wallpapers online in the beginning of december!

New Showroom for "De Speelkamer" (Oegstgeest, NL)

A while ago, our dear friends from "De Speelkamer" moved their shop to a bigger showroom next door. I only just got around to download this picture I snapped with my phone:

The new place looks fantastic and is a perfect place to show their wonderful collection. Personally I am quite happy with the way the wallpaper tree
#2 sept 126 turned out :)

De Speelkamer

Terweeweg 54 C
2341 CS Oegstgeest (NL)

Welcome on board: Greener Abode (UK)

Just in: Greener Abode have their site online - and it looks awesome! So if you're into green sustainable design - check out Inke's designs at Greener Abode!

Welcome on board: Cosy Kids

New in Belgium: Cosy Kids! This online store started by Ilse and Bruno focuses on original, sustainable and creative designs - and we are happy that we are part of it!

Congratulations Fantasyroom

A bit late but we want to congratulate the team of Fantasyroom (Lörrach, Germany) with the awesome job they did on their new showroom. Just look at these fantastic pictures:

I especially like the combination of the wallpaper tree #2 on the blue backdrop.

More pictures here. We're very proud to be a little part of it!

You can find Fantasyroom at the Meeraner Platz 1, Lörrach.

Welcome on board: JA KIDS

We are very happy to welcome JA Kids on board. What's different about this store is that they offer complete ideas for decorating your nursery and help you decide which items go together well.

Looking at the picture I think you'll be in capable hands!

Installing a wallpapertree

Installing an INKE Wallpaper Tree. Watch the video if you need a bit of assistance installing your wallpaper tree. Thanks to Jeroen and Paul!

Deco home

Again some publications in Germany. In the Deco Home Magazine nr. 5/2010.
Viele liebe Grüße!

Annette Galinski: "Das Musterbuch"

That was a great surprise yesterday, opening the mailbox!

The "Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt" just published "Das Musterbuch" (the pattern-book) by Annette Galinski.

It's a beautiful collection of all kind of patterns we find nowadays in our interior: Wallpaper, tiles, textile...

Such an honor that we are part of it!

"colours of the season"

Today I found the 'Living at home' magazine (no.11) in the mail. Thanks for the beautiful picture from our birdhouse lamp!

Sunday oct 17th book signing @ Kinderboekenmarkt (den Haag)

As a part of the closing manifestation of the Kinderboekenweek, loads of writers and illustrators will be present at the Kinderboekenmarkt to sign their work. Our publisher David en Goliat has a stand there too (28) and I(nke) will be there as well.

Langeland Hospital Zoetermeer (NL)

The children's pediatric ward of the Langeland hospital Zoetermeer (NL) asked us if we could color-up the new waiting-room and all the 8 treatment rooms.

Together with the staff, we decided to assign each room a different animal theme so the children can go to the Elephant room or the Giraffe room (in stead of the boring/scary treatment room 1, 2, 3...)

At the desk, the kids receive a card with an animal on it so they can easily find the room where they have an appointment. In the hall, they can compare the outlines on the door with the card they are holding and when they enter the room, they find the actual wallpaper silhouette inside.

In the waiting room we created some XXL versions of the wallpaper silhouettes on panels. All in all a great result!

Mami Decora

The wonderful Mami Decora site (Spain) featured a great article on Inke's wallpaper silhouettes.

Muchos Graçias!

Welcome on board: Goed van Doen

Inke's designs are now available in the brand new Belgian online store "Goed van Doen" Their main focus is to operate environmental friendly. Not only in the articles they sell, but also in the way they act. From the site:

Anyway, GOEDvandoen heeft dus ook een bakfiets. En daar worden indrukwekkend veel kilometers mee gereden. Zowel voor persoonlijke doeleinden als voor de business. Want alle pakjes vervoeren wij uiteraard per bakfiets naar de post, dat spreekt.

(For you non-Dutch speakers out there: they use a cargo bike for transportation).

It's nice to see we are not the only ones!:

Town Musicians of Bremen: The Movie

Our publisher David & Goliat created a YouTube channel called "Boekje Voorlezen" with animated versions of their line-up of children's books - and Inke's rendition of the "Bremer Stadsmuzikanten" can be found there as well. (Dutch only).

Go have a look!