10
Woonbeurs
Today we went to
the so-called ‘woonbeurs’ (loosely
translated as housing fair) held in Amsterdam. This is an absolutely amazing and inspiring event
that many of you will know. We were very pleased by all the beautiful stands. Our
main goals were the stands from; VT-Wonen,
101 woonideeën, Flexa and IKEA.
Unfortunately the
last one, IKEA, was a little disappointing. Their stands were only focussed on
kitchens (which is logical considering their current campaign and collaboration
with the television-show: Fix This Kitchen, but still...) The kitchens were
indeed nice but we hoped for small housing stands we are used to from the
stores.
VT-Wonen was, as
expected, the most inspiring. It gave the urge to throw in a lot of blue in our
homes. An on-going trend we saw was industrial in contrast with cosiness, and
off course BLUE. Also spotted was the Turkish carpet that made its appearance
in many more stands.
The stand from 101
woonideeën was all about colour blocking. Purple vs. lime, blue vs. pink and so
on. The fact that there was no unity made it all one.
Flexa, off course,
was all about colour. Loads of hand-painted canvases were spread through a long
hallway in groups of shades. Some inspiring pictures here and there but nothing
more. A lovely simplicity we really appreciated.
Some trends we
spotted were; the (mainly blue) Turkish carpet, braided poufs, industrial
elements (like metal army boxes and old factory chairs) and the combination of
‘unfinished’ & ‘perfection’ (perfectly painted table tops with rough
branches as table legs).
Some other pictures;
"all pictures made by us"
