Tales of Midsummer

I am so happy to be featured in the newest issue of beautiful enfants terribles magazine with photos from the blog and an interview. The theme of the issue is Tales of Midsummer, and I guess it comes as no surprise that I instantly felt related to this theme.

The whole issue is packed with beautiful and magic photos to evoke the warm feeling of summer and sweet memories. Go have a look - it's such a good job in my opion!

*Gækkebreve*

I am so happy to tell you that my little assistant and I made a contribution for the inspiring & beautiful Lille Nord. I am quite sure that Lille Nord needs no further introduction for all of you and it feels good to be a contributor to this fine site on Scandinavian culture, lifestyle and family life.

Our first contribution is on the Danish tradition of papercuts for Easter - "gækkebreve".
Did you know that this is a specific Danish tradition that exists nowhere else..?
And that the tradition has its roots all the way back to the 1700s ?
Read about the tradtion here.

This year Frida Viola and I have been cutting & cutting, experiencing the childlike joy of unfolding our papercuts to see what new patterns the scissors made us - and we can only encourage you to do the same.

the delicate tale of Meyer-Lavigne

As you might remember I was doing some work for the Danish design collective Meyer-Lavigne in the early summer months. I was writing an essay about the designers and their work for their new website along with a number of short introductory texts. It was such a pleasure to work with these two talented women and to get a peek into their playful and whimsical universe as well as their design related processes. Today their new website is online - and I like what I see.

Below is a couple of their new dream savers - Kawaii and Panda.

Here's a little extract from the website about the dream savers: "Dream Saver aims to make us want to save up for our most dearly held dreams. The saving boxes are of the old-fashioned kind: They only have one opening for putting money in - and for extracting it. Thus, it takes some effort to get the money out, just as it often takes an effort to achieve one's dreams and goals."

Mintstudio did the design of the beautiful website.