Westwing magazin – Copenhagen tips

I gave a few tips of some of my favorite spots in Copenhagen to German online magazine Westwing – home and living. They're having a nordic week theme and if you speak german you should definitely go have a look at the article: www.westwing.de/magazin

To those of you that doesn't speak German (including myself) I will post the tips in english (+ some of the tips that didn't make it to the article) later on today.

'My Scandinavian Home' and my diamant posters

I just came by one of my favorite blogs "My scandinavian home" by swedish Niki, and love how she has styled her home with the Diamant & Diamant pattern posters from my webshop. I think that both the more graphic setup in the office (with the diamant pattern poster in the right top corner) and the more nature-ish feel from her living room is so cool!

Have a look at Nikis blog here and have a look at my webshop KATHAPULT DESIGNSHOP if you would like a poster to decorate your home too!

Photo credit image 1+3: My Scandinavian Home

Photo credit image 2: Katharina Berggreen, createcph

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Stanley – typeface by Ludovic Balland

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Today I'm in love with the typeface – Stanley – a new font inspired by Times New Roman designed by Ludovic Balland. Buy the typeface and learn more HERE. 

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The Tongue chair by Arne Jacobsen x Howe

Designcompany and furniture manufacturer HOWE recently relaunched one of Arne Jacobsens classic chairs – The Tongue (Tungen). The Tongue chair is a classic Arne Jacobsen design, with it's immediately recognisable characteristics of the organic wave form in the seat. 

The Tongue chair was always one of Arne Jacobsens favorite chairs, but for much of it's life it has been missing in his design legacy and haven't been in production. Just until danish company HOWE in close cooperation with the grandson of Arne Jacobsen, Tobias Jacobsen, decided for it to have it's return. 

Now it's back, restored, and I must say that I'm totally into the minimalistic design of it! – just as I am with a lot Arne Jacobsen's great work. And the styling pictures are amazing too – There's only ONE problem, and that is, that I can't seem to choose which color combination is my favorite.

Learn more about The Tongue HERE.

Bathroom / L:A Bruket

My bathroom has grown up – or at least it's on it's way to get a more mature look! Yesterday I bought this lovely handsoap from the swedish brand L:A Bruket who make handmade and ecological soap and spa products in the loveliest packaging. I like the very natural/rustic look of their products, and since I've only used black and white materials/colors in my bathroom, this single product gives my bathroom a totally different look. In Denmark you can buy their products in &otherstories or else go visit their website HERE.
The last picture I took (iPhone) is from their stand in &otherstories copenhagen with a range of their products. Lovely!

London Moodboard #1

In a week I’m leaving for London once again to visit my boyfriend who lives in the lovely city. I’ve always been a New York-girl and had only been to London once, until now, and the city is really growing on me. Every time I go, I fall in love with the city a little bit more, and could easily imagine myself living there! Since I’m just starting to discover all the great places, and really miss a great guide to the city for a person like myself, I’m starting to make a guide on my own and for that I need a really great London notebook – for writing down all my favorite places and places I want to visit. (If you have a great tip, just let me know!) 

Me missing a really good London-guide with insider tips for a design minded girl like me, really made me think about my own city, and I’m seriously considering making a small unpretentious guide to all my favorite spots in Copenhagen. I’ll let you know! 

Moodboard: 

My London mood! Street picture from my last weekend in London. I need to take more pictures this time! And this time I want to see Big Ben (it’s been 10 years since the last time). And then I want to find myself a new bag – maybe a lovely mulberry leather one! And wear a floral blazer since I’m counting on the sun to shine! Can’t wait! 

Images via tumblr (and various)

Moodboard by Katharina Berggreen

  

Details from my home office

I love personal home office spaces. My own home office is filled with a lot of stuff that I've organized in areas. The key to creating a personal space without having it to look too messy and chaotic, is to create some areas and spaces for your personal stuff, instead of spreading them all around the room. In my own office I've made a big black board where I hang some notes, magazine cut-outs and illustrations I make – kind of like a big moodboard – which easily can be changed as often as you wish, to create a different mood or color theme. (Try to select the things you hang on your board in the same color scheme – that way you'll create a coherency and calmness to the room, still showing your personal style)
As I have a lot of posters and frames and often change the pictures on my walls, I've gathered all (for the moment) unused frames, signs and paintings in one big stack up against the wall, so they make they're own atelier-ish look.
Another thing you can do is to hang up some small magazine cut-outs (or as me, my business cards and some pictures) in a small group with some colored tape, to make a nice little collage of things that might inspire you.
Good luck on creating your own personal office space!

25 Free Romantic Fonts

Some time ago I came across these amazing 25 free romantic fonts, selected and posted by A Subtle Revelry, and since we're in the season of love (spring right!?) I thought it was a perfect share! Perfect to write a beautiful (almost handwritten) letter to a person you like or if you just need a specific font for your project! I've copied the links from the original post below the image! Enjoy!
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1. Clipper Script, by Måns Grebäck | 2. Daun Penh | 3. Cac Champagne, by American Greetings | 4.Nautik, by Henning Skibbe | 5. Sail, by Latinotype | 6. Learning Curve, by Blue Vinyl Fonts | 7.Parisienne, by Astigmatic One Eye | 8. Bodoni MT Condensed, by Monotype Type Drawing Office | 9.Sachiko, by Lauren Thompson | 10. Lobster Two, by Pablo Impallari | 11. Ever After, by Michael A. Hernandez | 12. Brannboll, by Måns Grebäck | 13. Castro Script, by Måns Grebäck | 14. Swis 721 Outline, by Max Miedinger | 15. Little Days, by West Wind Fonts | 16. Italic C | 17. Courier New, by Adrian Frutiger | 18. Frykas Light*, by Baobaby Studio | 19. Jellyka Bees Antique, by Jellyka Nerevan | 20. Little Lord Fontleroy, by Nick's Fonts | 21. Complex, by Qbotype | 22. Roman D | 23. Euro Roman | 24. Burgues Script*, by Alejandro Paul | 25. (Title) Matilde, by Typedepot

Kartell Book by Taschen

I have a lot of different Kartell products in my home, including various lamps, a kaleidoscopic-ish footstool and the classic Componibili modular storage system (which appears to be the top selling Kartell product in Denmark.. who knew), but I actually never really thought about the Kartell history and how far it goes back, until the brand in collaboration with Taschen made this new book on their entire design legacy starting back in 1949! If you, like me, are interested in digging deeper in a great design company and see how they've managed to grow and evolve over time, but still achieves to stay true to their original design spirit and concept, you should definitely have a look at this book!
See more HERE

Monday Mantra

Totally suitable for a monday! via Classytrashy

Supernova by Rebecca Uth

Okay, I know this sounds totally weird, but I literally gasped when I saw this SICK beautiful SUPERNOVA tray from Georg Jensen designed by Rebecca Uth, in a magazine last night! I love the reference to the old japenese origami tradition that is very much up in time these days combined with the beautiful silver finish! At first I thought it was a decoration to hang on the wall (which actually would look really great too and is an even better excuse to buy, now it has 2 functions – all in one product!! (– hey, where do I get this from!?)) I instantly looked it up on their website and can inform others that may find it as breathtaking as I do, that you can get it as both tray and bowl in 2 different sizes! This is now also added to my ever-growing wishlist! I would have loved to show you a picture of the products seen from above, but couldn't find one!

Single product shots via Georg Jensen.

Blog-land

Last week, Trine who runs the blog-concept "Blog-land", sent me an e-mail, telling me that she had recommended my blog on her platform. Since I've been a fan of Trines concept for a long time, I was very existed and happy that she had chosen to name mine among many other great blogs. Blog-land is a platform where Trine collects the best blogs in the blogsphere – gives them a review and recommend them to her readers. Blog-land is written in both danish and english, so there is absolutely no excuse not to go visit her page and dig into all the great blogs! Warning: you may get addicted!
Visit here: Blog-land.dk or Blog-land.com

Polyvore – a great tool for bloggers

I just discovered this site yesterday– Polyvore – and thought that it's a site worth sharing for all fellow bloggers out there. Personally I do most collages/photos in Photoshop, but I know that many find creating great collages and moodbards a bit more diffucult! And maybe I'll start using this site a bit more since my discovery!
Polyvore makes it easy for you to create collages with your favorite things – either you choose a template or you make your own – then you pick and drop the images you wish placed on the collage – either from a VERY big library connected to a lot of great designers in both fashion and interior – or by uploading images yourself. Click publish and you have a nice moodboard for your blog. You can also publish your moodboard directly to your blog which allow you to share the images/info and the text linked to the various items on your board.
(And no, this is not a sponsored post, I'm just very impressed by what a great tool I think it is! :) )

Sooo... To show you what I mean, I created this "moodboard" of what my own day looked like:

 First step: Pick a template (or make one yourself)

 Next step: Pick your items and drag them exactly where you want to place them! 

And Voila! Your personal moodboard! 

My moodboard is what I (more or less) looked like today and what I did.. 

I wore my new pair of Acne Clover Boots, 

a black A-skirt (with black tights since it's freeeezing), 

a black shirt (actually mine is with small white stars but I couldn't find it online anywhere), 

and a nice warm knit from Acne. Besides what I wore I had some lovely cups of lattes and last but 

not least I worked a lot (the computer)! 

    

Friday wishlist

I'm totally in love with this beautiful copper box from Georg Jensen designed by Ilse Crawford. Actually I'm starting to fall for a lot of things made of copper – I think it's the combination of the industrial metallic material combined with the warmth of the red copper hue that draws me.

Anyways, this item is definetely on my friday wishlist. See more of the "Ilse" collection here.

    

KNIT PATTERN POSTCARDS

With inspiration in traditional knitting-patterns I've made this set of 3 knit pattern postcards, to use for both decoration and as a card to write on. Personally I like giving a nice card when I give someone a present, and I think this black/white set will go well with a lot of different giftwrapping paper – maybe in some beautiful pastel colors? They're coming in the shop soon so stay tuned!

 

 

DIAMOND POSTERS - SOON FOR SALE!

Not that it is very big news, but for me it is definetely something new, since I've decided to open my own small webshop. I've had a few people asking me if I sell some of the things I make, and well.. I've been wanting to do this for a while, so now's the time! My first product will be some simple but very decorative black/white Diamond Posters, but I'm working on a few other posters and cards as we speak!

Yesterday I went to my favorite printing house and had them run some test-prints of the Diamond Posters I've shown in an earlier post. While deciding which paper I want them printed on, I might as well show you the prints which I spent today framing in simple white frames, and then took some pictures from around my apartment.  

Hope they'll be well recieved!
Stay tuned :)

Be inspired! – by my favorite blogs

I finally took the time to share with you a few of my favorite blogs I follow on a daily basis. I've divided them in two – Design and Fashion – and put them on the sidebar to the right – have a look!  And please, feel free to comment and maybe send me some of your favorite blogs – I really like discovering new and inspiring blogs!

Oh, and I'm already making ready for a new category – graphic design – in which I also have a lot of links and blogs to share with you guys! So stay tuned!
See a few pictures from my favorite blogs below

 Picture from "The man Repeller"-blog in the category – Favorite fashion blogs – in the sidebar 

Picture from "A Merry Mishap"-blog in the category – Favorite design blogs – in the sidebar 

 Picture from "Hannah Dollery"-blog in the category – Favorite design blogs – in the sidebar 

Chanel nail polish

It's friday – and a good day to celebrate with some color. I have build up a rather large collection of Chanel nail polish in every color thinkable. These are my favorites in the red/pink colour scheme.