winter wonders

Hei guys!

I'm leaving the wet, grey, 10 degrees celcius warm life in Bergen for some days, in change for winter; snow, magic artic light and some 20 degrees below in polar bear land. I'm going to Svalbard on a work trip. Yay!

Here are some winter inspiration from around Flickr:

1. Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow, 2. Unstad, 3. #1, 4. snow, finally, 5. Untitled, 6. biwako #4, 7. Untitled, 8. silence, 9. winter im sielbecker moor, 10. white is the colour, 11. Untitled, 12. Frost on the window of my grandparents house, 13. Untitled, 14. Hallingskarvet, 15. Lone Horse, 16. Graphical Aspiration of a Tree (2), 17. Fence, 18. barn dusting, 19. first snow part two, 20. Untitled

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

fishy

A little bit of inspiration from a few Flickr favorites.

1. elves among fish, 2. DSC01641, 3. Fish, 4. Koi

Mosaic created with fd's Flickr Toys.

everyday life published

I have always been an eager photographer, and I have lots of albums filled with snapshots and great memories of things I have done in life. Digital photography and Flickr have made me see things in a diffenert way. Before I got my first digital (slr) camera in June 2004, I would for example never photograph a plate of grapes, the evening sun light or magazines like this. I guess I saved the film for capturing my family and friends having fun, and not just for remembering ordinary things. As time went by I started noticing these mundane things and moments in life, and I started photographing them. I also created a group on Flickr called my everyday life. It's a place to collect these mundande things and moments in life, almost like a photo diary.

As of today the group has 865 more or less active members. So it seems, I'm not the only one fascinated by everyday life. Karen is one of those people. She is not a member of my Flickr group, but she publishes a magazine - Karen magazine - made out of the ordinary. I don't remember when and where I came across Karen's magazine, but I was happy to find a personal note from Karen when I recieved the magazine by mail (you can see it in the photo above). See more photos from the magazine here.

Karen magazine has been mentioned in several publications, and it has been nominated Britain's best kept art secret by a journalist in the Observer. (I know several photographers on Flickr that see everyday life as art, here is one example.) Recently D2, the weekly glossy magazine published by one of Norway's financial newspapers, Dagens Næringsliv, published an article about Karen and her magazine (in Norwegian).

Read more about Karen magazine here, that's also where you can buy it.

funkle

Cool pillows from Norwegian design team Funkle.

beauty

It's fun seeing what you stumble across when doing research online. While doing research for some upcoming articles today, I found the blog this is glamorous and a post about Carla Bruni. She is a Italian-French singer, songwriter, supermodel and wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. I have never heard of this beautiful woman, but I fell in love with the photos, taken by Bharat Sikka (who currently has no working website). I thought I'd share it with you.

my favorite

This chair, the Egg by Danish master Arne Jacobsen, is my all time favorite chair. It was designed in 1958, so this year it celebrates its 50th anniversary.

This is what the producer Fritz Hansen writes about the chair and the anniversary:

Developed for the lobby and reception areas at the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1958.

The Egg originated in Arne Jacobsen's garage - cast in plaster. Today the synthetic shell is padded with cold foam and covered with fabric or different types of leather resting on a star-shaped aluminium base.

As a special anniversary model, we are introducing a beautiful and unique Egg. This Egg will only be available in a limited number of 999 Eggs. Each Egg will be numbered, a brief text about the Egg is printed on the back of the cushion and for those who buy the Egg we offer a book about the Egg and Arne Jacobsen. 999 books, i.e. one book for each Egg will be sent from Fritz Hansen.

Visit a Fritz Hansen dealer to see the unique Egg upholstered in a smooth chocolate brown Wild Elegance leather on the front and soft suede on the back. The base is hand-polished browned bronze.

The top photo is the leather model, which is my favorite, and the bottom photo is the anniversary model.

hoss intropia

More beautiful fashion photography. These images are from Hoss Intropia spring/summer 2008 catalogue. You might remember the Spanish brand from this post in September last year.

sally scott

Such lovely photos from Sally Scott (via mav port2port).

silence

Nothing is as silent as snowfall. Maybe that's the inspiration for the name of this rug - silence. So simple, so cool. I like it a lot. Norwegian designstudio Permafrost made it.

whyred

More Swedish fashion inspiration found while working. These images are from Whyred.

hope

I'm in love with this photo. And I quite like the dress too. It's from the Swedish fashion brand Hope. Found it while working on an article for no magazine.

my Moscow experience

Remember I told you I was in Moscow in September? You might have seen some of my photos on Flickr. I was there for work, and now you can read my story - in English - in the new international issue of no magazine. My second article in the magazine is about visual Portugal, mentioned here. There's a sneak peek of the magazine on the website.

The first international issue of no magazine was published in June last year. I'm not sure if any of you actually found it - did you? I'm very curious to hear if you find it in your part of the world this time. Let me know, will you?

Have a great weekend guys!

cup love

I love the simple yet fun shape of this cup from Danish Normann Copenhagen.

baby you can ride my bike

This morning while eating breakfast, I flicked through an issue of Australian Donna Hay magazine (thanks so much Deborah!). I instantly fell in love with this bicycling story. Such a lovely summery feeling. And so different from my own bicycling experience today. One word - snow...

I'm off to the mountains to celebrate a friend's 30 years birthday this weekend. Have a fun weekend - whereever you are in the world!

PS: Click on the images to see them a little bigger.

north

Remember NORD? Their website is finally up, and it's beautiful.

The background photo shown in the screenshot above reminds me a lot of the experience I just had on my trip north. A journalist and photographer from the magazine was also on this trip, and I know there will be some beautiful articles from this duo soon.

Btw, did you know that "nord" means north?

I like

I like this mug. It's from the Blue Fluted Mega series made by Danish Royal Copenhagen.

fashion blogs

We all love The Sartorialist, don't we? At least I do!

Here are some Norwegian fashion blogs that I enjoy. From top to bottom in the image above: Ingvild Telle - Siggelicious - Style Bytes

I'm sure there are heaps of other great fashion blogs that I have yet to explore. Any tips?

hair

Such great shots: 1. summer, 2. Untitled, 3. friday evening, 4. Untitled, 5. light #17, 6. Untitled

Have a fun weekend guys!

Gubi

I like this chair. It's from the Danish company Gubi.

jb design

Great stuff from Norwegian designer Janne Bråthen. She has a blog and an etsy shop. Via Sweet Paul.