Yesterday I took some time out with Yvette (and marie, of course) to explore the flower salon/1 exhibition at droog. It was quite spectacular, in the subtlest of ways. I particularly loved photographer maurice scheltens cut outs, the individual flower displays complete with labels on canvas tables from vlinder en vogel (which Yvette translated for me as ‘butterfly & bird’ – beautiful name)…
and the string gardens…
I also loved that you could purchase part of the trunk of a dove tree ( a fabulous idea from flower salon/ contributor jos bregman). So I did, of course. Read more about Jos’ idea here.
After our peruse throughout the gallery, Yvette, marie and I headed to Puccini’s for a hot chocolate. miam.
xx
PS Flower salon/ is located at various locations around Amsterdam, but today and tomorrow are the last days. I will try to see some of the other exhibitions today if I can – if I do, I’ll be sure to share the inspiration with you here in the (blog)house.
Just love Droog! Bought a few lamps and hanging items, and this looks like I now need to visit the store in person!
October 23rd, 2010 | #
How lovely …. and such divine photos !!!
October 23rd, 2010 | #
Wau , it looks amazing. I would love to visit there, I’m just in the wrong country,blimy:)
October 23rd, 2010 | #
absolutely wonderful!
October 23rd, 2010 | #
wonderful report, exhibits and photos; thanks so much. any more info on how one might do a string garden, i.e.,were they air plants? was there soil inside balls of string? all clues welcome. thank you and greetings from florida, usa
October 23rd, 2010 | #
Tulips always look the best droopy! Love the the little photos of arrangements.
October 23rd, 2010 | #
Blissful! happy weekend! xoxo
October 23rd, 2010 | #
Tha hanging garden is magical! I’d love to recreate a vesion of this with hanging fairy lights and a bench to sit on at night.
October 23rd, 2010 | #
So beautiful…inspirational.
xo
October 23rd, 2010 | #
That looks just amazing!
October 24th, 2010 | #
What a great inspiration!
Do you know if there’s more stuff going on in November in Amsterdam worth visiting? I’m going for a shopping trip half November, would be nice to see other great stuff in Amsterdam
October 24th, 2010 | #
these photographs are so beautiful! I wish I was in Amsterdam!
October 24th, 2010 | #
Such beautiful pictures 🙂 Your blog is so inspiring. Thank you.
October 24th, 2010 | #
Hi, Pia,
drog is game and your pics are mouth-watering…love your books “Paris made by hand” and “Amsterdam made by hand”.
Ariane from Hamburg/Germany
October 24th, 2010 | #
so unusual and with a poetic touch, lovely !
October 25th, 2010 | #
Imagine flying through a hanging garden…
October 25th, 2010 | #
The installation at Magazijn was the highlight for me, they had taken all the furniture out of the house and filled it with the most magnificent floral installations. How lucky we are to live in a city like this!
October 25th, 2010 | #
Magic!
October 25th, 2010 | #
such pretty little things. . .especially when presented like this!
October 25th, 2010 | #
This post and the last one with the jewellery have a kind of similar suspended feel about them!
October 25th, 2010 | #
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October 26th, 2010 | #
we discovered string gardens a while ago and fell in love with them, they are so beautiful. we love the images on their website too. looks like it was a lovely exhibition.
October 29th, 2010 | #
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August 4th, 2011 | #
pia!!!!
i love this post…
and i love these string
plants…suspended as they
are…xoxo
October 17th, 2012 | #