{"id":8937,"date":"2010-05-03T10:11:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T08:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/?p=8937"},"modified":"2010-05-05T16:23:11","modified_gmt":"2010-05-05T14:23:11","slug":"design-in-milan-and-a-little-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2010\/05\/03\/design-in-milan-and-a-little-story\/","title":{"rendered":"design in milan (and a little story)…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Once upon a time when I was a retail shop owner<\/a>, I visited design & gift trade fairs throughout each year in Sydney, Melbourne and Hong Kong (which I only went to once, that was enough for one lifetime!). Each fair takes days to explore and after my third or fourth visit to a trade fair (i.e. year 2 of my business), I was over it. There was just too much stuff, too many people, the fluorescent lights hurt your eyes after a few hours (so you can imagine how they feel after a few days), and your feet hate you forever. I don’t know why I went in the first place, I suppose because everyone else was and apparently that was the thing to do and lets face it, I was only 21, fresh out of Uni\u00c2\u00a0 – I had no idea. I soon realised that I didn’t want what everyone else had in their shops anyway, so I instead searched out local artisans,\u00c2\u00a0 craftspeople, and designers + importers who cared about the environment and their artisans.<\/p>\n

So today, when someone mentions the phrase ‘design fair’ to me, I shudder. And being here in Holland where design is ‘the thing’, there is a lot of peer pressure to go to the fairs. Well, forget it. I am just not interested. And these days, I am less likely to do what someone expects of me than when I was a 21 year old impressionable entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

Having said all of that, I have thoroughly enjoyed perusing the recent blog posts of stylist Imke Klee <\/a>and\u00c2\u00a0 designer Kristina Klarin<\/a>, who have both managed to capture the best during the recent Milan design fair with little or no explanation, just pictures: perfect! Granted, the stuff that I like looks as though it’s not even in the main fair but instead at spazio rossana orlandi<\/a>. Which means if I ever want to go back to Milan (I lived in a little village not far from there when I was a teenager), then I will look this special place up and take a wander.<\/p>\n

Above are a selection of Imke’s gorgeous images<\/a>, take a look at her blog<\/a> for even more beauty. And below are a few of Kristina’s<\/a>, check out her inspiring blog<\/a> for more…<\/p>\n

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It’s Monday! I have some great posts for you this week. Well I may even post all the great ones today, just because I’m feeling in a posty mood. Today is the day to be visiting the (blog)house<\/a>, come one, come all!<\/p>\n

xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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