Saskia Vrolijk // On design & Kopenhagen

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Interieur architect, collega en vriendin Saskia Vrolijk was in Kopenhagen om inspiratie op te doen voor haar ontwerpen. Zij is, samen met haar man Arie Alderliesten, eigenaar van Conceptstore Studio van ’t Wout in Den Haag. Een blik op de stad door de ogen van deze creatieve ontwerper en haar visie op design.

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Back to Los Enamorados //

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New seasons bring back memories. So, when I saw Los Enamorados opened their doors to their sanctuary in the North of Ibiza again for a new season, I knew it was time to share my last season late autumn experience. And book a new trip to the north of Ibiza…

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DREAM BIG, DREAM GIRL // FILMSCREENING 

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We’re proud to present the first Dutch screening of DREAM, GIRL on the 22nd of May at Caballero Fabriek // HOME for DIGITAL in The Hague. When we first saw Dream, Girl – a storytelling documentary showcasing the stories of inspiring female entrepreneurs – we were ecstatic about the missions & power of female entrepreneurs! We fell in love with Erin Bagwell & Komal Minhas, the cool and talented New York City based makers of this documentary. And we knew: We have to share this film!

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Surreal // Mad about Surrealism

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Last week I was invited by KPN to join the pre-opening of the exhibition Mad about Surrealism at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. An exhibition with masterpieces from four private collections. Artworks from Dalí, Ernst, Magritte, Miró gathered, impressive! The majority of the works have never or rarely been exhibited and will disappear again behind closed doors at the end of May 2017. A must go exhibition!

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Walter’s grown-up style //

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I already was a fan of Walter Benedict in The Hague. But last week I rediscovered Walter. The menu is still filled with not too complicated classics. The coffee is good. Love the burger. Nice wine-list. Staff still wears their smiles. I noticed the owners of Walter Benedict made some choices and changes in their interior. And my new Walter crush evolves all around these interior-choices…

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B. Amsterdam // Start up booster

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Of course we’re curious. 18.000 m2 start-up and coworking space is a lot. A lot. Together with Chantal Smeyers, who’s one of the founders of coworking space ‘De Werkfabriek’ in The Hague, I hit the road to go to Amsterdam. B. Amsterdam; battery cage for starting entrepreneurs or inspiring nursery for the new economy?

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More than visual art // NOMAD magazine

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My love for magazines is big. Mostly I don’t buy a magazine just for the products, cool ads or ideas, but for their look and feel. The paper, color and smell. I love the visal compositions. The arrangements of photos, people and letters. The sense of the creation process behind all those pages…

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Capriole Café // Urban Style

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Yes. Another hotspot. Can’t get enough of discovering new places. Especially if those places are located on rough industrial areas as ‘De Binkhorst’ in The Hague, my hometown. An area that is developing rapidly. And although these developments are good for the city of The Hague, entrepreneurs, locals and economics, I truly hope the roughness will stay. Happy to see that the location of Capriole Café, spotted and renovated by the owners op Capriole Café, kept a sense of the industrial harshness of the area. I love style and design, but I guess the urban look and feel is part of the attractiveness of this place. Let’s dive in….

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