Hiroshi Sugimoto’s beautiful glass tea house ‘Mondrian’.
“a modest house where one can hear the birds sing. I like to think that this tea house was built by Mondrian after he heard Sen no Rikyû speaking to him through the singing of the birds.” - Sugimoto
#teahouse #japanesearchitecture #hiroshisugimoto
Back in my sanctuary with some precious finds from the north 🤍
my highlight is the hand-carved wooden citrus press (treen) potentially from late 1800s / early 1900s. And the pretty willow grouse by Oiva Toikka from 1981 🪿I also love the 100 year old hand woven textile (unfortunately the origin is not known but most likely Scandinavia)
PS: currently in my Estonian choir music era. ✨
Happy days in a happy place (for the 9th time in a row!) Kiitos Helsinki! You stole my heart.
1-3 from our day trip to Suomenlinna w @axelhjertman
4-7 came for Helene Schjerfbeck, instead I found Eero Nelimarkka and fell in love with his paintings
8-9 Finlandia Talo designed by Alvar Aalto
10-11 contemporary art museum by Steven Holl
12-15 Arabia and Iittala museum aka some Finnish design icons
16-17 amazing dinner experience @borealhki Highly recommend!
18 - Finnish pancake, new favorite!
19 - Easter greetings 🐰
20 - cutest Sala Kauppa shop. We met the owners last year in Milan during design week. Unfortunately the shop was closed this time, but another excuse to come back :)
Antique heaven ☁️ One of my favorite holiday activities: browsing antique (book) shops and indulging in objects and books. I think these places, their collections of objects tell so much about the history, traditions, and craftsmanship of a place.
Aino & Alvar Aalto‘s home, Riihitie 20, Helsinki.
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Today I learnt that aalto means „wave“ in Finnish which is reflected in many of Aino and Alvar Aalto’s designs.
