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A swing on the beach. Meant for children ofcourse, but as an adult it’s also nice to bring back some childhood memories and have a beautiful view of the sea at the same moment. Ubuntu is a new beachclub in Zandvoort (open for 6 weeks now) and the idea of two young entrepreneurs. They worked at several beachclubs in the past and thought: let’s
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M.OSS Design is a new designbrand from the Netherlands and makes lamps you immediately fall in love with. And I’m not the only one who thinks the simplistic design, with softly colored pastel lampshades, are so stunning. Several national and international Petite Passport hotspots are already selling the lamps.
Together with Marcel Ossendrijver, the designer of M.OSS Design, we’re running a competition. One of the readers here on Petite Passport is gonna win this Pixoss lamp with a grey lampshade (price: 195 euro, with an European plug). The Pixoss lamp is born out of the famous Disney Pixar logo. And yes, indeed. By looking at it again, you can see a comic figure in it. Marcel Ossendrijver loves everything that comes from Scandinavia: the colors, the materials and much more. That’s where he got his inspiration from. And he chooses for the beautiful pastel colors because they radiate a certain calmness. We all like that in our houses or offices, don’t we?
It’s very easy to win this beautiful lamp, you only have to: Read more…
The question I’m asked most often is: ‘what are your absolute favorites?’ That’s a tough question because everything on my site is a favorite, because otherwise I won’t write about it. But if I have to narrow them down to a shortlist of the best addresses, so you can print it out and take it with you, you have found the right page. Here you go: my favorites, all Tried & Tested, in Copenhagen! Enjoy! Read more…
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In the new Energiehuis in Dordrecht – a place where you can listen to music performances or see a play at their theatre – you’ll also find a restaurant called Khotinksy. Khotinsky is a Russian scientist who brought the light bulb to the Netherlands. Ofcourse they have one eyecatching light on the huge ceiling: Bert-Jan Pot’s Downstairs lamp (included in the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum design collection as well). The owner of Khotinsky told me that Read more…
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Mariapaviljoen is a newly opened (April 11th) restaurant in a former hospital. When you go here for dinner you have to fill out a form (het intake formulier) so they can ‘treat’ you well and you walk out alive and kicking. And when that doesn’t happen; they have Read more…
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Interior shop close to the busy Stroget (the street where you will found all the big fashion chains). Stilleben is a shop where you can find little gifts like the mugs of Playtype or a beautiful iPad sleeve, but also huge prints to hang on your wall, lamps or the Adned Mirror. Entering this shop and Read more…
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A few weeks ago Han Kjøbenhavn opened their first store in New York. But it all started in the center of Copenhagen in 2008 where two Danish guys were selling beautiful sun glasses. It got so popular that they opened their flagshipstore in 2012 and they not only sell sunglasses in it, but also clothes, shoes and bags. This small and very stylish Danish empire is a place where guys must go nuts. The store feels almost like a museum: the pieces of Han Kjøbenhavn are presented as it were pieces of art. I’ve spotted a mask Read more…
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Playtype is a graphic design company in Copenhagen where they ‘spend hours on the correct curvature of a C or the appropriate amount of space around an A’ (quote on their website from font designer Jonas Hecksher). Typography is their thing and on their website you can even download the most beautiful fonts. And then, a few years ago, they opened a pop up store in Vesterbro to showcase their work. Fonts on Read more…
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Their cocktails. Or the bartenders? You will definitely enjoy the style of the guys who work here. Suspenders, a cool hat and tattoos on their arms: you’ll get the picture. Lidkoeb is a bit hidden – close to the cool Vaernedamsvej, but you have to enter a small alley which brings you to the bar. When we Read more…
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Dora was already the perfect address to buy yourself some beautiful interior gifts – or to go there for inspiration. A few weeks ago they moved a couple of doors down the road. This street is full of nice addresses (for example Playtype next door) so Read more…
