Everyone is becoming more environmentally conscious and we all know the problem of buying groceries and packing them into too many plastic bags each week. Not one, but two of course in order to secure they do not rupture and due to a lack of a working, innovative alternative.

One of Steltons most successful designers, Klaus Rath, has thought about this problem and came up with a solution that is fashionable, secure and functional at the same time, saving us all the use of and money needed for plastic bags along the way.

Shopnic – the new shopping / picnic basket

Klaus Rath has done it again. The young designer behind the bestselling Stelton bread bag has developed an all new shopping-/ picnic basket called ”Shopnic”. It carries a weight of 10 kg and takes about 15 l. Shopnic can, when not in use, be folded to a minimum of 7 cm in height, which is practical to fit below the child’s buggy or inside your car’s trunk, making space for larger items.

Compared to traditional solutions, Shopnic is supplied with a spring, making it possible to be unfolded like a magician’s hat – a practical idea, when you have already one hand holding e.g. your groceries or your child’s buggy. Shopnic has the perfect size both for shopping and the weekend’s picnic, why it is named Shopnic.

Shopnic comes in black/sand, sand/pistachio and red/pink colour schemes – fashionable colours which suit every style.

Both, the inside & outside covers may be washed in the washing machine by 30°C, making stains from spilled milk, juice and other liquids inside the basket a thing of the past.

Inspired by the gossamer lace curtains in Karen Blixen’s home at Rungstedlund, Lin Utzon has now created an attractive new vase and votive with a matt silver motif. The name Tanne is derived from the writer’s nickname, and the range combines simplicity and elegance – just as we would expect from Karen Blixen’s sure sense of style.  

Rosendahl is the official main sponsor of the Karen Blixen Museum, and for every piece of Karen Blixen’s Christmas sold, a donation is made towards new exhibitions at the Rungstedlund museum. “We are delighted to be able to make a contribution as the main sponsor of the Karen Blixen Museum’s ongoing efforts to preserve the artistic legacy of Karen Blixen. Partnership with the museum will help to strengthen our brand in Denmark and internationally, while also giving us the opportunity to develop entirely new related concepts,” according to Erik Rosendahl, chairman of the board and founder of Rosendahl.

“The museum at Rungstedlund is an autonomous institution under the Rungstedlund Fund. We depend on funding to enable us to continue the work of preserving Karen Blixen’s lovely house, Rungstedlund, and showcasing the writer’s life and work. The museum has been in existence for 17 years now and has drawn close to a million visitors from all over the world. We are delighted that Rosendahl has come forward as our main sponsor because we feel Karen Blixen’s writings represent the quality of design that Rosendahl stands for,” says Marianne Wirenfeldt Asmussen, museum director at Rungstedlund.

RRP EUR : 

Tanne Vase, 14 cm, EUR 39.95

Tanne Vase, 18 cm, EUR 52.00

Tanne Votive, EUR 21.95

RRP GBP:

Tanne Vase, 14 cm, GBP 26.95

Tanne Vase, 18 cm, GBP 36.95

Tanne Votive, GBP 16.95

The idle life and the pioneering design are in focus at Formland Spring 2009 in MCH Messecenter Herning. CANDY is the theme when Scandinavia’s biggest flagship within decorative art, design and interior accessories opens from 30 January to 2 February 2009.

Now Formland launches its trend theme for the fair in the spring of 2009. CANDY will be a holistic experience where all senses are exited. The visitors will experience a universe of dynamism, colours and energy in MCH Messecenter Herning. The optimism gets a sugar fix and according to Project Manager Lars Jespersen there will be room for commercial, new and creative thinking.

- CANDY radiates optimism and new ideas at a time when the financial crisis also affects the design industry. It is an important factor that Formland rises to the occasion when the industry is having a hard time. First and foremost the fair is an important trading centre for the buyers – and here people get the latest inspiration. The visitors will therefore get a toolbox containing specific tools for implementing innovatory changes in their shop, Project Manager Lars Jespersen, MCH Messecenter Herning Kongrescenter explains.

The visitors will find that CANDY plays a unifying role throughout the fair. Both as regards colours and at the trend areas where the style is based on the theme. CANDY is also reflected in the food at the trend cafés and in the various talks with famous experts and people from the industry.

Think differently – THINK PINK

In the trend zone THINK PINK you will be able to have different, creative thoughts. Based on the colour pink which is one of the hottest colours of the season the stage is set for creativity, happiness and optimism in the zone. According to Trend Stylist Anette Eckmann those are important key words for obtaining the required progress it takes if you want to survive in the design sector.

- In times of recession we have to think differently and to be positive so the sentiment can be changed from negative to positive. Businesses managing to challenge the consumer’s endless desire for renewal will get out of the crisis successfully. THINK PINK is about daring to say yes to the future, to the hope and the new possibilities, Anette Eckmann from Eckmann Alive says. THINK PINK consists of products from Formland’s exhibitors – everything from famous brands to brand new designs.

New Note accelerates

The new and pioneering designs will yet again have their own area at Formland. The New Note area which includes well-known trademarks and brands, e.g. within furniture and interior accessories, was launched in the autumn of 2008 – and with great success. The area will be even bigger at the fair in 2009. The selection of brands has already started and Trend Consultant Mads Arlien-Søborg, who is the curator for the area, will be responsible for the selection. Among the New Note exhibitors you will find We do Wood, Mater, Lene Toni Kjeld and Sort of Coal.

It will also be here at the New Note area that you find the new and promising designs. Wildcards are granted to a number of new and talented designers who will exhibit their own products in the hall. The designers come from ‘Designskolen i Kolding’ (the design school in Kolding) and the Danish Design School in Copenhagen. 

Formland Spring 2009 will take place from 30 January to 2 February 2009 in MCH Messecenter Herning. Approx. 600 exhibitors will attend Scandinavia’s biggest trade fair for design, decorative art and interior accessories. In 2009 Formland can celebrate its 25th anniversary. This will be celebrated both at the fair in the spring and at Formland Autumn 2009, on 14-17 August. Read more about the fair and the trend theme CANDY at www.formland.com.

Bag, purse, sunglasses, scarf, gloves – the list of accessories is long when we go out of the door to wow our surroundings. But the perfect image is too easily shattered if we carry an old plastic water bottle around with us. This is why Eva Denmark is now launching the Eva Solo designer water flask in stainless steel, which completes your accessories and elegantly complements your style. Your choice of accessories matters more than people tend to think.

“Expensive designer brands are aware that women demand quality products. Women focus on products which complement their individual style while providing superior quality, and the products you choose emphasise your personality and signal your identity. There is a clear trend that clothing and accessories should be exclusive and convey a sense of confidence. And the more accessories, the better,” says Charlotte P. Henriksen, designer and owner of CphSTYLING.

Fits in your handbag
Eva Solo products are famous for striking a fine balance between design and function – and the new Eva Solo water flask is no exception. The water flask is not only a unique design achievement – it is also supremely functional. Like any thermo flask, this innovative flask is designed to keep the water cool all day, and the mouthpiece is easy to take off and put on – without spilling even a drop in your handbag. Finally, the flask is delicate and inviting to drink from.

 
“It is a well-known fact that we taste with all our senses. That’s why water tastes different when you drink it from an elegant designer flask rather than an old soft drinks bottle. This water flask is our attempt to create a style icon which you want to take with you everywhere and which is also a pleasure to drink from. It was important for us to make the flask as lightweight as possible while retaining its functionality as a thermo flask that keeps the water cold,” says Jan Engelbrecht, Managing Director of Eva Denmark.

Fashionable everywhere
So, whether you are planning an afternoon of shopping, a weekend away with your friends in a remote cottage or a business trip across the country, the new Eva Solo water flask is the perfect travel companion and accessory. And even when the winds of fashion change and you need to replace your handbag and sunglasses, the timeless design of the water flask will ensure that it also goes perfectly with next season’s collection of indispensable accessories.
 
The Eva Solo water flask is available both in matt and polished stainless steel, and the lid features a smart strap which means you can carry the flask around your wrist. The matt thermos water flask has a black strap, while the polished flask has a red strap.

Eva Solo thermo water flask. Price: 49,00 Euro

“Fair Trade and ecology have been hot internationally and among the famous for some time. We can now see that Danish consumer interest in these areas has risen quite considerably. Several of our exhibitors have begun to think in terms of Fair Trade in their shops and in their businesses. We have therefore directed focus towards organic products and Fair Trade as rapidly growing areas at the trend zone HOThouse,” relates Project Manager Lars Jespersen, MCH Messecenter Herning Kongrescenter.

Towels with social responsibility
Many of Formland’s exhibitors will recognise the picture. Textile company MOW Living is in the process of obtaining Fair Trade accreditation and expects to receive the Max Havelaar stamp of approval during the next six months.
“We are seeing tremendous interest in ecology and Fair Trade. This is gigantic in London and in Denmark we have found that consumers are looking for products that signal social responsibility. So it is excellent that the Formland Fair is now sharpening the focus on the subject and helping shops and buyers to pay more attention to Fair Trade,” says Kristian Jakobsen, owner of MOW Living.
In brief, Fair Trade involves fair prices, human rights, environment-friendly and sustainable production, in addition to improved conditions for farmers and producers in the world’s poorest countries.

Unique Japanese design at Formland
Japan’s answer to Dane Arne Jacobsen is Sori Yanagi. He is 92 and famous for mastering designs for bridge constructions, cars, motorways, and kitchen utensils. He has received the honour of designing the Olympic torch twice, has worked with Charles Eames, and is the man behind the Butterfly chair, which is accounted a masterpiece. In spite of his advanced age, he is still in full swing and his designs are on permanent display throughout the world, including at MoMa in New York and Tokyo as well as the Louvre in Paris. His products are now being exhibited at a fair in Scandinavia for the first time.
“We are exhibiting nine of his product collections at Formland. Visitors will be able to see porcelain, cutlery, and a series of cast-iron products by the Japanese master. We have just launched his products in Denmark and there is unusually widespread interest in them,” relates Director Thomas Baldur-Felskov, Gateway Japan ApS, which sells the Japanese products in Scandinavia.

Formland facts: Formland Spring 2008 takes places at MCH Messecenter Herning from 1-4 February. Formland is Scandinavia’s biggest trade fair for home accessories, gifts, and design with more than 600 exhibitors. This is where 20,000 people from the industry and professional buyers from 40 countries meet to do business and find inspiration.

Do you know what it feels like when the meat juices from your beef filet suddenly lie in a pool on your kitchen surface? Or when half your curly lettuce ends up on the floor? That’s not on when you have just finished cleaning the house before your guests arrive for dinner.

Ideally a chopping board should retain both juices and salad while you are doing the chopping. Even though a modern kitchen often provides a setting for relaxation and conversation, it remains a gastronomic workshop. Therefore we are now introducing the new Eva Trio Kite chopping board which, with its kite-shaped design, elegantly balances functionality and aesthetics – while providing a new slant on how to solve typical kitchen tasks.

A sloping sculptured wooden kite
The person behind this novel reinterpretation of a familiar kitchen item is prize-winning designer Julie Storm. Julie Storm has not only played with design and shape but also with functionality and ease of use.

“First and foremost, a chopping board must be an effective tool. Fortunately it is possible to combine functionality with aesthetics to create beautiful home accessories. I have therefore created an attractive design which will appeal to all kitchen experts and food lovers,” says the product designer behind the new Eva Trio Kite chopping board, and she adds: “I have always been annoyed by the mess it makes when I use a chopping board at home. Now I have done something about it.”

The innovative Eva Trio Kite chopping board is made of oiled oak, and its grain creates an organic connection between the form and function of the board. As the grain of the wood slopes downwards along the board’s chopping surface, all the meat juices collect at the bottom of the slope instead of making a mess of the kitchen surface. At the same time, the pointed end ensures that you aim straight into the bowl or pot when tipping ingredients off the board. The board also has raised edges on both sides, so the food you chop remains on the board. The design evokes the image of a beautiful kite floating soaring through the air, which is why we have found Eva Trio Kite a suitable name for the new chopping board.

Quality and design in one
“We are proud to put Julie Storm’s chopping board into production. Julie is an exciting new product designer, and this chopping board appeals to discerning Eva Trio customers who demand superior quality and elegant design all in one product,” explains Eva Denmark’s Marketing Manager, Jette Lykke Siggaard.

The Eva Trio Kite chopping board is available in a rectangular or triangular design. Common to both models is that design and function complement each other. This gives you both a functional tool and a beautiful home accessory – a chopping board that is easy to clean and which grows even more beautiful over time.

Eva Trio Kite chopping board, triangular, small. Price: € 119
Eva Trio Kite chopping board, triangular, large. Price: € 129
Eva Trio Kite chopping board, rectangular. Price: € 119

Dressed in a sophisticated leather holster made of the most exquisite Nomade leather, Serenata rests in safe hands. Louis Vuitton has designed the leather holster in the Nomade leather series selected for some exceptional items of luggage, bags, shoes and accessories.

It is made of carefully selected cowhide leathers with a totally flawless surface. Tanned with plant extracts, natural cowhide leather develops an elegant copper-toned patina with time.

The lining is made of micro fibres, and the discretely stamped Louis Vuitton name at the bottom adds a final touch to the total impression of elegance and craftsmanship. The leather holster totally protects Serenata, yet leaves it open for easy operation and access to all the features of the music phone.

Louis Vuitton and Bang & Olufsen, loyal to the vision of their founders, share the same passion for innovation and modernity. From the start, both companies have established a tradition for creating state-of-the-art products that use the newest materials and technologies, while paying careful attention to elegance, beauty and craftsmanship.

The two companies have worked together now on several occasions, and a creative relationship based on a deep professional respect and an intense sense of affinity has evolved. Designers at Louis Vuitton already created an exclusive case for the Serene phone in 2005 and a holster for the BeoSound 2 digital MP3 player in 2004.

Serenata in its elegant leather holster will be on display at selected Bang & Olufsen retailers, and can be purchased in selected Louis Vuitton stores from November 2007.

Bijouterie with distinctive design and Scandinavian edge is Danish PILGRIM’s trademark. Recently many customers have requested something even more unique but with “the PILGRIM touch”. So PILGRIM is now, for the first time, introducing a collection of sterling silver, ornamented with the semi-precious stone, smoked topaz.

The new collection is called PILGRIM+ and is the outcome of a fruitful collaboration between PILGRIM’s own designers, Annemette Markvad and Birte Markvad, and jewellery designer Vibe Harsløf from Danish jewellery label fafafa. The collection comprises 26 items including bracelets, earrings, rings and brooches- all in sterling silver and many with the beautiful smoked topaz stone. The jewellery ranges from EUR 54.00 to 805.00 (GBP 37.00 to 552.00).

The PILGRIM+ collections will be launched twice a year. PILGRIM+ jewellery is available in limited quantities only.

- We are very proud of our roundup for the lecture part of Designboost on October 18th. We have formed an interesting group of people consisting of everything from designers and architects to web strategists and ethnographers, says David Carlson.

The ten new speakers are:

Stephen Burks
Stephen Burks is one of the most successful designers in his generation. He is working with everything from shop interiors and packaging to to furniture and home accessories. One of his latest projects was the design of the bottle for the new Calvin Klein perfume CK IN2U.

Mathilda Tham
The work of Mathilda Tham includes trend forecasting, fashion and sustainable issues. Mathilda has also been working with design, pr and marketing. Mathilda works as professor at Beckmans college of design in Stockholm and teaches about eco-design at Goldsmith college in England.

Ilkka Suppanen
Ilkka Suppanen once belonged to the successful Snowcrash design community and his creativity often leads him forward towards new materials and technologies. He is both preserving and developing the innovative and functional Scandinavian heritage.

Katarina Graffman
Katarina Graffman works as an ethnographer. Her tools are simple but the practice is complex. It consists of digging for something with unknown shape, colour and size. The research take place wherever, whenever as reality is her lab. The experiments are conducted in cars, homes, stores, workplaces and parks.

Kristina Börjesson
Kristina has for most part of her professional life as a projects manager and managing director worked for an altered attitude to marketing. Kristina lives since 1996 in London and has written a Master thesis on designers as the link between culture and meaning as also a PhD thesis on the affective sustainability of objects.

Jens Martin Skibsted
Through is company Skibsted Ideation Jens Martin Skibsted develops innovative products that are brand carriers, drive numbers and massively boost PR. He applies the thinking of branding, fashion and music to the world of industrial design. Jens Martin Skibsted is the founder of Biomega – the luxury urban mobility brand.

Nina Jobs
Nina Jobs is an internationally recognized and awarded designer. With a background as graphic designer she holds a master degree in product-design from ENSAD-Paris. Her designs includes works within products, furniture and textile design. Nina also make speeches world wide.
John-Michael Ekeblad
John-Michael Ekeblad runs Daytime Projects Inc which is a strategic design consultancy based in New York City that creates magic out of rationality. John-Michael´s philosophy is about convergence of design culture with deep consumerism and artistic movement that creates a platform of Commercial Aesthetics.

Björn Jeffery
Björn Jeffery works as CEO and Internet Strategist at the Swedish communication agency Good Old. As co-founder of the company, his main focus is the implementation of current and future web trends to large publishing houses. Björn is also the founder of two of Swedens largest blogs, Discobelle.net and Manolo.se.

Olof Kolte
Civil Engineer KTH, Stockholm 1990, Master of Art RCA, London 1998, has worked as Civil Engineer in France, Mexico, and Latvia, own design practice in London 1998-2000 and in Malmö, Sweden since 2000, part time lecturer at Industrial Design LTH since 2001.

- It´s important to look upon things from a new perspective and be given a push forward, which is exactly what the word boost means. When it comes to sustainable design it´s likely that things need to be questioned. Since the world is constantly changing and the maps rewritten it´s impossible to sit around and wait, says Peer Eriksson.

The five speakers that we have already presented is Jennifer Leonard, Eero Koivisto, Kristina Dryza, Brent Richards and Satyendra Pakhale.

Further info about Designboost at: http://www.designboost.se

Marianne Britt Jørgensen explains: “Move is designed as a product series with a clear, distinct and unique identity. The small design details all have particular functions – and this is the feature, along with the essential shapes, that make Move interesting. We have chosen to combine orange rubber with brushed steel to accentuate Move’s sensual appeal. Our accessories are meant to be products that people like to have in their hands when they are ‘on the move’”.

Move has been inspired by urban life, in which everyday objects such as key rings, card holders, money clips and pill boxes are part of what defines personal style. Move brings normann copenhagen into daily life outside the home. normann copenhagen on the Move.

Move will be in stores from March 2007.

Materials: Brushed steel – rubber

Prices:
Money clip ø: 1 cm, l: 7.5 cm: $ 26.75
Pill box 6 cm x 7.5 cm: $ 42.50
Tube key hanger ø: 1 cm, l: 7.5 cm: $ 30.00
Credit card holder 10.5 cm x 7.5 cm: $ 50.00