Santa read my blog?

Yes, I did get a Mr Mustache print, just like I wanted. Not the exact one however, but an equally nice one (similar enough for Santa to get them mixed up perhaps?):

I also got the Headhunters print to the right above and, since Johan got the I love TV-print from Sammy Rose, I guess art must have been on Santa’s mind this christmas:

But it’ll have to wait until after the move to our new apartment before we will display these new beauties properly. We’ll get the keys on Monday and we’ll be moving by the end of the month. Before that most of the apartment will be repainted and get new floors so the next couple of weeks will be pretty exciting (and exhausting) for us.

(images Studio Violet and Sammy Rose)

5 minutes too late

Our local used book store has had this really cool old movie poster, “Jour de fête”, in their window for the last couple of weeks. I’ve been walking past it almost every day thinking that maybe I should go in and buy it? Well, yesterday evening I finally decided that it was time to stop thinking about it and just do it. This afternoon I went in only to discover that it had been sold - 5 minutes earlier…

Luckily they had another one, “Mon oncle”, by the same artist (and director) so I got it instead:

I have never seen any of the films (although I have heard of “Mon oncle”), but I really like the design of the posters. I’ll show you the framed result later.

(images via here and here)

Mr Mustache screenprint

I would certainly love to get a Mr Mustache from Studio Violet for christmas:

(image Studio Violet)

Another one of my favorite artists

Recently I’ve become very fond of Angelica Wiik:

Her colors and motives are just amazing!

(images from www.angelicawiik.se)

art

5 things I would like to hang on my walls

1. Roadsign by Mikael Richter reading “Allt kommer att bli bra” (“Everything will be ok”):

image from www.gsa.se

2. “Hang it all” by Charles and Ray Eames/Vitra (available for example here):

3. One of Nina Hemmingsson’s comic strips, like this one “Magiskt” (available in limited edition from Andyland):

image from www.andyland.se

4. I wouldn’t mind having a few of Jessica Romberg’s litographs as well (also from Andyland):

5. Something more by Lisa Rinnevuo (we already have five lithographs by her):

image from http://www.myspace.com/lisarinnevuo

(images via Galleri Andersson/Sandström, smow, Andyland, Lisa Rinnevuo)

Ester’s wishlist

In a month or so we’re going to have a naming celebration for our daughter, Ester Sigrid. Since she’s only two months old and cannot have a saying in the matter, I made up a wishlist for her :):

A retro shelf/”sætterkasse” from Retro Villa:

A retro "sætterkasse"