Do you know Moooi ?

1.Do you know Moooi without googling it?

---- Dutch design company MOOOI www.moooi.com
started by Marcel Wanders and Caspar Vissers in 2001.  







2.Do you know the chair in the picture?

----- The chair is called Monster chair and is designed by Marcel Wanders


3.Do you like the ad?

------ I love the beautiful girl who does not fulfill the typical standard type of woman used in ads. LOVE that!

4.Do you have a favorite Moooi piece in your home?

-------- I do not own anything from MOOOI. 


5.Do you know what Moooi means and what language it is ? 

--------- MOOOI is dutch if you take away one of the O it means beautiful and the founders say that the extra O stands for the extra the brand gives!









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Wall of flame

Must say I like Fredrik Roijé  
wall candle holders called Wall of flame. 
Simply stylish.

Contrast

 

From Thailand´s humid heat to Sweden´s crisp snow there is considerable contrast.

Beauty in both. 
 

Jimmy at Jim´s House

Jimmy at Jim´s HOUSE & Gardens for the second time and loving it. 
Indoors there is a wonderful mix of East meets West in the new way of using the Thai houses that the architect Jim Thompson came up with. 

Outdoors is the most amazing garden. I have been here before and when I got back to Bangkok this time I knew I had to visit James Harrison Wilson Thompson´s gardens again ( Yep, that is his whole name) The garden starts with these zig zag brick´s that lead you into a tropic greenery. 

The thai teak houses are elevated a full story above ground to prevent flooding in the rainy season. 
The red color of the houses also works as a preservative. 


The clay pots with fishes and water plants are so beautiful and soothing and they stand along the brick walkway. Naturally there is a pond with fishes and turtles as well. 

The american born in Greenville, Delaware in 1906 must have loved Siam which Thailand was called then. 
The house and the art collection soon became such a point of interest that he decided to open his home to the public with proceeds donated to Thai charities and to projects directed at the preservation of Thailand´s cultural heritage.  

His devoted knowledge of the craft of the hand weaving of silk with the gift of designing and coloring and the fact that he never remarried combined with the fact that he introduced silk to American Vogue as well as making the connection with the productions of the King and I, conclude that Jim was a friend of Dorothy´s. Do you agree ?

Jim Thompson disappeared in 1967 without a clue the same year as I make an entrance into this world. His disappearance as well as his life over all was foretold by astrologers whom even decided on what day to start the building of his house. I give thanks to Jim and his love of Thailand and his premature way of mixing East with West. 
THANK YOU JIM you are my style ICON.

Jimmy

 

Bangkok Muse

 

 

If you are looking for a boutique luxury hotel in Bangkok you should check out

Hotel Muse . Spent a lovely time at their rooftop recently and have very pleasant memories. 

Meeting the children

Soomkai lamp

It all started with the chicken coop I saw on the street in Thailand 2010. I was visiting my friends Ann&Per Magnus Persson.

My idea was very simple, make lampshades from the same technique as they hand make the Soomkai (chicken coop in Thai)  but in another form. 

Ann found the right producer and took care of shipping after we had a perfect start of a partnership with Watt&veke who have been our guide in this our first design&production project from scratch together. Per Magnus and I shot and I took care of the look of the pictures of the first Soomkai. 

I wanted our Soomkai to give back to Thailand so we decided to give from the profit to the HIV Orhpanage Dramaraksa Children Home run by Alongkot Dikkapanyo, head monk of Wa Phra Baht Nam Phu Buddhist temple. 

So finally we did arrive to meet with the monk and donate what the Soomkai lamp had given. It is such an amazing feeling to have and idea two years ago and now see that all the help from everyone of this design project along with all of the buyers of the Soomkai now come together to help. 
I love it.  

 

The Temple seen from afar.

 
We  went to meet the children at the Orhanage and brought, mandarins and popcorn.  

The donation we give with help of the profit from the Soomkai will be used for everything from the daily medication to toys, books and paper to help in the childrens schooling. 

Mandarins&popcorn for everyone

Posing for Per Magnus

Hula hoop competition with choreography. WOW!

Alongkot Dikkapanyo, head monk. 

The monk is called Papa by many

Signing in at the Temple

Meeting with the monk

A very happy man (me!)with a certificate of the donation

  A very important fact to know is : 

Per Magnus, Ann and I did not get paid or use the profit from the Soomkai for our travels or anything but donating to the cause described above. We have paid for all our costs by our selves. Not only has 10% from the profit of the sales from Watt&veke contributed,  but also from the production part as well as from my side. We all have donated 10 % of our profit.


 All pictures shot by Per Magnus Persson www.permagnuspersson.com

The art of giving

The art of giving


These words are from Barbara O´Brian.
Read more at  www.about.com

Giving is essential to Buddhism. Giving includes charity, or giving material help to people in want. It also includes giving spiritual guidance to those who seek it and loving kindness to all who need it. 

However, one's motivation for giving to others is at least as important as what is given.What is right or wrong motivation? 


The Anguttara Nikaya, a collection of texts in the Vinaya-pitaka section of the Pali Canon, lists a number of motivations for practicing charity. 

These include being shamed or intimidated into giving; giving to receive a favor; giving to feel good about yourself. 
These are impure motivations.

 
The Buddha taught that when we give to others, we give without expectation of reward. We give without attaching to either the gift or the recipient. We practice giving to release greed and self-clinging. 




All of the Buddha´s and masters I have photographed around the Temple close to Lopburi on sunday the second of December.