Another Something & Company

Last few days we stayed in Alentejo’s countryside, close to the beautiful beaches of the southwest Portuguese coast, at Casa da Diná. A bed & breakfast run by the Portuguese and Uruguayan couple Dina Medeiros and Walter Betbeder Rosso. Traveled the world themselves they decided to set home at Malavado and combine Walter’s atelier with this lovely bed & breakfast of four double rooms, a delicious homemade breakfast and now and then a dinner to share Dina’s love for Portuguese cuisine.

While enjoying this lovely place, we got inspired by the works of Walter and his atelier. The beautiful earth-toned palette, the geometrical forms, simplicity and cubist style in contrast to his palettes incorporated in this world of simplicity. read more…

Over the past year we’ve been working on an exhibition on denim which opened last week in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Putting together 350 years of denim history into a more than 100 meter long indigo timeline. A rich history including classic paintings from ‘The Master of the Blue Jeans’ and old sample books dating back to the 18th century, to the designs of Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Maison Martin Margiela, Marithé + François Girbaud and Yves Saint Laurent – and one of the oldest Levi’s and Lee jeans to Momotaro, Atelier Tossijn, Naked & Famous and Rapha – it’s all there.
We’ve created a more than 100 meters long cabinet, starting like a loom in an almost black indigo colour, morphing to slate blue and finally ending in a bright white workshop. A three-dimensional timeline showing the rich history of 350 years of Blue Jeans. The exhibition is accompanied with a book we’ve designed together with Studio wilfredtimo, which will be available at Tenue de Nîmes (a.o.) anytime soon.

Blue Jeans — 23 November 2012 until 10 March 2013,
Centraal Museum, Nicolaaskerkhof 10, Utrecht, the Netherlands, open Tue – Sun 11.00h – 17.00h

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After months of hard work, designing, building, creating new collections of vintage photographs, frame antique pressed flowers from my grandparents, putting together a diverse collections of boxing memorabilia, we are super proud with the official opening of the second Tenue de Nîmes store in Amsterdam! Housed in Amsterdam’s Haarlemmerstraat the store is divided into a separate men’s and women’s world, referred to as Tenue de Nîmes ‘Mesdames’ and ‘Messieurs’. read more…

A new photo fair in Amsterdam named Unseen will have it’s grande opening for selected guests next wednesday the 19th of September 2012. The following day the fair will be open for public as well. The ambitious project, a joint operation of FOAM, Platform A and Vandejong and directed by Marloes Krijnen, who is also the director of FOAM, has the vision of read more…

A few weeks back I was fortunate enough to meet Camille Henfling, the founding father of Von Eusersdorff, for a special project we’re working on. I know the Von Eusersdorff fragrances for some time now, but didn’t know the story behind it. After a vividly told introduction by Mr Henfling I instantly fell in love with this read more…

When we left Mi Casa en Lisboa last March, I knew we’d come back. Last weekend we did and it really felt like coming home. We arrived early in the morning to visit the flea market Feira da Ladra in the Graça Alfalma neighborhood and after a warm welcome by the owner of the house, design journalist read more…

Sometimes you stumble upon something extraordinary, new, fresh and completely beyond anything expected. Coloni is one of these things. Coloni is a swedish based gardening house founded in 2010. In collaboration with a horticulturist, Coloni has developed an approach to a new kind of indoor gardening based on seed mixtures composed from a conceptual point read more…

When I started road cycling a few years back I bought a simple bike, just to see if this was the thing I wanted to do. After the first km’s it felt like I was built for it! When I met Elian, a dutch craftsman building some amazing bicycles, a year ago, I instantly wanted a bike from him as my ‘official’ road bike. We did a little tour together with The Village from Utrecht to Antwerp and back, supported by Rapha, joint by Ajanaku a.o. and I got infected with the custom bicycle virus… We sat down, talked about steel frames, details, colors, old vs new techniques and we drew the first outlines of my new bike. More then 6 months later it is here, and it was so much worth the wait! read more…

My favorite accessories brand Travelteq teamed up with Tenue de Nîmes to create this limited edition Laptop Bag. Hand made in Italy from Florentine Vacchetta leather combined with a characteristic Japanese selvage Chambray the bag contains 8 compartments of which 3 zipped, plus one for a cigar and one for your 15″ laptop. This collaboration read more…

Napoli isn’t Napoli if you didn’t visit a classic tailor. Invited by one of the best I found my way thru the narrow streets to a small square, ringing the bell of the house of Gino Cimmino. Gino welcomes me in a few words of English and a warming smile. A two room apartment with read more…

Spencer Nikosey from Killspencer invited me into his workshop downtown LA. After a 45 minutes drive from Manhattan Beach, my taxi driver got a little scared and wondered if I was at the right address. A desolated street with some empty warehouses, old cars and shady businesses was definitely the right address. One of the read more…

Last tuesday we were invited to the house of Marc Kreydenweiss, just outside Nîmes, France. In the beautiful rolling hills packed with miles and miles of the Costière de Nîmes grape fields, divided by black lanes of cypress, lies the 20 acres vineyard of Famille Kreydenweiss. At the end of the 20th century the 14th read more…

Today I found myself wandering around in the early morning breeze and light rain on an old shipyard, specialized in creating and repairing old Botters, the authentic Dutch sailing fishing vessels. Behind the beautiful facade of the old village of Spakenburg, an almost lost world of real craftsmanship is hidden. Last year, my friends at read more…

Started with the Single Red Deepsea project by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, son of legendary Jacques Piccard who dove 10 kms into the Pacific ocean, Philipp Stahl from Maastricht now moved to the highest point on earth, the Mount Everest. In a tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay and their achievement and legacy read more…

We’ve put together a special Queensday shelf, to celebrate the color orange (and the queen of the Netherlands…) 1. Knit-ted look book fall 2010 2. Journal de Nîmes Nº6, the Dutch issue 3. Cuvée René Gueuze Lambic Beer 4. Uwe van Afferden postcard 5. Bergmans Boter Spritsjes cookies 6. Vintage Kaweco Sport pen box (an read more…

1. Daido Moriyama – ’71-NY 2. Old letterset  from flea market in Antwerp 3. Text010 – Burial + Fourtet + Thom Yorke 4. Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma Gold Edition 5. 90′s Mickey Mouse Soap 6. Vintage Pen Case (an ongoing project by Anothersomething & Urform)

A few weeks back Pablo Delfos launched his new website. The page (designed by Bas de Boer from Urform Studio) gives a good overview on his wonderful work. He always inspires me with his rough and uncompromised black and white pictures, collages, and experiments – often hopping by at our studio, sharing his latest studies, playing with paper and light in his studio. Enjoy this video and a little interview we did – after the click. And more at Manja Otten x Cake.

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1. Diner Journal 2. Karl Lagerfeld – Metamorphoses of an American 3. Vintage soda water bottle 4. Vintage Kaweco Pen set 5. Kusmi Tea from The Village 6. Vintage coin holder 7. Vintage denim selvedge apron (an ongoing project by Anothersomething & Urform)

Last week The Village Coffee & Music officially opened its doors in Utrecht. A small coffeebar with a proper taste of music and the potential of becoming my new living (if it’s not already). The coffee is coming from Caffenation, tea’s from Kusmi and music from all over the world (and today from the Netherlands read more…

1. If There Ever Was – A book of extinct and impossible smells 2. White Jasmine Sparklin Tea 3. Vintage Buddy Lee 4. The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton 5. Vintage Heuer stopwatch 6. Vintage Sealer for Deposit Money Bags from the Soviet Union 7. Bianconeri laurel & mint candies (an read more…

1. Yauatcha Tea 2. Andre Clouet Rose 3. Antique print of the Solar System (1889) 4. Vintage Midland Bank Limited paper money bag 5. Vintage Kaweco Sports set for the Olympics of 1972 in Munich 6. Russian Criminal Tatoo Vol. 1 & 3 7. ‘Insects’ card set by Postalco (an onging project by Anothersomething, Urform read more…

1. Autumn leaf 2. Surface 2 Air S/S 2011 3. Ginger Beer by Belevoire Fruit Farm 4. David Bowie – Space oddity 5. Vintage Exacompta notes 6. Butt Magazine 7. Cobber — By Urform (an onging project by Anothersomething, Urform & …,staat)

1. Dolfin Ginger Chocolate 2. Underworld by Kelly Klein 3. Insects Card Set by Postalco 4. Noodlers water resistant fountain pen ink 5. Antique razor by James 6. Gli Spaghetti Dei Martelli 7. Vintage Acme Thunderer Whistle 8. Vintage Russian tin animal cars set in a box, soon at Another Shop. (an onging project by read more…

Bas, my former partner in crime at Anothercompany, started this little recurrent feature called ‘On The Shelf’ on his own Uniform Studio Blog. I love the idea of featuring a few favorites in one piece and we decided to make it a shared feature. We start with his ‘Urform Shelf’, to make the next one read more…

It’s not really a day for raincoats here in the Netherlands, but these will definitely cover you for snow, glazed frost and ice storms as well. Norwegian Rain just released their second collection of high-tech and fashionable raincoats, made of 100% recycled textiles of Japan, cashmere and organic cottons. Neatly designed with hidden air holes, water tunnel, sealed seams and only 270 numbered limited editions it is really a must have for every man.

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A few guys from Utrecht, my home town, started a little company called Elian to make handcrafted and tailor-made bicycles. Beautiful elegant and simple bikes, made to last, and more important, made to survive the dutch circumstances of the weather and intense use. All the frames are completely build up by hand and have their unique number.

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This Monday we were invited by Christopher Bastin, head designer of Gant office is located in Nacka Strand, a lovely part of Stockholm near the Baltic Sea. Caught by its wintery atmosphere we saw a glimpse of the new Gant Rugger collection. The main inspiration of the 2011 designs was a 1960′s Rode Island School of Design year book that Christopher bought online for only a few euro’s.

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I love visiting artists ateliers and studio’s because it often tells a lot more than just their work. The cluttered spaces, packed with treasures and paraphernalia, finished and unfinished pieces of art. End of november Yale University Press will published the book ‘In Giacometti’s Studio’ by Michael Peppiatt. A beautiful insight in one of the most evocative and influential spaces in 20th-century art.

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Being a big fan of Saint Crispin’s it is a pleasure to start this returning interview series for Anothersomething with Michael Rolling, the shoe designer behind this exclusive brand. We wrote about them before and are excited to see he just launched a new brand called Zonkey Boot (later more on that). Enjoy a glimpse in his world, his inspiration and future plans:

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Frenchman Olivier Abry started a workshop to assemble, create and restore vintage furniture and objects. He gave us a peak in his studio, packed with beautiful handmade lamps. Some of the materials are coming from the US and are assembled, recreated into new ‘one off’ vintage pieces in his workshop in Lyon. Be sure you’ll visit his site and his inspirational image blog. Continue for more images >

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