Happy Confetti Plant wishing you a great 2016

Happy New Year everybody!

I know, it's halfway through the week already so this might come a bit late, but that's for a good reason:
We're kicking off 2016 with a fresh calendar that's completely full with both new and ongoing projects, interesting collaborations and exciting adventures. We love what we do, and right now we could use more hours in a day to do it...

Coming up, for example: We'll be in Köln during the Furniture Fair IMM later this month, where we hope to showcase a renewed version of our 'In the Clouds' tableware. 

Expect more about the exhibition soon.

Also, this is the last month the exhibition Ceramix is running in the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, so if you have the chance, make this month a bit less blue by visiting the city in the south and its museum (don't forget the gift shop).

Did you receive the newsletter we sent out earlier this week? 

Missed it? No worries. Click here to read it online (or here for the Dutch version).

We're all for making this the best year yet! Are you in?

Press package DDW

The first sentences of our DDW press release, click here for the full text (pdf).
The Dutch Design Week is only a few weeks away, and this time we're stepping up our game with a pre-expo press package.

All the images below are part of the press pack we've prepared and which should soon be available via Dutch Design Press Desk.

Photography Waterworks: Masha Bakker Photography
Photography Bathtub: Johannes van Assem
Other photographs by House of Thol

Please get in touch if you'd like to receive high resolution images or more information about the studio and our projects.

House of Thol @ DDW 2015

It's that time again: leaves have started falling and pepernoten are in the stores, which means the Dutch Design Week must be coming up.
The city of Eindhoven will be all about design from October 17th till 25th, and we'll be part of the program.
This DDW we'll be showcasing our fresh range of porcelain tableware 'In the Clouds' as well as the new Scape Mirror, Neotribal jewelry and the Waterworks project.

For the second consecutive year we'll be at Designperron, not far from Eindhoven's city centre, near the train tracks.
And we're not alone: For a full list of all designers and companies participating in the exhibitions around Designperron, visit the Designperron website.
A little scoop: This year Designperron will have a pop-up shop on site that offers exclusive design products from the participating brands.

Come visit us at Designperron, only a short 5-minute walk away from Eindhoven Central Station.
We're planning to be at the location during all regular opening hours of the exhibition and would love to see you there.

House of Thol @ Designperron
Fuutlaan 12
5613 AB Eindhoven

17-25 October 2015
Open daily 10:00 - 18:00

Official DDW location for Dutch Design Rides. | Free parking space available.

We'll keep you posted on this blog.

Webshop / Webwinkel

Over the past months we've been quietly working on the design and content of our webshop.
We enlarged the images of the products, removed distractions and banners, and most importantly: we took the time to make the shop completely bilingual.

Notice the little flags in the top-right corner, next to the shopping cart?
We've set the standard language of the shop to Dutch, adjust it to English by clicking the British flag.

And check out this flashy feature: when rolling over the images the name and price of the item magically appears.

We also uploaded many publications from the last years featuring House of Thol. All media can be found in the media-section.

And last but not least: we've added a lot of new unique Neotribal necklaces to the inventory.

The webshop will remain work-in-progress, feel free to let us know what we can improve.
Next up: the website...

We'll be at ShowUP!

With a little over a month to go, we're getting serious about our ShowUP preparations.
It's the first time we're participating in an official trade-fair, and there are all kinds of things we need to think about besides the obvious making sure our stand will look the part.

More will surely follow.... but for now: We'll be on stand #172 and hope to see you there!

How to work your Waterworks | New bilingual manual

Since we were almost running out of Waterworks manuals, it was time for a bilingual redesign of the Waterworks how-to folder that comes with every set.

It has been quite some time in the making (with this going on) but here it is:

A 1-2-3 description of how to use the Waterworks System on the inside...

...And more information about the cones + the reasons to have more houseplants on the outside, all in both English and Dutch.

Get the Waterworks-set with the new manual now via www.shophouseofthol.nl.

A few snapshots of Designkwartier

We visited Designkwartier in Den Haag yesterday. Here are a few snapshots of the Plant Power pop-up shop (via Instagram).

Since the weather wasn't all that we ended up spending a lot of time taking shelter in a restaurant and didn't see nearly all the things we wanted to see.
On the up-side: the Pasta Kantine (where pretty much everyone ended up, judging by the full house) was a great place to have lunch. They're in Rotterdam too, check out their website.

Don't miss Designkwartier Den Haag

image courtesy of Designkwartier.com

After its successful first edition last year, Designkwartier Den Haag is back in 2015.
From 29-31 May the 'Zeeheldenkwartier' neighbourhood will be all about design: new designs popping up on unexpected places, concept stores and exhibitions set up for just that one Weekend and designers welcoming you into their (sometimes temporary) workshops telling the stories behind their work.

Edwin Pelser, owner of design store Edwin Pelser on the Piet Heinstraat, is one of the founding fathers of the event.  And since Edwin Pelser is actually a Waterworks point of sale, we're kind of part of the Designkwartier right at its core.

However there's more: During the event the Neotribal necklaces will be for sale in the Plant Power pop-up shop (Prins Hendrikstraat 98-104), that will also showcase two of our prototypes: The Scape-mirror and KHM-27 cabinet (both in production later this year).

Don't miss Den Haags' biggest Design event of the year!

See you @ the Design for Manufacturing summit #10 this Thursday

See that face on the top left of this group of speakers? Looking familiar, no?

Thomas will be one of the panel-members on the 'From Making to Manufacturing' panel during the 'Design for Manufacturing Summit' this Thursday.
The summit is about a decentralized and leaner production-industry and runs from 15:00 - 22:00 in Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam.

The 'From Making to Manufacturing' panel will be from 18:20 till 19:10.
Other panel members are Siba Sahabi, Bo Reudler and Mark Studholme (Crowdyhouse).

Check out the DFMsummit.com website for more information and registration details.
Note: We can help you get in with a 50% discount. Just pop us an e-mail before Thursday and we'll make it work.

See you there!

Win a Waterworks-set with Tuin en Balkon - until April 15th

You have until April 15th to Win a Waterworks-set via Dutch Urban Gardening website Tuin en Balkon.

Want a chance to win a set?
All you need to do is upload a photograph of a plant that could use a Waterworks-set (or a spot in your house that could use a plant) here on the Tuin en Balkon website.
Two winners will be picked after April 15th.

Didn't win?
All participants receive a special 10% discount code to order Waterworks via our webshop.