Photoshoot day in Arnhem

Masha Bakker during the Waterworks photoshoot (With Thomas assisting)

The official Waterworks launch is getting closer and closer, which means we were in dire need of professional product photographs. The pics we've used so far are ok(-ish), but lack crispness and professionality.

Since we were highly impressed with Photographer Masha Bakkers' work, we thought she would be perfect for the job. We got in touch with her a couple of months ago and yesterday we drove to the other side of the country to work with Masha in her studio in Arhem.

Here's a example of Masha's work:

Masha Bakker Photography for Lenneke Wispelwey

Once we got there, it took Masha only about 15 minutes to set up and shoot the first photographs, which were already right up to the mark.
After shooting in the studio for about an hour we packed up our plants and Waterworks-sets and went to 'Kweekland' (a little urban-gardening centre 5 minutes from Masha's studio) for a few location-shots in a little greenhouse.

This morning we received low res versions of the many many photographs that were shot yesterday: it's up to us to make a first selection.
Alright...      This might take us a while....

Interested to see more of Masha's work? Check out her website.

Publication in this months' EH&I

Check out this full page of Waterworks in this months' 'Eigen Huis & Interieur'. :-D

Can't make out the text? Here's a close-up:

Offline to online: Elle decoration publication

Read the article on the Elle Decoration website.

Volkskrant Magazine Publication

Very happy to be in this weeks' Volkskrant Magazine design special.
Jeroen Junte, one of the top Design critics in the Netherlands, dedicated an entire article about crowdfunding Dutch Design. And we are in it!

Difficult to read? Here's a close up of our little part:

Unfortunately i can't link to an online version of the article, but if you open the photographs in a new page you can enlarge them and you should be able to read the whole article.

Wonen.blog webpublication

Read the complete article on wonen.blog.

Elle Decoration publication

We almost missed this publication in last months Elle Decoration.
Luckily a friend texted me, and we were just in time to buy ourselves a copy!

Wallpaper scrapings + pitchblack walls

Finally!
From May 1st onward we're officially moving the House of Thol studio to classroom 6 in the old Mariaschool in Zandvoort. (old as in dating from the early 20th century)
Updated address-information will follow soon, but let me tell you: it's a lot closer to home.
Did i say a lot closer? I mean: from 45-minute drive to 4-minute walk.
Imagine all the time we'll have!

Luckily the municipality (who owns the school) was kind enough to give us the key to our new abode two weeks early to fix the place up, which means we've been spending the last 10 days doing just that:
We took down the immensely large cotton sheets hanging from the ceiling (not sure why they were there in the first place); steamed off all the wallpaper (painting over it was no option) to have it reveal pitch black walls, filled gazillion holes in the walls, and are now in the process of painting everything white.

This is all pretty straightforward stuff, except for the fact that the walls are over 4,5 meters tall, which makes painting them (and the ceiling) rather... challenging.

We should get back to it, really...