Grüner Daumen hoch! | Waterworks at Das Rote Paket in Leipzig

Photograph by Martin Kindworth for Das Rote Paket

We got to add our very first German stockist to our map last week: Das Rote Paket in Leipzig.

Any store that describes itself as follows:"Nice people, interested in design, who rejoice in great materials and shapes." is a store we're happy to connect with.

Here's a photograph of Waterworks in their shop window:

photograph by Das Rote Paket

And how about this lovely listing in the Das Rote Paket webshop:

Screenshot from das-rote-paket.de

"Der Wasserspender WATERWORKS der niederländischen Designer House of Thol ist so einfach wie gut aussehend"

We couldn't have said it better ourselves :-).

Das Rote Paket
Gottschedstr. 22
04109 Leipzig
www.das-rote-paket.de

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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.

Clouds & Birds

Our new series of tableware 'in the clouds' has a decoration of, well... clouds. And birds of course.

Clouds and birds.

Why?

It all started with an inspirational visit to the ceramics collection of our Dutch National Museum: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. 

Browsing through the vast collection of both Asian and Dutch ceramics, we saw a huge variation of themes and decorations. 

We were almost getting overwhelmed by the collection and enormous variety of decorations, when we started noticing a lot of the Delftware landscapes had clouds on them with birds flying by. 

close up of a Delftware plaque - ca 1780
Photograph via Rijksstudio / Rijksmuseum

Once we zoomed in on the clouds and the birds we saw them everywhere. We found that clouds and/or birds are quite often an inconspicuous part of the decoration on both Asian porcelain as well as Dutch Delftware.  

All photographs via Rijksmuseum / Rijksstudio

Ever since visiting the museum our heads have remained in 'clouds & birds'-mode. We've been so focused we started seeing pictures of clouds and birds everywhere.

Anyway, that's the inspiration behind the print of the 'IN THE CLOUDS' tableware. 

We thought you might appreciate a bit of background information.

It took a lot of trial and error and many revisions to develop the decoration into the graphic print it is today, but that's a whole 'nother story.

For a collection of examples of Clouds & Birds on Dutch and Asian ceramics, click here to visit Rijksstudio.

The first pieces of the 'IN THE CLOUDS'-set are now premiering on Crowdyhouse - get them here. 

Us & the World - a map

still from our website - click for interactive version.

A little over a year ago we launched our first product Waterworks, and now there are House of Thol stockists in The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and the UK.
To keep track of those stockists and to make it easier for you to see what store is closest to you, we used the tool mapbuildr to create the lovely map pictured above.

For an interactive version and a list of stockists, check out this page on our website.

Waking up at Mirlo's

photograph via buitenshuis.com

Lately we've been seeing a lot of coffeeplace/conceptstore combinations popping up everywhere.
These 'little shops around the corner' are often brimming with personality, becoming an extension of the character (and living room) of the owner, who is usually pooring the coffee herself.

photographs via buitenshuis.com

Mirlo's in Antwerpen is a fine example of a lovely place to have your coffee, breakfast and lunch. With loads of character, a clean interior design and a welcoming owner (Merel).
And now, aside from all the edible and drinkable goodness, you can also visit Mirlo's to buy Waterworks!

photograph by Mirlo's

For more information, visit Mirlo's website (more should be coming soon), or visit Mirlo's Facebook page.

Mirlo's
Verbondstraat 1
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium

For all HOUSE OF THOL stockists, please visit our website.

Waterworks in Drömhem & Trädgård

Waterworks was featured in this issue of Swedish magazine Drömhem & Trädgård, or 'Dream Home and Garden'.
Here's a close-up of the photograph they used, Click here for the full publication (in Swedish).

Click here for an overview of House of Thol publications.

Waterworks @ EIGEN Apeldoorn

photograph via EIGEN on Facebook

One of the results of ShowUP: Waterworks is now available at lovely City Garden / Cafe / Concept Store EIGEN in Apeldoorn.
We actually did a little research ourselves before ShowUP and reached out to EIGEN before the fair by sending them an e-mail, because we thought they would make a great point-of-sale for Waterworks.

A few snapshots from the EIGEN's Facebook page to prove my point:

EIGEN has a Facebook page you can visit for more information, and check out this lovely video about the store:

EIGEN
Korenstraat 112
7311 LZ Apeldoorn
www.facebook.com/conceptstore.eigen

Photograph by EIGEN Apeldoorn

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