Yesterday I spend my whole day in the amazing old Philips factory in Eindhoven. Now this beautiful industrial factory is the workspace, restaurant, showroom, art gallery and shop from the talented Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek. I was invited to see the winners of the competition paint their cupboards, that where already partly pre painted in the designs of the winners with primer by the Histor paint specialists. The whole place was decorated with the unpainted and painted Piet Hein Eek cupboards made by stylists, bloggers and press.
here you see my cupboard (second under from the left) exposed in the event space
Piet Hein Eek opened the event together with marketing director Mylène Heystek of Histor and the chief editor of 101 woonideeën Annet Niterink in the event space. Followed by a personal tour by Piet Hein Eek. "If you want to function properly, you must ensure that you are in a fine setting. That's what I've made from the beginning" says Piet Hein Eek. The cupboards, specially designed for this event by Piet Hein Eek, are designed to be painted and easy to manufacture. There are now 200 cupboards made and maybe they will be sold to customers in the future.
After the press meeting, presentation on trend colors in 2014 by Histor and a tasty lunch, all very well organized, we went to see the creative winners who where painting their cupboards as you can see. You could really see the 101 characters of them in their cupboards and it was so great to meet and see them work on it with help of the Histor specialists. I can imagine that it's very hard to concentrate on your painting process, when everybody is looking, taking photos and asking questions.
Of course I did some shopping and saw almost every corner of this beautiful place. I met a lot of enthusiastic bloggers & instagrammers who recognized me from my photo. It was so great to meet them. I had a good time and want to thank Histor and Piet Hein Eek for the warm welcome! Last thing to mention: in two weeks all created cupboards will be visible with photo on the website www.101karakters.nl with an explanation of the painting process.
Photos made by me (c)
Happy Sunday!
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Super zeg! Mooie foto´s ook.
ReplyDeleteLieve groet,
Henny
Wat leuk om allemaal te lezen en de foto's te zien Margreet. Wat een geweldige ervaring zal dat zijn geweest en wat leuk dat je IG en bloggers hebt kunnen ontmoeten! Je kastje heb je werkelijk een prachtige eigen uitstraling gegeven, zo mooi. Liefs Pascale
ReplyDeleteWat een geweldige indrukken Margreet... leuk om je verhaal te lezen en je foto's te bewonderen... Ziet er super uit!!! Fijne zondag :-)
ReplyDeleteshow us what you have bought!! ;)
ReplyDeletewell done! en ZO gezellig
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Mooi geschreven en wat veel mooie foto's!! Nogmaals, erg leuk om je te ontmoeten!
ReplyDeleteOh wat leuk om te zien hoe jullie het gehad hebben! Klinkt super inspirerend.
ReplyDeleteEn wat een mooie kastjes en sfeerbeelden.
ThanX for sharing! Fijne avond!
Daar ben ik weer, ik blijf maar naar de foto's van afgelopen zaterdag kijken... Het was zo'n bijzondere dag :-)
ReplyDeleteZelf heb ik heel weinig foto's gemaakt, kwam er niet van. Nu heb ik wel spijt dat ik er niet meer tijd voor gemaakt heb.
Maar gelukkig zijn er heel wat foto's te vinden op de andere blogs ;-) Fijne nieuwe week! Xx Marieke
Ooh wat moet dat een geweldige dag zijn geweest. En al die kastjes WAUW!
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