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Interview of Nini Andrade Silva, Interior Designer

Posted on July 3, 2015 | Leave a comment

The interview started in the car

of Nini Andrade Silva, while we are going to one of its sites. Yes I’m in Funchal! If the famous interior designer from Madeira works with her team on several projects around the world in the same time, this one is pretty special for her.

It will be the Nini Andrade Silva Design Center, a stunning space in a heritage building, a “fortalezza” of the Funchal harbour, dedicated to her work and life (pictures above: first picture of the building facade).

– Here you will have the story of my life. There will be a shop, restaurant and my studio / atelier / office where people could dinner. The chef will do cooking classes. There will be many different things. A place where people study design too. The official opening is in October.

Being an Artist and a Designer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49riT-udrQ

In this part of the interview, Nini Andrade Silva explains her vocation as an interior designer, vision of hotels, the “diva way” and her charitable commitment, “to give back“. On the pictures below, some of the hotels she did the interior design.

Always hotels?

– No. We are really wellknown for hotels. We do private houses too, but it’s private and we can’t talk about it. Only people who know we do it, call us.

What do you prefer?

– I really like to do hotels. You know when you do hotels, you do everything: shops, restaurants … An hotel is a city!

What’s next?

– We have lots of things in Colombia, Portugal, Singapore and Asia. We are doing hotels in Malaysia, Cambodia, Lisbon, Algarve and Azores. And we’ve just opened one in Porto.

Traveler Interior Designer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAIvTbDwWm8

Here Nini Andrade Silva speaks about her strong connection to Madeira, her inspiration and way to work abroad or not. Pictures below: the ocean and harbour from the points of view of the Nini Andrade Silva Design Center.

Many thanks to Nini Andrade Silva and her team. And special thanks to Marta : ))

Informations

Nini Andrade Silva, Visit Madeira, Visit Portugal & TAP

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Fashion Accessories of Belgian Designers : Lilu, De Greef, Bodo Jewel

Posted on July 1, 2015 | Leave a comment

Mix your sexy clutch with these accessories!

Fashion-Bodo-Jewels-Accessories-Gold-Necklace-2-Photo ©Mademoiselle Le K

Fashion-H&M-Shoes-1-Photo ©Mademoiselle Le K

Fashion-Bodo-Jewels-Accessories-Gold-Necklace-1-Photo ©Mademoiselle Le K

Fashion-Degreef-Jewels-Accessories-Bracelet-1-Photo ©Mademoiselle Le K

Saccharum-Hotel-Resort-and-Spa-Madeira-Portugal-1-Photo ©Mademoiselle Le K

Fashion-Rituals-Make-up-Brushes-1-Photo ©Mademoiselle Le K

Fashion-Birkenstock-1-Photo ©Mademoiselle Le K

Photos: 2 & 4, awesome necklace of Bodo Jewels. 5, beautiful bracelet of the collection Designed for Men by De Greef. 7, Smooth Rituals brushes for make-up. 3, shiny H&M. 8, timeless Birkenstock. 1 & 6, Saccharum Hotel Resort & Spa in Madeira.

Meeting Arnaud Wittmann, The Designer of De Greef

Posted on June 11, 2015 | Leave a comment

When I received the pictures of the collection Designed for Men by De Greef, I really liked the modern mix of black ceramic, white or pink gold, diamonds and nautical rope. And I wanted to meet Arnaud Wittmann, the talented designer of the house De Greef who captured our desires in this unisex collection (photos below). This collection’s alreay been a huge success just one month after its launch.

How did you conceive this collection Designed for Men by De Greef?

– I draw first and then I select the materials. I designed jewels for men in leather and gold ten years ago. But the leather ages and I was looking for a material that resists everything and comfortable to wear, as the matt black ceramic. Designing a unisex collection, it was a little tickle the codes of a tradition house like ours.

– We’ve also had a great demand from our customers looking for fine jewelry for men for many years. A bracelet to wear with something else.

What inspired you and inspires you in general?

– The contrast of materials. I like the strict side, very pure. I draw from what works, not with the trends. We feel things. It is important to reinvent the wheel for creating new jewelry. I like working around the stone already cut. And I use fairly simple combinations of colors.

Arnaud Wittmann gets up to find two yellow diamonds, one of them sparkles a lot:

– The architecture inspires me too, the combination of lines and shapes. The work of the architect Santiago Calatrava who realized the station of Liege.