Photo by Mike Roelofs

Photo by Mike Roelofs

Dutch duo Daphna Isaacs Burggraaf and Laurens Manders are the pair behind Daphna Laurens, a design studio based in Eindhoven, they founded in 08. they both graduated from the Academy of Eindhoven design and immediately set up their own store where they strike a balance between industrial design, art and applied art. With their minds in sync, they merged their aesthetic products and objects that perfectly blend shapes, materials and colors, with brands like Areaware, Cappellini and Vij5. Together, Daphna Laurens shares his inspirations in this Friday Five.

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1. Our son Raffi
Recently, we had a son, and of course we can not live without him. At the same time, this means that we can not live without our parents. So this is actually a big congratulations and thank you to our loving parents, parents-in-law, our sister and brother for all the love! And babysitting;)

Photo by Scott Frances

Photo by Scott Frances

2. Our dream house for the future, a sea house in the forest .
We found this picture on the Internet a few years ago and from then on this is the image we have in our mind when we think of our dream house in the forest at sea. actually, we never researched this, but now we have done. We discovered that Douglas is the house designed by Richard Meier.

Image courtesy of Tomas Nilsson

Image courtesy of Tomas Nilsson

3. Tomas Nilsson

Recently, we found working on Instagram and we asked him to work on Poster for our poster collection. We like collages lot! Soon her poster will be displayed at the Festival Mikulov.

Photo courtesy of Krehky Galery

Photo courtesy of Krehky Gallery

4. Festival Mikulov
Mikulov Festival, organized by the Křehký Gallery is a very small but super year nice festival. Mikulov (South Moravia, Czech) and the festival offer a total experience. A history embodied in architectural monuments, a place for nature lovers and for people who appreciate good wine. This, combined with the art and design organized by Křehký Gallery makes fantastic! It is a little holiday special working three days. We went here three years ago and this year we are lucky to be invited again to show the work and enjoy.

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5. factory tours

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We like to go to companies and their factories. It is always inspiring to see how people conduct business and see the workers making their products and collections. In each plant, you see the corners filled with details by workers. We love the small details in large companies.