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Last year when we visited Kumu in Tokyo, we picked up this beautiful mobile, which currently hangs over Howell’s crib, accompanied by (and complimentary to) a Junpei Ori painting. Every baby needs a mobile, and we like to buy mobiles that can be enjoyed long past babyhood.

This particular piece caught our eye because it’s so delicate yet balanced, and its movement was so subtle.

I was particularly excited when the designer of the mobile contacted us via email, because she is actually a follower of the blog and read that we had bought her piece. Having lived in Japan, Annett shares our affinity for the Northern spirit and aesthetic.

Here are some descriptions of the mobiles she currently has up on her website:

room poetry made of found objects in a silent conversation with air and light

a kinetic sculpture composed with found material fragile metals and stones transformed by the ocean

Thanks to Juli from Mjölk in Toronto.

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“Annett Bourquin’s work is a lesson in the elegance of understatement. Her bags are buttery soft and this one features a snap closure. It’s either the most understated clutch on Earth or the best lunch bag ever made. You decide.”

http://www.iamthelab.com/craftiness-handmade/on-trend-modern-handmade-bags-part-1/

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stella tennant & adaısm

photographed by steven meisel

styled by marie-amélie sauvé

W magazine, march 2013

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adaısm featured in W magazine 

march 2013

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mark robertson from OEN on adaısm mobiles

Calder said that the underlying sense of form in his work had been the system of the universe, which you have to admit is quite the inspiration. His goal was to create a piece of poetry, where all the elements danced with the joy of life. These mobiles by Annett Bourquin reminded me of this joy, the surprising use of materials adds to the whole concept in my opinion. The mixed materials, such as stone, iron, wire, plastic, even air plants, all found in and around Lisbon make these mobiles even more intertwined with nature. There’s not many ways you can bring that much needed quality in to the home, but this is certainly one.

http://the189.com/sculpture/kinetic-objects-by-annett-bourquin/

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vogue US 

photographed by steven meisel 

styled by marie-amélie sauvé

august 2014

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adaısm interview by amelia giller in synonym journal #3 

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adaısm in excellent company over at LN-CC.com

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annett bourquin's short story about lisbon in underscore n°3, the fight issue

BAIXA

"This one is called 'rabo de bacalhau' [literally 'the butt of a codfish'] – says the old man pointing at the black chair he just sat on. "See how the extension of the seat is receiving the backrest bars? But this is nothing, just a simple farmers chair."

In front of it stands an old wooden table, the man's reading glasses lie on a phone book flipped open and dated 1996. A mahogany headboard leans against the table, on the bed an oversized mattress, beyond doubt a model from the 1970's. Fluorescent tubes fight for light.

"I came to this place in 1947, and have been here ever since. I'm from the North, but my wife doesn't like it there, she prefers the big city. I specialised in period furniture – French, Italian, all solid wood, not a chip of particle board!"

He is delighted to tell me his story, filled with passion, saints, and the sea. Immaculate outlines of tools indicate where his workshop used to be. Sunlight shimmers through the near blind glass panes. A wooden cut-off and three chairs – "Dutch!" – form a make-shift window display: A jumble of wooden ornaments, brass handles, key holes. An old lady with red lipstick steps through the open front door, elegantly dressed in a pale blue suit. She takes a seat on the 'rabo de bacalhau'.

"This house will be turned into a hotel, so it's time to move on. But until they start rebuilding, we will come here every day.“

Lisbon time has a texture of its own. It is not fragmented into days, hours, or even minutes. It is measured by lifetime.

Text and photos by Annett Bourquin 

(2011)

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