Puces du Design – Design fair in the heart of Paris

November 22-25 2018 the 39th edition of the Design fair by Puces Du Design is taking place.

We are happy to announce that we will be joining the fair this winter and hope to see all our customers, colleagues and passionated design lovers.

You will find info about the fair here

We will be bringing some of our amazing pieces from our design collection – you will see the huge range of Bent Karlby lights as well as our by ceramist Tue Poulsen.

Come join us at Design fair by Puces du Design – we are at the Village of Vintage Design 

We see the light….

We see the light….

The sale of a vintage Wegner daybed to a french shop was the kick-start of our adventure. We – Carl and Malene – are both passionate about design and design history and this passion quickly filled up our home.

To achieve some more space in our home we started out by having yards sales – at first in our own garden. Soon we drove to flea markets around Denmark, selling our items. It seemed as if we came to the flea markets with a full van and left again with a full van – only now with new vintage purchases.

This hobby was taking more and more of our spare time and we wanted to be able to sell our handpicked items abroad too.

We did some research and two years ago we opened our Etsy Deerstedt shop. Only a few months later we were at a crossroad that led to a fulltime position in the shop. Our biggest dream came true and we turned our hobby to our job. It still is a hobby and doesn’t feel like a job.

The lovely thing about selling vintage items is, that they tell a story about the past, they reminds us that modern design doesn´t have to be the brand new trendy items and that they are sustainable in every sense.

It is a big satisfaction to find a rare designer lamp, take it home and make it shine again and even renovate if necessary. We enjoy the work with these design pieces and we are constantly creating beautiful locations where we take our pictures for Etsy and also social media like Instagram, Pinterest, WordPress and Twitter that makes the items stand out.

The social media and Etsy give us the opportunity to get in contact with vintage design fans all over the world. We go treasure hunting both for ourselves but also to fulfil the requests that our customers send us.

Sometimes we are so fortunate that the request we get is not just about an item but an interior solution for a customer and due to Malenes background as an interior designer we also manage assignments like this.

We would be very happy if we could help you with a special piece or ideas for a whole setting, which stands out and makes your interior as personal and creative as you want.

Deerstedt – Etsy shop

Great NEWS!!!

Deerstedt has opened a great shopping site for high end collectable design items. We currently display them on 1stdibs every week you´ll be able to see new items up for sale.

 

Here is a peek a some of our items.

Beautiful large ceiling light from Louis Poulsen by Poul Henningsen. The Constrast as it is called due to the orange reflextive inner core is not in production anymore. for more info please click here Contrast light

 

A wellkown danish designer is behind this stunning piece of ceiling light. Jo Hammerborg`s XL Vega pendant with two light sources by Fog and Morup. Please click here for more info The Vega

 

 

Probably one of the bigest ceiling lights produced by Louis Poulsen, design Poul Henningsen called PH6.5 or Charlottenborg. Please click here for more info Charlottenborg

 

Louis Weisdorf extremely beautiful brass/golden pendant called Konkylie or Conch by Lyfa of Denmark. Please click her for more info Louis Weisdorf

“Less, but better ” the ideology of Dieter Rams

The big secret behind good design was described by the german designer Dieter Rams ( born 1932)  with the sentence “Less, but better”.

For the Dieter Rams a good design should live up to ten criteria:

• is innovative
• is useful
• is aesthetic
• makes a product understandable
• is unobstrusive
• is honest
• is long-lasting
• is thorough down to the last detail
• is environmentally friendly
• is as little design as possible

His background regarding architecture and design was combined with the practical education as a carpenter which gave him the knowledge and talent to design longlasting design pieces that reached and will reach into the next decades.

1961 he became chief design officer at Braun and became famous for the aesthetic and user-friendly electronical gadgets.

He worked together with Hans Gugelot, an dutch architect who was strongly influenced by the Bauhaus era. Gugelots thoughts about good design matched Dieter Rams ideology of less, but better. For him the aspects of system, function and technical innovation was the key word to good design.

(source: Dieter Rams and Hans Gugelot, Braun  & SK& Radio )

 

We at Deerstedt have the same belief that great design should be functional, aesthetic and timeless. In our Etsy shop you will also find Rams and Gugelot. For more info check out our Etsy shop here 

 

New arrivals of midcentury modern items april 2016

We want to present some of our new listing, which you will find on either 1stdibs.com, deerstedt.com or Etsy.com.

hope you enjoy the world of Deerstedt lighting.

Svend Middelboe designed most of all his lighting for Nordisk Solar. Here is a few of the new arrivals:

To be found here : Special yellow version Verona pendant by Svend Middelboe

Or this classic all white Verona pendant

To be found here : Classic all white Verona Pendant by Svend Middelboe of Denmark

Danish space age pendants from the 60s are always in demand which is not hard to understand. They bring a touch of yesterdays design and a look in to the future as well.

Here is some of the new arrivals :

 

To be found here : Space age danish light

To be found here: Carl Thore brass pendant

To be found here : Jorn Utzon classic Navy pendant

To be found here : Danish copper chandelier

To be found here : Svend Middelboe Denmark

Dieter Rams for Braun 1962

Saturn copper pendant by Jo Hammerborg Denmark

Victor Vaserely op-art

Brionvega Algol TV

Trending interior design: Rya rugs

When you wake up in the morning you step out of the bed and your feet sink into a soft and longhaired brown, yellow and orange rug. As you walk down the corridor your hands slide through the green, blue and turquoise vintage wall rug. The big hit from the 70s is hotter than ever.

 

In the mid century these longhaired handmade design pieces were designed for the modern home. They were originally made in Scandinavia – the name Rya comes from a small village in the southwest of Sweden and also a breed of sheep whose wool were used to make rya rugs.

 

(source: Pinterest)

A rya rug is made of wool strands that are knotted together and has a shag-like pile of 1-3 inches. Often the rugs were made in bright and colourful wool with psycadelic pattern or with symbols.

 

In Denmark the manufactor Ege Tæpper had a range of designers who made some of the most beautiful design pieces.

 

The rya rugs had their golden years in the 70s and in the 80s they almost disappeared as the streamlined minimalist interior look had its glory. Because of this it is extremely rare to find a vintage well designed quality mid century rug. A rya rug is an investment on the same level as an artwork.

 

We are proud to present several rya rugs in our shop:

 

You can find them here:

Ege Tæpper purple/red/pink 

Orange horse

Abstract red/brown/orange

Cat

 

We hope you enjoy our collection!

 

Loppis – retro and vintage happiness in Sweden

In our summer vacation we allways go to Sweden in our small summer house in the swedish woods. And every time we go treasurehunting for vintage and retro items in the numerous loppis-places.

This year we went to Öland – an island on the east coast of Sweden – you can read more about this wonderful place here 

On Öland we found a cool and great place “Retro & Prylar” in Bostorp. the shop is based in an old farm house and all the treasures are revealed  inside the old walls.

Amazing vintage lamps, cool teak furnitures, industrial lighting and fun retro home decor – Retro & Prylar have it all.

The shop owner is very kind and open for a good bargain. You can read about the shop on their facebook page here

Here are some pictures from Retro & Prylar and the items we purchased:

You can find the treasures in our shop here

Immenhof – The most beautiful fleamarket in Hamburg!

Four times a year the beautiful setting along the Kuhmühlenteich in Hamburg in the city district Uhlenhorst is the location for the fleamarket “Immenhof”.

The beautiful lake and the lovely parc with tall trees and cosy hideaways create a lovely location for the citizen of Hamburg – and us tourists –  to buy and sell all kinds of rarities: Designer and vintage clothes, home decor from the space age area, amazing industrial lighting, cult radios and lots of other treasures.

The fleamarkt opens at 9 in the morning and until 16 in the afternoon – but be sure to come early. We found some great stuff in the parc and the sellers are very friendly and open for a good bargain and have interesting stories to tell about the items.

You can see some of our findings here:

Processed with Moldiv

When you get hungry or thirsty there are plenty of stalls that sell everything from cookies to warm waffles, coffee and beer and of course: Bratwurst.

The next fleamarket is taking place the 20th of September 2015.