Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016

Posted on 26/01/2016 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2016

Wow, again a great fashion spectacle by the House of Chanel; they created every girl’s dream, a lifesize dollhouse! Build in the Grand Palais in Paris with a green lawn and a blue sky……We also really loved the retro hairdo’s created by Sam McKnight.
Make sure to watch the instagram video of the finale at @vogueparis

All images by Gio Staiano for nowfashion.com

PS
We do love the digital age! This show was held this morning, January 26 at 10 AM, and we can write a blogpost about it almost instantly from the comfort of our own headquarters!

Milano designweek 2014: Miniatures

Posted on 16/04/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Miniatures at Lensvelt: designs by Maarten van Severen

Miniatures at Moooi

More miniatures at Moooi

miniatures at the Supermodels exhibition

Miniature Design Dollhouse at “Supermodels”

Mimi Berlin noticed a mini trend: Miniatures. We have to be honest we only saw mini furniture at Dutch exhibitions so it really isn’t a trend, it’s an ienie mini trend or maybe just something the Dutch are interested in. At Lensvelt the designs by Maarten van Severen were miniaturized, since Lensvelt produces the furniture by the Belgian designer it can be a logical move to show them in a small size. Moooi showcased black miniatures in the hallway to the actual exhibition, where everything was larger than life and very colorful. We guess Moooi was looking for a contradiction. At Supermodels, a travelling exhibition about product design, architecture and interior architecture initiated by Concern, we saw an overview of 3D printed chairs in white by Dutch designers. Also they made a complete miniature sized design dollhouse in full color! Fun! The maquettes or scale models (1:18) of houses designed by Dutch archtitects shown at Supermodels can’t be counted in as miniatures because they are functional design devices. But these scale models were the only accountability for showing miniature furniture in white.

James Casebere, Landscape with Houses.

Posted on 21/12/2013 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

James Casebere, Landscape with Houses: These photograps by American artist James Casebere appear to be of a well-groomed, suburban neighborhood, complete with pastel sunset. But in fact it’s of a tiny model town, painstakingly built by hand, using plaster, wood, cardboard and cheesecloth.

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Landscape with Houses, (Dutchess County, NY) #1, 2009, digital chromogenic print, size variable

Landscape with Houses, (Dutchess County, NY) #3, 2009, digital chromogenic print, size variable

Landscape with Houses, (Dutchess County, NY) #2, 2009, digital chromogenic print, size variable

Dollhouses by Architects

Posted on 07/12/2013 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

As you all know Mimi Berlin is found of dollhouses, (we even once created our own dream-houses) you can imagine our happiness when we stumbled upon these seriously designed dollhouses. We posted our favorite four out of a series of twenty houses, designed by famous architects.

Puzzle House by STUDIO EGRET WEST In collaboration with artist Andrew Logan

Play House by DRDH ARCHITECTS In collaboration with Anne Katrine Dolven

Duggan Morris Architects’ Multi-story house

Elvis’s Tree House by Amodels

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Dreamhomes/Traum-haüser

Posted on 17/12/2011 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

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MIMI BERLIN PORTFOLIO: SPECIALS

The Gem Kingdom of Mimi Berlin
Inspired by her all-time favorite jewelry brand of the “Gem Kingdom” Mimi Berlin designed three Dreamhomes/Traum-Haüser. One for the city, one house for the country and a boudoir. The assemblages are made with the finest molded plastics from the Mattel Company, dated; 1998 trough 2002, covered in high gloss ‘Plastic Skin” (Fleetcolour #N6/N533)

“The Sagrada Familia of the dollhouses” ~ HJ Kinkhorst, 2011.

The boudoir, (15 x 60 cm) Adjustable assemblage, mounted on a transparent perspex stand.

A house for the country. Jewelry case in the shape of a small, standalone cottage with altered interior in black.
Detail of the City House or main building (1 x 1.20 m) Assembly.
The main building in the back, the boudoir in front with the country houses scattered throughout the window. In front porcelain Maria statues from the Gem Kingdom
Mimi Berlin created the Christmas 2011 Shop Window at the Flagship store of The Gem Kingdom in Amsterdam. Above: Seen from the back.