Irèn Nooren // Visual designer of luxury brands
A visual designer's forget-me-not collection of drawings, paintings, photographs, writings, and other curiosities.
design // The birds of Sint Willibrordus in Curaçao
Meanwhile on the Caribbean island Curaçao: the greyish Mrs Chuchubi meets the colourful family Trupial high above the salt pans near Sint Willibrordus.
design // Creating a Christmas ambience in Princenhage, Breda
I believe it is important to be involved with the local community. That is why I am a proud volunteer of the foundation Stichting Kerststal Princenhage.
textile // Tie dyeing with textile medium and posterpaint
Tie dye is is an easy and popular resist dyeing technique where you fold, pleat or twist and bind the fabric with strings of rubber bands before dyeing it.
textile // Cornflower dress
I needed a unique dress for a special ocassion. When I was about to create the dress I noticed that the fabric I planned to use, appeared to be sheer.
painting // Fabric // Pink Rose
Creating a pink rose on 100% cotton unbleached fabric with posterpaint and textile medium.
painting // Wood panel // Pink Rose
Third wood panel painting with Creall pearl mix, poster paint and oil painting to create a vintage look and feel.
travelling // Capturing flowers in The Miracle Garden, Amsterdam
I prefer to avoid Amsterdam. It is way too crowded and too touristy. However after seeing the Instagram posts of The Miracle Garden I changed my mind.
travelling // High tea at ‘t Buiten Huys near Breda
Hidden in the woods of Rijsbergen – a five minute drive from Breda – you find ‘t Buiten Huys, an ideal place for a leisurely high tea or a luxurious lunch.
post // Voedselbos Brievengat | Visiting an inspirational project in Curaçao
I support this project wholeheartedly. It not only provides food and fun for the neighbourhood of Brievengat, but it also offers an opportunity to connect.
post // Spending Christmas 2021 in Breda?
Since 2000 Stichting Kerststal Princenhage has built a life sized Nativity Scene every Christmas in the centre of Princenhage – a village in the city of Breda.
sketchbook // Christmas drawing of a Christmas candle
A drawing of an object that reminds me of Christmas. This drawing of a Christmas candle was used on a billboard for a local Christmas event in Princenhage.
sketchbook // Christmas drawing of a candle holder
A drawing of an object that reminds me of Christmas. This drawing of a candle holder was used on a billboard for a local Christmas event in Princenhage.
photography // Stone craftsmen at work
Stone craftsmen at work, polishing stone by hand at the workshop of Stone Natural Class in Reusel, The Netherlands.
photography // Stone products
Photographs of product samples of natural stone, taken in the showroom of Stone Natural Class in Reusel.