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Discover Germany | Design | Dedicated to Design
Dedicated to Design... ‘April showers bring May flowers’. It’s April! Drizzle spells may be upon us, but it is also the start of spring, the month of sprouting green soil and Easter festivities. Delighting in the new season we have gathered a selection of spring-like gift ideas with an Easter theme.
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TEXT: JULIE GULDBRANDSEN
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It’s time to get out into the garden and prepare for the blossoming season ahead. Water your sprouting spring shoots with this stylish watering can by Blomus. From £86. www.blomus.com Pick daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops and other early spring flowers - the surest sign that warmer days are coming - and display them in these pretty porcelain vases by Rosenthal. They are miniature version of twelve of Rosenthal’s most popular designs. £18.50. www.rosenthal.de
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These Nesting tables designed by German Bauhaus icon and artist Josef Albers are as contemporary today as when they were first designed in 1926. Their yummy pastel colours make them a perfect fit for our Easter themed home. £1,300. www.icdesign.ch ‘Concrete eggshell’ is a classic rethought - made of concrete instead of cardboard. Use it for a decorative display of your prettiest Easter eggs and other ornaments or simply place it in your hallway for keys and other odds and ends. £33. www.korn-produkte.de
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Serve your Easter eggs in these cool new eggcups by Koziol. Stackable and with a practical base for your salt, spoon, eggshell and messy drips. £3. www.koziol-shop.co.uk