MINIATURES BY ANNINA

BACK IN DECEMBER

2012-01-30T00:09:00.000-08:00

This seems like ages ago, but I still wanted to share this exciting project with you!

In December I was contacted by dutch ad agency UbachsWisbrun / JWT to build miniature scenes inside a christmas gift. I only had a few days to build the whole box and to put the rooms together. Then the people were photographed and I added them as flat paper cutouts to the scenes. And here you have the final result!

Here are the rooms before retouching so you get to see more of the details that went into each room.

NEW ITEMS IN MY SHOP

2011-10-21T12:26:00.000-07:00

I have finally had the time and more importantly inspiration, to make new items for my shop. There are new STRING shelves in lots of different colours

and all kinds of rugs I like to use in my scenes. I thought you might like them as well.

Also newly added is the Mid Century sideboard I made last month.

And there is more stuff to follow in the next couple of days... more furniture and pillows!

2011-06-08T14:42:00.000-07:00

I'm still super busy with non-miniature work but I just had to share some photos of this amazing house with you! Last month I was contacted by a very talented set designer from Berlin who was after a few of my furniture pieces. Her job was to build a modern dolls' house to be used as a pretty important prop in a film (I can't go into details yet). After a couple of Skype conversations I agreed to lend a large part of my 1:16 collection to her and here you have the result! Isn't this house incredible? My favourite part is definitely the wooden ceiling - very mid-century modern.

I will let you know as soon as the film is out.

THE LABOUR OF THE LAST TWO MONTHS

2011-05-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

This is what I've been working on for the past two months - a pretty large order of furniture and two iMacs for a shop in Barcelona. This also gave me the chance to use my brand spanking new rubber stamp! You can see more detailed shots of the pieces on my Flickr.

SMALL MAGAZINE

2011-04-18T11:57:00.000-07:00

Today a little interview was published about my miniatures in Small Magazine. Please head over - it's a wonderful publication with beautiful illustrations and photography.

WHAT I'VE BEEN UP TO

2011-04-17T10:52:00.001-07:00

Here's a quick update and a picture of what I've been working on. Each one of these cushions take a couple of months to finish! I'm also very busy on a large furniture order and will add new items to my Etsy - including the bench pictured above - hopefully soon.

LUNDBY

2011-03-06T12:31:00.000-08:00

Last week I went to Berlin and found these amazing Lundby pieces in a junk shop. They came with a two room Lundby house, which I believe is the ground floor of the "Post Order House" shown here. Does anyone know more about it?

I love the reduced colour palette of the walls, floors and furniture.

Over the years I have collected a few pieces of 1:16 furniture but this is my very first scene in a smaller scale. I think I'm hooked...

SHIPPING

2010-10-30T05:05:00.000-07:00

Just to let you know - I have now found a way of reducing the shipping for the larger items in my Etsy shop. :-)

NEW ITEMS!

2010-10-28T13:12:00.001-07:00

I have just added a few more bits to my Etsy shop - most importantly a wall shelf inspired by the classic STRING shelves I love so much (Thanks for the encouragement, Oese!).

I have also been sewing loads and have made tons of pillows. My favourite ones are the red vintage ones.

I'm still trying to work out if there is a cheaper way of posting from Switzerland - the prices are just ridiculously high! Basically they charge the same price for anything up to 500g no matter what size it is... If you are interested in anything, please e-mail me and we can work out something together.

ETSY SHOP

2010-10-09T07:10:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to let you know that I've opened my very own shop on Etsy today! I have added a few pieces and will add more when I get round to it. At the moment I'm concentrating on smaller pieces - but everything very Mid-century modern. If you have any ideas of what you would like to see in the shop - let me know...!

NEW HOME - NEW PROJECT

2010-10-02T06:01:00.000-07:00

Finally after a couple of busy months with moving country and getting married I'm back making miniatures! I've uploaded a first preview of the current project - a real living miniature garden with summer house - onto flickr. The summer house is inspired by my parents' house here in Switzerland.

ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN

2010-08-21T09:31:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the long silence - I've just moved back to Switzerland two weeks ago and I'm getting married on Friday so there is not much time for miniatures at the moment! I thought I'd share this article that was published in today's Guardian.

Hopefully see you soon - I still enjoy reading your posts every day!

MODERN MINIS ON THE BBC

2010-06-24T15:55:00.000-07:00

A reporter from the BBC came to visit me on Tuesday to shoot this little report for the news. She even featured the Modern Miniatures Flickr group and photos from the Shopping Sherpa and Oese!

ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT

2010-06-18T06:02:00.001-07:00

There is an article on modern miniatures and me in today's Independent. Go modern minis!

VISIT FROM ELF

2010-06-15T04:51:00.000-07:00

It seems that it's the month of modern mini meet ups! Elizabeth from ELF Miniatures came to visit me on Sunday. She brought a huge suitcase full of her fabulous furniture and bathrooms and we arranged them in my Brighton house to photograph. We had so much fun putting the scenes together - here are a first few shots. I will upload the rest onto flickr probably tomorrow. The perfect way to spend a Sunday!

BRIGHTON TOY AND MODEL MUSEUM

2010-05-08T09:01:00.000-07:00

I've finally found the time to go and visit the Brighton Toy and Model Museum today. My main mission was to find Rebecca's grandmother's doll's houses. I found two of them, but unfortunately they were really high up and not lit properly, so the photos are not great. But it was lovely to be able to see them in real.

There was also this dolls' house but I don't think this was one of Rebecca's grandmother's ones.

My favourite part was this cabinet - not technically dolls' houses but very inspiring!

KENSINGTON FESTIVAL

2010-05-05T07:53:00.000-07:00

Is anyone of you lovely people going? I would be great to meet up - I will be there on Sunday!

MORE PRESS!

2010-05-02T06:04:00.001-07:00

There is an article about my Brighton house in the June issue of The Dolls' House Magazine! This article has been planned long before the NY Times but it seems to be the month of modern minis!

NEW PROJECT

2010-04-22T03:55:00.000-07:00

I've just uploaded some new photos onto Flickr. They are a first glimpse of my new project, a series of contemporary hotel rooms. This first one is a cheap typically British hotel room...

NY TIMES

2010-04-08T01:14:00.000-07:00

And here it is - the article about us in the NY Times!

It's a little strange to know that you now all know what I look like... :-)

K HOUSE TABLE AND CHAIRS FOR SALE

2010-01-10T11:46:00.000-08:00

i've decided to sell my kaleidoscope table and chairs as they don't really go with any of my other miniatures. please e-mail me if you're interested.

KALEIDOSCOPE!

2009-12-13T09:33:00.001-08:00

i've finally had some time to work on my new (well, second-hand) kaleidoscope house. head over to my flickr to see some more shots.

VERO HOUSE

2009-10-14T05:56:00.001-07:00

here are a few first snaps of my new vintage vero house - these were taken just before i gave it a good clean! i have also removed all the horrible wiring, curtains and huge light fittings - first scenes can be seen here.

SOFA

2009-05-18T06:22:00.000-07:00

i thought i'd let you know that i've just finished another one of my sofas. have a look here if you're interested.

MY FLICKR

2009-04-03T02:42:00.000-07:00

i'm not very good at writing so i'll let my photos do the talking!