Every year in April, pretty much the complete Dutch Design Community packs up and moves their newest designs to Milan for the International Furniture Fair.

With our International Crowdfunding campaign running on Kickstarter, a presence in Milan would definitely help our cause.

Luckily, one of our friends in designerland, Wisse Trooster, could use a little floral touch in the style room he created for Dutch sustainable label Cartoni Design.
​We were -of course- more than happy to lend Wisse a few Flower Constellation prototypes.

About Cartoni Design

Cartoni Design creates unique furniture collections from reclaimed, recycled and sustainable materials, working with different young Dutch Designers like, amongst others, Wisse Trooster.

It's a win/win: Cartoni Design brightens up their lovely exhibition with a stylish tool for a floral touch, and we're very happy with a little extra international exposure for our Flower Constellations.
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If you're in Milan, make sure to visit the Cartoni Design Style room at Masterly and get a glimpse of our Flower Constellations in real life.

Masterly / The Dutch in Milan
Palazzo Francesco Turati
Via Meravigli 7, Milano

​more information on Fuori-salone site (+map)

Want to stay updated about Cartoni Design?
Best thing to do is follow their Instagram account, or, for your daily dose of design inspiration, follow Wisse Trooster on Instagram.

We just sent out a new Newsletter with a Superduperdeal you don't want to miss.
Check it our here:

We hebben net een nieuwsbrief verstuurd met een Superduperdeal die je niet wilt missen.
Bekijk m hier:

En als je dat doet, schrijf je dan meteen even in, zodat je in de toekomst geen House of Thol nieuws hoeft te missen.

Now that we've reached our Kickstarter goal in only 11 days (yeeaah!), we are not slowing down with our compaign.
No sir! No way!

Of course we took the time to sip on a glass of bubbles (or three), but now that we've made it this far, we're upping our ante:
​Let's go for stretch goals! ​

If we get to €8.000,- in funding, we'll be getting serious about the Propagation constellation:

​a brass tool similar to the Flower Constellations that is perfect for sprouting larger seeds and pits and for the propagation of cuttings. ​

Good to know, as soon as we've developed it, we'll prepare a Propagation Constellation prototype and add it as a Reward possibility for you to pre-order.

So if you haven't pledged already, do so now and unlock a new universe of possibilities.

Saturday evening we were enjoying a little peace and quiet, when all of a sudden, there it was:
The pledge.
That one more pledge we needed to reach our crowdfunding target.

First of all: we want to thank each and everyone of you for helping us along, either by pledging or sharing our story.
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Thank you!
We would've been nowhere without your help.

This is only the beginning: The crowdfunding campaign runs until Saturday May 5th, 21:00 CET, so still a while to go.
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We're determined to take this success to the next level and create a worldwide audience for the Flower Constellations.
​Are you on board? 

We have a few stretch goals lined up that we'd love to meet, and have a new professional reward tier in preparation especially for shops who want to be first  to sell the Flower Constellations.
Also, we have a little thank you surprise in store for you that we'll tell you all about soon. 

Now, since its a sunny Sunday, we'll get back to entertaining the kids and watering the wildflowers.
We'll be back behind our desks tomorrow, getting into details about our big plans and next steps. 

Again: Thank you so much for your help so far.
Let's make this big together!

The Flower Constellations will make a lovely gift once they're out in the shops.
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But why wait so long?
Many friends and supporters pre-ordering the Flower Constellations on Kickstarter, reached out to us to ask for gift vouchers. 

Well... You ask? We deliver.

With voucher requests coming in from all over the world, we had to create something that would be easy to print anywhere.

We challenged ourselves to create something that would exceed a flat printed leaflet.
It took quite some testing, folding, redesigning and puzzle-solving, but here it is: the official Flower Constellations Gift Voucher.  

The A4 free download can be printed at any home-printer (do NOT scale to fit) and folded into a little envelope with hardly any white sheet left in sight.
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Aside from fitting a little personal note, the small pouch is perfect for a package of wildflowerseeds.
In case you'd like to add a little natural sparkle to your gift. 

We used the space underneath the fold of the envelope for a little explanation about the Flower Constellations and crowdfunding process, as well as our website address for more information.

The folding pattern should be pretty straightforward, provided you pay attention to the print on the sheet.

Here's a short video showing you the steps to create the Flower Constellations Gift Voucher Envelope.

How to download the voucher, you ask?
Simply click the large image and a pdf will open in a new window.

​Have fun folding and gifting!

Urban Jungle Bloggers is a global society of plant lovers, at least that's what's stated on the Urban Jungle Bloggers website.

The website is a mix between a blog and a platform and was founded in 2013 by Igor Josifovic (Happy Interior Blog) and Judith de Graaff (JOELIX.com) with the idea of bringing more green into homes and blogs.

Judith and Igor are now head of an enthusiastic army of green-interior-lovers hashtagging away with #urbanjunglebloggers from all parts of the planet. (Check it our on Instagram)

It was only a matter of time before these two would turn their blog into something less digital, and indeed: in 2016 their first book, aptly named 'Urban Jungle', was published in both English and German.
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The book showcases beautiful green interiors from around Europe and offers loads of ideas and information to help you create your own urban jungle.

And two languages wasn't enough: last fall the book came out in French, Czech and Dutch as well.  

And we're in it!!!

Well, not 'we' exactly, but Waterworks is!
And not with an actual photograph, but in the text (fast forward to p. 168 <Dutch version>).
And we're pretty damn happy with that.

It's a gorgeous green publication, and to have our Waterworks adviced as a handy tool to water your plants (which it undeniably is), is making our week.
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Thanks Urban Jungle Bloggers!