CHEW ON THIS [stella mccartney sign*lite brite neon] it’s friday. i’m exhausted. too much sickness in one week. but, i do love these guys. a lot. they’re gonna be big. BIG. take my word for it. go check out the crew at lite brite. they’re the best. speaking of the best…i’m lucky enough to be…
CUTE FEST [FUNkey*mixko design] i know this isn’t brand new, but who cares? this picture is soooo damn cute i have to post it. plus, it makes me think of my cat. cat’s are the greatest. and so are little stools like look like computer keys.
STRIPEY STRIPE STRIPE [strata*rushton brothers] as the cold medicine kicks in my writing becomes more and more incoherent. please hang in there with me…i have more stuff to show! this strata piece is by ed carpenter of rushton bros. i found it on the timeframe website. thanks mocoloco for pointing out their work…very cool WHAT’S…
australian design team satelight caught my eye while i was browsing through modernwhite’s website. their felt bracelets were painfully cool and i thought i’d see what else they were up to. turns out they’re up to a TON of cool stuff… from belt bracelets and lighting to sound proof panels and topographic dining ware, satelight…
besides the fact that charlie lazor is a dreamy furniture god (and makes a mean flat pak house), blu dot has an endless amount of great things going for them (aside from now being repped by the tiny firm i work for…hooray!). based in minneapolis and founded in 1996 after charlie, john christakos and maurice…
NO, NOT LEWINSKI [lighting*monacca] id magazine has a great little section of its site called “new and notable” that keeps track of designs and designers on the horizon. i caught wind of monacca there (via the fantastic ms. lasky)- it’s a line of cedar-laminated products from ecoasu umajimura, there and have been intrigued ever since….
ok well, not really, but lots of other things are and what better way to celebrate than mexico’s day of the dead! i’ve always been fascinated by this holiday and figured it would be high time to celebrate it, seeing as it’s almost halloween. the new york times did a great piece on the food…
spencer finch is cool. his work at the whitney biennial this year blew me away. i just wanted to put up a little something about his lighting pieces so people could check him out on their own, seeing as he’s a brooklyn-based artist…and you know my preoccupation with supporting local artists. as i’ve started to…
it’s no secret that i love the bouroullec brothers. i have been a fan of theirs since day one and have continued to pay allegiance to this dazzling design duo from paris. luckily, my day job has given me the chance to work closely with their designs and even catch sneak peeks of their work…
michael amzalag and mathias augustyniak make up m/m, an amazing graphic design and art direction firm based in paris. after meeting at an art school in france, michael and mathias formed m/m in 1995. from its conception, m/m has worked with some of the most innovative and experimental artists in both fashion and music ….
ANTLER BOY [ghost tree*eric ginder] i stumbled upon designer eric ginder while drooling over the goods at velocity (how great is velocity? i am constantly impressed by their collection. great taste and great work. win win.) and have found a new love- ginder’s ghost collection of entryway furniture (for lack of a better term). his…
FLOWER POWER [vasemaker*designfenzider] i can’t remember where i first saw this, but it is worth a second look. the vasemaker from designfenzider brings glamour to your very own cups and containers. you can even make something gorgeous out of your plain old juice glasses. you can pick up a vasemaker at the apartment in soho…
CUTTING EDGE CANINE [bow haus*bow haus design] i know this isn’t brand spanking new, but i can’t get enough of it. after a pet-filled weekend i’ve been dying to check out modern digs for our four legged friends. dwell covered bow haus (could that name be any cuter?) this this summer, but i feel the…
BE LIKE TURK [cat nap*casa coles] take some advice from my cat: have a relaxing weekend and i’ll see you on monday… ugh. t-mobile ruined my friday, so i’ve had my will to blog sucked right out of me today. however, i will be back on monday: fresh, happy and un-bummed about how much t-mobile…
droog design darling, frank tjepkema is amsterdam’s finest. designer, that is. with several of his designs already scooped up and placed in the illustrious droog design collection, tjepkema is at the top of his game. sadly, i only jumped on the tjepkema truck in 2003 after i saw his “signature thing”, but i’ve been a…
ROHRLICH GOT IT RIGHT [noguchi free form sofa*vitra design museum] marianne is not always my favorite design writer, but i do like the feature she did this morning on curvy sofas. well, i at least like the noguchi sofa. i don’t know where this picture came from but i love it. love it. yeah green…
thank you thank you thank you bryan boyer for turning me on to a great new designer (jewelry, that is) that is not ridiculously overpriced! bryan emailed me about his friend rena tom, so i decided to check her out and i’m so glad i did. rena’s jewelry is just plain gorgeous. the materials match…
IT’S ABOUT TIME [george nelson table clocks*vitra] vitra decided it was about time (i know, i know, painful…) to reissue some more george nelson clocks, so here they are…table clocks from the early fifties that are so cute it’s hard to pick a favorite. well, maybe not. i like the chronopak clock (bottom left) the…
JURY’S OUT…[shu uemura oils*ai yamaguchi] these limited edition bottles (home to shu uemura’s oil face washes) designed by japanese artist ai yamaguchi kinda freak me out. my initial reaction was “oooh..cool!” but then i looked closer. their eyes kinda weird me out. what do you guys think….freaky or fabulous?
SIGN THIS [american sign museum*cincinatti] i’ve always loved signs and now, guess what? there’s an american sign museum in ohio that just opened in october! hooray! so, if you’re in the cincinatti area, head on over and check out some of america’s iconic signage past…
