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Source: jamesjoyce.co.uk

wing

Wing of a Roller by Albrecht Dürer. via Miss Moss

i need

...a hand-felted metal folding chair. via a merry mishap

warhol ballet

Ballet shoes from a recent exhibit of Warhol's still life Polaroids at the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York.

soap rings

Soap rings by Nancy Wu. via notcot

skin letterpress?

Ninette van Kamp is an interdisciplinary and interactive designer from the Netherlands currently exploring the conflicting relationship between pain and beauty through the medium of textiles. Her design, embroidered with beads on the inside, leaves an impression on the skin. via playmedesign

happy halloween!

Laser-etch doubleskull print from Mama Tried Studios.

sukie

Coming out next week from Chronicle Books is this title by British artists Darrell and Julia Gibbs. The book contains 30 iron-on transfers and instructions. Click here for more information and other titles by these artists. 

blogroll:

I read a lot of blogs and sometimes I am reluctant to add another to my feed because – less face it – there are only so many hours in the day and you can't procrastinate for all of them. Design for Less, however, is one new blog that I didn't hesitate to add to my list. Sisters Julka and Kristin Almquist, finding themselves both trying to live on a strict budget, set out last August to write a blog on good design at affordable (and sometimes free!) prices.

The Almquist sisters have an excellent eye for style, posting clothes, shoes, and accessories at reasonable prices. Clutch purse from Payless ($25) and Seychelles shoes ($85) from Zappos.

I also like their taste in low cost housewears, such as this TEKLA towel from IKEA (49 cents), and this tray from CB2 ($34.95).

Best of all, Julka and Kristin have some great ideas about how to repurpose what you've already got. With countless design blogs out there tempting you to empty your wallet, their "working with what you've got" series, including this post about the different ways you can wear a scarf or this post about exchanging paperbacks through the website Paperback Swap, is the most sound design advice I've read in a while.

DfL has some good tips on where to find great artwork. They also recently started a series of interview posts, like this one with novelist Colleen Miloni to glean others' ideas about stylish and affordable ideas for living. I highly recommend! (Tiger from Berkley Illustration and bird from 20x200)

unconventional lace

An unconventional treatment of utilitarian metal objects such as shovels, car parts, and a wheel barrow by Cal Lane. via Debi van Zyl.

labware

Benjamin Hubert's Labware lamp series will debut at the 100% Futures show in London in a few weeks. I'd love one as a nightlight! via notcot

krisatomic

Lovely new plates from illustrator Kris over at krisatomic.com/blog.

Arielle Sandler

A friend of mine from college, who's already having a successful painting career at a young age, has two pieces in the new Will Smith movie, Hancock. Check out more of here work at her website.

dollar store hack

A student's work from Michael Salter's "Dollar Store Hack" class at University of Oregon. Salter says, "In an effort to investigate design and push creative methodologies we hacked existing dollar store items, designing, sketching and building a variety of personal, and home goods. All our materials were acquired at the dollar store. hacking cheaply made plastic junk and hopefully manipulating some irony and employing some criticality in an otherwise humorless and often anonymous world of product." via notcot

element clay studio

Leaf tray by one of my new Etsy favs elementclaystudio.

Taylors of Harrogate

A print to promote new fair trade coffee by Chris Gray at We Shall See.

amberalexander

Beautiful watercolors from amberalexander on Etsy

opoponax and animal flower

Hanna Werning Opoponax and Animal Flower Note Cards from Huset-Shop.com. She also sells wallpaper-posters of her prints on her website: byhanna.com

lucy and bart

I recently discovered Lucy and Bart. Their work really pushes the boundaries of art/fashion/performance; I think it's fantastic.

los carpinteros

Frontline's episode, Cuba: The Art Revolution, featured work by Los Carpinteros, such as this Sofá Caliente (above). Click here for video of the story.