Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design. Show all posts

Thursday, April 14, 2011

quote of the day

"I think we emphasize the understated, again, keeping the designs simple and fresh. We have never been ones to add garish or tacky details. Our particular aesthetic does not necessarily want to be the focus of attention, but instead blend into the wearer’s everyday clothing choice."

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

cinq design


Ugh, this just reinforces my need to go to Tokyo.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

modular storage


From Thout Design of Canada. Their website has a pdf with pricing.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

birdcage ebony retro modern

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It's hard to believe this wallpaper hasn't been blogged to death yet. So cute!

Monday, October 12, 2009

cow jacket

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Cow jacket by Ritva Falla for Marimekko Autumn 2009 collection

Friday, July 24, 2009

50 years of Marimekko

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Major scoop! To celebrate 50 years of Marimekko in the United States, the wife of Benjamin C. Thompson, the Architect that designed the famous Design Research store in Harvard Square, is planning an exhibit in the same space where Marimekko was first sold. The space was later occupied by Crate & Barrel, until a few months ago when, sadly, it became vacant. My sources tell me that the exhibit will be up shortly and will showcase vintage Marimekko dresses, possibly on all three floors of the glass building, and will run until September.
Flickr photo taken in 1972 by AntyDiluvian.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

ruiz + company

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Safe to say that everything in Ruiz + Company's portfolio is AMAZING. I really like their minimalist and tasteful style. Above: Palau Música Catalana catalog, 2008.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

kate miss


Lovely new Etsy shop from Kate Miss of for me, for you

Thursday, March 12, 2009

merchant no. 4

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Lovely stuff from Merchant No. 4

Friday, January 2, 2009

without aesthetics you can't find the truth



A little video with Paul Rand. via elmtwig

Monday, December 1, 2008

deep sea dresser

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Deep sea dresser from Boston-based team Chroma Lab. via notcot

Sunday, November 30, 2008

a horse is a horse

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Bosa collection for bosa ceramiche, by Jamie Haydon. via hellofrancis

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

blogroll:

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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.

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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.
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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).

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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.

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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)

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

chocolate letterpress

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Oooo, I heart letterpress. Letterpress chocolates from typolade.de. via designmilk

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

blogroll:

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My androgynous streak awaits its daily dose of cool from the informative and fun A Continuous Lean. Partner at the PR and marketing firm Paul + Williams, Michael Williams, does a bang up job making up for a "lack of interesting coverage of men's style, fashion, design, media and technology" on his blog.

ACL is heavy on style, posting advice such as how to care for your denim, and montages of clean, modern, classic, and utilitarian looks in international fashion:
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Canvas totes from Utility Coop, Japan

He also has updates on local retailers, such as DWR Tools for Living:

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ACL's Maps and Intel section features shopping, dining and drinking places of note in NYC, with mini reviews of each spot – a useful quick reference for the visitor or even seasoned New Yorker looking for hip recommendations:

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Finally, ACL has a keen eye for design, including great flickr finds and local art and photography exhibits:

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Even if you aren't in the market for menswear, ACL is a great spot for the latest news and inspiring ideas from the front lines of cool.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

marcel wanders

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As a former dance student, I really dig the art direction for the photos of Marcel Wanders' collection of wallpapers. The wallpaper isn't too bad either. It popped up recently on id textile and on cool hunting's post about Mondrian South Beath Hotel Residences.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

blogroll: inchmark

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Hello friends! At the suggestion of my husband, I'm starting a new series of posts on Tuesdays called 'blogroll' to review new and interesting blogs. I thought I'd get started with inchmark, a new blog (that I found via cup of jo) by fellow Brooklyn resident [correction:] Southern California resident, Brooke Reynolds. 

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Brooke is, among other things, a book designer, a mother of two, and the former senior art director of Martha Stewart Living and Martha Stewart Kids. Her blog is a lovely combination of interesting graphic media, photographs of her projects, and sweet anecdotes about her family, with a masthead reminiscent of the margins of now-defunct Blueprint magazine (sniff).

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Brooke is also the designer of Lena Corwin's inspiring new book, Printing By Hand!

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Check inchmark every other day or so for a aesthetically pleasing/inspiring/delightful post to sweeten your day.