Design must seduce…
(via decor8)
September 14th, 2009
September 11th, 2009
Leslie Mutchler Collage with Catalogs
Black Storage (Pottery Barn Spring 2006)
White Storage (West Elm Spring 2006)
Untitled (Manufactured Utopia II: High Density Housing). 2008. (Constructed from a single shelving unit from the Pottery Barn furniture collection).
Very interesting collages by Leslie Mutchler using cut pieces from catalogs e.g. Crate and Barrel, West Elm, Pottery Barn…
(via dwell)
September 10th, 2009
Illustrations by Minni Havas
Freaking amazing fashion-inspired illustrations by Minni Havas.
(via Need Supply Co.)
September 8th, 2009
Hometta Modern Home Plans
A novel resource for people who’d love to build their own modern home. (As in, it actually could happen and this site could help make it possible.)
Hometta provides home plans by nationally recognized, sought-after architects. The plans are available for purchase and a subscription service offers how-to tools and access to a builder database.
See the blog for more about what they’re up to with the site.
(via GrassrootsModern)
August 31st, 2009
Summer in the City
Photos from Summer in the City.
Sucked in by photos…Couldn’t help it. Scrolling through them is like going on a mini vacation. Alright, now back to work ;)
(via lillieinthecity)
August 31st, 2009
August 25th, 2009
Coast Modern Film
Filmmakers Michael Bernard and Gavin Froome take you on a journey through three generations of modernist movements on the West Coast of North America.
From Rudolf Schindler and Richard Neutra’s 1920s Hollywood, through to the second wave of post WWII America to today’s current modernist renaissance.
This film speaks with the architects and their patrons and asks if Modernism’s time has finally come or did it ever really go away.
Coast Modern is set for completion this Fall. Following @CoastModernFilm for updates. I definitely want to see this.
August 24th, 2009
Stackable Refrigerator Concept
Cool Stackable Refrigerator Concept
Seems smart, efficient and fun.
(via Toxel)
August 24th, 2009
Portraits by Benjamin Shine
I received an email a couple weeks ago from Peter, a reader who had seen the post about Simon Schubert, and he was recommending I take a look at Benjamin Shine‘s portraits. I’d peeked at them, and now I’m finally posting. They’re amazing! He essentially “paints with fabric”.
The pieces are big—around 4×5 feet or so—and they’re most impressive when you see the detail shots.
One that’s received quite a bit of attention is a large portrait of President Obama made of a single retired American flag woven through nylon mesh.
Probably the most striking pieces is the portrait you see at the top of 17th century painter, Rembrandt. Sort of an homage to Rembrandt’s use of light and shadow, this piece looks like it might be a charcoal drawing when in fact its is constructed out of one piece of tulle pleated and pressed between sheets of plexiglass. Unbelievable.
MoCo Loco picked up the story and has some terrific large images of the Rembrandt portrait. Go see!
August 23rd, 2009
Chapel to residence
Stunning chapel-to-residence renovation designed by Zecc Architecten, a Dutch architecture firm. The colors cast by the stained glass onto the white surfaces are wonderful.
Before
After
( learn more about the building via Next Modern Home)
August 22nd, 2009
Sarah Applebaum
I want to live in a Sarah Applebaum world.
Years ago my grandmother tried to teach me how to crochet. A couple times. I thought I didn’t have the patience for it. Maybe I didn’t have the imagination.
Geometric Felt Fabric
Phantasmagoria
August 22nd, 2009
Too Many Tabs… way too many
Finally getting around to posting whatnots I’ve had stashed in TooManyTabs for for.ev.er.
If you haven’t tried it, it’s a Firefox extension that allows you to set aside a tab/url for later without the pages using up memory or, if you tend to have massive amounts of them open at once as I do, taking down Firefox all together.
So here’s to Saturday evening at the park with the dog and the hubs, sipping some Sip & Kranz and getting caught up.
August 5th, 2009
July 22nd, 2009
Hibi no Neiro by Sour, A Music Video Featuring a Montage of Fan’s Webcam Videos
so fun :D
Sour music video that’s a montage of webcam videos from their fans.
(via Laughing Squid)
June 19th, 2009
Self Portraits by Laurence on Flickr
Really great self portraits by Laurence.
oh to be a teenage girl with a camera again. well sort of. anyway, these are really creative.
(via Yellow Goat’s Favorites)
June 18th, 2009
Kiersten Essenpreis’s save.my.hand SALE
Not my hand. Kiersten Essenpreis’s hand. She’s an artist with a hurt hand and she’s having a sale to raise money to get it fixed.
June 17th, 2009
20×200 Sarah Spitler Print
20×200 Print : No One Can Live Outside of History
So one of Sarah Spitler’s pieces was just released on 20×200 today and it’s totally great.
If you’re unfamiliar with 20×200 they do limited edition prints of new hot artwork in various sizes and affordable prices making it accessible and as they say, “art for everyone”.
June 15th, 2009
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me! My gift to myself is this collection of prints from Will Bryant’s Etsy shop. I’m so excited and can’t wait for them to get here. It’s true, I do love nice people who make cool things.
Will is one of those nice people. And he makes lots of cool things.
June 14th, 2009
June 12th, 2009
9SpotMonk Father’s Day card giveaway
The sweet gals at 9SpotMonk are having a Father’s Day giveaway and it’s a very cute idea.
They’re looking for practical gift ideas for Dad’s who have everything. In return for your clever (or even brilliantly simple) suggestion in the comments of their latest post, they’ll send you a complimentary letterpress card for your Pops.
And did I mention it’s frickin’ adorable? You (or your kiddos) can color in the card to make it even more special.
The cards get mailed out on Monday so hop-to and add a comment.
June 12th, 2009
June 8th, 2009
Darra Crosby show at Stumptown, Opening Reception Thursday
1230 E. 49th St.
breckenridge rec center
My lovely friend Darra has a show at Stumptown! (SE Division location)
Opening Reception is this Thursday, 06.11 from 4-6PM.
Her pieces are inspired by memories of significant homes and places she’s been. The painted parts represent the more discernible parts of the memory. Read more here.
The work is awesome and so is Darra. So happy she’s having a show. Please swing by if you can!
June 7th, 2009
May 29th, 2009
Oh, Hey Great! – Girls and their Toys
Linking straight to this post on Leah’s blog Oh, Hey Great! because I liked it that much.
May 27th, 2009
Jackie Bos Illustration + Design
Donut with Rainbow Sprinkles
Day Glo Waffles
Looking at Jackie Bos’s blog for some smiles this morning. And some breakfast.
May 26th, 2009
Sarah Spitler Artwork
Inveterate Detritus (Something Forgotten Known Only To Ourselves)
This piece by Sarah Spitler seems the perfect expression of my creative struggle today. Bursts of bright beautiful color that trickle, drip, shift, spread and desaturate. Then some details, big brush strokes. And then another burst…and desaturation… You get the idea.
(via BOOOOOOOM!)
May 21st, 2009
Simon Schubert Artwork
Simon Schubert‘s work is un.real.
His creased paper art is stunning. Just really… wow.
And I’m enthralled with this image of one of his sculpture pieces:
(via @jasonfried)
May 10th, 2009
Mark Andrew Webber
I love the future
Admiring the crazy-detailed work of Mark Andrew Webber. Whether it’s a linocut printed, or not, or perhaps hand carved then filmed and animated, and then there’s one of his line drawings—they all pretty much rock.
May 7th, 2009
Kate Bernauer Photography
The Stairwell
The Sea
The Balloon
Kate I heart your lighting!
Brisbane gal Kate Bernauer sets and props scenes for her photographs with theatrical lighting and imaginative compositions.
The photos above are from a series called ‘I’ll be home for dinner’.
The series explores the ridiculous and often tragic nature of human experience through the staging of people engaged in strange and often futile activities. The work has been inspired by dreams and ‘strange, but true’ columns – the weird and absurd true stories often found in the back pages of newspapers.
Such inspiration provides some crazy content for sure, but it’s her creative interpretation and awesome execution with the exposure that makes these super rad. I’m a fan.
(via Lost At E Minor)
May 5th, 2009
Moss carpet looks barefootalicious
Wondering if it feels as good on the toes as it does on the eyes.
A moss carpet, more-or-less, shown on display at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair.
