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Thursday, October 7, 2010

polka dotted tape

Really cute polka dotted tape from None Such Things...

This is an amazing furoshiki (a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth) by Lucinda Newton-Dunn feels pretty perfect today. I LOVE how it serves so many functions and remains beautiful in every form, I just got to learn how to wrap it.

Flowers

Inspired by the last post... By Nicolette Camille.

succulent Mr. & Mrs.

I especially love their assymetrical, semi-mullet hairdo's! By Floral Art LA

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Move Outdoor Kitchen

Introduced by Move Outdoor Kitchen, this ultra-sophisticated design is a clear adaptation of the Minikitchen designed decades ago by Joe Colombo and re-edited by Boffi.
The Move outdoor kitchen and Minikitchen are both in the form of a large trolley with all the basic kitchen functions: hob unit, mini-refrigerator, drawers, storage compartments, small cutlery drawers, sockets for small electrical appliances, big chopping board and pull-out worktop.
The design allows sophisticated outdoor entertaining thanks to the variety of possible preparations, from starters to deserts and the possibility of having fresh drinks at hand. It is typical of the amazing new options we have for outdoor entertaining.
The design is part of a growing trend. One is seeing other initiatives and prototypes appear here and there. All have the same hefty price tag as the Move unit (€12,300). No doubt when they become more widespread we will see prices drop.
And given how new home owners are thinking about their space this should happen sooner rather than later. In many cities, the very active groups are actually questioning if they really need a space called a kitchen. They are happy to give it up in order to gain more living space.

Pantone Visa

There are no words to express how much glee the new Pantone Visa credit cards bring me. Okay, Okay … I know it’s absurd (and potentially very dangerous) to get giddy over what may be seen as the most audacious kind of marketing, on the very icon of consumerism. But…

Moleskine iPhone and iPad Covers

Piggybacking on the launch of their Kindle cover, Moleskine has created new covers for Apple iPhones (3G and 3GS) and iPads. These covers are in the classic Moleskine notebook style with sleek rounded corners, a strong elastic band, and the legendary smooth black cover. Inside there is a protective suede lining and a notebook with plain pages.

You can pre-order the Moleskine iPad case and the Moleskine iPhone cover on Amazon.

Lernert & Sander for Selfridges

This spectacular window design series by Dutch duo Lernert & Sander for big-time London department store Selfridges would make anyone stop and stare. Are those shoes? The new Lady Gaga shoes?? Wait, are those shoes made out of a washing machine? Very impressive.

The windows were created to promote Selfridges’ new shoe galleries and will run through November 2010.
Production by Blinkart and photos by Lex Kembery.

Origami Clutch

This Origami Clutch by Itay Laniado looks and feels like paper but it’s made out of Tyvek®, so it’s strong like plastic or fabric with a zipper is sewn inside. It is available for purchase on Etsy.

Takashi Murakami at the Château de Versailles

This might be one of my favorite exhibitions of the year: Takashi Murakami at the Château de Versailles in France. The juxtaposition between Murakami’s colorful, trippy cartoon world and the traditional, rococo palace surroundings is remarkable.

From the artist:

"For a Japanese like me, the Château de Versailles is one of the greatest symbols of Western history. It is the emblem of an ambition for elegance, sophistication and art that most of us can only dream of.
Of course, we are aware that the spark that set fire to the powder of the Revolution came directly from the centre of the building.
But, in many respects, everything is transmitted to us as a fantastic tale coming from a very distant kingdom. Just as French people can find it hard to recreate in their minds an accurate image of the Samurai period, the history of this palace has become diminished for us in reality.
So it is probable that the Versailles of my imagination corresponds to an exaggeration and a transformation in my mind so that it has become a kind of completely separate and unreal world. That is what I have tried to depict in this exhibition.
I am the Cheshire cat that welcomes Alice in Wonderland with its diabolic smile, and chatters away as she wanders around the Château.
With a broad smile I invite you all to discover the wonderland of Versailles."

What: Murakami Versailles
When: September 14, 2010 – December 12, 2010
Where: Château de Versailles