There are those who look at things the way they are and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
Jan 31, 2013
Jan 30, 2013
This Bed Has Trouble Written All Over It
Who's with me on this? Particularly on that concrete floor - or a grassy hill...
designed by Joe Manus for Shiner
Jan 25, 2013
Jan 23, 2013
I got pretty excited when I saw these
and trust me, I don't get excited often. Jason Koharik takes vintage furniture and gives it a one two - that is, he beats it into better shape than it had been in its previous life. Koharik's philosophy is simple;
'I look for the discarded and under appreciated. I value the beauty and potential of all things wood and metal. I collect them. I clean them. I fix them. I rebuild them. In some cases, I just place them in the right environment. I follow a use what you have mentality. Nothing goes to waste, that way everything has possibility'.
For more of his amazing collection - entitled Collected - visit his site here.
You'll have to head to LA to touch it - available at Lawson Fenning
all images © Jason Koharik
Jan 21, 2013
Tip of the Week - At the Table
Clyde Common, Portland
- Napkins should be unfolded after everyone has been seated.
- Place your napkin neatly over your thighs, never tucked into your collar.
- At lunch, unfold only half the napkin; at dinner, unfold the whole thing.
- If you need to leave the table, do not place your napkin on the back of the chair; alternatively, place the napkin on the seat of your chair: servers will know you're returning and will not clear your plate.
- At the end of the meal, place your napkin, lightly folded, to the left of your plate.
Jan 16, 2013
Jan 14, 2013
Jan 11, 2013
São Paulo School of Arts and Crafts
available at Espasso
available at Modern Furniture
available at R 20th Century
available at Adesso
available at noho modern
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios is a technical college located in São Paulo, Brazil. The school was founded in 1873 with the mandate of meeting São Paulo's need for skilled labour. Their objective - 'to train artisans and workers for workshops, trade and agriculture'.
'The College also produced furnishings and wood paneling. Some of these works can be found in places like the Rio Sheraton, Meridien Hotel, Sydney Hilton, Hotel Tropical Manaus Hotel Transamerica - Sao Paulo and in airports. There is also a room with furniture in the Lyceum Ipiranga Museum and also the Immigrant Memorial.' more here.
Furniture produced at the school during the 1950s-1970s is now highly collectible.
Furniture produced at the school during the 1950s-1970s is now highly collectible.
Jan 7, 2013
Gussied Up Abandoned Buildings
Patrick Baillet's, Spaces Palimpseste, takes me back to my first year art history class and our examination of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's battle against the, 'frivolous art of the day.' Baillet paints Pre-Raphaelite images, such as Rosetti's Monna Vanna, amongst graffitied walls of abandoned, decaying buildings in France. Not sure if this is where he was going with the whole thing but it sounds good. For more of his work visit is website here. Images © Patrick Baillet
Jan 1, 2013
Digital Graffiti | Architecture | Thought Rants | Fashion | Design
Tagging a gravestone, locking locks on a fence, sticking gum on a wall. Why do people participate? Self expression? Community? Dopamine? Are Facebook, Tumblr, or Foursquare forms of digital graffiti? Why or why not?
image via my tumblr via here
- be fearless
- go beyond the obvious
- never assume
- look for hints transform them to innovation
- ideas for ideas' sake are worthless
The day before I left for my holiday vacation two of my instructors took me out for drinks - which somewhat turned into an intervention. They told me my job was sucking the life out of me. I appreciated their candor because I'm a tough love kind of chick.
Time for some changes - 2013 will see me up in front of a class again. I'm looking forward to making my students' brains hurt. I'll be teaching into the digital marketing program I created so expect to see a few thought rants like this one. I'm also going to be creating a new e-retail program which I'm really looking forward to as that's where my business was born. Besides thinking, I'm also passionate about design, architecture and fashion so I'll be blogging more - which is also a passion. Oh - and I'll also be opening shopbijouliving.com Three cheers for the entrepreneur!
Happy New Year to You! I really appreciate you sticking around and following my ups, downs and circular motions! The best is yet to come.
Dec 27, 2012
How to Reuse Bottles
a soap dispenser available here
lights available here
a hummingbird feeder available here
a wind chime available here
torches available here
a chandelier available here
and don't forget they also make excellent boot trees.
Dec 25, 2012
Dec 24, 2012
Concrete Walls for Everyone
We have a wall in our living room that is really hard, we can't get nails into it, hence no art. I think there might be concrete underneath some thin layer of something or other. Now, wouldn't it be nice if I could get my hands on this concrete wall paper from Norwegian designer Tom Haga? My concrete wall could actually live up to its reputation. Remember the scrap wood wallpaper by Danish designer Piet Hein Eek I wrote about last year? No need to get an industrial loft - paper your condo to look like one - or perhaps a forest, or the view from the moon.
Dec 20, 2012
Dec 17, 2012
My 6 Gift Wish List
dwarf globe blue spruce
black cable knit sweater (image)
Le Labo Musc 25
These earrings. I had the same ones once but then I was robbed.
Fiorentini + Baker
Dec 13, 2012
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