6 Menswear Looks I'm Extremely Bored With

This one goes out on special request for harbourmaster:

top: messenger bag, the blazer hoodie combo, acid wash - this was not cool in the 80s either
bottom: urban plaid, the undersized fedora, the pea coat

5 Ambitious Designer DIY Projects for You

Patience is a virtue. Think you'd have it in you to attempt one of these beauties?

1. Carlos Alberto Montana Hoyos pull tab and zip tie chair via studio g

2. corrugated cardboard coffin by Egil Packaging look out IKEA

3. Bel & Bel Vespa Chair via auto blog

4. tree branch hangers by Alain Berteau for non-profit second hand store Les Petits Riens

5. Rag chair by Tejo Remy for Droog

Today I'd rather be...

dancing in Joshua Tree National Park with Bob Fosse to Billie Jean.

Top 5 Design Pieces I'm Extremely Bored Of

1. if I hit my head on this one more time.... ARCO lamp

2. Starck's ghost chairs - Ghostbusters

3. Noguchi table - sigh

4. Oh look, it's an Eames lounge chair and ottoman

5. Barcelona chair - ho-hum

Honourable Mention - the don't make me want you Saarinen table

Vintage Glenoit

1970
faux fur

Quote of the Week - Crosby Stills Nash and Young

If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.

Trends - Superhero Interiors

Both Spiderman and Superman are doing it.
Red and blue. I foresee a return with accents of gold.

Sorry Vancouver, you're not Brooklyn's bag

buy online

How pleased was I to see that Brooklyn Flea has a Design Co-op.

MAPTOTE was formed after an inspirational trip to Europe by Rachel Rheingold and Michael Berick. The duo took their love of maps, travel and design and presto they created a tote. The totes feature various schematic maps of cities, their neighbourhoods, icons and landmarks. Silkscreened on cotton in Downtown Brooklyn there are twenty three cities to choose from - Vancouver, not being one of them.

Vancouverites, which famous neighbourhoods, icons and landmarks would be on our map tote? After all, aren't we holding some sort of event soon that's supposed to 'put us on the map'?

The totes are great idea, they remind me of those kitschy vintage souvenir scarves or better yet - the black souvenir pillows, you could get with city maps on them.

Here's one designed by Grayson Perry for the Tate. It's not vintage but it's still fabulous.

Taxidermy - Selfish, Scientific or Stylish?

Does taxidermy always expose a longing to capture animals and tell stories about their significance within human lives?

The Museum of Vancouver attempts to answer this question with their latest exhibit, Ravishing Beasts (Oct. 22 - Feb. 28). Viewers are confronted with the 'visual power of taxidermy' and invited to examine taxidermy's cultural aesthetic, scientific history and artistic revival.

Here's a sneak peak from the opening party.

images © stacy reynaud

Fin

*No animals were harmed for this exhibition. Most of the taxidermy that will be on exhibit is from the museum's own collection and was acquired between 1894 and 1950 from Vancouver residents.