In this area of Los Angeles. two-car garages are mandated on each lot, by code. This garage was converted by Dry Design as a studio and possible living space in West L.A.
Dry Design – converted garage
July 7, 2011
interiors
One more thing
June 25, 2011
“There’s not enough psychedelic stuff on TV. I want the world to be a bit weirder than it is. I hate reality, so I hate reality TV. But I love Columbo.”
— Noel Fielding (of the BBC’s The Mighty Boosh – image of Columbo from a Boosh animation below) & more tributes here.
Lego apartment
May 11, 2011
Via faircompanies.
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Colour Barr
May 8, 2011
Folding bar by my friend (and well known Toronto designer) Barr Gilmore. Available from made design. Via moco loco.
The Colour Barr is made of stainless steel, polyurethane enamel, ziricote, glass decanters, tumblers, shot glasses, cocktail shakers and various bar equipment.
Conservative Narcissist Decor: Canada’s Prime Minister decorates house entirely with portraits of himself
May 4, 2011
This is 24 Sussex Drive, the house occupied yet again by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The dark lord of minority Canadian conservatism has somehow won the national election again, and this time, to the dismay of 60% of Canadians, he has won a majority.
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RIP Canada
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Stephen Harper
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“The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.”
April 17, 2011
Above: db Bistro, now closed. Overrefined corporate decor, dreary and visually bleak. New York in the 80s?
“The murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.” ~ Peter de Vries, 1977
Vancouver is overrun with restaurants blighted not just with notably bad art but also with a type of generic commercial decor that makes you want to throw cutlery.
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Boneta
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Bricault
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Dunlevey Snack Bar
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Kibune
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not a rhetorical question
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Strathcona
Vancouver
wine is better for you than beer
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WE Vancouver: 12 Manifestos for the City
April 6, 2011
This is a belated short note to say I am participating in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s current exhibition WE Vancouver—12 Manifestos for the City, running February 12–May 1, 2011.
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1976
Al Clapp
Bruce Grenville
curator
Habitat
Habitat Forum
Kathleen Ritter
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VAG
Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery
WE Vancouver: 12 Manifestos for the City
Who Killed Habitat?
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DIY bookshelf – IKEA hack
April 2, 2011
Photo © Inter IKEA Systems B.V. 2011 // Livet Hemma
IKEA boxes, some with interiors painted, assembled via art clips. Very clever. Via doorsixteen (and the rest of her post contains good material too).
Geometric mural in the basement of Vancouver City Hall
March 13, 2011
[UPDATE: I was just informed by the artist’s son Guy that this mural is now threatened, after gracing the lowest floor of City Hall for over 40 years! It’s odd that the City now says it will demolish or paint over the mural, having recently asked Guy and his sister for a bio of their father, suggesting that City Hall had intended to preserve his work.
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gambling
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gaming expansion
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Graham Warrington
mural
painting
Paragon Gaming
Rich Coleman
supergraphic
Vancouver City Hall
wall
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Wallander
January 25, 2011
Wallander, the Swedish detective of Swedish books, TV and film, has now appeared in a BBC remake starring Kenneth Branagh. Shot in Sweden, the BBC remake has a Bergman-like mute bleakness despite the attractive minimalism of (most of) the interiors.
