Yes, those sea urchin spines do look familiar – they’re 8000 black zip ties. From notcot via make.
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Sea Urchin Chair.
November 13, 2008
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More Nest Magazine.
November 10, 2008
I’m still missing Nest Magazine. For much more information, see the previous post. I certainly understand from first-hand experience that these design projects are labours of love and very hard to sustain over time.
I miss Nest Quarterly Magazine.
November 9, 2008
I have been really feeling the absence of Nest: A Quarterly of Interiors magazine lately, more than four years after it became defunct. On a whim I Google searched “I miss Nest Magazine” this week and found out how very not alone I am.
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Oak Rooms – Gentlemen’s Club in Notting Hill
November 7, 2008
Seriously, is there still such a thing as a gentlemen’s club? Alright, so if we’re going to have gender segregation, then women might want a club too, in my case a women’s club where people can talk about books or politics or even men but where no one ever mentions Sex and the City.
We’re sorry about the War of 1812 (Goodbye George Bush)
November 6, 2008
Circa 2007. Canadian comedian Colin Mochrie heaps mockery on soon-to-be-voted-out George Bush in his persona of newsman Anthony St. George on the Canadian comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes. We are sorry.
On the cheap in NYC
Art and architecture students produce creative DIY interiors on small budgets in NYC. For details see the NYT article. A wire cloud sculpture; a kitchen table made easily from a wood slab and tube legs from Home Depot; hanging wood light fixture made from ply offcuts; small space made larger via a loft bed and storage steps, with a desk surface made by resting a wood slab on two filing cabinets; spare paint used for wall decoration; spectacular chandelier made from plastic bags; kitchen cabinet made with a jigsaw and waste plywood.
Loyal Loot.
November 5, 2008
Loyal Loot, four designers in Edmonton, Alberta who produce simple but interesting, stylish work, have one of the most enviable company names in Canadian design. Their Log Bowls are really appealing, and we also love their Coat Hang.
Yes, you did!
Our pick of the campaign trail photos by Callie Shell. There’s an interesting humility and lack of ego evident in these photos.
Musical bench.
November 3, 2008
Great execution of a great idea in this public xylophone bench by designer Paul Aloisi for the BenchMark Project in Toronto, Canada. From the Canadian Design Resource. There would be pressure to stand up whenever anyone else came by.
Minimalism vs. maximalism – “minimum is maximum in drag.”
November 2, 2008
It would be hard to count the number of times I’ve seen a photo of a beautiful minimalist interior in a blog and then scrolled down to the comments to discover that many people find it cold, sterile, clinical, unfit for kids, even morally reprehensible.
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