Magical kindergarten in Tromso, Norway, by Norwegian architecture firm 70° N. Via contemporist via trendinsights.
Finland!
August 27, 2008
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Make your own Japanese shop banners.
August 24, 2008
These textile shop banners are common in Japan. Given how easy they are to install and how much more beautiful they are than typical signage, it seems strange that they haven’t been widely copied.
What to do with all those doilies
August 22, 2008
This somehow manages to de-doilify doilies which is almost achieving the impossible. It makes the lace more reminiscent of bark or lichen or something from the bottom of the ocean—another example of how re-purposing a thing can actually improve on the original.
Drawerment
August 20, 2008
Drawerment by Czech designer Jaroslav Jurica is constructed from vintage drawers. First seen on apartment therapy. See this offshoot too, and these similar ideas.
The bitterness of poor quality.
Seen in the office of our feather pillow insert supplier.
Ice.
August 16, 2008
On a hot day in Vancouver, I was thinking of this hotel. The Jukkasjarvi Ice Hotel in Sweden is rebuilt every year, always to a different design but always from ice and always with blankets of reindeer hide (sustainably produced nearby).
Discuss.
July 19, 2008
Botanical textile dyes by Grijs
July 18, 2008
These subtle botanical-dyed textiles by Loraine of Grijs were made, in order, from:
Red onion (middle and right swatches)
Logwood and iron (2nd and 3rd photos) – this was the closest she could get to a dark brown.
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Kitchen garden outside the studio
July 16, 2008
Outside the studio door: herbs, lettuce, arugula, chives, tomatoes, artichokes, peas, strawberries, chard and kale. For pest control reasons and to boost nutrients, they’re planted with yarrow, zinnias, clover, petunias and nasturtiums.
Studio renovation
July 7, 2008
The reason for recent blog inactivity is a much-needed studio renovation. Still producing our textile wares as usual, but we’ve spent every spare minute under the floor. Will be back when desk is back in order.
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