October 30, 2008
Why does ancient art look more and more interesting as time goes on? Is it just the effect of looking at too many contemporary design blogs, where nearly every object is acquirable?
For the record, an image of the oldest fragment of textile ever found. This is a Neolithic fragment of linen from Egypt circa 5000BC—a shred of clothing that belonged to someone 7000 years ago.
October 29, 2008
Maybe this is another version of the indoor swing, I don’t know, but there’s something magical about suspended furniture. It’s by architect Robert Bernstein and was profiled in the NYT style section a while back.
October 28, 2008
These trailers for the Branchage Festival (and there are more here and here) are by Toolbox DC, a cool company run by Brian Liu and Nick P.
A swing inside the house changes things. Yes, not everyone has a ceiling high enough or room wide enough for a swing, and yes, most of the photos we found of indoor swings pictured them in lofts—and in lofts you can do many things indoors that people normally do outside.
1 of 1 Design Studio is a collaboration between textile designer Cate Reas and generative software artist C.E.B.
October 27, 2008
e15‘s leaning book rack “Mate” is quite well-known (photo at bottom), but their shelf/cupboard units Kast Drie and Kast Een are equally nice.
October 26, 2008
Tweed often gets rediscovered by fashion in the fall, but lately it seems to actually be transcending the seasons, probably because it’s at the crossroads of so many of the current nostalgias: the neo-Victorian/Edwardian craze, the 1940s fashion trend, steampunk, the Golden Compass, and a dozen other cultural fixations.
October 25, 2008
This compelling structure is an example of biomimetic architecture – architecture that mimics biological structures and/or functions. It is part of a project called Metabolic Media whose structures model the molecular structures and energy metabolism in living cells.
Great loft in NYC designed by architects Fernlund & Logan for themselves. Great striped Swedish pillows – the midcentury and Scandinavian furniture is beautiful against all that white.
