November 29, 2009
Drawing/painting by Mark Grotjahn, one of his many pieces featuring an abstract butterfly. These are reminiscent to me of the work of children’s book illustrator Brian Wildsmith.
November 19, 2009
Courtesy of my friend Jonathan M.
November 18, 2009
These mesmerizing collages are by Sarah Gee, who also happens to be my design partner. They are all new works, and I want one. A small exhibition of her pieces will be up during our Vancouver open studio and sale this weekend, which is part of this huge Vancouver event.
November 11, 2009
New house in an old neighbourhood of Wroclaw, Poland, in the NYT today. Spruce on the outside, particle board on the inside, and the whole thing cost US$80,000 to build.
Space Ghost: “Not now honey please, I’m in the middle of a giant space war. What can I do? Aliens! So I’ll talk to you when there’s peace. In space.”
Bjork: “Yeah?
November 10, 2009
Via OWI – Office for Word and Image. Photo: Vercruysse Frederik
November 8, 2009
This chapel in Tarnów, Poland, is by Marta Rowińska & Lech Rowiński of the firm Beton (photos by Beton) and was completed in 2009. Being a completely non-religious non-churchgoer who really dislikes all the tortured religious iconography and narrative (and could do without the cross), I don’t know why I’m so attracted to all these humble churches (see also here and here) but I think it’s a relief to see a building whose utility is somewhat non-utilitarian and undefinable.
November 3, 2009
Chandelier by Pae White. Once again from the lovely oasis known as You Have Been Here Sometime.
November 2, 2009
Sports and Leisure Center in Saint-Cloud by KOZ Architectes, via ArchDaily. Photos by Stephan Lucas. This building, designed for children, is so well thought out it’s worth going to ArchDaily and reading the well-written and slightly franglais rationale.
October 30, 2009
Jewellery by Dina González Mascaró, an Argentinian Vancouverite. Her shop on Main Street in Vancouver, Jeweller Bau, is itself a sculpture. Website, blog and Flickr.
