October 7, 2008
I saw this years ago and still can’t get it out of my head. Olle Lundberg, a renowned modernist architect, prefers to make his own personal living spaces out of castoffs and debris.
September 26, 2008
Dead Star, ball of dead batteries by Michel De Broin. Via we make money not art and swissmiss.
September 22, 2008
People are in love with their Vera scarves, as you will see if you search Flickr. My mother had Vera scarves, so nostalgia may be mixed in with my addiction to the strange geometry.
September 11, 2008
Yesterday Apartment Therapy featured some pillows made from vintage scarves by Madeline Weinrib (directly below) and sheesh, they run from US$900-$1200. You can make your own. AT recommends this tutorial from Martha Stewart Living but we’ve also included our own below, because 2 tutorials are better than one.
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.
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.
July 19, 2008
November 15, 2007
Check out the Canadian Design Resource, an excellent and informative compendium of Canadian Design. The CDR recently featured our friends Propellor Design’s Galiano lamp, at left.
