Enjoy these lovely photos of Casa Cuadrada – the L.A. home of architect/author Tom Marble and his artist/wife, Pae White. I think they’ve really struck a nice balance here – it’s contemporary, yet liveable. I’m also seriously jealous of that cartoon bathmat. I’ll be trolling ebay for my own humourous bathmat all weekend now. On [...]
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Casa Cuadrada
Posted in Architecture, Inspirational, Interiors, tagged Casa Cuadrada, Pae White, Tom Marble on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘Field Work’ Pop Up Shop
Posted in Art, Gifts, News, Shop, tagged Caitlin Hinshelwood, Huw Griffiths, Luke Best, Neal Jones, Rose de Borman on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Caitlin Hinshelwood and Rose de Borman (two creative types who are both illustrators and textile designers) are opening up a pop up shop and gallery in an unused shop at 65 Hanbury Street tomorrow night. They’ll be featuring works by Neal Jones, Luke Best, Huw Griffiths, and many many others. The shop upstairs will be [...]
Mr. Roland Bello
Posted in Inspirational, Interiors, Photography, tagged Roland Bello on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Enjoy these truly lovely interiors from photographer Roland Bello. There are some really inspirational pieces in here – that pie piece table? The coatstand crawling with animals?? The printed sofas?! The silhouettes?!? Sheesh.
Church of the Holy Cross
Posted in Architecture, Inspirational, Interiors, tagged Church of the Holy Cross, KHR Architects on October 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Now this is a church! Church of the Holy Cross in Jyllinge, by KHR Architects. Images by Torben Eskerod.
Ralston & Bau
Posted in Crockery, Homewares, Sustainability, tagged Fretex, Ralston & Bau on October 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Check out this brillaint ‘Redesign’ line of products from Norway’s Ralston & Bau. In an effort to be environmentally friendly they’ve designed products (lamps, cake stands and candle holders) that are formed from old plant pots, teacups, lampshades, and teapots. All the original objects were sourced from Fretex (a division of Norway’s Salvation Army.)
1950′s Glamour
Posted in Architecture, Inspirational, Interiors, News, tagged Richard Neutra, Singleton House on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On this cold, October Friday enjoy some sunny, mid-century L.A. eye-candy. (I swore I’d never use a word like ‘eye-candy’ but oh well.) This home (right on Mulholland Drive no less) is the Singleton House, designed by the legendary architect Richard Neutra. Lucky for you, it’s on the market (a cool $15 million – excellent!) [...]
Visualising 1000 Awesome Things
Posted in Art, Illustration, tagged 1000 Awesome Things, Monsieur Cabinet on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Monsieur Cabinet‘s collection of illustrations for 1000 Awesome Things is getting very impressive. A few of my favourites below.
Dentist Office
Posted in Architecture, Inspirational, Interiors, tagged UID on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I had to have a filling today – which is sad because I thought the days of cavities were behind me. All that drilling… ugh. In honour of my numb mouth please enjoy this ridiculously cool dentist office is Japan, designed by Keisuke Maeda of UID Architects. Via Yatzer.
Cass Art Activity Book
Posted in Graphic Design, Illustration, News, Packaging, tagged Angus Hyland, Cass Art, Dr. Seuss, Marion Deuchars, Pentagram on October 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Check out this fantastic book created as a give-away to celebrate the launch of a new Cass Art shop in Islington. The workbook, designed by Pentagram‘s Angus Hyland with typography by the great Marion Deuchars, features fun activities for kids like ‘making your own comic strip’ and ‘draw a shark in the tank’. I would [...]
Pizza East – Open for Business!
Posted in Food, Inspirational, Interiors, News, tagged Pizza East on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pizza East (from the Soho House Group) has officially opened its doors. The new venture is set in a warehouse space in the old Tea Building, right on Shoreditch High Street and Bethnal Green Road. By all accounts the thin crust pizza is damn good… and the interior is clearly Shoreditch chic. Oh – and [...]
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