Sorry folks, I’m off on holiday for the next week sunning it up in southern Spain. I’ll be in this lovely village – brainstorming and thinking about blog posts every single day for sure!
Archive for August, 2010
HOLIDAY
Posted in Uncategorized on August 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Budapest Abacus
Posted in Antiques on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An abacus from a market in Budapest… Wait, are those bottles and barrels of wine? What kind of maths is this?! Via The Other Side of the Shelf.
New Uniform Wares Colours
Posted in Clothes, Fashion, Gifts, Shop, tagged Uniform Wares on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The lovely Uniform Wares watches are now available in some fantastic new colours – these are the navy, dark green and teal. (Oh man, that green one is calling me.) My deep red version is no longer available… I’ll consider it a limited edition. Lucky me!
Thank you for being a friend…
Posted in Homewares, tagged Ginger Williams, Golden Girls on August 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Golden Girls nesting dolls here.
Minerals
Posted in Art, Inspirational, tagged Carly Waito on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some seriously gorgeous oil paintings of mineral specimens by Carly Waito. Introducing Amethyst, Rhodochrosite and Smoky Quartz.
Thomas, Edison & Alva
Posted in Furniture, tagged llot llov on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Three lovely, sculptural hooks from Berlin-based designers llot llov. The hooks are named Thomas, Edison and Alva, but of course.
Minarets
Posted in Glass, News, tagged Mint on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Stunning, glass decanters with stoppers made from scraps found in a London glass works. The ‘Minarets’ (by Ezgi Turksoy & Kacper Hamilton) will be exhibited at Mint for the London Design Festival. Via Dezeen.
Clothing Necklace
Posted in Furniture, tagged Hommin on August 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sweden’s Hommin have devised quite an elegant way to display clothes. Oh – those Swedes!
Maurizio Anzeri’s Embroidery
Posted in Art, Photography, Textiles, tagged Maurizio Anzeri, Photographers' Gallery on August 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Maurizio Anzeri meticulously embroiders abstract shapes onto found family photographs transforming them into haunting, new portraits – an impressive combination of textile and photography. Stunning? Yes. A bit creepy? Yes. What’s not to love?! The Photographers’ Gallery have prints available.
Impressive Jelly
Posted in Food, Inspirational, tagged Bompas and Parr on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Amazing jelly creations from Bompas and Parr. (Transation to those stateside: jelly = jell-o.)
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