James Lileks chronicles the hideous homes my generation grew up in with Interior Desecrations. I hate dating myself, but this may explain certain psychological issues children of the seventies are prone to. You just can’t have an accurate grip on reality when you’re surrounded by stuff like this. Lileks’ commentary that accompanies each shot is absolutely hilarious…
Note how the drapes coyly admit a view of the outside world, which is substantially less yellow than your room. You might be able to go outside some day and see this strange non-yellow world for yourself.
I actually dig the kitchen.
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(Feeling quite green today.)
What a perfect idea! I love home stuff made with old burlap cargo bags, but these pillows made of recycled rice sacks should be way more comfy. Each one is an original and is faced with sacking on one side and soft cotton on the other. So so so cute. Twenty bucks a piece at Urban Outfitters!
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What a totally impeccable selection of perfectly designed 100% Post Consumer FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) Certified Recycled Paper writing and office supplies by the Sustainable Group! I love the ReWrite notebooks and want to order them by the caseload. The CD cases are pretty sweet too. Kraft colored business cards anyone? Yes please!!!! Get the whole story »
One of my favorite adages is “Even a broken clock is right twice a day.” Well Linda Kostowski’s realfakewatches are just that. (Unless you go with the digital version.) The watches are laser-cut from three pieces of leather and manually assembled. They’re fastened with velcro and each one comes with a unique time hand-picked by their “randomizer robot.” Or you can pick the time with a custom order. Super cute. Get ‘em at HERE.
Fantastic timely and mood-dependent necklace by Mark Pawson. It’s a big question under the candy-colored plastic letters. Really depends on the day I suppose…
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Christmas always makes me think of needlepoint. For the dexterously challenged among us, this is a simple alternative to knitting that can yield equally homey (and chic-who knew?) results. Some great pieces here… (above: Frank Lloyd Wright Hand-painted Needlepoint Canvas) Other great pieces below…
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Solange Azagury-Partridge‘s rings are my current obsession. Her baubles have have dressed up the V&A, the Louvre and the London Design Museum. Her insect and avian-heavy collection rested its wings in New York recently for a show in Chelsea’s Sebastian + Barquet gallery. In addition to her signature rings and cuffs, there was a $2.8 million 18k and white gold chandelier! Some of her most amazing finger candy below. (Love the eye and Libra ones!)
We’re obviously a society in need of some security. And when things get as bad as they are out there, the basic comforts of a soft sweater, a hot cup of tea, and a dog on your lap can make all the difference.
I like to contextualize things, so I’m gonna say that’s what the current knit-mania is about – giving us a little Linus blanket when everything feels so scary. Take the Masquerade knitting collective that is covering half of Stockholm’s infrastructure in “custom” sweaters… or the crochet-covered bus driving around Mexico City created by the awesomely named collective Knitta Please! Fashion’s pied pipers Commes des Garçons and Colette are even knitting it up. CDG just did a line with couldn’t-be-knittier Arne & Carlos. And, as a friend informed me when he was in Paris doing his show at Colette, knitting team Wool & The Gang was installing a knit “winter chalet” complete with looped fireplace and all.
Well, I have been known to knit a mean muffler. I may have to bust out my number 9′s.
I’ve been sick over what to get my eldest kid for Christmas. I just can’t stomach going into a store and uttering the words “Do you have WWE Smackdown vs. Raw for the PS3?” It’s bad enough that I’m having to utter the equally cringe-inducing “Let me have two dollars on Mega Millions and a Win For Life scratch off” these days.
And then it hit me, as I read a hilarious Huffington Post piece about about 37% of Americans not being able to locate America on a map of America. (A small exaggeration on the part of the author…but not really.) A globe! A great, old school globe! It’s really the only gift every kid needs to receive at least once in their life. And I promise, your $59.99 investments in this plastic ball will pay dividends over the equally-priced gaming cartridge. No instruction manual needed. Sit, spin, and use your imagination. Remember that?
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