desk view: marimekko + mad sq eats

Marimekko collaboration with “Madison Square Eats” event food booths making food time fun. Love the sea of color and tasty treats. Check it out at Madison Square Park.

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deep tea diving

My new tea diffuser. Thanks Patty!

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robot tea

My 2 loves combined…tea and robots!  It even hangs on to your cup!  Robot Tea Infuser by Kikkerland.

On my wishlist along with the Submarine Tea Infuser.

maritime

sexy, sexy chair.  Bent ply–my love.  Constructed from Ash Plywood.  Maritime by Benjamin Hubert.

 

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move over corbu

Fun, chunky, and made of ply.  London architect Lynton Pepper of 00:/ designed these spectacles called WikiGlasses from 18mm plywood.

 

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labbit meat

The new Labbit toy at Kidrobot in SOHO. Which cut is the juiciest?

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dragon dunny

This is an amazing dunny! I wish I had it in my collection. Extra Large with an awesome design. Celebrates the year of the Dragon this year.

Who will get me one?…Currently available at Kidrobot in SOHO.

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antibodi

 

Love this chair.  Antibodi by Moroso

happy valentine’s day

Pixelate your love.

 

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pure mahjong

This is the sexiest mahjong set I’ve ever seen! I want it so bad it hurts.  It’s been a long time since I’ve played and I don’t have a set here in New York.  Who’s going to get me one?…My Birthday is coming up…hehehe.

Sold by Maison Martin Margiela in honor of their 3rd anniversary in Hong Kong.

 

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super bright

My new sandals I received in my swag bag from the opening party of the Melissa shoes store in SOHO. Way to kick off Fashion Week! This is my first pair. Can’t wait to try them once sandal weather comes in.

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penguin boots

Found these at the Camper shoes store this weekend.  Why do kids get all the cool stuff? hehe

 

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fang_united nude

The Fang shoe by  Iris van Herpen and United Nude.  10 “fangs” on each shoe.

 

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fluorescent pt. 2

This car will never get lost. Spotted in SOHO yesterday. Sooo awesome!

(it’s a Honda if anyone is wondering)

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box people

Go little box people go!!!!

Thanks Jeff S. for the find!

won’t fit in your back pocket…

Just saw these today. These iPhone cases are covered in so much bling! Something only an Asian mall in Flushing can produce! Adorable, but not so functional…oh well who cares!! It’s causing me to use a ridiculous amount of exclamation points though!!!! Hehe..

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magnetic faceted curtain_florian krautli

An oldie, but goodie.  Rediscovered this project recently during an design inspiration search.  Curtains laced with magnets making these extra sculptural and free form.  Love the facets!

“Magnetic Faceted Curtain” by Florian Krautli

Still yet to go into production I think.

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mini project: red scarf + bag

My most recent crochet and sewing project. Scarf is crocheted with 2 kinds of Lion Brand yarn: “Amazing” and “Silk Mohair. Twisted together they make a really soft textured scarf.

Drawstring bag made with my new sewing machine. Still trying to get the hang of it. Hope to be making clothes soon. Name is hand sewn.

Hope you are loving the gift Raylene! I hade fun designing it!

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merry christmas!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!  Hope everyone is spending time with the ones they love and are staying warm!

Works above by Shan Valla.  Delicately beautiful birds.  They are simply great!

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switch_sliding walls_yuko shibata

 

Enjoying the kinetic nature of this project by Yuko Shibati called “Switch”.  Sliding and pivoting partitions make simple, elegant changes to this very basic room.  Bookshelf pivots to uncover the bed and wall partitions slide to create smaller functional spaces for dining or working.

 

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felt hats_banya

Recently visited the Russian Banya (sauna) with Raylene, Mike, and Justin and found these spectacular felt hats you wear to keep your head from burning up. I feel my next sewing project coming on! Perhaps a spin on the one with pigtails…hehehe

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milk glass knobs

Beautiful milk glass door knobs at the antique store. I would love to own some of these. They are gorgeous.

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tea time

Teapot by Marimekko. Another piece that I desire. I’m torn between this one and the version with the dots. Both are so elegant

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pillow talk

I need this pillow! Marimekko you are amazing and dangerous now that your store opened up 3 blocks from my office. I want everything there!

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for next year’s halloween…

Body masks of the Asmat people of New Guinea. These are spectacular! Beautiful creations. I’ve really never seen anything like this. They were on show at the Met. Not sure if they are part of the permanent exhibits

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by candlelight

For dramatic effect…

Contents:

Hendricks gin bottle with candlestick, cb2 tea light holder, copy of the MOMA’s “Talk to Me” exhibit publication, and 2000 piece puzzle of classic times square

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paper lashes_paperself

 

Paper eyelashes by Paperself.  These are beautiful and pretty amazing.  I just may need to try some!

 

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raylene + mike_9th anniversary

It’s a little delayed in it’s posting, but here is the lovely Raylene and Mike during their 9th Anniversary. Best of all she is wearing her one of a kind dress designed by Project Runway winner Anya. You can see her model the dress in Season 9, Episode 8. I was so happy to have been able to celebrate with them at their Baby. Lots of love to you two.

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ice drop

Lovely ice drop light fixture.

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goldenness for your gold pieces

I wish I owned a business so I could have this at my cash wrap. Antique store finds are awesome.

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the packing series

A genius idea from Laura and Jeff for making moving fun or atleast bring a smile to your face when lifting heavy boxes.  A new brilliant business venture in the making perhaps?…

 

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egg hat

Can’t get over this image.  Not only is it a egg hat, but it just got stolen.  HOW????

The hat belongs to entertainer Greg da Silva of Cape Town, South Africa, who made a world record-breaking hat out of 1,000 eggs

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a graceful gate

 

Passed by this beautiful gate in Soho.  I think it leads to a metal shop.  The graffiti adds texture to this composition.  Love it.

 

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we are here to serve you deconstructed

Awesome use of the classic Greek Style “We Are Here To Serve You” NY coffee cups.  Found in a little shop on Lafayette Street.

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herzog & de mueron_40 bond st_nyc

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minimalism + shapes + philosophy

Relativism

Points of view have no absolute truth or validity, having only relative, subjective value according to differences in perception and consideration. Principles and ethics are regarded as applicable in only limited context.

Absolutism

An absolute truth is always correct under any condition. An entity’s ability to discern these things is irrelevant to that state of truth. Universal facts can be discovered. It is opposed to relativism, which claims that there is not an unique truth.

Positivism

The only authentic knowledge is that which is based on sense, experience and positive verification. Scientific method is the best process for uncovering the processes by which both physical and human events occur.

Empiricism

Knowledge arises from evidence gathered via sense experience. Empiricism emphasizes the role of experience and evidence, especially sensory perception, in the formation of ideas, over the notion of innate ideas or tradition.

Humanism

Human beings can lead happy and functional lives, and are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or dogma. Life stance emphasized the unique responsibility facing humanity and the ethical consequences of human decisions.

Hedonism

Pleasure is the only intrinsic good. Actions can be evaluated in terms of how much pleasure they produce. In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximize the pleasure and minimize the pain.

Solipsism

Knowledge of anything outside one’s own specific mind is unjustified. The external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist.

Holism

The properties of a given system cannot be determined or explained by its parts alone. Instead, the system as a whole determines in an important way how the parts behave.

Authoritarianism

Submission to authority and opposed to individualism and democracy. An authoritarian government is one in which political power is concentrated in a leader who possesses exclusive, unaccountable, and arbitrary power.

Scepticism

True knowledge or certainty in a particular area is impossible. Sceptics have an attitude of doubt or a disposition of incredulity either in general or toward a particular object.

Determinism

Events within a given paradigm are bound by causality in such a way that any state of an object or event is determined by prior states. Every type of event, including human cognition (behavior, decision, and action) is causally determined by previous events.

“Philographics” by Genie Carreras.  Series of posters respresenting a single philosophical ideology through simple geometric shapes

Beautiful & Powerful

 

http://www.geniscarreras.com/philographics.html

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/30/philographics/

mini

Cool car siting in the UWS.  I want it

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invisible shoe_andreia chaves

3D printed shoe shell w/nude leather interior.  Design by Andreia Chaves w/Freedom of Creation

I would find a way to wear these if I could…

 

(images from dezeen)

 

take me (i’m yours)

Fun with lighting.  Installation at a jcrew store on 5th ave.

 

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“rolling through the bay”

35 yrs and over 100,000 toothpicks later you get….A Rube Goldberg machine of SF by artist Scott Weaver. Pretty cool.

Thanks moi for the find!