Category Archives: design

blue + white

Posted on 08/05/2013 by

The British painter Howard Hodgkin‘s Brush fabric. Blueware tiles by Glithero featuring photograms of London weeds. A 2007 sculpture by Li Xiaofeng made from broken Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain. Source: NYT :: Delft Touch

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eidos

Posted on 03/05/2013 by

A group of students from the Royal College of Art in London has developed headsets that allow the wearer to adjust their sight and hearing in the same way they’d control the settings on a TV or radio. Source: Dezeen

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shot through the heart

Posted on 12/04/2013 by

Katharine Hepburn wore this Joseff dual brooch, meant to look like an arrow going through her heart-shaped dress, in Sea of Grass (1947). | Source: Collectors Weekly :: Hidden Gems: Lost Hollywood Jewelry Trove Uncovered in Burbank Warehouse via Go … Continue reading →

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flip food

Posted on 11/04/2013 by

Flip Food: Lunchbox from Piet Zwart Institute on Vimeo. The Flip Food lunch box by Ilias Markolefas and Nathalia Martinez Saavedra is inspired by the brown paper bags often used for carrying lunch to school or work. The designers used … Continue reading →

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room by the sea of wild grasses

Posted on 11/04/2013 by

Dana Gallagher’s photo of a room in a Nantucket guesthouse overlooking a garden by Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf is reminscent of Edward Hopper’s Rooms By the Sea (below). “…particularly drawn to plants with strong visual structures like grasses and … Continue reading →

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ding

Posted on 20/03/2013 by

A bowl bought for $3 was sold for more than $2.22M after it was recognized as a rare 1,000-year-old Chinese relic. Source: The Guardian Addendum: Tao Wang, an archaeologist who heads the Chinese art department at Sotheby’s, said that the … Continue reading →

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for piet’s sake

Posted on 08/03/2013 by

For Piet’s Sake (2010) ~ Phil Shaw

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sticks + stones + string

Posted on 06/03/2013 by

mimicry ~ wild goose chase

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concavo-convesso

Posted on 01/03/2013 by

Concavo-Convesso ~ Bruno Munari

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santomaso

Posted on 01/03/2013 by

Tribute to Santomaso ~ Bruno Munari

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