September 9, 2013
Mix #28: All the Hands In Your Pocket
PHOTO: garmonique
Listen to All the Hands In Your Pocket on Spotify.
Posted In mixtape, music
September 6, 2013
Happy Weekend
01/ Where Does the Dust Itself Collect? uses dust collected from 9/11 to try + understand it all.
02/ Check out the restoration + colorization of an old photo.
03/ Haunting photos of big rigs resting at night.
04/ Someone recreated Grandma’s Den from Little Red Riding Hood.
05/ Back to Nature, symmetrical sculptures in nature.
06/ Escalators have never been so interesting as in Escalator Portraits.
07/ Yeah, I want a bicycle-powered treehouse elevator. And a treehouse.
08/ It took 10,000 chopsticks to form this mythical dragon.
09/ Secret fore-edge paintings revealed in early 19th century books.
10/ X-rays of NASA spacesuits, so much detail goes into one of these.
This week on Design Crush:
Labor Day / So Long Summer
Marimekko’s Weather Diary Collection
Take a Note
Krochet Kids
Crumpled Sky Map
Brittany Schall
Autumn Wardrobe Wish List
therainpaintings
September 6, 2013
therainpaintings
Brazilian artist Gustavo Sousa collects raindrops from different places, then uses them to create his beautifully simple watercolor series entitled therainpaintings. Each one represents a cloud, which couldn’t be more fitting. So far the series includes pieces from the United States, Europe, and Brazil.
September 5, 2013
Autumn Wardrobe Wish List
Elsie Army Jacket // Riley Side-Zip Mid Boots // Horsing Around Sweatshirt // Gold Plated Top + Tail Bunny Earrings
Fall is my all-time favorite season to dress for. I love layering and being able to pull from my summer and winter staples to build out an outfit depending on the temperature. (Which is totally necessary, it can be in the 70s well into December here in Oklahoma.) I love being able to wear boots again, and that it’s perfectly acceptable to wear a sleeveless dress with a light jacket and tights. Seventeen days of summer left, not that I’m counting…
Asymmetrical Mini Letter Necklace // Closet Printed Tulip Dress with Wrap Front // Lake Erie Scarf // Tan Leather Clutch with Black + Pink Pomegranates
Vera Moda Monochrome Stripe T-Shirt Dress // Black Dunaway Hat // Medallion Locket Pendant Necklace // Colorblock Pullover
Posted In accessories, bags, jewelry, shoes, wear it
September 5, 2013
Brittany Schall
Back in high school, when I was heaviest into creating my own art, my favorite tools were a pencil, an eraser, and a portrait of whatever alterna-musician I was currently crushing on straight outta Rolling Stone or Spin magazine. (I have a massive 4 x 5′ drawing of Kurt Cobain to prove the previous statement.) Hair was forever the most challenging part to get just right, so I have the utmost respect for Brittany Schall‘s Hair Studies with their perfect highlights and wispies. (via The Jealous Curator)
September 4, 2013
Crumpled Sky Map
The end of summer/beginning of autumn is my favorite time of year to stargaze, all the better if someone cute is accompanying me. The Crumpled Sky Map is the perfect star guide to throw in a bag along with a blanket and bottle of wine before you head out. It’s waterproof, glows in the dark, and measures almost a meter square.
Posted In outdoors
September 4, 2013
Krochet Kids
Clockwise: The Abbott // The Auburn // Baseball Tee // The Stephen // The Davis Jr. // The Pike // The Simon // Pocket Zip Hoodie
Krochet Kids has an unlikely back story that involves three dudes – Kohl, Travis, and Stewart – who picked up the not-so-cool hobby of crocheting while in high school. After graduating, attending different colleges, and summers spent volunteering in developing nations, the guys realized they could bring a way out of poverty to these peoples via yarn and crochet needle. Five years later 150 people in Uganda and Peru are working, receiving and education, and being mentored by creating gifts that give back! A great story with a great story and a great shop full of goods to prove it.
Posted In do good, technology, wear it
September 3, 2013
Take a Note
ROW 1: Sea Foam Strokes Journal // Large Notebook // Bloom Notebook Set ROW 2: Notes Blue A6 Notebook // Small Notebook 1 // Letterpress Map Notebook ROW 3: NOTES 04 // Multi Notebook ROW 4: Strike Through Notebook // Lanvin Printed Notebook // WORD Notebook ROW 5: Basic Fig. 1 Notebook // BRIKA Notebook Set 2 // Pulp Notebook ROW 6: Dots Journal // Sailor Medium Spiral Notebook // Signature Duo Notebook
Posted In notebooks + journals, paper goods, round up
September 3, 2013
Marimekko’s Weather Diary Collection
Marimekko is consistently jaw dropping, and their latest – the Weather Diary Collection – is right on point. I’m crazy about the color palette that’s derived from nature (a kicked up just a bit) and the dinnerware pieces designed by Sami Ruotsalainen have such a great energy! Check out a few of my favorite pieces from the collection below. (And here’s a look behind the scenes of the Weather Diary Collection.)
September 2, 2013
Labor Day / So Long Summer
PHOTO: Debbie Carlos
In the name of trying to slow down in the smallest way, I’m attempting to not work (much) on this Labor Day. There are still a few weeks of summer left, and it won’t cool down here Oklahoma until mid-October or so, but for all intents and purposes this is it. I hope you all had a lovely summer and are looking forward to the cool, crisp days of autumn as much as I am.
Posted In holidays