March 22, 2011

Design 100

 


PHOTO: Ted Yarwood

 


PHOTO: Antoine Bootz

 


PHOTO: Vincente Wolf

 

PHOTO: Catherine Tighe

In this day and age we’re accustomed to having a selection of magazines being devoted to modernism at our disposal, but twenty years ago when Metropolitan Home first began that wasn’t the case. Each year the periodical published a favorite issue called the Design 100, celebrating the best in residential design, architecture, and the allied arts and crafts. Sadly Metropolitan Home wrote its last page in December 2009, but recently they published this book – Design 100: The Last Word on Modern Interiors by Michael Lassell – focusing on the best of the best to have ever appeared on their pages. Each of the 100 spaces included is the best of something, think “Best Little Kitchen in the Midwest” or “Most Glamorous Dining Area in NYC”. There’s a little something for every modernist out there captured through show-stopping photography, I loved flipping through its pages.

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March 18, 2011

Happy {Spring} Weekend


PHOTOS: mrs. french

 

01. how to make your own seed bombs
02. but of course French Paper Co. has lovely business cards!
03. hope you had a lovely Pi Day
04. I’d love to stay at the Whitepod Resort
05. now you can make your own Pop Rocks!
06. create a secret doorstop stash for your valuables
07. if March Madness isn’t for you, maybe Beard Madness is
08. print your own fabric
09. I forgot to do a pie roundup for Pi Day, Amy’s got my back
10. genius idea: visual note taking at SXSWi

Posted In business cards, create, grow it, happy weekend, house and home, illustration, make it, paper goods, recipes, travel
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March 18, 2011

More Ways to Help Japan

Ever since last Sunday’s Help Japan post I’ve received more emails than I can count, all from artists and readers pointing out other ways to help the ravaged country. Here’s a collection of more pieces, purchase one and all proceeds will go towards rescue and rebuilding efforts.

 


Flag of Japan by Tex Jernigan

 


Shinjuku, 6:43 by Joseph O. Holmes

 


Help Japan by Zac Neulieb

 


Japan Earthquake 2011 no. 1 by Linda Yuki Nakanishi
{via Design Milk}

 


Sankaku Lavender Sachets

 

Donate to SOGO Japan and get a free copy of Angel Script from Veer

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March 17, 2011

Glass Jar Goods

There’s something about foods packaged in glass jars that makes it seem that much more delectable. Maybe it’s that we can actually see what we’re getting, or that it makes us think of someone lovingly preparing the goods in their kitchen. Or maybe even that there’s something we can take away from the experience itself, the jar. Whatever the reason, I’m on board with it.

 


Pack Fruta Blanch packaging, designed by ATIPUS
(Psst… check out their killer identity design, too!)

 


Selfridges sweets
{via hooray}

 


printed jar set from Terrain
for your own jarred goods!

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