’nuff said.. via Magical and Otherwise, a swell little compendium of found and stumbled upon beauty Related posts: lucky biscuits + signs in cookies diy: words on walls maurice sendak on aging, seeing, loss and living tyler knott gregson’s analog art louis c.k.: why you’re lucky to feel sad moments
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Just about everyone we know wants to cut back on using plastic wrap and ziplock bags but are having a hard time actually doing it. One way is with clever Abeego food storage sheets: cotton sheets that are coated with pure beeswax, jojoba oil and tree resin, known for their preservative properties. The sheets are…
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Since we’re always inventing things in our heads, planning out prototypes, sometimes even making them (without perfect success), German photographer Patrick Strattner‘s prototypes of absurd inventions made us smile. We love his fantasies about ways to make everyday life easier and a bit more enjoyable. There is something curiosly heartening about his hovering grocery shopping assistant with leather hand…
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The Laboratory’s latest design dilemma: how to hide the underpinnings of my makeshift bed and all the art materials stored under it? A bed skirt was clearly the solution, but the traditional route posed a number of problems. Classic bed skirts come in set sizes and lengths, none of which really fit my rigged bed.…
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In 1983, when he was 28, Steve Jobs buried a 13-foot-long time capsule packed with personal items after a tech conference in Aspen Colorado. Its discovery and unearthing a few days ago was filmed for the National Geographic Channel‘s reality show ‘Digger’. Although it seems most of its eclectic mix of items haven’t yet been catalogued, it…
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(Video link here.) While we’re on the subject of stripes, from artist Holton Rower: The White Stripes fab lego animation. If you don’t dig the music, turn it off and watch what you can do with one of our favorite toys/tools/mind expanders. Thanks Holton! Related posts: translucent lego’s, for skyscrapers n’ things amazing lego prosthesis + boston’s…
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Right after we posted Gene Davis’ Fab Striped Street’, Susan Dworski sent us this great before-and-after picture of a Rotterdam parking lot half painted with stripes. The with-and-without is quite an example of the possibilites for stipes in unlikely places. Then we found another: a brilliant striped car spotted in New York Magazine recent The Urbanist’s Warsaw:
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(Video link here.) An eagle fitted with a tiny GoPro Camera by his trainer, takes us along for the ride. Very cool….. if….it….is…….real? We came face to face our own jaded, suspicious selves, wondering if certain magic CAN happen. Our friend Susan Dworski hunted down the its origins. Apparently the remarkable, very viral video is a…
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After Maria Robledo sent us this unattrubted image, we tracked it to the Ace Hotel in NYC. Such a good idea to put a mind-shifting sign on a staircase, with all the little vertical”walls”. Here’s another stair-with-signs we found at Houzz, created with wall decals (a tad corny, but swell just the same):
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We were browsing our old friends’ Gentl and Hyers Portfolio site when we came upon some lovely images of air plants in a stylish bedroom. They are from Bring the Outdoors In: Garden Projects for Decorating and Styling Your Home, photographed, we’ve discovered, in a mutual friend’s country home, and styled by Shane Powers. The air…
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(Video linke here). The other night on Conan, comedien/philosopher Louis C.K. talked about why he doesn’t let his kids have cell phones. The whole 4.50 minutes is great but the best, stunningly wise bit comes at about 2:53 when C.K. is describes the sudden wave of sadness —”a kind of fall-back-to-school depression feeling” —he felt…
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This video of Bubble Soccer almost looks fun…except these guys are really slamming into each other. Still we do love the idea of being encased in a bubble and gently rolling around, or falling and not getting hurt. We hunted down the bubble suits, which are in Germany. Somebody actually dreamed up a product called…
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As much as we love white, we’ve been getting a bit weary of the generic Ikea-esque kitchen cabinets we see a lot. That is until we saw these simple cabinets with the INTERIORS painted bright colors, the brainchild of Italian architects Marta Laudani and Marco Romanelli. Open a cabinet door and SURPRISE!: a pleasing blast…
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During the renovation of the Laboratory, my budget would not allow me to buy any but the least expensive finish for my kitchen and bath faucets i.e. simple polished chrome. Brushed chrome or nickel often cost a couple of hundred dollars more, potentially adding thousands to my budget. I discovered that I could lightly dull…
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Here’s the kind of thing that happens all the time around here: I was looking at a stack of poetry books — my morning reading — for a poem to post for a shift of view. I flipped through Gary Snyder, Su Tung Po, Pablo Neruda, then got distracted by an email. It was from…
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In 1972, artist Gene Davis painted his 414-ft-long painting “Franklin’s Footpath”on the street in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. So beautiful. Imagine if all more streets were painted in glorious stripe… via Clauda Bruno Related posts: why not paint the sidewalk (or any outdoor floor?) how a little colored paint can transform neighborhoods the…
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Aside from my hands, one of my favorite cook’s tools is a fondue fork I bought at a flea market many years ago. It is basically an elongated fork with a thin wood handle: 3 tines and about 12-inches long. It is perfect for turning a piece of meat in a pan, scrambling eggs and…curiously,…
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Recently, a very brilliant artist we know was disheartened by her professional life, comparing herself to other artists who were getting big commissions. “Comparison is violence” I said. “I read something to that effect recently; I can’t remember where.” My friend stopped short. “That’s GREAT. You’re right!” and went online to search. The equation of…
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Cabin Porn is one of our favorite escapist websites, which we check into periodically to oggle remote, eccentric retreats of various kinds. Recently we came upon this strangely appealing Swedish cabin improvised out of a rather ordinary trailer that opened up our heads to various trailer/cabin hacks and possibilities. Photo by Reidar Pritzel. Related posts: favorite…
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One day before we started the renovation of the Laboratory, we found ourselves wandering around Mahnattan’s unofficial tile district in Chelsea and Flat Iron; we were looking for bathroom tiles, both for the floor and shower. A display of handmade tiles on West 22nd Street drew us into the store. We were struck by how…
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