Georgia On My Mind >> Weaver D’s
California is mighty wonderful, but you just can’t get food like this out here.
June 30, 2010
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Masters and Their Crafts
Labels:
food&bev, Southern
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Masters and Their Crafts
Labels:
food&bev, Southern
Formerly RIP, Now Revived (Somewhat) >> Domino
Fantastic news over at Black*Eiffel (and others)! Like Gourmet’s new online reincarnation, Domino Magazine is going to start putting up their archives online! On Brides.com.. I don’t quite understand why it is going on Brides.com, but I don’t really care.
Some of it has already been posted here.
I’m pretty sure I have every back copy anyway (#nerdalert), but a searchable archive is still fantastic news!
J'Adorable
Love this stoneware from May Luk Ceramics on etsy! Coco + Kelley featured it today and I instantly fell in love with the uneven, handmade-quality of the stoneware and the retro graphics. Doesn’t this look like something Anthropologie would pick up??
ChairLust
Ok just saw this chair in a house tour on Apartment Therapy and instantly became a little obsessed, thinking it was like 1960s Italian or Danish or something, and it turns out, as a commentor revealed, it is Restoration Hardware!! I tend to hate of RH, but they do have some really well-designed pieces. If you sort of ignore the overall overload on one trend (currently Belgian), individual pieces do stand out.
If anyone still is wondering what to get me for my birthday, I’ll take one of those chairs please.
Image from this post at Apt Therapy.
LustList >> “Lists”
I am dying to get a look at manuscript archivist Liza Kirwin’s new book Lists. The book collects various lists of famous artists, from to-dos to address books, with the premise that such lists both augment an artist’s personal history and add insight to bits of history that were happening at the time.
(Can’t make out much of Kline’s tab, but the one at top looks like possibly a Chateauneuf du Pape?)
The book includes ephemera like Picasso’s list of his favorite artists at the first Armory show in 1913, most of whom went on to dominate the art scene in the coming years, proving that he not only had personal talent, but also an eye for quality in others’ work. (Also interesting that he left off Braque, his contemporary in the Cubist movement… I am personally gratified by this because I never liked Braque’s work haha.)
(Pretty awesome cover, no?? I love the retro illustration and the mix of typography!)
Another “list” is Alexander Calder’s address book, which reads like a summary of the “who’s-who” of avant-garde Paris in the early 1900s. Other lists are more personal, like Janice Lowry’s list of “50 people I need to forgive” and Eero Saarinen’s list of reasons he loves his soon-to-be second wife.
Little seemingly insignificant lists, in retrospect, can actually take on major significance as snapshots into the making of a decision, the evidence of priorities, etc. As a compulsive list-maker myself (I literally have lists for everything– running lists of gifts to give people, equipment I want for the kitchen, etc.), I am totally intrigued by the chance to look at other peoples’ lists, espcially hand-written ones!
Available here from Princeton Architectural Press.
Via The Morning News.
PS — Speaking of lists, if you’re looking for something to make, here’s what’s on my list of things to cook this week: Grapefruit, Celery, and Parmesan Salad, Cilantro-Marinated Grilled Tofu and Soba Noodles, Grilled Guacamole, and Double Chocolate Layer Cake.
June 29, 2010
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
LustList
Labels:
for the library, old stuff, paper stuff
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
LustList
Labels:
for the library, old stuff, paper stuff
Mike Miller for West Elm
Silhouette art is definitely having a moment in the design world, and I might’ve almost had it with silhouettes, but these quirky silhouettes by artist Mike Miller for West Elm keep the charm alive.
The palette and styling don’t hurt either… they manage to make silhouettes look less precious and more masculine, in a way that really works for me.
Available here at West Elm.
Via Design*Sponge
June 29, 2010
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Arts Visuels
Labels:
Arts Visuels, LustList, prints
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Arts Visuels
Labels:
Arts Visuels, LustList, prints
Girl Crush >> Emmanuelle Alt >> Who knew she had an absurdly cute daughter??
I posted this pic above of Emmanuelle Alt a while ago, and ever since I’ve noticed that in every single picture I see of her, she looks unbearably cool. This really isn’t any surprise given that she’s head of Vogue Paris, but I like that she isn’t super-trendy or all dressed up all the time. Usually just a tshirt or sweater with jeans and a great jacket… just casual, a little rough/tough around the edges, but still very chic, with an effortlessness about the whole thing.
Anyway, then I saw these pics of her daughter, and I almost died.
I want one just like her.
Cuffed jeans, trench, striped tee, and flats? Seriously? Does Emmanuelle dress her or is that just genetically inherited style right there? Either way, I don’t care, I want to steal her. She couldn’t get ANY cuter.
June 28, 2010
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Style Files
Labels:
fashion, girl crush, style files
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Style Files
Labels:
fashion, girl crush, style files
Classics >> Joe Cocker
Even though Joe Cocker looks pretty possessed in this video, it’s still pretty great. The song is a classic. …As is the man.
June 28, 2010
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Classics, Listening To
Labels:
classics, listening to
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Classics, Listening To
Labels:
classics, listening to
Land Cruisers, VW’s "Thing"
Going with a theme today apparently… nostalgia. Sometimes it just happens. But seriously, I love these cars.
The “Thing”– removable doors, top, and a windshield that folds down. What more could you ask for in a car to hit the beach in?
Notice the available colors above are “Pumpkin Orange,” “Sunshine Yellow,” and “Blizzard White.” Not only did the colors have great names, but they were painted in that wonderful flat lacquer that doesn’t have any of the obnoxious glittery “pearlescent” nonsense that car colors have now.
via Secret Forts
Old Paper
I’m a sucker for old paper things, like airmail envelopes and tickets… they have that effect I’ve mentioned before of making me long for an era I never actually lived through. They also make me wish the design of small, everyday things like this were still given such attention.
It’s the same way I feel about public buildings, like post offices and public schools– they used to be built so beautifully, and were architectural icons in town, and now they’re just built to be functional and cheap.
via Paper is Lovely
June 25, 2010
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Graphic Fix
Labels:
Graphic Fix, old stuff, paper stuff
Curated by:
Eliza Coleman
Section:
Graphic Fix
Labels:
Graphic Fix, old stuff, paper stuff
