The Wonderlust Journal

Still Loving >> Vintage Suitcases as Decor

I’m not sure if this qualifies as an actual trend or just a personal fave, but either way, I’m definitely still loving it.

Above, from the home of Obedient Sons and Daughters couple Swaim and Christina Hutson, photographed by Todd Selby, posted on his blog The Selby.

Sometimes the line between trend and personal obsession is totally unclear for me, as I will have an obsession that I justify by making a mental note of every time I ever see it done, so to me, it starts to seem like it’s everywhere, when in reality, it might just be because it’s on my personal radar, ya know?

Then, this gets even more peculiar when I feel like I’ve seen something too many times and I hit my personal saturation point, and I feel like I’m over that obsession because then it seems like an overdone trend. And all the while it might not have even been a real trend, I was just primed to seek out examples of it.

The two above are from the current issue Cottage Living magazine. Interestingly, I’d already written this post and saved it as a draft about three weeks before when I came across these images (thanks Ali!)– so maybe it is a trend…

Finally, the apartment of Deborah Lloyd, the createive director of Kate Spade (is it possible to have a crush on a company?? Also, did you know Kate left the company in ’07 and Lloyd has never even met her?).

I love not only the old suitcasees, but also pretty much everything else. The art propped everywhere, the globes, the zebra touches, the hate box, even the pink. And it’s pretty brilliant that the pink is only on pillows, so if you got sick of the pink and switched out the pillows, the place would have a totally different feel.

February 27, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
Tastemakers, The Spades

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Wine Label Journal

What a fun idea… A wine journal of the Harkness family in Germany in the 1970s.

From a very cool book on scrapbook history in America (that I’m dying for!).

February 27, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
Graphic Fix

Labels:
for the library, old stuff, paper stuff

Limited Edition Cookbook

I am actually allergic to pork, so this is a bit of an odd post for me, but I am well-aware of the popularity of the current bacon-added-to-everything and I can fully appreciate, on a conceptual and aesthetic level, Paper Pastries’ distillation of the trend.

A well-designed bacon-recipe book of 7 letterpressed recipes. They must be good if they chose only 7. A limited edition of only 13, each book is hand cut and bound.

Would make a great gift for a designy bacon-lover! Here.

February 27, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
Food

Labels:
cookbook, for the library, gifts

Apartment Therapy Hall of Fame

It’s three year’s later, and Ron’s entry in Apartment Therapy’s yearly Small Cool contest still pops into my head from time to time. It is THREE HUNDRED square feet. That’s small y’all.

But he manages to make it feel fresh and clean and not cramped!!

Notice all the uses of outlining/borders — on the curtains, lampshades, bedspread, walls, door, even the black and white framed photos echo it… it makes everything feel crisp and tailored. The consistent motif and limited palette is really working for him!

February 26, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
Interiors

Labels:
apartment, smallspace

Liberty of London for Target

Target’s new capsule collection is by Liberty of London – gauranteed to be fun!

I personally have very high hopes for the dress on the model above…

To the Anthropologie home lovers out there– I have a feeling these quilts are going to strike a chord with you! (And be much easier on the wallet than an Antrho quilt..)

My interior design taste doesn’t tend to lean too super feminine or floral, but tucking those boxes below in a bookshelf could add some fun punch. I looked at their patterns closer up on the Target website, and they’re really great!

Debuting March 14

found via Note to Self
images from Target website and Real Simple blog

February 26, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
Style Files

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LustList >> Calling Cards

We’ve taken an epic amount of time designing our company’s business cards, and I’ve been thinking in the mean time I really would like a personal calling card. I l-o-v-e and want one of the ones from Kate Spade through Crane, above, but I’ve come across lots of other cool styles as well…

For the Modernist, from Mandate Press

In fact, part of our problem is that we don’t want our business card to too strongly reflect one particular style, since we design in many styles, so maybe we just shouldn’t have company cards, and instead all just have personal cards that have our company email addresses?

Above and below, from Brooklyn Social Cards, here. The ones above would also be good for a Modernist, and I think the one below might rival the Kate Spades for my personal fave.

There’s something wonderfully old-fashioned about the idea of having a calling card. As if it is essential that you keep them handy because so many people you meet simply must see you again. Way classier to hand over a calling card that have them enter your cell number in their phone, no?

Anna, from Rifle Paper Co., will create a cute little custom likeness of you for your calling card.

Another modern option, from Etsy seller ReadyGo, here

A crafty one, for a crafty person (?), sewn (!) on to thick craft paper. Also from ReadyGo

Don’t love the font on this one, but do love the pattern! And you can change the font. And I bet you can get the chevron in the green she used on a notecard below, which I would prefer. In fact I’d do font and color like the card below. From Etsy seller Pixel Impress.

February 26, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
The Spades

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Listening To: The Morning Benders

Catchy enough to catch you without a good description from me, there’s really nothing to dislike about their Strokes-meets-60s pop/rock.

But, it is interesting to know that they’ve been touring with Grizzly Bear, and their new album coming out March 9 was co-produced by producer and bassist of Grizzly Bear, Chris Taylor, who has also co-produced for TV on the Radio and Dirty Projectors. And I do love a good collaboration project!

February 26, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
Listening To

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Apolis Activism

This video is all-out wonderlust/wanderlust material… it inspires, well, exactly what the definition of wonderlust and wanderlust say. I watched it and wanted to:

a) get involved with what Apolis Activism company is doing — creating high-quality, well-designed products that also have a positive impact on local economies
b) have a shop where I could sell products like this
c) travel to Nepal and take up road biking

Not only is the story inspiring, but the video itself is really beautiful and well-done.

TRANSIT ELITE from Dave Christenson on Vimeo.

Above and below, the big Apolis Activism collaborated with Filson (love) on and is producing in Uganda.

Below, the cycling sweater being discussed in the video and produced with Rapha.

And finally, I love their knit tie.

Not tootally sure how I feel about a chambray tie, but I think I feel good about it.

What a cool company, right?? I absolutely love the idea of a company that makes great products that is also making a difference in the world. We need more of them!!

Apolis Activism here.
Rapha here.
Filson here.

discovered via… someone really cool – thank you!

February 26, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
Masters and Their Crafts

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“TeuxDeux: A new, designy, simple TO-DO app”

I LOVE this to-do browser app. It is exactly what is says – simple and designy, which makes sense, as it was designed by Swiss Miss (the blogger, not the hot chocolate). It’s a per-week view, which I love, and after you type in to-do items, you can cross them off or move them to another day. I even love the name, my to-dos seem friendlier and more appealing as teux-deuxs.

There’s also the “someday” list that hovers at the bottom, which is brilliant b/c I always have those kinds of things and usually forget about them as they linger on days gone by in my planner.

If you set it as your home page, you are confronted with your to-dos every time you open your browser!

TeuxDeux here.

February 26, 2010

Curated by:
Eliza Coleman

Section:
Graphic Fix

Labels:
app, website

LustList >> Wrapped Up in a Book(shelf) – Pt. II

More of one of my favorite things– bookshelves wrapping over things… doorways, sofas, etc.

Portsea Place on Beach Studios

Now this is interesting — this is the same room that I posted in the last post on this subject, but now the walls are this olivey green-brown! They are white in the other one! Totally changes the room. By Courtney Giles.