Posts from — March 2008

Elle Deco has  the scoop on this week’s most popular furniture items in Japan. According to the magazine, the Sciangai coat hanger and the Sacco bean chair have been extending their sales. The ultimately simplistic Sciangai, which is composed of 8 wooden poles, was originally manufactured by Zanotta in 1973. Sacco has been around even longer (1968) but was recently redesigned for the 2007 Milan Salone. It is now available in black and white and 7 colors in between.

Can you guess what these images are??

(Clockwise: Red blood cells spilling out of a ruptured artery, prostate cancer cells, a breast cancer cell and the inside of a single HIV particle)

These images from the Guardian blew my mind this morning. You can check out all the 2008 Wellcome Image Awards right HERE.

Every year around this time, for some reason I get very upset at winter. I know winter probably thinks I’m moody because just a few weeks ago I was praising how beautiful its snow was, how it transformed the city, and how it made snuggling under warm covers such an enjoyable moment. But the nagging NYC winter can become a little pesky, and that’s when I turn on it.

So, I’ve decided to let Zara Home’s new catalog cheer me up.

How I long for an oasis such as this one…

I would compliment it with this felt bird feeder from La Corbeille.

Level: Marka Tailor
Size: 1.2.3
Quality: Cotton (100/100)
Color: Crazy

I really need a crazy-colored shirt. What I really need to do is pay a visit to the Mansion of Owls in Nakameguro, Tokyo (GMAP). Note to self: only open on weekends.

I’ve finally finished my first special edition on Japanese designers of the 20th Century! I hope you all find it informative!! It can be located HERE or in the Pages category.

I’ve never seen bamboo in such simple beautiful form. By Japanese collective Teori. (via designklub)

I thought this was amusing….
If you’re planning on opening an independent bookstore, just keep away from these authors/subjects and your business shouldn’t suffer. 1. Charles Bukowski 2. Jim Thompson 3. Philip K. Dick 4. William S. Burroughs 5. Any Graphic Novel

(via The Stranger)

Has anyone heard about that new Beatles-themed hotel, Hard Days Night Hotel, that recently opened in Liverpool, England? (GMAP) That is such a neat idea. I’d love to go and rock out, British invasion style! And the thing is, they’re trying to keep their Lennon Suite and McCartney Suite a secret. There are no photos of those rooms! All we know is that the Lennon Suite has it’s own white piano!

After drifting in and out of delusional states for 3-4 days, and having images like these emerge and then fade away, I finally awoke from my fever only to find that my head weighed a ton and I had an awful cough. I guess I got what everyone else has been getting. But I’m better, well almost.

(Images from Josef Albers)