daydream.

Remember when I "interviewed" you guys?

So.
Proud.

leica.

Oh.

So this is basically what I'm paying for...

but can you eat it?

If all fruits and vegetables looked like this I'd try eating them more often. Until then I think I'll continue inhaling various "fruit" snacks and carefully packaged carrot sticks when I start to feel like a fat ass...

Martin Bergstrom.

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rad hourani| collection #7

Only six garments that can be transformed into 23 perfectly sculpted unisex looks.
Raaaddiculous.
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dazzling.

This is both creepy and incredibly dazzling.
I'm not sure if I should be nervous because it's made from a casket, or impressed.

I'm going with impressed.
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carga bags| gimme. gimme. gimme. gimme.

The construction of these bags are perfect.

But that doesn't come as a surprise seeing as the designer, Mauro Bianucci, is an Architectural designer from Argentina where leather is king. And, perhaps, the most surprising part of this equation is that they aren't terribly expensive. I guess that depends on what one would spend on a bag they'd more than likely be holding on to for more than a year. Especially if you're someone who cares about quality and the life span of the purchases you make. I'm one of those people, and I certainly do care.

Carga, I'm obsessed.

the arcade fire tour posters.

Designed by Ben LaFond of Burlesque Design in collaboration with Dan Black of Landland.
Anyone know where I can purchase these?
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oxxford clothes.

Unique craftsmanship since 1916.
All done by hand.
This is beyond perfect.
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this is the couch that crack built.

These couches.
These damn couches.
These ignorant couches.

Currently dying a slow pleasant visual death right now.
Gahhhhhhhhhh!

Tumblr is the greatest for this.
The greatest!

sometimes i buy electronics so i have an excuse to buy accessories.

I really do.
That may sound sad.
But I don't care.

Byrd & Belle creates by handmade pouches and cases made of wool felt and hand dyed leather for the price conscious cheap skate in all of us with prices starting at about $24 and topping at just $79. The fact that they're made in the USA by way of Minnesota is a plus; no Made in China for me! I want them all. [theidealdesign]

why didn't anyone think of this sooner?

I hate Facebook.

I use to really enjoy it back in 2004 when you could only join if you had a email address ending in "edu". It was made by a student, ran by students, and geared totally toward student "networking" (read: internet whoring). Then somewhere along the line Facebook pulled a Myspace and sold out. Now there's three piece suits running the show, advertisers "suggesting" you join their pages, and potential employers not only reviewing your resume, and asking about experience; their also looking all those drunken shirtless photos your friends took of you that "one time in undergrad". Facebook lost it's touch awhile ago, and while everyday I tell myself it's time to cut it loose, I can't. It's not because I'm friends with so many people I want to keep in touch with (because I don't), and it's not that I need a place to store my photos (that's what external hard drives are for); no, the only reason I'm still attending daily Crackbook sessions is for one thing:

That damn "Like" button.

I LOVE the Like button! It's the perfect way to say it without having to actually say anything. If I "like" your shirt, but hate your photo I can just Like it and save myself the hassle of having to explain myself. It's the laziest way to show someone you care. I've even taken my love to the streets and have recently begun simply stating "Like" when I dig something or have nothing of value to say. UK based design company Nation obviously knows how I feel and have created not only a Like stamp, but also a Dislike version as well. Total effing WIN! Now not only do I have the option to Like something, I can also use Dislike which is an element I've been waiting for Facebook to produce. This is totally going to come in handy when I get a bank balance I don't care for, or deal with needy ass attention seeking people!

Add to baggggg!

sometimes i download fonts for fun.

That is a sad sad revelation, but it's true. I can't help it. I really love typography.

A couple days ago I was chatting with a friend about my love for type. He couldn't understand why I was cutting our coffee break short to run home and download a font package I'd paid for the night before. This wasn't your basic Times New Roman font pack people. This was the Vanity Fair font pack. This was important. I've gotten use to being on the receiving end of blank stares and confused sighs when I talk about some of the things that interest me. I get it, not everyone is into what I'm into, but I'm pretty certain there are more people out there who know about Helvetica, loathe Comic Sans as much as I do, and download fonts in their spare time. And no these people aren't all graphic designers.

I think that's the reason these ABChairs designed by Roeland Otten caught my eye. He's taken the two things I love most in this world (interior design and type, not food and alcohol) and put them together in the most delightful way.

wtf ever happened to magazines?

No seriously. What happened?

People think I'm joking or exaggerating when I tell them that I've been subscribing to my favorite magazines since I was twelve. They then think I'm weird (or as I like to call it: overly passionate) when I describe in depth the amounts of publications I hoard by stacking them against walls in my bedroom, or how the most exciting part of my month is receiving my glossies in the mail, embracing them as if they were a gift from God himself. You know what, maybe it is a bit weird. In this day and age when instant satisfaction is sought after with more intensity than we're willing to admit, I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that print media is (big breath)...dying. Or dead. Or whatever stupid state it's in right now, because Lord knows it's not the way it use to be. At all...

But why? When did this start and how in the hell do we make it stop? I'm over blaming the "recession" because lets face it, the recession isn't the only event to blame for complete and total failure. Maybe it was a year ago, but I'm not buying that it caused the steady downfall of print media. I personally blame technology. And people. There, I said it. I'm not completely innocent, trust me, I'm one of the people I'm blaming. It's so much easier to search for a editorial I really want to see on Google or read an article that will supposedly be in the newest issue of NY Magazine right on their website. It takes the mystery away, the excitement; the anticipation is lost. It's so easy for us to get information we want from our favorite magazines without actually having to wait until they hit newsstands. But whatever happened to the feeling you get when you see that editorial in your hands, or read that article over coffee? There's a big difference between viewing something on your laptop and holding that tangible evidence of creativity in your hands.

Or am I the only one that feels this way?
[pic via: youmehimandher]

i like that you dance like my nana.

I love that Janelle Monae dances like my grandmother and dresses like my grandfather. Brilliant.

jean-michel basquait: the radiant child.

At some point in the not to distant future, my eyes need to see this.

if you don't belong, don't be long.

Scott Campbell is ridiculous. And incredibly awesome. I'm heading to New York next week for a mental break and while I'm there will be stopping by to see Campbell's first solo presentation of his works in NYC (he's shown in Miami before, I think) at OHWOW. Excitement.

FYI: Tha'ts money. Real money. Wow.

i feel the same way.

source

where is this couch and why isn't it in my house?

Hey Ya'll (Britney voice)

Haven't had the strength to blog for awhile, partly because I was feeling a bit under the weather (laryngitis is no hoe), but also because like a menstrual cycle once a month I get bored out of my eye sockets with whatever it is I'm doing, and run to the nearest cave to prioritize and get my shiz together. I'm a Gemini...things like that happen to us very often. Despite my recent self inflicted hibernation (or maybe because of it) I'm back and better than ever (I think).

During my hiatus I started spring cleaning my laptop and found this loveliest upholstered couch I'd forgotten to blog about. As soon as I saw it, I remembered why I loved it. It's ridiculous. Ridiculous as in AWESOME. So ridiculous that it belongs in my home, not for sitting on obviously, but more so for me to stare at in wonderment. This is the couch of my dreams. Sigh....

I'm back...this feels gooooddddd!

rework the system.

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the power of movement: danze

I've always been in intrigued about the power behind basic movement and the emotion someone can invoke simply from the way they move their body. Something as simple as walking down the street, sitting straight in a chair can change the way clothes look on a body, and can also change how people look at you. Recently I've been trying to be more aware of how I move, when I move, and how I feel when this movement happens. This editorial, courtesy of Amica Italy's March 2010 issue, is obviously inspired by movement and has prompted me to wonder: although are clothes are beautiful, how beautiful can they be if we don't walk with the confidence in them?

The question may be a bit insignificant, but this editorial isn't. It's beautiful.