6.27.2009

6 days of sadness ensues



The boy and the dog are off on a camping trip without me. While I trust they are having a great time - and I am happy for them - I am finding myself missing them greatly.

Shade Structure




ARTEKS Arquitectura created these sculptural shade structures in Spain. They mimic the shape of nearby pine trees. The park needed shade, but the salt spray from nearby ocean made it difficult to grow the same trees. The structure is fiberglass and salt-resistant.

I love how they varied the angles to mimic the pine tree's shape. Awesome.

Jimmy Choo + H&M



I hope one of the select stores is MPLS. Jimmy Choo handbags, shoes and accessories featured at H&M this November. Yippie!!

image via dexinger.com

Dear MPLS, please catch up



June 23rd SF signed into law mandating all residents and businesses to separate their recycling and compost material from normal trash. No other city requires separation of food scraps and food material to be composted. It will go into effect this fall and will reduce greenhouse gas and increase landfill diversion by 75%.

Awesome.

6.25.2009

The September Issue

Oh so fabulous. Can't wait to see it on the big screen

Get lost

Maybe if I go to one of these places and stay long enough, that thing I'm most afraid of will just go away?



Made by Originals

Very inspiring




Found via Design Hotels

Pentagram and Marlboro Re-design

Obama has made marketing to cigarettes more difficult. Some of the new rules include print ads in only black and white. The St. Petersburg Times asked Pentagram partner, DJ Stout, to redesign the packaging based on new rules.

Stout says that to pull that off, tobacco companies could embrace tobacco’s deadly effects: “Over the years there has been an onslaught of public awareness messaging about the evils of smoking. Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the last 50 years you are very aware that smoking is not only bad for you, it could very likely kill you. All smokers know this for sure but it doesn’t deter them. “Our marketing advice to cigarette companies in the new heavily regulated era is to fully accept the new aggressive anti-smoking restrictions and wallow in the government’s apocalyptic health warnings. Don’t make excuses or dance around the stepped-up marketing regulations, just transform the whole cigarette pack into a three dimensional warning label.”






Found via Futureblog

6.15.2009

Puppy Love



Steve and I went to my brother's farm yesterday for my dad's birthday and got a special treat. Puppies!! Cute little German Shorthairs. Adorable. This is the one I would keep if I could keep one.

Summer Anthems in the running





Iron & Wine's cover of Love Vigilantes and Blitzen Trapper's Furr

6.05.2009

FWIS







Great work and awesome website. Love the navigation titles
FWIS

cleaning desktop

lots of pretty















DesignWerkHaus






That's a lot of German in one name but cool work. DWH

Wolfgang Laib




Wolfgang

mark envy











ContainerPLUS




Their work is awesome.
ContainerPlus

Website Inspiration







i love the handmade aspect to the Assembly site
The Assembly Agency

Shoes I want









Dolce Vita
Charles David

pretty







fffound

Lacey - Wedding Inspiration














Exactly


Sent from Mary via fffound

For Steve's book collection


Sent from Natalie

Type Friday







From the likes of Jessica Hische, Sanna Annukk, Siggi Eggertsson, Ed Nacional

Dutch Design




5.26.2009

This is Where We Live

A bit long but very lovely.

This Is Where We Live from 4th Estate on Vimeo.


Found via Pink Shirts and Car Wrecks.

Brasa Recipe



I heart Brasa in NE MPLS. BEST (local/organic) food around. I was pleased to find an article in Metro mag today dishing out the meat rub recipe. yum.

Easy Compost




I plan on doing the "dig and ditch" method since I can't seem to get my big compost bin to work.

Simple steps

Fun Stop Motion



I had one of those fisher price houses as a kid.

5.09.2009

Outdoor





Currently irritated with the table and chairs I have. Add to the woodworking list?

lovely baileys






Baileys

wall chair



great for a small space
built by Henry Built

Mom presents






I love it when my mom comes to visit and brings little gifts. She always says "Oh, I thought of you the other day..." and pulls out some cute present for me. Mom's are the best.

She brought me this fun book called Happy Gloves by Miyako Kanamori. Shows you how to make little animals out of gloves. I LOVE it.

I can't wait to find some of those little gloves and start to make frogs and donkeys.

Cradle to Cradle



Friday was a rough day at work and I wasn't even there. In order to stay positive I thought I would post some exciting news about the company. Aveda has become the first beauty company to receive cradle to cradle certification.



you can read more here

Chicken Love



Just makes me want them even more.
Sent by the lovely Natalie

4.30.2009

Restores

my faith in things. Have to see.
Thanks again pigeon.toed.



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