Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
- Walt Whitman
goals for raising my girls
sisters
hozier
just listen to anything by this cool cat, you will fall in love over and over.
ps he's only 24.
just call me the wanderer.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort.
There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her.
And the sun and the moon shone forevermore…
gypsy
i have always adored this song. but today in the car it came on and just totally made sense.
secret swimming pool
artist alfredo barsuglia has installed a secret swimming pool in the middle of the 25,000 square-mile mojave desert in california. it's completely free to use, provided you're able to find it in the first place.
the 11 x 5 ft structure is entitled social pool and, according to the artist, "is about the effort people make to reach a luxury good." the GPS coordinates of its location, along with a key to unlock it, can be obtained by visiting the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in West Hollywood.
very interesting concept found via HUH
drop the game.
so, in case you didn't notice - my last post was in mid december, quite some time ago! i spend most of my days juggling either bowie and/or flowers so it's hard to keep up here, dang it - however, if you want to know what i do on a normal basis at least pop over and visit my work at brown paper design.
i refuse to let viva voce disappear, so until i can find the time - i will post favorite jams i'm diggin' as of late.
so on that note - give this one a listen.
flume & chet faker
futuracha
i'm always coo'ing over fonts, this is def one of them.
it was designed as a display font so it's not recommended for extended texts. it's suitable for headlines and logos that need to pack a quick punch, no?
found via behance
welcome to the afterlife
damn i love arcade fire - i always have, but even more now.
it's almost christmas and where have i been.
i don't know - geeze, here - there - and everywhere. plus don't you forget bowie is my real boss.
merry december - it's been lovely hasn't it?!
this is how i imagine myself, it's a great trick.
sharp shooter
i saw this and was immediately drawn to it.
i love how the clothes and colors coincide with the rooms natural elements.
do you think that was purposeful - the insane detail that many would probably just pass over - i see it all, i do.
help - someone please tell me who this fantasic designer is tho...
get free
sick beat | dope video
i love seeing people be raw (& free).
flower fodder
i'm sure you've come across these images before by photographer kari herer, because i know i've seen them at least a hundred times - but really, can you blame me for posting them again? the sketches are so innocent and approachable and then the floral buds placed ever so gently in their perfect little spots make the image just so.
what a sweet little story they tell.
and this is why
every sigle person says the peony is their favorite flower. just look at these maama-jammas?!
via the amazing cecilia fox
simplify
phoebe, will you be mine?
i'm totally in love with this boot. its the kind that only get better with time.
damn -- these are good.
handmade in minnesota; designed in brooklyn; wooden soles imported from sweden and hand-finished in minnesota; color combination is exclusive to madesmith.
overgrowth
there is a floral studio that i've admired for some time now by the name of ERBA. many a reasons why i appreciate her work but i will just highlight my favorite thing at the moment... a brilliant floral/photo collaboration by riley and parker called overgrowth. it's being featured at a gallery called ROCKET in japan and so very inspiring. it has a quiet simplicity that is actually very difficult to achieve, but somehow they have beautifully.
she is also simultaneously hosting workshops while there.
need i say more - i'll let the photos speak for themselves.
images via erba
if you know me
then you surely know this is one of my famous lines...
god i love that dwayne and everything he's about.
zaha
i was just flipping through the jayson home catalog carefully admiring all the pieces when i spotted this baby, the zaha chair. isn't it such a beautiful piece of art?!
dreams
this installation was created for the 50th biennial of venice in 2003. it is now in the san staë church on the canale grande. it’s entitled falling garden, and is the work of collaborating swiss artists steiner and lenzlinger.
i touch, talk, and think about flowers so often my dreams oddly resemble these scenes, well - in that way when you wake up from sleep you have random glimpses of something you've experienced in the past.
two
these gorgeous sari's are by designer Monica Patel-Cohn's line called TWO, a small collection of chic caftans that are made in new york using handwoven textiles and saris from india.
oh gosh, i must have one of each -- for everyday of the week.
photos via remodelista + two blog