Another one of my favorite products from the whole ICFF epicness were these Sword Umbrellas from Kikkerland. They previously sold the Umbrella Samurai in a small and large sizes but have now expanded the collection to include and Arthurian style sword and one in a more swashbuckling variety. I’m still not sure I’d use one [...]
Yesterday afternoon before leaving New York I had the opportunity to meet up with my buddy who works over at Warp for some coffee at a little shop called Saturdays Surf NYC. The appeal of Saturdays is that they’re the only surf shop in SoHo plus they have amazing coffee AND they have one of [...]
When you appropriate the presentation style utilised in taxonomy – which is usually the territory of natural history museums – and then substitute candy for insects, you end up with this rather delightful piece by Ammiel Mendoza. Finding a unique way to draw together her love of sweets and invertebrates, Mendoza has presented her favourite [...]
Colorful things can be delightful or acrimonious. Maybe that should be achromonious. I’ve always appreciated a nice contrast lining or colorful sock… but do candy-colored sneakers go too far? In 2008, I bought a pair of fluorescent-yellow vans, convincing myself that because I walked everywhere it was a good idea, from the standpoint of visibility, [...]
I took about 14,000 photos of furniture and products from the ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) so I’ll be sharing fun things spread out across the week. First off though I wanted to share what was hands down my favorite pieces of furniture in the entire show, which come from the design-y brains of Blu [...]
While Bobby has been leading a terrifically exciting existence in New York, I have had to make do with travels of the virtual kind and have immersed myself in Where They Create, a creative environments project by Australian photographer Paul Barbera. Barbera, who predominantly specialises in the photography of interior spaces, provides access into the [...]
