kirpputori





this is nice too.




new links


kitone

sarah lanzi

hunter<>gatherer

purple

at dries van noten

the only magazine
I wanna read these days.

because it doesn't tell me what is cool.



SEDE

slow

culture


by Juan Ignacio Maralejo:

“Having said that, most of my friends and I have an austere
ideology,maybe a recurrent longing for nature and a simple lifestyle.
Not exactly hippie-ism, but being aware of the advantages of limitations.
It’s well known that you get a bit more creative when you have to struggle more
...I prefer the vulnerability of trying to do something honest.”


(less is more)


born in the wake
of Argentina's economic
crisis of 2001.



sound familiar?

tatami: a unit of measurement



gropius, wright, aalto, etc.
All the great modernists
were influenced by:


Katsura Imperial Villa
Kyoto, Japan


top photo:
hida-no-sato
(laura stamer)

3 variations of elegance

1. andy goldsworthy
2. 40's silhouette
3. wasara

stencils in blue

looking for a good head scarf

for halloween:


edith bouvier beale


grey gardens (1975)
elegance / filth
david maysles


s-t-a-u-n-c-h


ps: if you are to have
just 1 coffee table book
it should be:

once upon a time
by slim aarons

the dark side of the moon



rick owens went monastic
gareth pugh salutes star wars
and jil sander stays dark for spring



rick owens + furniture = viking



DIY

this is it








photo: laura stamer

this is how to use COLOR
and still be neutral.



understated.



LASC Studio
via here

forgotten frame





before it hits the stands




something new
is coming your way.

paul newman

the day is yours.

there's nothing like a
good storefront



James and Karla Murray


the Disappearing Face
of Brooklyn's storefronts.



$700,000,000,000 bailout.
can u believe it?


california academy of science


...so where can i find
a 99 cent store.

raw weathered wood

what's your favorite
building material?
surprise me.


via

materialicious


ps: stair porn

maurizio pellegrin

my favorite artist.
and my former teacher.


190 bowery


ICHTHYO

checking in



how are you?

top photo: emmanuel d.


ps: know of a good
nyc oil painter?

glitter, grit, glory



The Circus 1870-1950
Taschen / by Noel Daniel


Helvetica is so over.
let's get back to the
grit & grime of
good ole'


western and circus fonts.


try Rosewood,
Playbill, Wanted


refreshingly
unpretentious.

shoes and bridge trusses

Darby's 1st iron bridge, 1779

a bridge truss
flipped vertically
is essentially a
skyscraper

shoes

vertical bridges

and the rise of the new york skyscraper

affordable housing

takeshi miyakawa


everyone deserves a drawer.

the standard brown paper bag
...reimagined in suede.

slow and steady

the mission of the label is to
push and produce interesting
and significant pieces from the
simplest and most inexpensive
fabrics and materials.


their concept is
something i've been
thinking about lately.

(credit)


family today


american rhapsody


+ 2

stop messing with our money!



MAD MEN
crooks.

no joke.

sold.

1. the only piece of art i've ever wanted
was this aged map of paris.

2. african textiles at the
hells kitchen flea.

3. found type.

Viva la Vida!

nygards anna



back to long skirts
victorian boots and
undergarments

reminds me of The Piano

see more.


ps: still recovering
from RODARTE