Ha! When I saw Aled Lewis' cheeky 'Toy Stories' on designworklife yesterday I could not help but giggle. I mean, really, he has the perfect combination of dry wit and a narrative/illustrative eye. Seriously, just two horns?!
FROM THE ARCHIVES: iPHONE PHOTOS
Hope you all had a good weekend!
It's rainy and kind of cold here today, so I decided to share a couple of my photos to (hopefully) brighten your day. Turns out there are a lot of great apps for taking great photos on the iPhone. These were all taken using Hipstamatic and Instagram which both do a great job of approximating different types of analog film. I love the saturation in the results.
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bright colors
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flowers
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from the archives
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iphone
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my portfolio
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photos
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street
TELL ME A DESIGN STORY
Have you heard about DesignStory? It's pretty much a sample sale site for lovely, drool-worthy design products (aka it's very dangerous). As they describe on their website:
DesignStory is an online community for design lovers, offering an array of high quality hand-picked home and design products from the world’s leading designers and brands. From the everyday to the hard to find, DesignStory offers its members exclusive products at great prices to fit every lifestyle.
“Members only” pricing without a sign-up fee, DesignStory invites its community to enjoy exclusive offers, limited and special editions, as well as designer discounts on new and cutting edge products for the home. A curated and editorialized offering to discover the best in home design globally - from everyday products to the most exceptional - DesignStory highlights designers and brands with weekly campaigns throughout each six-week season and provides new ideas, inspiration and visualization tools for you to create your own unique design lifestyle.
DesignStory’s founding team, Inka Mero and Mia Lewin, are global citizens, with Nordic roots, who have traveled the world to appreciate the joy in beautiful design for everyday living. We love discovering the best new ideas around the world and mixing and matching of products to create a design style that speaks to an individual's design story.
I have been thinking about posting about them for a while, but I wanted to wait until they featured a product that I was really committed to and this week they have! From now through Sunday they are offering great prices on Baggu shopping bag sets and zippered pouches (we know how much I love Baggu: see here, here and here). I have to say, I picked up a couple for myself.
If you sign up here, you will get a $10 credit towards your first purchase.* Enjoy!
*I never post about products for compensation. The credit system on DesignStory is mutual, however, so when you sign up we both get credits on our accounts. I'd say that's a win-win, no? Either way, I really love the mission and the products over at DesignStory and wouldn't post about them otherwise. As I say, why buy boring when you can buy beautiful?
DAY OF SILENCE
Tomorrow I will be observing the blogger's day of silence to promote awareness for Japan disaster relief. It's a great initiative launched by Utterly Engaged to raise funds to go to the organization ShelterBox which provides temporary housing, food and supplies for those affected by natural disasters. Please visit For Japan with Love to learn more and please please consider making a donation. Any amount helps.
(My participation in the day of silence means that I will be bumping my previously scheduled post to this weekend. Check back in on Saturday for some extra inspiration.)
SEEING GREEN
In case you didn't know, it's St. Patrick's Day today here in the states. I don't particularly celebrate St. Patrick's Day (being of Swedish, German, and French descent), but I thought it would be appropriate to share some cool green products I have come across recently to mark the occasion.
Without further ado, from left to right, top to bottom:
JAPAN DISASTER RELIEF
The recent natural disaster in Japan is unspeakably awful. The lives lost, the devastation wrought, the trials sure to come . . . it is almost too much to bear. Living halfway across the world and knowing no one living in Japan, it is hard to feel connected or feel like anything you do would make a difference. But there is something you can do that is in keeping with the mission of this blog: buy some beautiful art. There are a number of designers that have created gorgeous posters—using the graphic red circle of the Japanese flag as a starting point—for sale where 100% of the proceeds go to the relief effort in Japan.
Zac Neulieb, $22.50
Normally I refrain from talking about current events on this blog, but I have been overwhelmingly moved by the outpouring of support online over the last several days and wanted to share that with you all.
HEADING TO A HEADBOARD?
About a month ago I spotted this awesome printed headboard on Armelle's blog (first featured in Lonny Magazine). I was instantly in love with the pattern, the subtle undulating shape, everything.
Years ago, when I moved into my first apartment, I bought a West Elm bed. At the time I intended to buy a headboard to go with it but somehow never got around to it. Now, with tufted headboards on sale at West Elm I am tempted to finally 'complete the look'. These are some of my favorite picks. Now if I could just convince my bank account to regenerate a bit quicker after purchasing my new computer . . .