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May 10
Operation Design is a non-profit out of NYC that aims to partner highly accomplished architects and designers with public school students to create inspirational spaces and meaningful professional experience.
The organization is partnering with some well-known street artists for a fundraising auction. Each artist was given an Eames moulded plywood lounge chair to turn into a piece of art (not that the chairs themselves aren’t art!) The chairs will displayed in windows of Barney’s on Madison Ave from May 11th to June 1st, and an online will auction will take place during the same period.
I love this idea although am I the only one who thinks that shell chairs, which were often used in schools, would have been a more appropriate choice?
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May 10
Aamu Song’s Tanissitossut (Finnish for Dance Shoes) made me look. Really cute idea and really cute felt shoes all in one.
The red felt shoes with rubber soles are meant for the father and a young daughter to use together. The shoes offer a fresh take on the Finnish tradition of making boots out of felt inherited from Russia. As part of the designers’ ongoing project titled `Top Secrets of Finland´, Tanssitossut also contribute to the effort to keep the age-old industries specific to Finland alive by revealing “the secret luxuries of Finland” to general audiences through the means of design. (via: designyearbook)
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Apr 10
It’s been far too long, but this is what happens when a school year is ending. No time to eat and breath let alone blog. Anyways, in the meantime, I thought I would share some of nice things I’ve seen on the interwebs over the last couple of weeks.
ENJOY!
1) Mjolk went to Japan. The pictures are absolutely amazing. I’m jealous.
2) 10 Must Read Books for Architecture Fans (via Design You Trust)
3) DIY Tabletop Terrariums – this has been on my to-do list for a long time. I love the look of them and they are just so simple. Next week, I swear!
4) Shannon Montrose – Animal Photography. These pictures are pretty amazing and really cute. I’m still wondering where she got a giraffe for that photo.
5) MoMa/PopRally “An Evening of Skate Videos”. This event was hosted at MoMa in NYC last fall, but this video just hit the web. Pretty amazing, would have been really cool to have been there.
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Apr 10
Yesterday on of our favourite furniture stores in the city tweeted something very exciting….
Needless to say, this post had me at Modernica!
I clicked through to the website and it’s not up yet but it looks hopeful:
Looking forward to seeing what this is all about, in the mean time, if you’re in the Ottawa-area and you haven’t already, you should check out Found Design.
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Apr 10
Ottawa has had full-blown summer weather all weekend which has been a real treat. But with summer come the desire to live outside as much as possible. We have a pretty large balcony but we have no furniture, no power outlets and no real privacy. We have been debating how to make this space functional AND visually pleasing without spending too much money. We haven’t come up with a plan yet but I could tell you what I would do if money were no issue….
1. Astroturf – This isn’t so much of a dream, it is definitely going to happen, we have a pretty dreary view and some bright colour will really help.
2. Bertoia Side Chairs – I love these chairs and they are the perfect combination of sturdy but not clunky so the balcony wouldn’t look too cluttered. Too bad $300 a chair for the balcony just isn’t going to happen right now.
3. Franco Albini Ottoman – Rattan ottoman from the 1950’s. While I’m not usually one for rattan furniture, I really like this, maybe painted white?? It would work well as a table, ottoman or seat.
4. Oscar Planters from CB2 – I just like the way they look. They aren’t crazy expensive so I may actually get them but I think I could find something pretty similar for much cheaper if I hunted around.
5. Hanging Candleholder from CB2 – We can’t actually hang anything because I don’t think it would be ok to drill into the bottom of the balcony above us but I like the look of these hung in a group. What do you do for lighting on a balcony with no power outlet???
6. Knoll Saarinen Side Table – Simple, durable and we would be able to find it an indoor place during the winter with no problem!
Stay tuned for the real-life version of our balcony – hopefully sooner rather then later so we can start to enjoy this weather!
