Creative Mornings NY – Ji Lee
2011/03 Ji Lee from CreativeMornings on Vimeo.
Lately, I’ve felt bogged down by the details and not doing enough creative thinking as I would like.
Enter Creative Mornings, a monthly breakfast lecture series started by Tina Roth Eisenberg of Swiss Miss fame. Sometimes, all you need is to see what drives others creatively…
I found this one by Ji Lee (Creative Director of Google, now Facebook) about the importance of personal projects to be particularly apropos and inspiring.
See by Chloe Fall 2011
Do you ever play that “what’s your look for the season” game? It’s one I play quite frequently with the bestie (who is a fashion buyer) and it drives her bonkers. Only because sometimes, I’ll just make stuff up and say ridiculous things like “My look this season is Marie Antoinette meets the Virgin Suicides in Texas”… you can understand why it can drive her a little cuckoo.
Well this time around, I can seriously say that now that fall is here, I want my Fall wardrobe to reflect See by Chloe’s Fall 2011 collection. First of all, Fall is my all time favourite season to dress, hands down – all that layering! Secondly, this collection is totally me. I love the colour palate, the wispy, delicate prints mixed with detailed chunky sweaters over thick tights, layered with long coats…I love this time of year!
Florian Schmid – Stictching Concrete
Florian Schmid, a German industrial designer, is the brain behind this incredible product, Stitching Concrete. With these stools, Schmid really plays on the juxtaposition of the ideas of hard|soft. It is completely the type of design project that really whets my design appetite. Using a new fabric called Concrete Canvas, this material combines the flexibility of fabric with the hardness of concrete.
According to the material provider’s website, “Concrete Canvas (CC) is a flexible cement impregnated fabric that hardens on hydration to form a thin, durable water proof and fire proof concrete layer. Essentially, it’s concrete on a roll, all you have to do is JUST ADD WATER.” Swoon. I love.
Via Honestly WTF via Design Boom
Big Fan By Szostak
Fans are one of those objects that well designed ones are pretty few and far between. Unfortunately, when you live in a place that has such hot summers such as Toronto, one cannot avoid getting one. I could not help but be completely captivated by this one handcrafted by Polish designer, Witold Szostak.
According to his Etsy bio, Szostak’s intention is to “present a few special things which are entirely handmade. My main concern has been to make products of highest quality of craftsmanship as well as of materials (stainless steel, teak wood, ceramic, porcelain).”
This particular piece comes at the hefty price tag of $7,800 USD but given the incredible craftmanship, 150 W Bosch engine and size (95cm x 95cm/ 37,5’’x37,5’’); I would say it is completely justified.
