Oct 18th, 2011
The Transformation from Fonderie 47 on Vimeo. Have you guys seen this incredible video making its rounds? This inspiring team is trying to bring light to a subject so dark and real in our world today. They are refashioning AK47 assault rifle into pieces of jewelry. According to their site, they are “a company dedicated [...]
Sep 6th, 2011,
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 [...]
Feb 7th, 2010
Almost 7 days to Valentine’s Day…While I am not a huge fan of the V-Day, I can appreciate all the lovely things out there to celebrate this holiday, such as these super cute XOXO pencils by Etsy seller, Simple Song Designs.
Dec 28th, 2009
There has been a long silence on this blog as you can see. I initially wanted this blog to be tumbler-esque but my CTO (aka the husband) wanted to play around with coding or whatever it is he does for fun. And then life and work got busy…for him and for me. But this blog [...]
May 4th, 2009
It all started off with a minor conversation or was it an exchange of emails? I am not quite sure… It was probably around the time when I started reading blogs about 5 years ago. I would usually send Marie, my best friend who lives on the West Coast (and eventually the rest of our [...]