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Archive | March, 2011
the appalachian trail (2200 miles in 5 mins) + we’re gone!
to-do list tattoo
1 good idea: freeform bent-pipe faucet
reminder: ‘the improvisational cook’ book giveaway
laurie anderson reprise: jerry-rigging
the secret of white painted floors
divine inspiration: design via butterfly
swell rigged kitchen island on sawhorses
stripping things to their essence (le corbusier)
stout + ice cream floats (for grownups)
cool finds + good value, for home
hanging shelf = art + practicality
‘self-confidence produces fine results’ (sagmeister’s banana wall)
noguchi: ceramics, ikibana + space
book giveaway: ‘the improvisational cook’
japan’s dark spring via the new yorker
inspiration journals: walls, books, software…
how to remember anything
spring!
alt flower arrangement: a little vase of herbs
creative process: from simple to intricate (via krazy kat)
climbing
japan: resources, how to help, and hope
formula for cheap, fab, chic dinner parties
simultaneity of saturn and a pottery bowl
flowers akimbo (un-arranged)
on things not going as planned (addendum)
small space inspiration: 24+ rooms in 344 square feet
what to do when things don’t go as planned
led-illuminated shipping pallet bed
history as evidence, inspiration and guide (ww II)
science -> wonder <-art
d-i-y plant watering globes (made beautiful with wine and other bottles)
very expensive “nothing”
weekend nature walk: ant architecture
Grant Achatz’s Self-Made Challenge –> Scaffolding Dreams
life is going on all around, anyway
building -> growing -> alive (in memory of eleanor mailloux)
the fragrant herb salt recipe is fixed
make or buy: fragrant, wildly all-purpose herb salt
hey, today’s mardi gras!
hair as apparel, identity, art (man ray)
inspired electrical cord safety (tapedown with warning)
steven johnson on cultivating good ideas (daily)
today’s sign
vicarious thrill: surfing big by l.e.d + moonlight
makeshift hand splint/sculpture
experience a pour painting LIVE + calder, yves Klein, wegman + more (12 hrs of inspiration)
stylish improvs on ikea
theo jansen’s new forms of life
the beauty of a messed-up wall
roy arden’s blog: james brown’s dance lessons and homemade ferris wheels…
egypt: improvising a revolution
playing, dreaming, improvising
crispina ffrench’s potholder rugs
party favor/catalyst: random pairs of glasses
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