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Archive | June, 2011
book giveaway: artists’ handmade houses
field of love
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wendell berry on ‘the real work, and the real journey’
body as artist’s canvas
everyday brancusi: mailbox, lamps, platters…
d-i-y cork mousepad
the path forward
ellen silverman photographs: inside cuba’s kitchens pt.1
d-i-y pegboard headboard
slab-and-pillar table inspiration from casa malaparte
recession jokes
photo of the day: ‘leap into the void’
insoluable problem -> interesting solution
transforming grief to joy: jazz funerals and square dances
Drawing on furniture (like saul steinberg)
(dis) connected
‘window box’ car bumper
adiós clarence clemons
neil gaiman on how ‘to do it’
hula-hooping as life-changing exercise
“in my next life, I will be_________”
awesome building blocks for kids + grownups (to d-i-y?)
small space obsession: 182 sq ft apartment on 3 levels
‘the improvised life’ in detroit, harlem and governors island
photo of the day
mystery tree structure contest winner!!!! (+ 25 great notions)
keeping a dream book
dental floss shoe repair (thinking on your feet!)
stephen hawking ps: musicians relearning how to play
wise words from stephen hawking
weekend music and games: national jukebox + monopoly revised
japanese colored tape d-i-y inspiration/mood/idea board
contest reminder: name the mystery tree and win a prize
“love cannot be, without love”
poems as gifts: don wentworth’s ‘past all traps’
sagan’s mixtape of the human experience – for aliens
guerilla florist bella meyer: “flowers as natural art supplies”
collapsible picnic tables and chairs (instant back yard)
bumper crop on the nyc taxi farm
1928 cartoon of the apocalypse (now rescheduled for october)
d-i-y modern/rustic table
aelita andre: what if you gave a child their own art studio?
mystery tree structure (name it and win a prize)
dominic wilcox’s solutions for the ‘everyday’
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