ernst caramelle’s fab painted walls

Somewhere along the way we came across artist Ernst Caramelle‘s wonderful painted walls. They were actually installations in various art galleries: walls as artworks. We want to take them home, or the idea at least…paint some of our space in his fabulous fashion. We notice, that his color blocks can dramatically change the proportions of…

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ikea find: chic black + white pillows

We’re always on the lookout for inexpensive housewares that LOOK expensive and stylish. We think these cotton Vilmi Figur pillow covers from Ikea do just that. Throw pillows can be crazy amazingly expensive, so at $10 each (inserts $2.99 to $6.99), these are a bargain (and  wash and wear to boot). There’s a jazzy contrasting…

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insta-perspective: this is where we are

Video link here. via BoingBoing Related posts: sagan’s mixtape of the human experience – for aliens travel the known universe 2-second video from thomas ashcraft (look up!) reality-scope: global lives project come along for a ride into space…

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hula hoop dreams (exercise as play)

A post in Zen Habits echoed what we’ve been thinking lately: I don’t do boring exercise. If I hate doing something, I stop doing it. I don’t have enough life left to waste doing stuff I hate. A big part of blogging is sitting on your ass, surfing thrillingly, but virtually; we don’t get enough…

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role model: fast forward on $$, improvising and music

A couple of months ago, we received an interesting comment thanking us for a quote we posted from John Cage’s A Year from Monday: “Even though I have 2 copies of this book, knew JC and spent 30 years performing his music, it was still great to see”. It was signed ‘Fast Forward’. Well of course we…

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soleri’s cool chalky walls from “artists’ handmade houses” (+ our giveaway winner!!!)

In honor of the conclusion of our Artists’ Handmade Houses giveaway contest, here’s one final photo from the book: some lovely chalky walls at Paolo Soleri’s Cosanti . Six small sleeping areas, located along the east side of Cat Cast (so named because the earth pile on which the concrete was cast was mounded with a Caterpillar…

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bathroom read: esquire’s “what I’ve learned”

The only time we read Esquire magazine is in the dentist’s waiting room where we turn right to the “What I’ve Learned” column: to-the-point, full-of-insight interviews with notable artists, writers, actors, athletes, celebrities, entrepreneurs, musicians, scientists, thinkers. Now Esquire’s published a book of 64 of “the best of” from the column called Esquire, The Meaning…

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last call to enter: ‘artists homemade houses’ giveaway

Our giveaway of Artists’ Handmade Houses, with text by Michael Gotkin and photographs by Don Freeman ends tonight at midnight EST so you have a few hours left to enter. Click here to find out how (it’s easy) and to browse the book. We’ll be announcing the winner tomorrow afternoon. Related posts: more from ‘artists handmade houses’…

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