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Emerald City

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Pantone’s color of the year is Emerald #17–5641. Get fresh for 2013.


Martha.

Matt Knotts, Martha Stewart & Leah Spurrier

We hosted the host­ess. We met the woman who began it, grew it, ran it, and took it to the wall.


MINInATURE.

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Paula Hayes is the “high priest­ess” of terrariums,most famous for her exquis­ite, high-end,ethereal art­forms flour­ish­ing in organ­i­cally shaped, hand­blown glass vessels.


And It’s On To The Next With Karl

Karl Lagerfeld designs for Orrefors via luxurylaunches.com

Karl Lagerfeld col­lab­o­rates with Swedish glass­ware com­pany Orrefors.


Making it Right in the Lower Ninth Ward

Red Hawk Hunters Mardi Gras Indians via dsb nola via flickr.com

Rebuilding the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans with an eccen­tric eye on the future.…


No Particular Time

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As adept as Twain was with the writ­ten word, he was sur­pass­ingly mar­velous as a storyteller.


Jean Nouvel — World Architect

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You know his works, now meet the man.…


A Graphic Designer To Watch: Neil Kellerhouse

Girlfriend Experience via mubi.com

A cou­ple movie posters recently caught our eye…


Ryan McElhinney Toy Lamp

Ryan McElhinney lamp via buzz-beast.com

We are just lov­ing what designer and sculp­tor Ryan McElhinney is doing with his old toys.


Bokja: Richly Textured Beauties

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Lebanese design­ers cre­ated a line of fur­ni­ture that com­bines vin­tage folk with mod­ern design, pro­duc­ing one-of-a-kind pieces of func­tional art.


The Bucky Bar

The Bucky Bar by DUS Architecten via dezeen.com

What’s the cure for a cold, mis­er­able night? A cou­ple djs, plenty of beer, & umbrellas.


The People You End Up With Stink

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Simon Evans was always doo­dling and sketch­ing as a child yet shunned the thought of for­mal art train­ing. He spent time skate­board­ing on the streets of London.


Florae Fantasies

Towers via sweetstation.com

Daydreaming hap­pens when we look at the mes­mer­iz­ing images of Petra Borner.


Natural Order

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This strange young Scotsman who wan­dered the land talk­ing to rocks and flow­ers became an American hero — the “Father of the National Park System”.


Are We Where We Live?

Portland poster via orkposters.com

Chicago res­i­dent Jenny Beorkrem, founder of Ork Design, cel­e­brates this unique urban buzz with a series of cool typo­graphic neigh­bor­hood posters — bet­ter known as Ork Posters. She has taken the util­i­tar­ian mes­sages of a map and smartly spun them into deceiv­ingly func­tional and strik­ing diagrams.


Big Ideas

Scala tower: spa level

BIG is an archi­tec­ture firm based in and prac­tic­ing mainly in Copenhagen that has been churn­ing out some pretty inno­v­a­tive ideas.


Not Your Grandma’s Crafts

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The art of cro­chet has become an inspir­ing mod­ern design element.


Wish You Were Here

Nest Hammock by Ieva Laurina

Now, don’t you wish you were right here, right now tak­ing a lazy summer’s nap in this dreamy hammock?


Who is KAWS?

Kaws: "Perils"

KAWS has become an impor­tant fig­ure in the move­ment of under­ground graf­fiti cul­ture into the main­stream of gallery art.


Human eyes, hearts, and teeth.

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We love edgy fash­ion. Especially the kind that blurs the line between creepy and beautiful.


Beautiful paintings by French artist Sandrine Bihorel

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Crafting with Amy and Todd.

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Todd Oldham and Amy Sedaris show you how to make decoupage tables.


Fun fabrics from Eley Kishimoto

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We’re grow­ing really fond of these fun fab­rics from Eley Kishimoto…


Fashion Designer Kate Towers

Kate Towers

We are wild for this designer we just stum­bled upon…


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