ok, this may be the biggest tease ever since the official release date isn’t til september, but i was so excited to receive these samples in the mail today from my publisher, chronicle books! on the way: a new full-color journal! finally, right?! i’ll see if i can get these in my online shop sooner than september for ya!
is this not the most AMAZING places you’ve ever seen?! teaching has it’s perks: i found this on one of my student’s flickr accounts while grading projects!
i’m speechless. tham & videgard hansson arkitekts: my new heroes!
as soon as i recover, i’m packing my bags and heading to stockholm to move in!
see and read more here.
i specifically love this comment: Nice experiment. You have shown me something, spacially, that i never knew. I appreciate your work, but I dont like it. I have learned that the floor should not rise 5 feet up the wall. That boundary is sacred. maybe you can flirt a bit, but you bastardized that line. I hate your house, and that you can evoke that emotion makes me appreciate you. I still think it insults style though. I know you understand.”
if you’ll be in portland oregon this weekend and need to buy some hand-made goodness for special people in your life, me and my wares will be at 2 events…
saturday: 11 – 6 pm / northeast portland
the handmade valentines art show
at the subud center
3185 ne regents ave.
a fun-filled day of music, massage and hand-made artwork and wares!
sunday: 10 – 1 pm / southeast portland
pre-valentines day craft sale
at 2237 se 44th ave. [between division and hawthorne]
nibble on snacks while perusing handmade wares from local artisans at this low-key house party! bonus: there will be a bargain back room!
every once in a while i have a supremely difficult day where nothing goes right or i’m faced with terribly unexpected news. at the same time, nine times out of ten when i’m having an awful day, something appears to remind me that all is not beyond hope.
yesterday was one of those days. and the letter above arrived in the mail.
i bought Builders of the Pacific Coast
[you can click on any of these images to see them much larger, which is why they're displaying disappointingly smaller than usual on my blog.]
basically, it showcases a bunch of hippie houses built along the pacific coast, most without permits and all that other big brother stuff.
some of them are too cluttered or haphazard for my taste, but others hit the right balance of innovation, design and creativity that appeals to my rustic modern leanings.
i saw Wood Houses
how amazing is that double row of beds in the vacation house above?! i love the idea of a “sleeping cupboard” rather than a separate room for my bed.
i’ve always loved freeform wood shingle houses. this one is extra-special because that part that sticks out is “expandable.” you’ll have to track down this book and see for yourself!
amazing suspended stairs!!!
i love the idea of this house: public spaces on the ground floor made transparent by walls of glass, and private spaces upstairs with more walls.
if you’re similarly smitten with rustic modern spaces, the my scandinavian retreat blog will fuel your obsession!
i’ve had quite a few people ask if i’ll ever make the anima poster prints with white backgrounds to match the original artwork. my answer: sorry, no. the anima poster prints will always have the strong color backgrounds to differentiate them from the original drawings.
BUT, if you’re handy with an exacto knife here’s a tip to achieve a white background for yours: the figures on each of the anima poster prints have a slight white outline, so you could cut them out and re-mount them on a white background before framing. tedious, i know. but it is a valid solution!
i took the afternoon off to poke around the internet some and noticed lots of places are doing special fundraisers for haiti.
i don’t have time to come up with something clever, and don’t see the point of enticing you to buy something i’ve made in order to help someone else who’s lost so much, so i thought i’d let you know i’ve donated a nice sum of money instead. and, if you haven’t already, i encourage you to do the same! you know the saying “there but for the grace of god…”
above are just a few places you can donate to, pick one!
ok, these are kind of a cross between shoes and architecture, aren’t they?
i’d never wear something like these, but they’re an amazing piece of design.
you can see more here.
strolling through the dwell magazine site, i stumbled upon terunobu fujimori’s work again. i’d seen pictures of the house above and below several years ago, and it’s always stuck in my mind. but, my mind being what it is [terrible at remembering names], i couldn’t remember the name of the architect.
so i was super happy to find it!
man, someone needs to publish a book of his work!
