Wintery White

Just come back from a mid-week break for a few days in Amsterdam, at a friend's, and this was the view from the apartment. Very pretty to look at, but with temperatures of -5 during the day and a minimum of -10 at night, I think inside is the best place to be. Especially as the return train journey yesterday (normally a two & a half hour journey) took me 6 hours! 

According to the news, 09.00am yesterday morning the temperature was -22.9 in Lelystad - a record - and colder than the inside of your refrigerator.

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Hair today

...gone tomorrow - Graffiti around town  © Alison Day Designs

High Five

 

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Easy Roast!

On a recent visit to England, I spotted this intriguing combi on offer in the pet food aisle of Sainsburys Supermarket, in Richmond, London. 


Ok chaps, we're all aware of how hard the economic recession is hitting everybody, but I think your marketing division should have a rethink as to the message you're sending by this placement of the Bako Easy Roast bags!


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Invisible Body

Recent artwork of Peruvian artist Cecilia Paredes’ has her disappearing into the backgrounds of her artwork like a chameleon to his habitat - not through magic but with paint. Via Design Taxi

Urban Carpet

The Dongsi Shi Tiao [Urban Carpet: Green 2009], is just one of a series of 8 urban carpets, representing different maps of Hutong areas in downtown Beijing. 

Embroidered by hand onto canvas, employing the same technique as on propaganda slogans, used by the communist party in the 1970's. 

Kind of fun to be able to pick out the whereabouts of your house on the carpet! For the other 7 carpets in the series go: here

Squirrel it Away

This unique masterpiece of a female torso is realised in birch wood and includes a set of small velvet-lined drawers. Multifunctional: furniture; sculpture and jewellery box. Using only natural materials in his designs, his work is a challenge to 'your perceptions of traditional furniture
For more: Peter Rolfe