Archive for the “Design” category
Literary Paint Chips
by naomi on April 29, 2012
Colors for the home, inspired by novels, including a sludgy brown shade from The Metamorphosis and a sad burgundy from Diary of a Young Girl. Interesting choices. Via Paris Review
Lemons and Wire by Terry Border
by naomi on February 19, 2012
I love lemons. And I love crafts. So this photo is really tickling me. It’s from a Wired slideshow about Terry Border, wire object enthusiast and photographer. He has a blog called Bent Objects. Here’s what Wired said about him: Instead (…)
Valentine’s Day Gems
by naomi on February 14, 2012
An e Valentine from my pal. Don’t you just love it, though? She found via Tumblr.
Apologies via the Cartolina app
by naomi on September 10, 2011
Although everyone should be a fan of paper cards (why don’t folks send those anymore? eh?), a digital compilation can still be cool…see below: Cute, right? It’s from the Cartolina iPhone app. For less than the price of a single (…)
One Book, One Tweet: Episode 3, The Social Animal and My New Nook
by naomi on August 4, 2011
One Book, One Tweet met last week for episode three. This time we chatted about The Social Animal by David Brooks. As you can see from the scorecard above, there were definitely mixed reviews. Personally, I thought there was good (…)
All of the lights
by naomi on July 10, 2011
Photo from flickr by EJP. I love these lights. This makes me feel like summer. Like electric hot New York summer.
Warby Parker has shades!
by naomi on June 29, 2011
Now, for the low low price of $95 you can get polarized sunglasses from spectacle pro Warby Parker. I found Mabel and I must have her. This is gimlet tortoise (the most perfect name for a sunglass colorway I’ve ever (…)
A DIY Hamptons Beach Wedding
by naomi on June 10, 2011
A very special lady got hitched last weekend. Well, technically she was already hitched (they did the City Hall thing a few months ago), but she had the most beautiful wedding. Think pebble beaches, white lanterns, Spanish guitar, swans, and (…)
31 Bits
by naomi on May 18, 2011
Jewelry is always just more special when it’s of the handmade variety. Not to mention the fact that you have a unique one-of-a-kind piece, and that you’re showing allegiance to small businesses and designers who want to share their vision (…)
Google doodles from space
by naomi on April 13, 2011
Yesterday’s google doodle was in honor of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. He was the first human in space (Ham the chimp went up just before him). That was 1961. Know what else happened that year? The Beatles performed for the (…)