on a hiatus

i will be taking a break from here for a bit. in the meanwhile, a few links:

shop unicef
uncommon goods
hotel boutique
rosanna inc
total home store

this drain stopper from modern poverty

beautiful gocco

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Originally uploaded by fisk & fern.

its been a while since i visited the gocco pool at flickr and found these beautiful bridal cards by fisk & fern. the pink ink was ordered from northwood studios.

i also like this one by redinstead;
lobsters by jek in the box and these summer buttons.

bake mom some treats!

Originally uploaded by poppytalk.

hershey's silicone bakeware comes with ingredients on how to bake yummy desserts. learn how to bake peanut butter filled chocolate cupcakes with the reese's bakeware, and have yummy individual brownies with the kisses tray. refrigerator, freezer, oven, and dishwasher safe.

$13.00

from shop intuition

pebble beach

pebble tiles from straw sticks and bricks for a foyer or patio. simply install like standard tile, grout, and you're finished!

pebble sizes vary from 1-1.5", and tile size is 12" square.

$15.00 per square foot

link from domino mag.

chalkboard paint

i've always wanted to do a chalkboard painted wall as seen on apartment therapy this past week which i really like.

also like the retail therapy message that goes along with the image.

benjamin moore chalkboard paint

shiny fuzzy muddy

shiny fuzzy muddy is a collective of local vancouver artists ranging from fine art to clothing to accessories. the name shiny fuzzy muddy comes from their various disciplines; shiny being jewellry, fuzzy being textiles and muddy being clay and paint.

you can see their work this weekend, may 5, 6 and 7 in vancouver at the mooncruise gallery in conjunction with the go gastown event.

presents in disguise

the portfolio of german designer, marcel weisheit is a fun look at not only logos and photography, but his presents in disguise is a cool interactive.

link: lost at e minor (issue 66)

kirsten white

kirsten white, another canadian designer and her line called file is so versatile, from bed tray to office desk.

lava lamp a la projector

got to have one of these space projector lava lamps by mathmos!

projecting a constantly moving image up to 1.5 meters onto walls or ceilings.

choose from six different colors, with oil wheel or graphic pack.

the canadian design resource

canadian design resource presented by motherbrand is a gallery of "canadian designed everything", from ceramics to transportation.

for the graphic designer out there, some great logos worth a look at too!