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Flickr Files: Melamine Tableware Then & Now

If you're as old as me - and that's not that old so don't chuckle - your mother probably bought a set of melamine plates for everyday tableware. 

Queens Builds

Visit ARCHITDOSE now! On the heels of 2007's opening of the administrative/visitor center at Queens Botanical Garden, the borough I call home has a string

Cooper Union Builds

Visit ARCHITDOSE now! Here's a few shots I snapped today walking past Cooper Union's New Academic Building by Morphosis under construction.

When Blobs Disappear

Visit ARCHITDOSE now! The rear section of the Juan Valdez Flagship on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan used to look like this: [photograph by Paul Warchol] When

A Soft Palette

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HOME TOUR: AbsolutelyBeautifulThings

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I picked up the old front gate from a demolition yard as having one custom made was way too expensive. This one cost

Fashion Trends: MAKEUP TONES

So here's what I got from Net-A-Porter.com this week:

Kurrency – The Money Chandelier

The Los Angeles firm Stuart Karten Design suggests that instead of stowing your dollars under your mattress you should keep them in plain sight, hanging

Axor Urquiola – Bathroom for Two

Can you imagine arranging a meeting for two in the bathroom? Patricia Urquiola's new collection for Axor, presented by her in this attractive form seems to be

Mid-winter Summer Dreams – the new Marcel Wanders Kettal Collection

It may be winter here in the Northern hemisphere, but there are a lot of countries elsewhere that are enjoyng their sunny weather. And even in

Warm Winter Trends – Felt

Felt - one of the odest textiles - is again very fashionable, and not only as hats. Home furnishings and decor (look at this beautiful wall tapestry

Interesting Fall Forecast for Home Decoration

Very interesting fall forcasts from washingtonpost.com:
In addition to purple as an accent colour now "gray as the new neutral" is the choice for the coming seasons. "Gray

10 Extraordinary 2008 Purchases by (Apparently) Extremely Rich Collectors

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As long as I can remember, I have always had my eyes open for something new to add to my collection. Usually the types of

Ikat Bowls

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Earlier today I popped into Anthropologie where I browsed their housewares and spotted the ikat bowls that I've been eyeing, but up

goop.com

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Gwyneth Paltrow has just launched a new website called GOOP. From the description and categories (Make, Go, Get, Do, Be, and See) it

Sixties Style: Buttoned Up

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Mad Men
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Mad Men is hands down my absolute favorite show on television. If you've watched

The Lazy Manifesto: Do Less. Then, Do Even Less.

“Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place.” - Lao Tzu
How many of us don’t get lazy every now and then? Of course, some of us get lazy

7 Ways Being Unbalanced Can Make You More Productive

Sometimes you need to become unbalanced in order to get things done. If you’re working on a book, launching a business or trying to overhaul some part of

The Power of Less Tips of the Day

Post written by Leo Babauta. Follow on Twitter.
I wanted to share with you my Power of Less Tips of the Day, which I’m offering through

24 Rooms Tucked Into One

GARY CHANG stood in the middle of his apartment on a recent Saturday morning, ignoring a message from his Nintendo Wii on the wall-size screen: “Are you fidgeting?

Cocktails and Small Bites for Troubled Times

My wonderful incredibly  hot friend, Lesly Bernard, has opened a fabulous new haunt in the East Village called Mr. Jones.  I still have fond memories of

Oliver Wrobel – Pantone Snowboards


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Eco-Campaign Poster Designs from Vamadesign


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Nice Free Font for Download – Lindau


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HUGE BCBG Sale going on !!!

Get your foxy butts right over to BCBG pronto - I have never seen a sale quite like this for BCBG!  Let's fix

House Tour: Farnsworth House

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Seb Lester :: Mighter

Visit Black White Bliss! Beautiful new limited edition A2 poster by by Seb Lester. Metallic gold lettering on a luxurious black paper. Contact Seb for

Veer :: Chest Hair T-shirt

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interrobang :: tote

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Cafe Cadre Will Prepare Your Dinner Party!

[caption id="attachment_6991" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Let Cafe Cadre take care of every aspect of your Dinner party!"][/caption] If you're like me, you love a good dinner party - but

Coming Up: Eight Handbag Trends

1.  THE PRETTY YOUNG THING: BUDDING PASTELS GO PERFECTLY WITH BUDDING BODIES AND CREDIT CARDS MARKETED TO TEENS

"Balenciaga bag, the hottest handbag of the world!

Gerd Arntz – Isotype

Visit SubStudio! Gerd Arntz was commissioned by Otto Neurath to develop the Isotype visual dictionary, consisting of over 4000 symbols. According to his

Charles Pictet Architecte

Visit SubStudio! Charles Pictet Architecte designed this house in Frontenex, France as an addition to an original building. I love how the new

Bomba Energy

Visit SubStudio! Nice packaging for Bomba Energy by Valentine Associates. From the website:

New Austrian energy drink Bomba needed a unique packaging solution to launch in

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