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Simplicity 9229 Child Size Bean Bag Animal Chairs
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If you are into typography or just plain punk, this is a mus-have for your crib.

Bulldang is a wonderfully deconstructed form that you can mold into the seating structure you desire.
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Simplicity 9229 Child Size Bean Bag Animal Chairs
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Some great little space savers that can be folded, packed or collapsed. Includes a canvas bucket and grill among others.
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Safety 1st Fold Up Booster Chair
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Concrete planters are durable throughout the year and a great aesthetic choice for a modern garden. Here is a great link to making your own, or if you’re not so inclined, purchasing your own.
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“Pantonova” Manufactured by Fritz Hansen and designed by Verner Panton. This iconic line of seating was designed in 1971.
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Leather Bentwood Lounge Chair Danish Modern eames era
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This smart little design is the Sagaform Herb Pot Trio. Great looks at a great price, $34.
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Garden Spice and Wild Pot-Herbs Muenscher wood cuts ill
US $19.95 (0 Bid)
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spring summer 2007 decor 032, originally uploaded by supershoppertoo.
Here’s another lovely way to display a plate collection! Never thought about resting them on a ledge before! Cool.

DECORATIVE LIGHTHOUSE PLATES W/LIGHTHOUSE DISPLAY STAND
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The architecture of this black chandelier is stunning, looking down upon such a pretty white room. Great light too!

JET BLACK CRYSTAL CHANDELIER LIGHTING FREE SHIPPING!
US $249.00
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I adore the maps on the walls in this bedroom… it adds such texture to the room.

1848 SWITZERLAND HUGE ANTIQUE MAP BY GALL & INGLIS
US $34.99 (0 Bid)
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bath on blocks, originally uploaded by ooh_food.

Here’s a novel way to showcase your tub!

GRANDMAS 8 INCH SPATS BATH TUB CANDY BOWL
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nytimes style section - bookcase, originally uploaded by ooh_food.

I love bookcases… How lovely to see bookcases in a Modern interior. Love the shag rug.

New Ikea Modern Bookcase/Bookshelf/Book Shelf Case
US $24.95
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nytimes style section - floating staircase, originally uploaded by ooh_food.
I love the artistic aesthetics of this staircase.

COLLIDOSCOPE NIGEL COATES NEW INTERIOR DESIGN HB BOOK
US $29.72 (0 Bid)
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This beautiful art object would look good in any museum. It comes complete with it’s little acrylic stand. Play with this fantastic puzzle which doubles as an amazing art object. This is a new work designed for the Aura Collection by the graphic designer Aoi Huber. It is made of 20 pieces of layered acrylic.
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Barack Obama Music Video - Hope changes everything.
Get the Barack Obama Music Video at www.obamavideo08.com and upload it to your own YouTube account to show support for America’s rock star candidate.
Created by two dedicated Obama supporters in Los Angeles, CA.
Writer/Director: Eric Hirshberg
Producer: Tom Dunlap

I have been seeing quite a few beautiful patterns around lately on all sorts of objects, linens, and artwork. I always admire a good pattern.

one : Dress Up Dogs - tan fabric ($9.50/half yard)
two : cushion - lilly pilly petal (AU $49.95)
three : palm beach dinner plate ($10)
four : Tripp Cabin Upright ($350)
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I am quite sure I have seen Allyson Melberg’s soft sculptures at some point, but I have only recently seen her eye-catching illustrations, found on her flickr photostream. I love the simple neutral colors and the poses of her figures.
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Love these unique Crochet Pendant Lamps from Roost. They are beautifully designed and actually completely hand-woven. ($119 from Velocity Art & Design)
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WHITE Pendant Organza Light Lamp Hanging MODERN New!
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psd2css online converts your fantastic, creative, artistic, no holds barred web page designs into strict XHTML compliant CSS web pages automatically. Use Photoshop or The Gimp to express yourself and create the most professional, aesthetically perfect and functional designs you can think of, then upload your .psd designs, download your .html file and images. It’s [...]

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Accommodating the Color Blind Online
Web sites with good balance and color schemes have the usability and appearance. Similarities in hues and brightness harmonize colors and create attractive color schemes. However, they’re not “user-friendly” for the visually impaired. Nearly one in 12 visitors to your site will have some form of color-blindness. Most commonly, [...]

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The open source model has, over the last 20 years, proven that collaborative development is one of the best ways to incorporate the newest ideas and latest concepts into design.
In fact, the open source model, which began with programmers, has been so successful that it is currently being applied in government, media, education and private [...]

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Online Image Editing

Project Draw
Project Draw is an online sketch tool from the makers of AutoCAD and Revit.
Resizr Resizr allows users to upload a picutre (currently .jpg format only) and have it resized for them. The site also has a Firefox plugin.
Splashup
Splashup is a Photoshop-esque Flash based online image editing tool. Very easy to use and [...]

Tom Friedman on how America can regain its international stature by taking the lead in alternative energy and environmentalism.  The New York Times
The Power of Green

Thanks to BarryBlog for finding this!
Acuity has raised the standards of aesthetics and comfort in the task seating category. To develop Acuity, Allsteel went overseas and called the Continuum Milan team.
Through in-depth research, strategy and design, the design team underwent an intense process that started with the unmet needs of everyday office workers. [...]

A campaign for anti-graffiti!
8 hours of writing
5 permanent markers
3 baths and 2 showers to clean off
Part of a campaign to promote writing on your face rather than someone elses property.
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Graffiti art DAILY OPERATION DVD trains EURO krylon
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I already have a papasan, but… I so very much want this. I saw it in-store, and it’s such the perfect size. Not too oversized (like the luxurious ones you see at boutique hotels) but rather just big enough to snuggle up in, and fit on (my) a patio (or even a decent balcony?). I [...]

Ikea has such classic clean lines that the furniture is perfect for modern offices.  Here are some nice examples of people just like you and me using Ikea for their think-tank session spaces.

IKEA Corner Bookcase AntiqueTraditional Style/desk
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I am so fascinated by this rug spotted on a post on AT:NY- i LOVE the concept of the fluorescent and multi color strips juxtaposed with the ornate pattern. They apparently were melted onto the rug! By Studio Bertjan.
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I love the illustrations of Linn Olofsdotter (Sweden). I am completely drawn in by the delicate line and pretty shading and odd subject matter. Lovely.
When I see sites like this I’m always aching to pull out my own watercolours, ink, brushes and pencils. A career in illustration has always appealed to me ~ I long [...]

Following up on the whole China Blue thing, I love this Koi print outdoor pillow from Pottery Barn. If I had enough room for a big ol’ cabanna lounge- This would be right there…

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Research led by György Horvath MD,PhD of the Göteborg University Hospital proved that trained dogs detect cancer through scent.
The research was focused mainly on ovarian cancer in all stages, including borderline tumors and the results were that most common ovarian carcinomas are characterized by a single specific odor.
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The Endless City (2008) edited by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic
Phaidon Press
Hardcover, 512 pages

The stats on the cover of Phaidon’s recent tome to expanding global urbanism paint a picture of what many people know but what many people don’t want to believe: the world is primarily urban and it’s becoming more so every day, from [...]

Back in 2000, then New York Gov. George E. Pataki “proposed building one of the first museums in the country to be devoted to women’s history.” The following year’s competition for the Battery Park City site was won by Smith-Miller Hawkinson, but what interests me here is Weiss/Manfredi’s runner-up design.

[Museum of Women's History | scan [...]

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (2000) by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, & L. Hunter Lovins
Back Bay Books
Paperback, 416 pages
Ten Shades of Green: Architecture and the Natural World (2005) by Peter Buchanan
W. W. Norton
Paperback, 128 pages

One look at magazines, newspaper or television, or a listen to the radio and it’s clear that sustainability has [...]

Here’s some inspiration culled from radio and television, for your Memorial Day Weekend enjoyment.
This weekend’s Studio 360 includes a piece on architect Danny Sagan, who was inspired to become an architect after attending a Mission of Burma concert in the late 70’s.
Last week’s CBS Sunday Morning was its yearly “On Design” episode. Broadcast from Berlin, [...]