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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
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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

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 [...]

Building London: The Making of a Modern Metropolis (2008) by Bruce Marshall
Universe
Hardcover, 304 pages
Paris 2000+: New Architecture (2007) by Sam Lubell
Monacelli Press
Hardcover, 240 pages

These two image-drenched coffee table books focus on what can be seen as Europe’s two most cosmopolitan cities, using photographs to tell the story of London and Paris, each in its own [...]

During the pillaging of the East Hampton beachhouse, I was able to get a MASSIVE wood frame that was going to end up in the dumpster.  I took the graphics that I made of my favorite rocker, Pete Doherty (Babyshambles, the Libertines, Kate Moss’ ex-boyfriend), and made a ginormous museum-quality poster out of it.  It’s [...]

Speaking at a conference in New York, Microsoft’s chief architect, Ray Ozzie, said open source is a bigger threat to the software juggernaut than Google is. He says open source developers are not restricted by the best interests of shareholders and potentially are, therefore, a stronger market force.
read the whole article here

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It is hard to find the words to express what a fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy President Bush’s new plan is.
read the whole AMAZING article here

GEORGE W BUSH “SO EASY..” GEICO CAVEMAN PARODY SHIRT L
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Some more kitchens to add to the Kitchen Love files above! I love the pretty celadon green and white china collection in the cabinets in the first image and the little vintage painting leaning against the splash back and I also love the little bench seat breakfast nook in the last image - so gorgeous!!
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Glastonbury revelers will be happy to know that a dead phone battery mid-festival doesn’t necessarily mean making no more calls until you get home. This is because Orange will be setting up their giant mobile phone charger again, powered by wind and solar power, to provide much-needed juice for low-powered festival goers.

Read more…
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The Daily McBush:  If you know any pro-choice voters thinking about supporting John McCain, please get this video in front of them.
WATCH THE VIDEO NOW

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This is a provision with huge reach, and was slipped into the bill this week. Not only does it affect nearly every credit card transaction, such as Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, but the bill specifically targets payment systems like eBay’s PayPal, Amazon, and Google Checkout, that are used by many online businesses.
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A new "paperless" architecture book featuring facades from around the world.
This book is the result of two years of architectural research. Dynamic facades, ventilated, high-tech or traditional composites with new features. This book shows that currently new skins not only act as an isolating element, besides interact with the environment, optimizing energy exchange with the [...]

One of our most popular posts here at L+L is the Finland Summer House posted by James back in January 2005. If exploring summer houses in Finland is your raison d’être, then we have a book for you. Finnish Summer Houses by Jari & Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen is a new book from Princeton Architectural Press [...]

A political satire set in Turaqistan, a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former US Vice-President (Aykroyd). In an effort to monopolize the opportunities the war-torn nation offers, the corporation’s CEO hires a troubled hit man (Cusack), to kill a Middle East oil minister. Now, struggling with his own growing demons, [...]

HOLLYWOOD LIFE MAGAZINE COVER
ROOM WITH JORDAN CAPPELLA OTTOMAN page 46
Hi,
If you get the chance check out the latest issue of HL magazine. Page 46 has a room designed by Vanessa De Vargas, and features a picture of the Jordan Cappella Lucite based ottoman upholstered in a black ostrich vinyl.
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"The web is the force behind the most important innovation in recent history. We should be empowering individuals and small businesses to succeed in this new medium to the greatest possible extent, not taxing innovation. Introducing taxes now will severely cripple the web’s growth at this critical stage of early development." As a [...]

This is going to sound morbid or obtuse, but I can succinctly sense that I am on the threshold of somehow leaving youth behind. You know, that number that solidifies your mid-life. I think for me, it was turning 42. It isn’t sad or scary. It’s simply true. I’m 42 [...]

Until I can get enough time together to make some Photoshop Brushes that contain all of the mid-century masters’ classic pieces, I decided to throw together some sleek, modern desktop wallpapers for anyone who would like them.
You can now have Eames, Saarinen, Knoll and Noguchi wallpapers to add to your collection and use on your [...]

Just found this and now I don’t know where, but I thought I’d share it… LOL. So I guess these towels are selling out, particularly for Digg users who seem to live online and not in life sometimes. Enjoy!

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This weekend the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York
One of my favourate products is Rapsel’s Arne bath tub - its name directly communicates to the curves of Arne Jacobsen’s furniture

Another notable product is the Bamboo Basket Chair by Isamu Noguchi: a result [...]

You must’ve heard it around the blogland, dwell is having the 3rd Annual Dwell on Design on June 5-8, 2008 in Los Angeles. It includes Conference (June 5-6) , Exhibition (June 6-7), and Home Tours (June 7-8).
Here are the highlights of the events:
Conference: June 5-6
More than 50 incredibly talented and diverse speakers ranging from legislators [...]

To celebrate its 90th anniversary Electrolux are looking for 90 Electrolux kitchen owners across Europe – all with a special story to tell. To become an Electrolux Kitchen Star, take a picture of yourself in your kitchen, e-mail the picture together with a short description of when you felt like a star in your kitchen. [...]

I am pleasantly surprised (agian) by this new “Enlaced Antibodi” from Patricia Urquiola for the Italian furniture manufacturer Moroso. Very elegant, modern and practical addition to the outdoor series that she is creating lately for different companies
(picture from the house of g )

A report with great images can be seen on designws.com
I like what Andrée [...]

Tencent Inc, a company purportedly responsible for the largest IM service in China, has launched QQ Xiaoyou, a network currently allowing invited QQ users for testing ahead of a broader public launch, according to Tangos of China Web 2.0 Review. Amit Chowdry of Pulse 2.0 translates the network’s meaning as equatable to “Alumni.”
Founded in 1998, [...]

Last.FM marked a company milestone many months ago when it signed a number of music industry giants to its multi-million-strong audio track list. The now CBS-owned service counted Warner Music Group as one of the first participants. No more. This week, Warner retracted its catalogue, as was reported first by Peter Kafka of Silicon Alley [...]

Only several days have passed since Starbucks and AT&T officially made available free Wi-Fi to US customers (upon purchase, registration, and use of a Starbucks Card with corresponding rewards program), and already T-Mobile, the coffee chain’s pre-existing wireless Internet service partner, has presented a lawsuit in New York state court.
Reuters reported on T-Mobile’s filing Friday [...]

Revision3 has been in the news more than usual the past two week, mostly due to its falling victim to a denial-of-service attack on its servers by the RIAA and MPAA associate MediaDefender, a subset of ARTISTSdirect, Inc. Yesterday the independent video producer’s CEO announced another loss - though this time one quite a bit [...]

The tournament for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2008 for short, commenced this weekend, and will carry through to June 29. Fans of the games will of course been keeping a close eye on their television sets, whether watching competing teams square off in Austria or Switzerland, the two host countries this [...]

Sometimes small changes can grow into big issues. Especially if those changes are made by an online corporation with global spread and hundreds of millions of regular consumers or users. Enter, the Google favicon.

Surely you’ve noticed the company’s shift from a big, brawny capital ‘G’ to a more reserved, accentuated and scripted lowercase ‘g’. How [...]

If you have more than one Gmail account you regularly use (I have five), one of the most annoying aspects of dealing with it is the fact that you cannot have more than one opened (opening two instances of a web browser doesn’t help either, because the cookie is shared between them) at the same [...]

Developing Web applications to be used within social networks and numerous other cloud-based structures is becoming more and more de rigueur for the entrepreneurial set. Both on the desktop and on the go, Web users in droves seek simple, unique software gadgets through which to access and manipulate data with easy while able to transfer [...]

Designer Michael Roberson, photography by Lee Boden for The Washington Post

Designer David Mitchell, photography by Lee Boden for The Washington Post
Designer Kelley Proxmire, photography by Lee Boden for The Washington Post
Designer Victoria Neale, photogrpahy by Lee Boden for The Washington Post
A former Georgetown boy’s school is the [...]