a little early this week...



beautifully altered photographs by aliki braine.
(via never happened)


there are some new things in that cabinet of wonder, papa stour...
including a holiday house in scotland (!)

i really really really want this book.

be sure to check out the new covetables at busy being.


see you tomorrow is a super creative collective of artists that makes loads of interesting things...plus i love the design of the website.

these rope sandals are weirdly attractive.


an amazingly cool bag by ilke penzilien that's available at opening ceremony.
(via the ny times)

hooray! new design from marcel wanders!
i love love the new antiques.

last week i posted about the artist-designed tea towels at third drawer down. i especially fell for the work of james gallagher, who also happens to have a wonderful website with more of his other artwork.


i was thrilled to hear about this new book, a collaboration between cindy sherman, marc jacobs and juergen teller.
(via making things, an excellent blog that also has some wonderful free knitting patterns)



a pillow from fortes design would look great on my sofa.


oh yes...the warhol blog

need some color therapy?
see the work of painter and printmaker mat daly.




magical jewelry and bags by belgian designer natalia brilli.

so, i've made some changes to the sidebar, as well as added a couple of favorite blogs and stores like flying a and designer's library.

and finally...a new accidental interview will be posted next week, so check back. wink.

this totally made my week.
(via camilla engman)


a gorgeous ring...perfect for spring and summer.


i'm sort of obsessed with the art/music collective, lansing-drieden.




in brooklyn, darr has the most interesting housewares and furniture. (fellow brooklynite, lena is a fan too!)




amy over at day-lab has a some excellent new coral necklaces in her jewelry line. get them before they disappear.


i love this sleek chair by pritzker prize winner, paulo mendes da rocha.




mark jenkins makes you look twice.



the search for a great cotton tote might just be over, thanks to marimekko.




i really like judith van den booom's subversive collection for dutch disturbance.
(via notcot)




kiki smith's work is so intriguing. if you happen to be in the area, i suggest you check out her current exhibition at the walker arts center.



mollie dash has two amazing necklaces over at cut+paste.


i love my pia wallen slippers, but they are a bit warm for the spring and summer. so for those months, i got these - the greatest summer, around-the-house slippers ever. (available at pearl river)


...weird, eye-catching photography from hamburger eyes.


i'm so excited about this collaboration...


i'm becoming more and more obsessed with tiny houses. i have dreams of the boy and i moving somewhere remote and living in our own tiny house. a little house in the woods...maybe someday soon...


i was tossing some old magazines yesterday and happened across an article about this fashion line.


this week, i've gotten a lot of joy out of having my morning coffee from one of my new wooden mugs. we found them last weekend in a kitchen supply store in chinatown.


these cards are just gorgeous.


perfect, old lady chic.

...'til sunday...

hello happy people...

the days are sunny, our greenmarket is busy again, and the brooklyn stoop sales abound. its one of those weekends that i'm happy to live in new york city. i love the energy here and the diversity and the tons of creative people doing unexpected things.

nope, that's not my photo above, although i wish it was. its by melanie pullen and its from the wonderful photo book and website called high fashion crime scenes. i'm a huge fan of fashion photography and anything a little bit dark...so her images are endlessly interesting. her work also reminds me of the photos of nicola kuperus, which i also happen to love.


you may know nicola as one half of the detroit band adult. i'm a big fan. and i'm excited about their new adult. playing cards (get them here).


these are just beautiful. i love the way they hug the ear. they're by tam aura and you can grab a pair at stars and infinite darkness.



maria cornejo has updated her on-line store with more things to make me wish that money fell from the sky.

she also finally has the shoes she did for keds available (or you can get them here).

...pedro garcia's shoes sure are beautiful. thank goodness it doesn't cost anything to just look at them.

also...pretty pretty things at bark.


the artwork of ron mueck is so marvelously weird.
(via happy famous artists)

finding new blogs and magazines to read always make my week. here are a few interesting ones:
+ fashionologie
+ a wee bit skint
+ love made visible

also...sometimes you just want some interesting, smart, politically aware writing.


these gorgeous lace earrings are perfect for spring.
(available at l'arti chaut)


on my way home from work this week, i noticed this bag hanging in the window of a spring street boutique. it was a beautiful cream color. so textured and vintage-looking. i had to know who made it. turns out its a carpet bag from jerry terrence. the orange is cute and punchy, but i'm more partial to the black or cream.
(you can also get them here)



lovisa burfitt's got it going on. for real.


i know these are old news, but i really really really want a breezy singer.


great, great bags at kisim. worth every penny.



and speaking of beautiful leather bags that i can't currently afford...
i adore jas mb. adore. seriously. they are stratospherically expensive, but equally goregous. no pictures on the site, but i happened to scare up a few.



bauden foss has some really great pillows and textiles.
i really love the tree print.



i've already found my summer sandals, but these new sandals by repetto are tempting me to buy another pair.


if you haven't seen chie mihara shoes - get yourself to saks or to your nearest hip little store.



i'm loving these flats by calleen cordero, too.



these affordable and excellent glass rings by elisa harms caught my eye a few weeks back...



...and so did these birch rings.
natural and beautiful. the best combination.

oh and before i forget...
everyone should be sure to see the show of kara walker's work at the met. its open until july 30. her cut-paper installations will challenge you, provoke you - her work is so smart and so thought-provoking...she's definitely an artist that inspires me.



until next week, happy trails!

its been a lovely week. a busy, but somehow still serene one.

saturday was marvelous, despite the rain. the boy and i went to see the whitney biennial and then to lunch and then to peruse fashion magazines and style books at a japanese bookstore that we like. somewhere in there was a stop at a belgian chocolate shop and a peek at a huge damien hirst sculpture that took us by surprise.

the biennial was...boring. i wasn't thrilled by much of anything that i saw. my favorites were the watercolors of s&m scenes and sexual fetishists by monica majoli, the revolving chandelier film by rodney graham, the wall drawing/installation by jay heikes, and the stunning installation by urs fischer that you can see here (hard to get the full impact from the image...but it was amazing). of course, i was also fond of the film by pierre huyghe, but as you know, i have always loved his work. all in all the work was dark, a little sleepy and the whole exhibition had the feeling of walking through some kind of natural history museum after its been robbed. it was flat and there was just so little energy...it didn't stir me up or confuse me...and oddly, that's what i look for in the biennial.
(...also, i have to say that my major concern with this biennial was the way the small handful of african-american artists seemed to be crammed into one room together and seperated from the rest of the exhibition. it seemed strange and unnecessary to effectively "ghettoize" them in this way. anyway, on to happier thoughts...)

on the high of a very lovely paper swap with the talented ms. camilla engman, i happened into another swap with the equally wonderful ms. hayley alaska. what a lucky paper lover i am! i am now still marveling at the gorgeous papers, scraps and cards these two ladies have sent me! hayley read my mind and sent me some fabulous cards by marcel dzama, whom i happen to be quite obsessed with (he's smiling at you at the top of this post). the card below is one of my favorites, as the curvy lady in her underthings reminds me of myself.


i can't wait to get my hands on a copy of the new english dandy. you can probably buy it at amazon, but why not order it from no-one, along with all kinds of other neat stuff, like buddhahood shoes.





i am always on the look out for great jewelry and this week i found alice roche. pretty, no?


this new necklace from the always innovative jewelry line mended veil is great too. you can have the solar system around your neck.


and these earrings by emily amey have had my heart since i first saw them last year over here. i haven't yet managed to grab a pair, but i'm hoping to.


eerie pictures of suburban life are gregory crewdson's specialty. i have a book or two of his work and its always dark and surprising. i can't wait to get this new book of recent work.


artist and writer stanley donwood is probably most known for his collaborations with radiohead - everything from tour t-shirts to album covers to hypertext madness. i've always really liked his short stories too (you can buy paper versions here).




i used to blog quite a bit about design and objects for the home, but not much has caught my eye recently. i was beginning to think i may have lost interest...until i saw these amazing pendant lamps by multi-disciplinary artist miwa koizumi for bddw. each one is hand-cast from porcelain using an inflated balloon. i'm saving my pennies...

now that the search for a wallet has come to a happy end, i am beginning the search for a cosmetic pouch. i haven't found much yet, but this little french purse (and this one too) by dominique piquier at auto are promising (and they happen to be on sale). they'd also make a nice alternative to the truly excellent leather coin purses i love.

tristan, jan's friend, has made a really interesting music project that is making quite a bit of buzz.


speaking of the boy, next week a project he has been working very hard on will be opening in lower manhattan. if you happen to be in nyc, please be sure to grab a ticket. its a multi-media theater work by 3-legged dog called degeneracy. its running all this month at 3ld's new state-of-the-art space down on greenwich street and its not to be missed.



oh and the wonderfully talented maria of port2port and natalie of nebo peklo have collaborated on a series of stunning new handmade cards.
(available at little paper planes)

you know, sometimes magical things happen when you are bumbling along on the internet. those happy accidents are what this blog is all about. recently i happened across a wonderful photo project by alan duke (who i suspect is an old friend from high school). see some of his intensely beautiful photos over at days like these.

until then...

i'm really inspired by the performances and photographs of tseng kwong chi. dressed in a mao suit, impersonating a communist dignitary from china, he photographed himself at tourist sites all over the world. his photographs are at once funny, stark and culturally engaged.


i'm also really loving the work of japanese photographer hiromix. sharp, bright, modern, pop...in total contrast to tseng kwong chi's work. i'd love a copy of this book.



everyone needs a hairy monster guide from the drama store.




i love the balance of hard and soft in the furniture of john houshmand.



seriously amazing polaroids from paul schiek.
(via swiss miss)


these handmade bags by mia borsa are just perfect.
(available at local patron)



one of my favorite local designers, roxy marj, has some new items up over at cut+paste. i am particularly excited about her leather polyhedron brooches.

oh and be sure to see the interesting and beautiful photos by nick doro and other fun things.


items from sweden are now available at the salvor kiosk and i'd like one of everything.

in other news, my magazine consumption has reached unparalleled proportions. i'm an addict. recent favorites that i have yet to write about here include...

+ purple magazine - french fashion magazine goodness.
+ relax magazine - the legendary japanese magazine that is so good, you don't even need to speak the language to love it.
+ shift magazine - which i think only exists on-line (the street fashion photos are way cool).
+ a magazine - two words...belgian fashion. need i say more?



i've also been watching my all-time favorite film, buffalo 66, in fits and starts this week. i love the colors, the way vincent gallo frames shots, the strangeness of it all. one of my favorite scenes is about 20 minutes into the film, when billy explains to layla that she has to pretend to be his wife - the shots of the outside of the car and layla (played by christina ricci) as she processes all the bizarre things he's telling her. i've seen the film a dozen times, but its mood is endlessly fascinating.

oh and if you're smart, you'll be sure to see tere o'connor's new dance work, baby. its fabulousness wrapped up in a huge pink bow. genius.

...this summer, let's all wear sailor bracelets. that way when we see each other on the street, we can say hello.

that's it for now...until next sunday...