h p n f r h p y a c d n s

break

2011-03-08T19:42:00.001-06:00

taking a break from this place, but may be back soon.

nyc

2011-01-18T10:55:00.005-06:00

these last few weeks (months...) have been absorbing in the best way. lots of travel, surprises, fun. most recently, my husband and i returned from a trip to nyc (my first since the move). it was pretty excellent all around: moma, tia pol, the high line, 192 books, printed matter, the chelsea market, le bergamote, shana moulton at the new museum, balthazar, muji, hampton chutney, canvas, aero, the oyster bar, angelica kitchen (the brittle is so very good, it's worth a stop in just to pick up a few bags) and other old favorites. we stayed here for part of the trip, which i highly recommend. at first i was worried it was an odd choice, but it turned out to be a hidden gem - so nice, quiet and clean. it's also in an ideal location, close to half of the places mentioned above, as well as the chelsea art galleries, the kitchen, eyebeam, the red cat, cookshop and the antique's garage. there is even a private garden, which would be so nice on a spring visit.

brace

2010-12-02T15:00:00.000-06:00

amazing, ancient indian bracelet from ebay

also
the exhibitionist
and
i have castles in the snow by twin shadow on repeat today. twin shadow is the music project of george lewis, who is also part of lewis forever. they are always up to something great.

i go in many directions

2010-11-30T11:05:00.000-06:00

multiple compass by robert b. howard
and
i am currently finishing up before you suffocate your own fool self by danielle evans and i can't recommend it enough. you can read one of the stories included in the book here. more on where the title of the book comes from is here.

house + heath

2010-11-30T10:55:00.001-06:00

while in san francisco last week, i got a sneak peek of the house industries/heath ceramics project that is launching december 11.

these numbers were my favorite.

thanksgiving in san francisco

2010-11-28T17:51:00.000-06:00

return

2010-10-28T10:39:00.003-05:00

round two:
heath x alma allen x commune x adam silverman

de koonig-esque

2010-10-18T09:36:00.003-05:00

these are amazing!

also
pates tapes

thinking about

2010-09-17T09:51:00.001-05:00

these images are scans from this random book found in a thrift store for a $1. it's great, if you don't read the text.

also
a conversation with vito acconci

thaddeus mosley

tickets to the fair by david foster wallace

the politics of fiction

i've been re-watching john and mary. i still love it.

edition

2010-08-31T11:45:00.001-05:00

mask on mask by brion nuda rosch for art+culture editions

radiant

2010-08-30T10:15:00.002-05:00

i took these photos at a great exhibition of john baldessari's work at the museum of contemporary photography over the weekend. afterwards, i went to see the radiant child at the music box, which made for a very nice saturday.

the music box also happens to be showing matthew barney's creamster cycle this month. i wrote my master's thesis on barney, so i'm biased, but he's amazing. if you haven't seen this work, it's something you should definitely experience. if you happen to go and also want to see some of the associated sculptural objects in person, there are some in this exhibition.

i also saw this excellent calder exhibition recently.
(see also calder at home)

fact collection

2010-08-19T11:26:00.000-05:00

lina viste grønli

what

2010-08-19T11:25:00.002-05:00

i'm really digging this bag by meilleur ami
and
tafel II: jeder mensch ist ein künstler (board II: everyone is an artist), 1978 by joseph beuys

also doing some listening:
fever ray covering peter gabriel

ring by glasser (remember?) is coming soon
(you can also download a song)

oh and rye rye

untitled

2010-08-13T09:45:00.001-05:00

untitled (boy with glasses), 2010 by noah davis

also
yesterday, i bought an amazing credenza from jared at circa midcentury. the credenza is even more gorgeous in person. if you are in the chicago area and looking for some new pieces to add to your home, i can't recommend jared and circa midcentury enough.

some other things:
i'm so excited to get a peek glenn o'brien's home, since i'm a big fan.
and
i'm looking forward to reading jonathan franzen's new book, freedom, which is coming out at the end of month - there's an excerpt here
and
dries van noten is not a man of many words
and
i love rediscovering a song i had forgotten all about - the video makes me miss nyc, though

thinking

2010-07-21T12:42:00.001-05:00

thinking about a new alarm clock
and
thinking about the work of chris ofili

also
maximum balloon + little dragon

an interview with jeffrey eugenides

an awkward moment

performance spaces are starting to announce their fall seasons and i'm really looking forward to checking out some of the performances at the mca and the walker. i wish there was more going on in the midwest, but i'm excited to see the new projects from superamas, ralph lemon and sarah michelson.

some good things

2010-07-04T10:25:00.001-05:00

a great pair of pajamas
and
a handmade bowl

also
my husband and i just got back from a spontaneous trip to michigan. we went to benton harbor/st. joseph and ann arbor. in st. joseph, we loved the slightly hidden, beachfront tiscornia park. an excellent spot for a picnic on the sand dunes, surrounded by beachgrass. in ann arbor, we visited zingerman's deli and thought it was great great great. also if you love vintage furniture and objects, treasure mart is not to be missed.

some other things of note:
alisa, your new kiosk collection is killer!
(hoping that the midwest is next...)
and
tomboy style is a new favorite

incredible

2010-06-07T18:57:00.003-05:00

odom silver ring by belmacz
and
glass speakers by john pomp

collection

2010-06-04T18:15:00.001-05:00

an interesting book collection (via here)

also
playmountain + heath
and
agreeable by jonathan franzen
and
extreme solitude by jeffrey eugenides
and
looking forward to calder and here/not there

amazing

2010-05-27T09:15:00.000-05:00

i love everything about this.
perfect, perfect, perfect.
i can't believe they also have such an amazing view of the incredible patterned roof on st. stephen's, one of my favorite things about my short visit to vienna a few years back.

also
cutters 2010 at pool gallery
and
looking forward to cory arcangel's music for stereos

auböck et al

2010-05-21T10:00:00.001-05:00

auböck show
(via here)

also
donald judd's library
and
lead apron gallery
and
this looks amazing
and
i've been really enjoying these reading lists
and
john mcphee on writing (via here)
and
i've been listening to a lot of music lately. jonsi, the excellent new gorillaz album, little dragon and the collaborative work of alva noto and ryuichi sakamoto (listen to some clips here). i'm also excited that matmos and so percussion are performing in chicago soon. i've seen them perform together twice before - at the lincoln center festival in the amazing allen room with that huge window overlooking columbus circle and at the kitchen with plork joining them. there's a new album coming out, so i'm sure that this upcoming show will be a treat.

perfect

2010-05-09T21:52:00.000-05:00

william furlong
with beuys and with glass

speaking of art/how it happened/what it sounded like (via)

also
seven years ago (via)
and
visiting the newly re-opened golden age
and
something to look forward to

we only need each other

2010-05-06T22:32:00.000-05:00

art and nan rowing by nancy rigdon

there's a new book out about nan and arthur kellam, called we were an island. there are beautiful images of their home here.

up and over

2010-04-29T11:35:00.000-05:00

various mccobb pieces from treadway

also
furniture by john pomp
via here
and
skinflint design
and
i went to see jonsi last night and it was gorgeous. there were feathers, magic animals, a wild thunderstorm and beautiful beautiful sounds. if he hasn't been to your city yet, definitely go do.

farnsworth

2010-04-24T20:53:00.001-05:00

today, my friend molly and i toured the farnsworth house by mies van der rohe. if you happen to be in illinois, i definitely recommend it. these are some of my photos, but there are more here.

nursery

2010-04-24T20:52:00.000-05:00

nursery by takashi homma

also
analogue life (remember?) is now shipping internationally

2010-04-19T16:53:00.002-05:00

greta grossman in sweden
(via r 20th century)

also
an amazing dinner

basic objects

2010-04-19T10:59:00.000-05:00

ceramic teapot
and
cherrywood butter knife
and
mustard ball

also
the studio of henri matisse

avalanche

2010-04-13T12:47:00.001-05:00

avalanche is available
also
roman thomas
and
an inspiring home tour

i went to see thom yorke (atoms for peace) on his solo tour over the weekend and enjoyed this beautiful surprise in the middle of the show.

at this time of year

2010-04-09T19:35:00.005-05:00

corbusier's cabanon

we are usually on a retreat in the mountains at this time of year.
no electricity, no running water, no distractions.
i really miss it.

also
this is like a poem
and
jónsi with nico
and
the quiet canadian
and
basquiat doc (with dizzy!)

together

2010-04-07T14:29:00.000-05:00

hand painted platter by gail garcia
and
untitled by cy twombly
and
mccobb benches

a few of my favorite things coming together

fwss

2010-04-04T12:08:00.003-05:00

apiece apart, fw 2010
and
reed krakoff, fw 2010

getting anxious about the approaching summer.
i'm not a fan of summer dressing.

excited about this
and
j.b. blunk & j.b. blunk
and
mono.kultur

also for those of you as fascinated with north korea as i am:
fine dining, dprk style

space

2010-03-31T15:00:00.004-05:00

alexis bittar

roman & williams
and
the perfect home
(an accompaniment to the architecture of happiness)

also
listen to jónsi's new album
and
i worked with james and the builders association on a project a while back, so it was fun to get a peek at his home this week.
and
i've had it for weeks and keep forgetting to mention that this book is great, especially the photos of his apartment, which i've posted about in the past. you can see some of it here.

favorites

2010-03-30T10:06:00.005-05:00

seated woman by anne ricketts
and
swimsuit department
and
the gentlewoman
and
the neue galerie's design shop
(a favorite of mine, along with the museum & cafe.)
and
urban center books
(another favorite. i would live there if i could.)

has anyone read point omega yet?

just things

2010-03-23T23:00:00.000-05:00

imi knoebel (old friend)
(via here)

this book is so great
and
get it together again
and
ryan trecartin is coming to town

book

2010-03-19T17:06:00.005-05:00

brion nuda rosch book
(via here)

also
another day in the dprk
and
lorna simpson on lorna simpson
(lots of other great stuff there too - like this)

reading and seeing

2010-03-16T12:28:00.000-05:00

carol bove at kimmerich
and
the banks of the vistula by rebecca lee

also
leslie hewitt at the kitchen

two

2010-03-16T12:25:00.000-05:00

fernanda gomes
and
jose maria sicilia

agnes

2010-03-16T12:20:00.000-05:00

untitled by agnes martin

ryman + franzen

2010-03-11T15:21:00.003-06:00

untitled by robert ryman
and
franzen at BAM, circa 2007

kaare klint

2010-03-05T23:03:00.000-06:00

both, kaare klint

fujita

2010-03-03T12:42:00.003-06:00

ceramic coffee pot by kenji fujita for freeman lederman

quiet

2010-02-24T14:30:00.000-06:00

louise calder's bureau
and
ancientish
also
raymond carver reading poetry
(via here)

saturday morning music

2010-02-20T11:58:00.001-06:00

a little amazing saturday morning music
(more here)

bardin palomo +++

2010-02-16T10:45:00.001-06:00

steel vitrines
and
milk glass table

also
more toshiko takaezu
and
“without unconsciously gritting my teeth”
and
new imi knoebel
and
"a slow, deliberate looking"
and
weeping, weeping

apiece apart

2010-02-02T10:30:00.000-06:00

clutch by apiece apart
(get it here or here)

also
sight unseen
(mentioned before but worth mentioning again)
and
baskets by piet hein eek
and
alaine de botton on twitter (via here)
and
where they create (also via here)

art books

2010-01-27T12:40:00.000-06:00

ceramics by toshiko takaezu

and
i wish i could go to this
(maybe i could organize something similar here in chicago?)

hammered

2010-01-22T16:07:00.004-06:00

miles
and
matteo

also
new gorillaz featuring mos def and bobby womack

urns

2010-01-22T14:45:00.003-06:00

antique olive urn
and
antique wine storage pot

calero

2010-01-22T14:40:00.000-06:00

more photos of anita calero's loft

dark to light

2010-01-22T14:36:00.000-06:00

horn and leather necklace

silver

2010-01-22T14:35:00.000-06:00

kitchen & desk of
cameron silver
(via here)

totem

2010-01-14T19:14:00.000-06:00

from workbench
and
e.r. butler for commune

also
from tokyo (part 1)
from tokyo (part 2)
and
download of a hilarious david foster wallace essay
(via nico muhly)

explosion

2009-12-20T00:30:00.000-06:00

explosion #28 by charles gaines
and
josh herman (via ok and here)

also
contributor

an old studio visit with carol bove

site unseen

ONE KILN x crate

2009-12-20T00:20:00.000-06:00

another container collaboration
one kiln x crate
(via here and here and here)

pavilion

2009-12-10T13:19:00.000-06:00

pavilion antiques

brass

2009-12-10T13:17:00.000-06:00

edgar round glass bottle (via)
and
escutcheon light fixture (via)

pattern

2009-12-10T13:15:00.001-06:00

newly acquired

oh hello

2009-11-29T12:24:00.005-06:00

atelier

sam maloof's house...also the boats!
(via south willard)

and for those who've asked...i'm loving chicago.
although, i do miss you, new york city.

rocks

2009-10-28T07:51:00.000-05:00

pyrite ring
and
quartz mineral specimen

also
the curious eye
and
alma allen for a great cause
and
another peek

mashup

2009-10-23T12:11:00.001-05:00

very very excited about the new collaboration between
alma allen, heath ceramics and commune design

crate

2009-10-23T12:10:00.001-05:00

crate by commune

accidents

2009-10-22T11:08:00.003-05:00

"this is kind of an accident, but i like to organize accidents."
-michele lamy

change

2009-10-07T10:34:00.005-05:00

flamingo [maquette], c. 1972 by alexander calder

talking

2009-10-05T22:04:00.003-05:00

conversations with luis borges by carol bove

also
conversation with agnes varda

tenebras

2009-10-02T10:58:00.002-05:00

tenebras

structure

2009-09-14T12:05:00.000-05:00

kjell varvin
via something ^ home ^ something

also, molde (remember?), now focusing on craft and applied arts

mountain eye

2009-09-14T11:52:00.001-05:00

brion nuda rosch print

so much

2009-09-10T17:19:00.006-05:00

so much going on since i was last here.
a good friend recently gave me a reading with an astrologer, as a gift.
it was a very new, very interesting, very odd, very fun experience for me.

i have been looking at everything very closely.

bird

2009-08-12T11:00:00.000-05:00

bird feeder by vasse vaught

cerrillos

2009-08-12T10:47:00.004-05:00

cerrillos floor lamp by serv ce station
(via remodelista)

7 reece mews et al

2009-08-08T18:42:00.001-05:00

7 reece mews
photographed by perry ogden
from this book

i went to see this exhibition today and i really recommend it.

also:
rediscovery can sometimes be so awesome:
in the future by david byrne

incredible

2009-08-08T18:19:00.004-05:00

incredible.
(from andy)

dfw

2009-08-05T17:33:00.003-05:00

brief interviews with hideous men

the depressed person

the good people

(via wood s lot)

back again

2009-07-09T14:50:00.000-05:00

imi knoebel, again and again and again

i am so predictable.

also
beople
and
perfect for trips to the park

cork

2009-07-09T13:31:00.005-05:00

large cork bowl
and
low cork bowl

light

2009-07-09T13:24:00.002-05:00

candelabra 5.0 by ron gilad

amnh

2009-06-15T09:55:00.003-05:00

all taken at the american museum of natural history this weekend.

also
colson whitehead on tavis smiley

(oh and saw malcolm gladwell on the subway this weekend. so cool.)

bronze

2009-06-10T21:00:00.001-05:00

bronze basalt matchstick holder from jill platner

pale

2009-06-04T20:35:00.010-05:00

my photo of
taihu rock with natural perforations
a chinese scholar's rock
at the museum of fine arts, boston
and
the artificial rock series by zhan wang
also at the museum of fine arts, boston

oh and this got my attention.
so many nice shapes.

also, my blog email is giving me lots of anxiety.
totally overwhelming.
so if you sent one, i apologize for the lack of response.

balance

2009-05-22T08:19:00.003-05:00

i've been doing more living than blogging these days.
trying to find some time and maintain a balance is tough.
oh but a couple of things:

watercolours

kemi is blogging at art21

fine little shop

lewis forever!

this show

object collection

2009-04-16T09:15:00.000-05:00

douglas coupland's canada house
and
bracelet by darby scott
and also
i really like this

ames and julius

2009-04-16T09:13:00.001-05:00

ames ingham
also, beautiful

richter

2009-04-16T09:10:00.000-05:00

"i go to the studio every day, but i don't paint every day. i love playing with my architectural models. i love making plans. i could spend my life arranging things. weeks go by, and i don't paint until finally i can't stand it any longer. i get fed up. i almost don't want to talk about it, because i don't want to become self-conscious about it, but perhaps i create these little crises as a kind of a secret strategy to push myself. it is a danger to wait around for an idea to occur to you. you have to find the idea."

everyday

2009-04-16T08:58:00.001-05:00

everyday life objects shop

a little behind

2009-04-04T22:02:00.000-05:00

nieves at printed matter

half full

2009-04-04T20:48:00.003-05:00

tonale carafe by david chipperfield for alessi
also
making a return
and
this should be interesting

goodbye

2009-03-28T13:28:00.000-05:00

i just bought a copy of goodbye picasso by david douglas duncan.
so many amazing pictures and the jute covering is really beautiful.
(also here and more photos here)