[ liviana osti ] cuore

has anyone ever watched the movie from hell? it's one of my faves - and not just because johnny depp is in it, though i do admit that's the reason i watched it in the first place. it's a movie based on the unsolved jack the ripper killings in london during the late 1800s. and it takes one of the more conspiratorial views on who may have been the notorious murderer of whitechapel. dun dun dunnnn!

in any case, this wine decanter/water carafe by liviana osti reminds me of the film... specifically a scene in the home of sir william gull (played by ian holm). i must say, the visuals of that movie were quite creeeeeeepy... now i wanna go watch it o_O

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cuore: click
liviana osti: click

[ todd von bastiaans and bryan mccarthy ] pancake floor pillows

so, two weekends ago it was richie rich's bday and we went out clubbing in dc w/ a the whole crew. and then, afterwards, whilst on the way home, richie rich called for cheesesteak delivery. which we then promptly demolished before passing OUT at tighef's place. wondrous.

the next morning we woke up and decided to go eat at florida avenue grill. and. uhm. OMG. best hot cake i've EVER....EVER had. it was fumongous, first of all. and second of all, it was sitting in a plate of buttery goodness. yum. the way breakfast is meant to be eaten. slathered in butter.

these floor pillows by todd von bastiaans and bryan mccarthy remind me of those delicious hot cakes. not only do the pillows look yummy, but they look super comfy too!

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pancake floor pillows: click

[ dust furniture ] stacked cabinets

I HAVE BEEN GONE FOR SO LONG. so for that, i am sorry, faithful readers. had a CRAZY few weeks - busy at work, busy on the weekends, busy busy busy busy BUSY. wah! so anywho, i've also been trying to get back into going to the movies all the time. we went to the midnight showing of hunger games (WHICH WAS AWESOME AND I WANNA GO SEE IT 10 MORE TIMES). but i still havent seen the lorax or the vow (yes, chickflick) or the woman in black (outta theaters now i think) or a LOT of other movies. and we all know how much of a movie maniac i am.

speaking of the lorax, don't these cabinets by dust furniture remind you of dr. seuss. saw these over on design milk, who tweeted that they remind her of tim burton. but the longer i look, the more seuss i see. do you agree?

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stacked cabinets: click
dust furniture: click

[ pablo matteoda ] sharky tea infuser

i've been really into teavana tea lately. i'm all about homeopathic hollistic awesomeness so - say - when i had a bad cold this winter, i drank some teavana tea to help with the congestion, coughing, etc. ALSO, they have really great anti-nausea tea for hangovers (i'm serious, ginger ginseng something or other aka awesome in a cup).

anyway, my teavana teaball, as functional as it is, is nowhere as cool as this sharky infuser by pablo matteoda. you can buy it here but its out of stock at the mo'. PRETTY cool though right?! duh-nuh.... duh-nuh.... DUN-NUH DUN-NUH DUN-NUH! 

ok anyway i'm actually delirious cus i've been up since way too early for me (aka 7am) and i literally need to take a nap before i do anymore of this (click the link, cus i literally can't even describe it) today.

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sharky tea infuser: click
pablo matteoda: click
at donkey products: click

[ chris yoon ] kleenex desktop companion

temperatures have dipped down into the 30s and you know what that means. yup - snow flurries. so far, none here in columbia but me and jen unnz are going to be heading down to CP today for some various errands and it's apparently snowing there now!

a few months behind on this but hey - now that the weathers cold again - it seems quite relevant to share. design student chris yoon re-packaged kleenex with designers as the target audience.

Beyond simply decorating a Kleenex box, I wanted to think through how the product (the tissues) could interact with the packaging once it was open, which eventually led to a typewriter loaded with paper, a whale spraying from his blowhole, a cottage emitting smoke, and any number of executions that fit that idea.

as a designer myself, I WANT KLEENEX TO ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THIS. hahaha so basically, he totally succeeded. great idea, great execution.

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kleenex desktop companion: click
chris yoon: click

[ 6 picks ] quarter century bday

as some of you know (and some of you don't) it was my bday this past weekend. andddd twas a crazy-fun time. i'm glad i got to celebrate with everyone who came to dinner and/or 2020. andddd i'm glad taynifer oppz isn't mad we kidnapped him and that he had to spend the entire day sunday at my house hahaha.

what better bday present than getting to spend time w/ fam/friends, right? unless, of course, you wanna say BIG BANG'S NEW ALBUM DROPPED YESTERDAY. ahem. one day after my bday. ahem. obviously as a birthday present to moi. pwahahaha!

anyway lemme calm myself down and give you a bday-related 6picks!~

grafika: 100% PCR paper
by 1973
[ a green - and still beautiful - way to wrap presents! ]

fische sternzeichen # 2: illustration
by julia humpfer
[ from her zodiac series, the pisces! aka meee! ]

nesting: steel shot glasses
by wintercheck factory
[ reminds me of watercups in korea haha i want 'em in all 3 colors! ]

chrysanthemum: candleholder flips over to become a bowl
by michaella janse van vuuren
[ this looks like a huge cake. or a weird brain hahaha ]

cake walk: collage, illustration
by sarah ogren
[ ALMOST didnt have cake this yr but then we went to shilla 냠 ]

aleister primrose: hand-printed wallpaper
by grow house grow!
[ apparently violets and primroses are my birth month flower? ]

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grafika: click
fische sternzeichen # 2: click
nesting: click
chrysanthemum: click
cake walk: click
aleister primrose: click

[ black + blum ] time square

i never use my calendars or agendas to write down plans. i'll start using it when it's new and then slowly but surely, the notes on there become few and far between. in high school, it was the same with writing down homework (though i'd somehow still remember to do it all and get it all done for the most part). even so, i always remember my plans for any given day. it's also the reason i'm social media queen. i can multitask to the nth degree.

even though i'm bad at writing down plans i DO love this clock by design duo black + blum. and if i ever have a work-from-home office (ideally, i'll be working from home cus i have my own bi'ness), i want this right by my desk so i can put my plans on there. and doodle. lots of doodling.

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time square: click
black + blum: click

[ dan golden ] cb2 collection

yesterday i decided i wanted to make 만두국 (mandoo guk) with the 만두 (mandoo) that unnz & her family made. i didn't really have all of the right ingredients but it still turned out delicious if i do say so myself. i loveee to cook and now that mama & baba are on vacay, i have the kitchen to myself (and my mom's self hahaha). so we get to cook yummies all the time. i love it!

i wish there was a full set of these plates by dan golden. the two plates and tray here are part of a collection he designed for cb2 (related to crate&barrel). i WANT. but seriously i want like.... 6-8 different versions of this plate for my future house. it'd be fun to do bowls as well and come up with ways to represent things like soup or ice cream sundae.

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cb2 collection: click
dan golden: click
at cb2.com: click

[ 6 picks ] turquoise & gold

it's january but the weather still hasn't made up its mind which season it wants to be. rainy in the high 50s one day, sunny and 28 the next, snowing and 30 another day. i don't even know what i'm supposed to be wearing half the time w/ the weather all crazy like this!

makes me long for a warm early spring day, foggy mornings and golden rays of sunlight peeking through the trees. when it's still sorta cool out and the air has a blue tinge to it almost. which is probably why i've been attracted to lots of blue/yellow art/design pieces lately. so i gathered them up and put em here for you~

bazaar: screenprinted pillow

at kokotrend

[ delightful graphic detail & color combos ] 

desert flower: photography series
by chrystel plischke-livolsi
[ amazing art direction, the makeup/hair/clothes/everything! ]

mosca: painting
by guim tio
[ finally get to share his work, it's super interesting! textural but flat ]

valencia cuff: brass and verdigris bracelet
by we dream in colour
[ makes me think of pointillism ]

spring 2012: collection
by thakoon
[ see, thakoon agrees that a turquoisey/gold combo = spring! ]

voice: illustration
by dilka bear
[ her characters are all very detached, prim, proper. fairytale-like & odd ]

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bazaar: click
desert flower: click
mosca: click
valencia cuff: click
thakoon spring 2012: click
voice: click

[ 6 picks ] happy 2012

ok so i haven't blogged in a REALLY long time. working retail + holiday season = walking zombie sahar. soOo! sorry bout that devoted readers! but now that the holiday season is over (for the most part) and it's the NEW YEAR, i'm here with a new entry - finally.

spent new year's eve at my big brutha howie's house. me and jen unnz picked up butterscotch vodka, apple juice, and vodka-infused whipped cream. oh the alcoholic butterbeer-ness of it all. hahaha but seriously it was delicious. idea totally stolen from shaundawg.

so here are 6 picks all decked out for new year's. amazing time with amazing people <3 and the next day was a less-than-amazing time with amazing pho. go figure ^_~

paper cup: illustration

by virginia kraljevic

[ hahaha this is how i felt drinking my apple butterscotch concoction ]

silver lining: vintage-inspired garland

by everly lane design

[ can never have too much sparkle on new years eve ]

aarne: champagne flute

by göran hongell

[ love this new spin on the classic champagne flute ]

the confetti riot: photography series

by niko sonnberger

[ i mean, is this not how new year's eve feels? (w/ anomia) ]

cirkus s: oxford pump

by steven madden

[ I WANT THESE OMG.... ]

ball and chain: earrings

by girl tuesday jewelry

[ and of course we watched the ball drop at midnight! ]

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paper cup: click
silver lining: click
aarne: click
the confetti riot: click
cirkus s: click
ball and chain: click

[ gavin coyle ] companion rack

spent the morning cuddling with suzzy and catching up on last night's episodes of pan am and family guy. oh, and crocheting of course. grandma status, woot!

anyway, i absolutely love this dog-inspired magazine rack by gavin coyle. the best part? that rolled up mag/newspaper in the dog's 'mouth' - very cool! woof.

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companion rack: click
gavin coyle: click