Belated posting of photos from April New York trip.

notes from How To Coordinate Your Wardrobe With The Sky. my friend Brian is on Seattle's Blackbird blog today.

RIP
Photograph by Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect.

Art by Julie Morstad.

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Moment of zen via Lena Corwin's blog. From her divine and ambulatory Paris pictures.

White wall perfection. What a nice kid's room. Not too much. Just right.

The rest of Danish artist Mette Antero Kjær's apartment is equally lovely and equally white. See it here.

Entries from the valiant international effort to collect security envelope patterns. The uptick in my mail at work means I'm collecting more now as well for an undecided-upon project.

Check them out...here.

Can I take a message?

206 represent Jet Set Paper

More beautiful shots from Yuko's Japan trip. She has a terrific eye as you can see.

Thanks Yuko!

perfect all-the-time-but-especially-now yellow

by rennes.le.chateau

my gut tells me these are must-haves

robot thumbtacks by fabricfarrago

Beautiful!
(thanks M)

"Classic records lost in time and format, re-emerged as Pelican books." by Littlepixel

Uber interesting article today on Slate's Double X blog about Etsy.com peddling "a false feminist fantasy". The comments are heated and thought-provoking. Can only imagine the comment storm brewing on Etsy.

Photo: squid.us

forget the scarf, a pink typewriter would boost my typing production.
From M, from Design Observer

new Polaroids in the shop of Hula 70

Truly.

Books Print by the black apple

blah blah blanket
by Donna Wilson

"Beauty can be about a problem"

Mesmerizing work by English artist Kate MccGwire. Snare looks like the spider's web I saw on Thursday at Discovery Park with the help of the sunshine. Don't leave us sun!

Top Heave, 2008
Middle Rile, 2009
Bottom Snare, 2007