good morning carl

Adorable print by Jens Grönberg over at Sammy Rose. Jens also has a great blog Dos Family, that we just so happen to be featured on... check it out here. Lots of love to the Swedish folks! Enter in the Dos Family picture tour here.

geometric electric

all by artist Peter Halley

dance/ dance/ dance/

rock out with your eyes out

We Have Band - You Came Out (Official Music Video) from We Have Band on Vimeo.

face paint and more!

beam me up

A fabulous fixture for a side table by Maria Bernsten available at nova68. I prefer the clear in lieu of frosted.

lake baikal

Incredible photography by Matthieu Paley of Siberian Lake Baikal. I am mesmerized by the veining in the ice. How little does one feel on a slab of ice so massive. Spectacular! Via Hello Bauldoff via notcot

polaroid through eames

filson

This filson backpack is pretty spectacular and is something that just might fit the bill for grad school in January. Purchase here

i-talic how it is

This is a really interesting concept and poster by Eivind Soreng Molvaer. Via Public School

I really have an ever growing list of graphics posters that I am wanting! Need more walls and money!

halloween architecturally speaking

Architecture Halloween costumes on some Brooklyn kids. Breuer, Wright and SANAA via La Bella Figura. I think this will be my inspiration for next year's costume. How genius!

walking around the neighborhood

Some iphone pics of meandering around the neighborhood.

grad school portfolio

Here is a sample of what I re-did to submit for grad school. The pages face each other like a book so if you can imagine that for a moment. 73 pages total including undergraduate work and professional work. Now the wait begins...

why so grey?

I am loving this print by Nate Duval! Huge fan of the simplicity and of course the color grey!

orange you glad it's fall?

Despite these past few days of rain the beginning of the week was impeccable! I took two 3 hours bike rides in and around the lake front just snapping photos and gaining inspiration from all of the beautiful foliage. Here is a recap of those two amazing days! Fall is leaving (no pun intended) us here in Chicago way too fast! It's my favorite season... why can't the trees be this beautiful all the time? Enjoy! I hope y'all have a great weekend! Only 1 more week until graduate application is done. Then back to a regular schedule of posts!

musings: october.1

fall two oh oh nine

Fall, my favorite season is upon us in Chicago. It has been a pretty consistent temperature of high 40's for about two weeks. Totally skipping the 50's and 60's this year has me searching high and dry for some fall/winter inspired clothing. Here are a few things that have caught my eye from Seattle store Blackbird.

wtwta

Loving this!

by: Claes Kallarsson

eames aluminum group

Undoubtedly one of the most comfortable chairs I have ever sat in and also one of the most simple and gorgeous on the eyes. Ray & Charles Eames created a masterpiece with their holistic approach to the design of the Aluminum Group Chair. These will be in my home someday.... I'm working on it!

wedding in evanston, il

Our friends Rohith and Niramin asked Colt and I to be active participants in their wedding. Colt became an ordained minister for the event and I was the photographer. It was located at the beautiful Shakespeare Garden on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. It was so much fun and very low key! Such a pleasure to do this for them! They are so happy!

alexander mcQueen spring/summer '10

holy moly! These 10" heels are AMAZING! I wouldn't wear them but they are so cool! You must watch the girls going down the runway in these. Reptilian cyborgs! Spectacular! Via Alexander McQueen Click here for fashion show.

“roji (路地)”

Roji house by Japanese firm, Airscape Architects. Via what we do is secret

^WHAT: Single family residence
^WHERE: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
^WHEN: December 2008
^HOW: Two-story wood frame construction
^{SITE AREA:} 1,508 square feet
^{CONSTRUCTION AREA:} 771 square feet
^{TOTAL FLOOR AREA:} 1,421 square feet

monsieur cabinet

Some great work from Monsieur Cabinet (Dave) out of Leeds, West Yorkshire.

victor & rolf spring/summer 2010

wham! bam! thank you mam! I am an avid fashion follower if you can tell and the latest collection from Victor & Rolf is stunning for the most part. I mean I can do without the silk pajama but i guess you have to soften the collection somehow. It is filled with some aggressive sculptural forms which I am mad for at the moment. I would love to translate some of those into light fixtures somehow. Enjoy! PS- I love the music too!

kitchen island

The detailing on this kitchen island is pretty divine. I wouldn't necessarily choose this granite but I like it. Designed by Kanner Architects found at Design-Milk.

polaroid flower vase

Spotted over at Core77 is this amazing succulent/flower vase that perfectly frames your greenery into polaroid dimensions. Just the perfect amount of positive and negative space! I could use some of those! By designer Jung Hwa Jin.