peace out!

i'm heading out for the next week for a lovely trip to north carolina, but before i do i'd like to introduce you to (if you don't already know her) FIFI LAPIN! the cutest little jet-setter bunny there ever was. check out her blog and all of the stuff just updated in her shop. one day i will own a cute print for my place :) have a nice week! <3

landscapes, patios, balconies, green green green

it must be the warm weather that has gotten me hooked on outdoor spaces. here is a round-up of ones that i find inspiring! i seem to like the ones that are either very contained or kind of wild and all over the place... go figure.








probably my favorite one of the bunch. such a great combination of materials. the large stone squares, the dark wood with horizontal stripes that continue on the vertical plane, the hand-sized rocks, all the green, and the skinny tree. gorgeous.





so quirky-cute!













































* unfortunately i don't have the source for the photos. i just pulled them out of my inspiration folder. but i do know that the majority of them came from either dezeen or dwell.

yasuo moriyama's prefab compound

ryue nishizawa designed this minimalist steel prefab compound in tokyo for a variety of designers, with every room as its own building. if only something like this would hold up in new england, i'd be all for it. there is just something about the "hallways" being outdoors, intertwining indoor and outdoor spaces, that i love.
















in doing more research about ryue nishizawa i found that he works collaboratively with kazuyo sejima under the name SANAA. here is an interview with the two about their work and lives, as well as some pictures. there is also a book on SANAA houses available.



chair for nextmaruni, limited edition 2005. designed by SANAA.


and here are some other pictures from the office of ryue nishizawa. i love the open rooms, low furniture, and mosh posh of plants. so jealous. if only i could keep plants alive!








* found via dwell magazine.

the awesomeness that is amanda hughen

i've recently been thinking about designing my website/portfolio and patterns for it, so naturally amanda hughen's body of work came to mind. because who doesn't love repetitive patterns??



detail of above:











"Each work consists of layers of geometric shapes, both hand-drawn and taken from architectural templates. Through layers of drawing and painting, an organic, chaotic event emerges. I combine acrylic paint, pen, pencil, and ink, working on both sides of translucent drafting film, allowing the gradual build-up of forms and lines to create layers of depth and movement."

check out the rest of her work here!

favorites: furniture edition (1)

a round-up of classic furniture and other maybe not-so-well-known designers that i love :)


eero saarinen | womb chair, tulip table, tulip chair


sori yanagi | butterfly stool


nightwoodny | made from salvaged wood! www.nightwoodny.com


servce station | woodland valley table, www.servcestation.com


bleu nature | mmMm driftwood and lacquered wood. high stool qaqortoq, stool ugliq, banc 'nunavut,' shelf qijuk, www.bleunature.com


ceccotti collezioni | fluid, organic, and very art nouveau. from the stonica-international collection: ma belle, fuzzy duck, and you say.


ceccotti collezioni | again. from the modern sense '08 collection: buonanotte valentino, obi, beside you, and t.d.l.v. (top right) from the stonica-international collection.


mdfitalia | sign, www.mdfitalia.it


scrapile | 24" bench, pi dining table, www.scrapile.com/


joseph van benten | his furniture studio/shop is just a few doors down from my place and this rocker used to be in the window... needless to say, i would always stare at it when i was waiting at the light. unfortunately he has moved it to the back of his store now, so you can't easily see it anymore. cantilever rocker, www.vanbenten.com


patricia urquiola | tropicalia