Maggie Taylor + Enjoy the Weekend!

Some fascinating fairy tale images from digital artist/photographer Maggie Taylor. Check out her images for Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland from Modernbook Editions.

My bestfriends from fourth grade are in town this weekend! Yay!

J. Morgan Puett, Part Two

I recently wondered about J. Morgan Puett, which led me to Mildred's Lane - her home and the name and location of her latest project/collaboration/experiment/life-as-art/artist colony.

“What I’m really interested in is the future and what it looks like,” she said, and “in inventing a future through history and material culture and art.”

Read the rest of Alastair Gordon's NYT article here. Be sure to see the rest of Phil Mansfield's beautiful images of JMP's home/life/home life/refrigerator as gallery space here.

Santos, if you visit Mildred Lane, will you swing by NY and visit Brooklyn?

When a Gloomy Bear Gets Cold

We all know and love Gloomy Bear. But, what, no one told me about Gloomy Bear Gloves?! Winter, come back!

And did you meet Oink Le Rouge?

*All found yesterday afternoon, while making a quick gift purchase at Yoyashop.

Susan kae Grant

I just discovered Susan kae Grant's work. I love these haunting and moody scenes, a production straight from the artist's subconscious (from JR Compton for the Dallas Arts Revue):

To bring the imagery out of her subconscious into photographs, Grant slept at a University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center sleep center, where each time she reached REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, indicating the onset of dreams, she'd be awakened and asked questions about the imagery she was experiencing. The gallery has an impressive photo showing the artist plugged into all the high tech electrodes.

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Oh, and not that she reads this, but -- Happy Birthday, Mommy!

ICFF 2008: 3form's Play Capiz Collection

Another capiz shell-centric (and dog-centric) post.

I live in a loft, and I'm always on the lookout for 3form's latest ecoresin-panel offerings for when I imagine I can afford to renovate my place. I can never pick a favorite material - seaweed, flowers, twigs? Well, I could never pick a favorite until now. And so I'll have a housewarming party after the panels are installed. The invitation will come from The Capiz Palace, and you'll know it's from me.

ICFF 2008: Tay Trading

These lamps from UK-based Tay Trading caught my eye because they reminded me so much of traditional Filipino lighting. Made from fibre glass, these fixtures capture that pearly luster that is characteric of capiz shells. And sure enough, there is a Filipino connection.

ICFF 2008: gino the dog

I'm dog-crazy, so of course I oooh'd and ahh'd all over Gaia & Gino's pet line, gino the dog. This is such a swanky dog house. Designed by Brian McIntyre, the Loop house is made of leather, with a hypo-allergenic-covered memory foam that is upholstered in a choice of fabrics.

The Chew toy is designed not to inhibit poochie's natural inclination to attack that favored-furniture-part that are the legs, but to prevent damage. Indulgent pet parents will appreciate this.