Design For Mankind

an installation.

I don’t know, but I love.

LINK:  ERIN JANE NELSON

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lasercut objects.

Dan makes super cool laser-cut art out of everyday objects. Love the glue!

LINK:  DAN FUNDERBURGH

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klaus burgel.

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hair utensils!

My sweet friend Vic sent over a link to Emilie Voirin’s hair-obsessed work because, well… I’m hair obsessed.

Clearly.

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iko iko.

Oh, man. This studio tour of Iko Iko killlllls me. Love that store. Also, Sight Unseen may be my new favorite site for original awesomeness. Go. Have a peek.

Link:  SIGHT UNSEEN

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colored baskets.

Cordula converts forgotten baskets into woven beauties. I want one of each!

Link:  CORDULA KEHRER

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a craft wall.

Last week, my swell friend Ebony exhibited the sweetest craft wall in Sydney. Can you tell she’s a former VOGUE Living senior designer? Of course you can.

Link:  HELLO SANDWICH

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the story of things.

In ‘The Story of Things’, various homeowners’ items are re-produced in red plastic and printed with stories about how they were acquired. This napkin holder, for instance?:

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jason clay lewis.

Jason Clay Lewis makes all sorts of interesting objects that I’m sure have some deeper meaning that I can’t see quite right now.  I love the cactus-y cake!

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tatiana berg.

I spotted Tatiana Berg’s work from No Smarties (which, alternatively, I spotted from Emily’s Twitter — let this be a lesson in social media, folks) and fell in love with this first piece of Tatiana’s.

I have to say, though, I totally didn’t see the monarch butterfly/tent thing going on at first. Instead, I thought it was a glorified prepubescent teen’s cheerleading megaphone.

And that, my friends, is why I’m thankful that tomorrow is Friday.

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