A nod to the hallowed symbol of that most treasured of American institutions; a symbol without which the spiritual, physical, and fallen world would have no meaning or salvation:
The Easter basket.
Happy Easter, frolickers.
Allow us to display our favorite shoes of all time, the red, low-cut, Chuck Taylor Converse All Stars.
Love the look, love the design, love the color. Love the associations with the bygone days of the NBA, neighborhoods with decorated telephone wires, and punk music. Gimme.
Yes, we shun the high tops when it comes to personal choice, but they, too, look rather fresh:
Of course, some of us are classicists.
Do you know what the trouble with a classicist is? We’ll let Lou Reed and John Cale fill ya’ll in on that one:
The trouble with a classicist, he looks at a tree;
That’s all he sees, he paints a tree.
The trouble with a classicist, he looks at the sky;
He doesn’t ask why, he just paints a sky.
Digression!
On February 24, 2010, In Fun, architecture, By Wes
We all remember LEGO fortresses, castles, ships, planes trains and automobiles, don’t we? In fact, you may even say that they were the building blocks of many gen-x and y (and millennial) households.
Anyway, for those of you too proud to continue building the ingenious little Star Wars vehicles and rugged desert outposts with 7+ printed on the corner of the box, LEGO has something new, and entirely cool: LEGO architecture.
That’s the Guggenheim, designed by the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Here’s the real thing:
Here’s a slightly more accurate, and equally cool, Frank Lloyd Wright piece: Fallingwater, the most beautiful private home anywhere in the world (IMO).
The real deal:
When I say canti, you say levered!
Don’t act like you’re not impressed. In addition to just the building blocks and instructions, LEGO also provides biographical and historical information and booklets on the buildings. And there’s more; for your edification, the long-legged lasses of the LEGO Architecture skyscrapers!
Two of these buildings reside in the world capital of urban architecture, Chicago, Illinois. Or, if you prefer, the Chi.
What I’m saying is, Chicago FTW.
Just because I love her.
O at Reading.
O at tea.
O at Lollapalooza.
If you don’t know, Karen O is the charismatic lead singer for art-punk/disc0-junk noise band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, bringers of good tidings of great joy and primal screams of feminist ilk. They’re a handful, but you won’t mind.
The clothes are generally made by O friend/fan Christian Joy, whose work can be found here: http://www.christianjoy.us/.
And now, the video for Basis Design’s most-favored YYY jam:
There’s a pretty nifty design contest going on at Chattanooga furniture store Smart Furniture. They have this tool called Smart Designer which allows users to design their own living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, dungeons, terrifying attic spaces, and anything else you want to try your hand at. It’s exactly like playing with a virtual dollhouse, and the childish god complex comes free!
The best part is that every week, they choose the best design and give the winner an Aeron Chair. At the end of five weeks, Smart Furniture gives the winner a 2,500 gift card to help them actually build the room. Everything you see in the Smart Designer can actually be bought at the store, so synergy, yay.
I took a few screen shots for rooms I built. Check ‘em out:
From the side:
Why yes, that is an Eames Desk, Noguchi Coffee Table, and Goetz Sofa in my bedroom.