We stumbled on the La Cienega Art Walk happening this week in Los Angeles and thought we’d share with you some of the discoveries found there, courtesy of NotCot’s feature blog post.
All images courtesy of NotCot (and there’s more where this came from).
Happy New Year!
Are you poking around your home and office clearing out accumulations of stuff to start the new year a few pounds lighter?
We are. And we’re coveting these cool modular shelves by Belgian-Dane Julien De Smedt of JDS Architects for Muuto. Perfect (or painfully obsessive) for the indecisive designer who likes to redesign.
Stacked shelving system designed by JDS Architects for Muuto, available at Design Within Reach
Julien De Smedt explains, “Our projects are humanly designed, politically engaged, financially viable, and structurally realistic.” When asked how he sees the “new Nordic” celebrated by the Danish company Muuto, De Smedt says it is “like an embrace of a southern culture with a northern rigueur.”
In three sizes and held together with strong steel clips, the shelves are the best design storage investment we’ve seen all year. Ha.
Might I recommend watching this neat video I’m now renaming, How Do I Shelve Thee? Let Me Count The Ways-?
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I really like these dog bookends- they reminded me of my friend Sofia who is a lover of all creatures but has an especially sweet soft spot for dachshunds.
Dachshund book ends, $50 at Urban Barn
Fantastic alternative digi-press BlogTO recently featured archival treasures of our city’s establishments.
Much more can be found at the City of Toronto’s Flickr website.
Here are a few of my favourite shots:
Special thanks to Eric for the story tip.
Wouldn’t you love to skip out of work to spend some quiet time in a beautiful hammam spa in, oh- Istanbul?
The Hammam at the Ciragan Palace Kempinski hotel in Istanbul
You can!
Stay at the beautiful Ciragan Palace Kempinski and enjoy being treated like royalty. Room rates are from about four hundred Euros to EUR 5,200 for the three bedroom corner palace suite.
The Health Club at the Ciragan Palace Kempinski hotel in Istanbul