new obsessions
We just got this life-sized mirrored skeleton from the French-based design collective Domestic, and I'm nuts for it. Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Belgian cult duo Studio Job are behind the 5-foot-5 laser-cut Perspex wall decoration. The influential pair have worked with ceramics heritage house Royal Tichelaar Makkum and fashion avant guardians Viktor & Rolf.
Also love the "I Love Me" hearts by graphic designers Ich&Kar. The pair have given their whimsical take on fashion, food, music, design and architecture--and now these laser-cut mirrors. It's a grouping of individual mirrors that can be configured in whatever pattern you desire.
Now if I can only figure out where to stick them all in our house!

The Charming Charms are the bonafide bijoux of summer--their $22-$40 price for 3, being part of the appeal. Dutch designer Tord Boontje and L.A. studio Artecnica collaborated on this brand new collection of charms, plated in 18-karat gold or sterling silver and dangling from a black cotton cord. Loop them on hoop earrings, off a metal chain or silk ribbon, or from your purse. Each group contains 3 charms, and there are 4 different groups to choose. I love all 12 together, and knot them individually on a cord so they can be seen better.
what's in store?
July 31, 2009 2:10 PM  (go back to main view)
(500) Days of L.A. Architecture
L.A. can get under a gal's skin (yours truly included).
Much ink has been devoted to the role Los Angeles architecture features in "(500) Days of Summer," the life-is-less-romantic indie romantic comedy starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. But today's Critic's Notebook piece by The Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne nails the greater cultural framework. Emo anyone?
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