The Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe for Dansk cheese knives that I won on eBay have finally arrived. I’m a huge fan of her work for Georg Jensen, but it’s generally priced outside of my… Continue reading
I found some beautiful objets digging around last year. Here are my five most exciting discoveries: 1. Yaad Israel Copper Utensils. This studio-made spatula and fork set are best used as decoration. I’m… Continue reading
Just so you know, as of Friday, The Yonge and Dundas H&M still had a pretty big selection of their Maison Martin Margiela collaboration available. And all marked down by 70 percent. I… Continue reading
I don’t know if it’s because my stupid cold is making me loopy, but I really love this colourful and playful design for these purse-sized Kleenex packages.
Today is the last day of my current contract. I intend to celebrate by sleeping and also going on a massive thrift shop crawl on Monday and Tuesday. I got an early start… Continue reading
Visited the Goodwill on my way to a show last Friday. There was lots of cool, 1960s tablewares including this cup and bowl marked Figgjo Norway. This company was founded in 1941 by… Continue reading
Found this mid-century Scandinavian vase at the Salvation Army last week. It’s marked Made in Sweden Töreboda. Töreboda is a town in Sweden. It had a little ceramic factory for a spell. Nothing… Continue reading
Let’s add taking pictures of my parent’s stuff to this weeks’ themes of iPhone photos and not buying stuff. I was at my folks’ on the weekend, you see, and I realized how… Continue reading
Spotted this bright red elephant at EQ3. It was designed as a piece of children’s furniture by Ray and Charles Eames back in 1945. Originally made of plywood, they were recast in plastic… Continue reading
Our couch — a third-hand leather thing that we got free on Craigslist — is getting a little grumpy. More specifically, the leather on the cushions has gotten a little old and cracked.… Continue reading
