Spidey Man

The P-man returns today after a summer spent in Chicago - how great! I can't wait.

If you are in that neck of the woods - check out his show at the Three Walls Gallery. I am sad not to see it in person...but maybe some of you can...

xo

Linky Dink

(...a few snaps of Expo 86 from my family photo album...)

Alright. So here are a few good links I have been hoarding for the last couple of months. A good way to start the Fall and a new week - no?

...one show of John Berger's television series Ways of Seeing is online...
...FAT::Architecture...
...a nice survey of wonderful chairs...
...An amazing idea: The Public School via Lined and Unlined...
...design group namaiki who revolve their practice around "creative play" - can I join? via MAFIA-HUNT...
...such a great and inspiring lecture by Chris Johanson and Jo Jackson on the Walker Channel Archives. Really makes me want to buy their book Peaceable Kingdom and watch the Beautiful Losers movie...
...I have posted about this before - but it is just such a great idea! Such a sharp way to show a new collection. via Dear Birthday...
...On Memphis, Pattern and MacPaint...
...Corbusier's "Poeme Electronique"...
...Did I post this already? Anyway - if you are into magazines this might interest you...
...I really like this video - beautiful I think...

Okay Okay - enough!

Bye.

Bruno Munari

I found this great Bruno Munari book the other day in the PS1 bookshop, a flower with love/un fiore con amore. It kind of reminded me of the little ikebana book I posted about way back.

I looked around on the interweb to see if I could find some of the intro text because it was so good, but I couldn't find the paragraph or so that I was looking for - it went something like this:

...it doesn't matter what container or what type of living thing you choose, there are enough of these things everywhere that you don't have to spend a lot of money, just go out and find something. It is about the feeling translated when creating an arrangement with living things. A dozen red roses dumped into a crystal vase has great expense but no feeling, instead infuse ordinary things you find around you with love and care because that is what really counts...

That is me 100% paraphrasing there - so don't quote me on that! Anyway. I thought that idea was really beautiful. Some of the examples he gave were really inspiring - one of the photos above shows an image with just some dried pine needle branches, a few flower heads and a little moss in a dish of water. So simple but just right.

Here are a few more Bruno Munari links if you are interested:

...here at SHIFT...
...here at Nieves...
...a small wiki entry...
...image archive at Collezione Bruno Munari...
...here at artscenecal.com...
...an image of the original cover...

Hope you had a nice weekend - Welcome Fall!

I Am Still Here!

(...image from here...)

The end of the month crunch and visitors have been keeping all of my attention these days...not to mention another move for October. I promise to be back in action as soon as I can!

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truckin'...
...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPNgjA4i6gM...

Just uploading a whole shwack of photos to flickr the last few days and reminiscing about what a crazy trip this summer has been...

Sometimes I Wish I Could Go Back to School...

I really miss the back-to-school shopping bit. Really. My Mom used to take my brother and I to the Bay or Eaton's Department Store and you could get so much for so little! Then we would come home and have a fashion show. It was really fun. And you always felt great for those first few weeks. Everything new and fresh...

I think if I were to go back now I would wear variation of the things above. I am really in that mood lately. Some clunky boots, skinny jeans and a bit of a baggy, wooly top. Not to mention the backpack! Perfect!

I Made this Little Embroidered Bag...

A mini-tote! It took me a long, long time. But I think it was worth it. Now I am crossing my fingers that I make more than just one! I think that the next ones will go faster because I kind of worked out some tougher design decisions this first time around. This one is to be given away as a gift, but maybe, if I do come up with some more, I could set up a shop somewhere or something...we shall see...

Here are the specs:

8.5" x 10" - a lunch bag / light cardigan and paperback book bag / wallet, keys and point and shoot camera bag - handsewn from top to bottom and on the handles, features original fabric painting and embroidery, made from hard-wearing soft canvas with straps long enough to wear over your shoulder. Built with love to be used with love.

And here is a little video.

I probably should have ironed it before I took these photos - I will make sure to do that before I give it away!