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    Ljungbergs Pythagoras, 1952

    Designed by Sven Markelius for Ljungbergs, 1952 Hand printed with a double repeat and requires 18 screens. 15 colors create this dramatic design. The orange colorway hangs in the U.N. (71″x57″) Buy…

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    Hella Jongerius for IKEA PS.

    Hella Jongerius has created a line of beautiful wall-hangings for the 2009 IKEA PS collection. Here’s Pelle, the rabbit, hanging in my upstairs hallway. Also available are Gullspira (the goat) and Mikkel…

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    Collect/Cabinet.

    Lest I be accused of only liking black and white (which definitely is not the case!), I must share this piece of furniture with you that I came across on Purple Area…

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    Drop stickers from Studio Violet.

    It’s probably pretty obvious that I love love love teardrop shapes and patterns, and this wall in Elisabeth Dunker’s house is no exception. I’ve been admiring it for ages now, and have…

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    Alvar Aalto + Tom Dixon + white + Marimekko = YES.

    I really like what Tom Dixon has been doing since becoming the Creative Director of Artek several years ago (2nd cycle, collaboration with twentytwentyone, the amazing towers assembled for the 75th anniversary…

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    Lance Wyman poster & New Year’s bunting.

    I bought this silkscreened Obama poster several months ago, and had been meaning to have it framed since then. I even made an appointment to meet with a framer, which I had…

  • How-to: Make an Eames Fiberglass Shell Chair.

    I love watching manufacturing processes in general, but this video (made for Herman Miller by the Eames Office in 1970) is extra cool since I have so many of these chairs in…

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    Weekend? What?

    See these piles of manuscripts? They are a pretty good representation of the number of unresolved, undesigned, book covers I’m working on right now. Three times a year, there’s a big crunch…

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