ok lets see.. first off a big thank you to jessica helgerson design (interior design firm in portland, oregon) for creating such a amazing space.. photos by lincoln barbour .. and big clap to designsponge for 'getting back on track'.. i fell off the sponge train for a little while.. but the last little while it has been very very well done.. thanks!

Mikiya Kobayashi created this beautiful chair.. love the simplicity... i think these could look real wonderful in a lot of environments! great job! is it comfortable?

Miconos by Ernesto Gismondi from artemide.com ... i like it.. the photo seems a little gloomy but i think it would be a real fun piece.. i think the photo was taken by mocoloco peeps.. colour colour!!

shibuya design studio whoop.. dont worry.. its not real tape! ha.. but it sure looks like it
thanks designboom.. you seriously have been putting up amazing finds and want to give a little thanks!!! i mean it

i think i did a post a while back about a stool by this same group (yes.. i THINK.. its funny but i never really read or look at my own blog.. ha ever).. well i stumbled across a lighting piece richbrilliant&willingdesign studio did.. its wonderful! i know a lot of people say this sort of thing.. but this really does look exactly like something i would make.. the materials.. the colour choices.. down to a t.. real interesting!.. inanyevent.. love the product!
ps- thanks again designboom!! i have to give cred where credit is due

nicolas le moigne has created these stools made of eternit(concrete/fiber).. funny b/c i think that is a asbestos compond(and asbestos is a carcinogenic agent) scary! this may not be true.. so i am sorry if i am wrong.. but he has def come ways from his last hit.. which i own (thanks mum)
the watering can

ps- thanks designboom.. always great features.. i think it is now 3 years in a row i have expressed interest in the internship... maybe one day!

beautiful idea.. although i have to deal with iv's basically daily at the hospital i still like this concept.. self watering.. maybe even add some nutrients? ok.. i am seeing some kits being sold.. Vitamin I.V. Plant Pot & nutriant pods for specific plants/environments
ps- found on notcot which is just a wonderful site

goodness that would be very nice! grzywinski + pons designed this beauty .. the pool looks so dark and inviting!

ebay is full of beautiful stamp collections and i would love to get my hands on some of these wild multicolour wisg and have one of my clients do smoe braiding on them.. that would sure be some fun therapy!

Reinier Bosch’s table stove... love the concept for entertaining and creating a meal right in front of your guests.. that would be fun right? acconding to what i read the whole thing is made of steel?? not sure but if so i better have guests with very good manners! NO ELBOWS ON THE TABLE... actually.. i take that back.. you can eat how ever you like.. i guess this table is not soo good anymore.. ha.. i like it

wellll... its the weekend! here is the Suzuki Crosscage Hydrogen Fuel Cell Motorcycle.. just a concept at this point but supposedly soon to hit market... no noise, no emissions.. and prob so fun to ride... being good for the earth can be fun as well! ha

pom is coming out with a pill... and a POMx liquid.. interesting concept and i think it will most likely do very well... wonder if this is a attack on the market mona vie
great packaging as well!

photo by jess bonham found on coolhunter... which usually has some great finds.. i think there is some moula spinning through that site now

what a dream.. a simple dream.. Ryue Nishizawa is a wonderful designer.. designboom did a nice little feature

the kitchen has been fairly dark and quiet.. come home soon andrea!

i know it is a small and shit photo. . but still black light ping pong?? so fun! too bad my shoulder is STILL not in any shape to do anything at all like that... thanks core77 for the coverage of the show.. i feel like a guy at a baseball game sitting in the tree out past right field...

well. andrea is in nyc and i am officially jelous.. i know that people are saying the work is a little (or a lot) like last year and somehting like that.. lacking new stuff.. does not matter to me at all.. i would gladly love to experience a lot of the pieces that i look at on here all the time.. the obove is a good example of that.. fabulouso uhuru do most of thies work with selvanged materials from older demolished buildings.. why not right? speaking of jelousy.. boy am i bad at spelling..

nite

meh... these are ok... haha.. amazing architecture! here is a little glimpse into the one of many developments going on in.. yup.. you guessed it... dubai (well actually a little island called Nurai, located northeast of Abu Dhabi city).. places start at 20mill euros so start saving your pennies!

New York based Studio Dror will handle the houses while Paris-based firm AW2 will take care of the lux hotel...

projects like this definitally catch my eye but at the same time scare me a little as to the amount of money people are will to spend.... speaking of which.. i got my first little dose of the american health care system and lets just say a simple trip to the emergency room may set me back $1200... and i work there!!!! hopefully i can get something sorted out.. wish me luck!

google is looking sort of cool this evening... ok bed time.. work EARLY!!

a house by THOMAS KEMME firm.. must be so full of light!

stump.

our family owns a beautiful cottage just outside of halifax.. growing up i would live there with my nan and gramps for the summers.. get out of the city.. enjoy the ocean and live simple! the actual house that is there is nothing fancy but it sure does get the job done... i see so many projects floating around that would be amazing there.. one day....
above is a cottage in Denmark designed by Christensen & Co Architects.. danielle from ths style files featured this place not too long ago.. i was just at the chris & co website and thought i should put it up.. so... its up!
ps- nan... if you are reading.. what do you think??

i do lik these lights above.. i ffffound them.. so becuase i am lazy cannot give cred to who designed them.. they are very nice though!... then i got a little carried away ffffound ing .. lets dive in

eoos from austria put this beautiful mobile kitchen together.. i just the the usability of it and how everything has a home.. very functional! this has been making its way around the blogs and thought i had to join in on the fun!

ps- i am in the market for a new chefs knife.... so if anyone has any suggestions or ANY info at all.. please msg me! thanks

yup.. andrea is cute!

i just wanted to wish her good luck and thought i would give her a real pat on the back/congrats for all her amazing hard work paying off.... i mean really... are there many people out there showing at both icff and surtex? it really is amazing that she is doing that being a FULL time fibers masters student SCAD, working to make a little moula and dealing with me and doing all of my stuff (bike crashes, etc)... so too new york she goes for a few days.. i will miss her! good luck!!! love you.

ps- i cannot wait for her to get a little more time to get her own little website going.. i think it will bring big things!

well.. lets see.. i found this little igloo looking camp out on the frame website.. you know the magazine.. and i have been impressed with their website for a while now

well.. andrea's working class studio pillows were featured on a beautiful site called black. white. bliss. for some reason it makes me feel so proud when i see andrea's work floating around! congrats cutie!

well.. just thought that i would share that my little 'blog' was advertized on the scad fibers web site.. i think it was a link to the little thing i did on andrea? anywhhay.. just boasting.. first 2 photos are from my private collection (sound fancy right?) and the third photo is from when andrea went to the directions show in new york... kind of a sloppy show from what i heard from her but still a good experience for her! she is off to icff next week and her work is also in surtex! dam she gets work DONE! congrats andrea! muah!

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andrea gray

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when you go to google and search andrea gray my site is 5th on the list... so maybe me putting her name a few times will take me to the top! ha

my long lost relative mr. charlie harper.. one of the best illustrators of all time in my opinion

Patricia Urquiola created these chairs.. a definite craft being does here.. great stuuuf

great packaging by Migros in Switzerland ! muchoo smarto

Marià Castelló Martínez put together this beautiful rural home... love how the outside mizes with the inside and it has many great space saving features such as a murphy bed and compact stairs to a loft level... good work!

ps- arkinetia has been on fire with their features lately! thanks!

Corona y P. Amaral Arquitectos = coo po

Carlos Gutierrez for UPI mother nature sure can do some amazing things.. how old is she now?

e. broad garden studio

image lifted from a daily does of arch and ARX Portugal (Nuno Mateus/José Mateus) designed the house in Cascais, Portugal.. not wild about the whole house but i do love the pool house/ studio (or at least that is what i would like to call it)....

seeing all of these projects really makes me think about the cottage.. such a perfect place

sculp(IT) - Pieter Peerlings & Silvia Mertens make a 7ft10in wide living space work.. we have all seen our fairshare of container houses.. but this is a real great thing! 4 floors... 4 functions (0 = work, 1 = dining, 2 = relaxing, 3 = sleeping and roof = up to you!) mr Luc Roymans took the photos.. yes. anyho... there are many great photos and this was a interesting project!

ffffound never a dissapointment! well today we got some much needed apartment cleaning done.. we have sort of been in move in mode since we got in there and now it is really time to start the REAL organization.. i also started to overhaul a bike that andrea is going to use.. the GT pantara.. its kind of funny working no a bike when you have just gotten in a bike reck (yes.. the spelling is wrong)... i should be an amazing and super smooth ride when i am finished with it..

urbn... really hitting it off with this sofa... wonderful midcentury lines and the thing is only $480 + $115 for ship.... only.. haha.. listen to me.. it is not a bad deal.. there was a urbn sofa that i liked before but i got to sit on it and it was total crap.. would love to have a seat in this.. in any event.. not a bad price at all.....

as a side note... i never really look at/ read my own blog.. i just vomit some photos up and rub around some words (so descriptive right?)... so i got bored and tried to lux it up a little.. thing is about it is that i am not crazy about it nor do i think i will change it... again.. open to any feedback!

oh yeah.. and ebay is not bad for sofas either!!!

feedback pppplease.. i like the change but dont love it.. my storage is nearly up.. any suggestions?
crazy that my storage is up.. should i feel like i accomplished something here or whaaaaaaa?

well.. if you know me a little you prob know that i am a avid cyclist... well i have been using my bike as my number one mode of transport for a very long time.. and i guess i am proud of it.... well anyway about a week ago i had my first big crash on it.. no fun.. concussion, separated shoulder, black eye, stiches, and some real nice cuts and bruises... yes.. i did happen.. i managed to not miss any work.. i am healing up nicely but my shoulder still has limited ROM.. so.. wish me luck!! ps- funny photo!

studiocharlie thanks grace for a good find here.. i am sure the price for this would be out of this world.. but what a beautiful work table.. buybuybuybuybuybuybuy

Soojin Hyun... ok i first must start saying that i just shamefully riped these photos from MOCOLOCO the link is there... wonderful site.. there daily.. i usually like to go to the artists site.. check them out.. and try to get the photos direct from them.. but sadly the design mong site is down at the moment.. anyho.. it would be fun if a company expanded on this idea a little if people wanted a litle bit of privacy without the cubicle feel.. i think skylights must be added! fun space!

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am i really spamming on my own site? haha.. well i put a little love into the daily food spot ting.. give it a look and let me know what it needs... merci! and enoji

crap photos as usual but this is our home.. i was just looking through some of our photos and thought i would be nice and sharing.. sharing = caring!!! i like our little shelving wall.. its been up for a while and has changed a little since the photo (about a month or so old) but i still love all out little bits on there.. some things with real personal value.. thats what it is all about!

couple changes along the way.. and i know it will be changing again soon! play eye spy with it.. it can be real fun! i spy pablo ... i spy dried lavender.. hahaha.. i spy a ikea as is sale sticker ... our place is a bit of a mess.. sorry!

sam brown... sheep stools.. very fun ..

speaking of sheep (horrible joke.. sorry) i would really love to buy a good chefs knife... i spend a lot of time with it in my hand and i have never really held or used a really good one.. i have used some ok knives.. but i really want a perfect one that you become friends with and shapen (steel) often (on a 18degree angle).. yeah.. i think i am ready for one.. there are so many out there.. anyone.. with ANY knowledge please let me know..

oh.. and about the time in the kitchen.. i take photos! yup.. it true.. i know.. thanks.. haha.. i do! so look at them! things have not gotten organized yet (things = me) but i think i may take a stab at something a little like this (dailydesignspot) for my attempts in the kitchen.. nothing to get too excited about but looking at what others are eating is always fun.. dont lie.. you do it every time you are out.. dailyfoodspot ..... here.. but coming organized soon! haha.. right now it is a bit of a mess of photos but i htink i will casually throw some process photos up as well..

first time i ever used some colourful letters.. woo ho.. big day at the office!

well.. andrea have maybe .. finally decided on a pendant .. cb2 has a fwe great options.. and we have a few others.. could look real clean if we play our cards right.. i also like their puddle pendants.. but i dont think andrea is totally sold on them.. what are your thoughtssps? we have a 20ft granite (spelling) bar .. some light wood cabinets.. slate/blue back splash polished silver appliances.. yup.. lucky us. ha.. we are north facing so that southern sun does not gett up too bad but we still like to keep things nice and clean (airy?) i also love thoes stone/wood/steel peices i found.. reminds me of home.. i have a collection of raw beach granite like that at home in halifax and it makes me want to get it down here some how... and maybe even more of it.. hint hint any one who comes to visit and brings a car.. dont worry.. come by plane and you are exempt. ok.. enough.

ps- my friend nico is getting married in june..(to a beautiful girl named jill.. hey jill) just got some land and is building a house out there ( lawrencetown).. perfect surf spot.. fitting.. he is a professional surfer.. yup.. from halifax too! and yes.. people DO surf in thoes waters! good for you nico! one proud friend here!! anyho.. i thikn that style of furniture would look perfect in his place..

cb2

white space

Choi, Byung Hoon (found on rejuvi))))))

'kaktus' stool by enrico bressan... wonderful... designboom has had some good things going on that i missed.. thanks!

Mr. stephan schulz created these concrete stools.. called the rolling stone stool.. so.. if these roll with ease it would make them just a little bi better.. would like to have one of these out on our balcony.. or inside.. or.... i guess i would just like on

Karen Ryan must have access to one stacked scrap pile!!! her use of these beautiful offcuts and different materials is great.. plus throw some lighting and shadows in there... beautiful work!

Max Knight = funny guy.... ok i think i need to get away from my little equation tangent right now

Decode from london.. andrea and i are still looking for these dam lights for above our bar.... i like these ... i like a lot of things ok.. anyway.. i went to their website and this company has a few beautiful products.. check it (said ali g style.. and no.. i do not do impersonations of him)

Hiroshi Sasagawa's Animal Index = super cute = andrea

Kwangho Lee coming at you with some more knitted wire.. 2 years into 'turning the lamp inside out' he is producing some great things... there are a lot of designers out there doing this sort of thing right now and i have put a few of their products up on here before.. in any event i always like the result.. i think this should really act to inspire thoes DIY'ers out there to head to the hardwear store and buy some colourful wire!