of paper and things

untitled by lloyd hughes this is one of the many reasons why dust breeding is my new blog crush. really fantastic ! some random zen . and... wonderful polaroids by lloyd hughes . hope you have a lovely, silly-fun weekend!

handmade cardboard lanterns by this is limbo . i love this street art project & the artist's statement about it: what i like about the lanterns is that it deals with the frail temporary aspect of putting up art in street...the longest (possible) life span of these pieces will be that of the candles, which is probably just a few hours. therefore, when someone runs into it on the street they know that it was placed there not so long ago and they, by coincidence, got there in the small time frame that the piece was "active", hopefully giving them the feeling that it was placed there especially for them, and maybe guiding them, following them home and subtly lighting up their way.

really beautiful fusion of bone china + glass. by andrea walsh .

the agrarian kitchen is a sustainable farm-based cooking school situated in a 19th century schoolhouse in australia. set on five acres, the school incorporates an extensive vegetable garden, orchard, berry patch and herb garden, grows and uses heirloom varieties of fruit, vegetables (grown using organic principles) and rare breed animals in its cooking classes and also sources ingredients from local farmers, fishermen, gardeners and artisanal producers. {via seesaw }

soooo looking forward to the ease of spring/summer dressing. and being barefoot. aren't you? innocence ~ summer '09 by morrison .

bff hugs love happiness typewriter confetti set by dahlila . {via a good idea on paper }

the excel floor lamp by rich brilliant willing. available in black + white. i want.

solar pot by jangho kim. attractively designed solar battery charger and a finalist in the greener gadgets design competition . voting is now closed, but check here on friday to see the winners.

quiet, lovely paintings by young artist, kate . she likes tea and painting and love*. + links: etsy . deviantart . flickr .

well, look what you can make with a garden saw and a bit of ingenuity! the m book , found via the make something cool every day set of olly moss . love it!

two really fun wallpapers from studio ditte . scrapwood wallpaper + ribbon wallpaper . {via bloesem }

traditional woodturning + simple aesthetic + sustainable materials beautiful and functional interior products by sarah thirlwell .

appeel ~ an interactive installation by design collective thegreeneyl . surfaces are covered by thousands of coloured stickers laid out in a grid. peeling a sticker off leaves a white spot in the grid, people hence start individually and collectively changing its appearance. once off the wall...slowly the little stickers spread, appearing further away from their source and occupying space. appeel inherits basic principles of interactivity and generativity applied to purely analogous means. its immanent potential of penetrating regulated public and private space counterpoints its apparent plainness. the dot spreads with the promise to ironically mark its carrier as a symbol of sale and possession. {via it's nice that }

moleskines will soon be available in a3 and a4 formats. i am so excited* the folio collection , launching in spring. p.s. paper is fsc certified. {via core77 }

have you seen this? wonderful graphical representation (view larger) of obama's stimulus plan by laura stanton for the washington post . {via spoon & tamago }

schubladen is a unique shop in germany that designs furniture from found, unmated drawers. the range of products available is vast ~ no two pieces are alike, and they are happy to custom make furniture to your specifications.

whimsical matryoshkas from irina troitskaya . (remember these wonderful collections?) + links: website . blog . flickr .

blueprints for improbable architecture by marina shterenberg . these works examine the psychological implications of institutional architecture, emptied of its use...layers of physical materials and light act as veils that reveal depicted space through intimate observation. the paper cutout screens and the reflective surface in the paintings blur the margins between the interior architecture of a gallery space and the perceived illusion...these newly invented spaces are meant to challenge our conventional perceptions of structures and their boundaries.