California
Just got back from a trip to Oakland, California. Was helping my boyfriend look for an apartment, which was a much bigger fiasco then I’ve ever experienced in NYC or Kansas City. However, we finally found a great place in Berkeley that is three blocks from a natural foods store called Berkeley Bowl.
The Hills.
We also went to dollar day at the Oakland horse tracks. My technique of betting on horses based on which ones had funny names was not very successful, but my friend won $8.
Waiting for the BART.
Conveniently built in two suitcases, Melvin the Mini Machine is an elaborate contraption that uses toothbrushes, marbles, a toy train and more to sign and stamp postcards. Created by Dutch design firm HEYHEYHEY, the machine showed at Ventura Lambrate in Milan and is now traveling the world. (Visit the mini machine’s website here.)
Pretty please will they do a U.S. tour?
Lost Type Co-op hosts a number of attractive fonts for download. The site works on a pay-what-you-want model (even if what you want to pay is nothing.)
Kids as David Hockney, fashion shoot by Ophelia Wynne for Milk Magazine.
Really into this Japanese designer / illustrator Shinzi Katoh right now. He also makes this amazing cat teapot sold at Modcloth that I want.
Wood wall installation
Check out the cool wood installation we made at my work to dress up our new office. The project is easy, but time-consuming unless you have a lot of people involved (which we did). Instructions are available at salvagelove.net.
While looking for free (non-ugly) desktop calendars that I could use at work, I found this cool pop-up calendar. Print it out for free at Canon Japan or check out the rest of their papercraft freebies.
