I really want this book. The title roughly translates to “Colouring Book Stories”. It is about learning how to draw and has the most magnificent illustrations.
See this flickr set for more images.
Ilse Firbas / Malbuchgeschichten
Illustrated by Heinz Kiessling
Osborn Design Studio has added some gorgeous embroidered boots and oxfords made with recycled huipils to their shop. Seriously awesome, and not for the timid.
This video is absolutely mesmerizing. I very rarely post videos, and this is the second this week (!) but it seemed like a shame not to pass this on.
“Certain liquids obey the laws of crystallization. Under a polarizing microscope, we observe transformations in structure, form and color with certain changes in temperature and pressure. 1. Smectic to cholesteric transition, isotropic liquid 2. Smectic rods 3. Supercooling of a cholesteric form.”
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I just revisited Lauren’s site for Manu, her jewelry line (a favourite of mine), and noticed that she has started a Tumblr blog for documenting her work. In case you don’t already know, her jewelry is made with very basic office supplies such as tape and paperclips, with stunning results.
This is so cool. I would love to see this happen again.
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This is a fantastic vintage sticker activity book I found on Flickr, scanned by Maptitefabrique. There are so many other great books in the set “Livres d’enfants avant 1950” (Children’s books before 1950). Here are many more vintage children’s books spanning different eras. Be sure to check out this book & this book.
I have a serious addiction to kitchen towels: floursack, huck, linen… you name it. I usually only buy vintage ones, but I am in love with these two by Enormous Champion at Heath Ceramics.
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How sexy is this packaging that I came across today at the supermarket?
