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Etsy find: Nuit Blanche

Nice work. The second image is from the “shapeshifter” zine.

Posted October 16th, 2008 in design, etsy, print.

3.1 Phillip Lim, that is! Did anyone else know that the lovely Phillip Lim did a shoe called the “Eros” for Birkenstock? I actually like it a lot. On sale at Barneys for $70 which seems reasonable considering that those things are super ergenomic and last forever (an ergenomic designer sandal seems like it should be an oxymoron).

Posted October 16th, 2008 in accessories, design, fashion.

Coton

Ok. So just to be clear, I think I love everything on this site. Thanks to Dear Ada for the original posting which led me to spend way too much time perusing the CDC stores site. Here are two favourites:

Posted October 14th, 2008 in accessories, design, fashion.

Folk for men

I love these shoes from Shofolk for men. Actually, all their menswear is great.

Oh, and these for me!

Posted October 14th, 2008 in accessories, design, fashion.

Botany

This is what a botany book should look like. I found this a while back… probably at a thrift store, but I don’t remember.

I don’t know if I mentioned this but at the ripe old age of 28 I decided to go back to school to finish my Associates degree, and this semester I’m taking a botany class at Pasadena City College, to fill the science lab-lecture requirement. I was very excited about taking this class, and still am. My teacher is Dr. Debra Fulsom, who is a research botanist for the Huntington Botanical Gardens and also apparently a published author (which I only found upon Googling her!). It’s a fascinating subject for me, as I have been obsessed with plants since I was about 13. Anyway, I just wanted to post this beautiful old botany book and have you compare it to this cover, which is what is on my actual schoolbook… no offense to Van Gogh, but this is inappropriate for a botany book.

Posted October 12th, 2008 in criticism, design, general, plants.