Isn’t this a gorgeous print? Makes me want to pull together a poker night. ‘Cept my unemployed self would need to play with buttons (”Kevin, that’s a button.”)
The print is Poker Hand Values by Tan Nuyen at Threadless.com via Apartment Therapy Chicago. 30 bucks for a 18″ x 24″ print. Hmm, maybe if I can host that poker night after all, I can win some duckets for a splurge…
What better way to curb the afternoon snack craving than… a pair of blue sunglasses??
TreeHugger reports that a Japanese company, Yumetai, has produced sunglasses that curb one’s appetite. Not only do they make food look gross, the color blue affects the brain’s appetite center. Huh. Who knew?
Where do I get me a pair??
[::Inventorspot via ::Andrew Sullivan via TreeHugger]
In honor of the due date of two of IAYM’s dearest friends, I thought it would be appropriate to put together a baby-themed post. So, here’s a look at some of my fave latest baby-friendly things…
Concept baby walker by Wonjune Song [via ohdeedoh.com]
Fauna gorilla baby onesie [via designpublic.com]
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DwellStudio for Target Zoo bedding collection [via Target.com]
Check out designer Mark Beam’s spine lamp:
Your vote?? Creepy or great? Or both!?!?
[via Design-Milk.com]
Hi from Asia. I am taking a break from updating iamsd.com (I just came to the few days I hadn’t jotted down in my notebook) and saw this on the NY Times. This guy is a designer who wanted to make his apartment “kid friendly.” Check out that staircase. Really? I know people with kids who have moved out of apartments for less than that.
Just spied these tri-pod wine glasses ($105 for 4) from Umbra’s U+ collection in the new March issue of Bon Appetit (love the re-design btw), and I just think they are so cute, and genius. Delicate, but not twee. It’s so refreshing to see a completely new spin on such a classic design. LOVE. But, sadly, I have too many wine glasses in my cabinets already. These go on the wish list.
YourMom has babies on the brain. 2/5 of us are expecting. So, when I came across this amazing/cool/modern car seat, I had to share. And, hopes that maybe the new addition will be cool enough to get one.
How freaking cute, right? And, according to the site, it’s safer than a regular car seat because it’s side-impact protected. It can fit a child from infancy to toddler, and it’s easy loading/unloading - you can swivel it in all different directions with one hand! Plus, you can get it in lots of different colors! Not only that, but the company that designed it, think/thing, is based out of Chicago, a fave city of YourMom’s!
What’s unclear is where you get one… guess that means it’s just a concept at this stage. Baby A will have be cool and stylish in other ways. YourMom will make sure s/he is.
[photo from Apartment Therapy's ohdeedoh.com via mocoloco.com via think/thing]
YourMom is (maybe) going to Philly for the weekend soon, so I’m really excited to see that Design*Sponge posted its Philadephia Design Guide today. The guide was put together by one of my favorite bloggers, Joy, from OhJoy! I’m hoping we can check out a few of these spots — Hello Home sounds dreamy! While I’ve been to Philly before, I’ve really never spent time wandering or shopping while there.
[photo of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge by B. Krist for GPTMC via GoPhila.com]
Who knew that the color for next year was No. 18-3943, blue iris? Who knew that the color for this year was chili pepper red? Who knew that there was a color of the year and that some random institute choses it?
At any rate, welcome blue iris. Chili pepper red, we hardly knew ye. Really. What’s chili pepper red?
Not only have half the cabs in NYC been mysteriously covered in paintings of flowers (is the cows of 2007?), but it seems the cabs are being branded now. As if the bright yellow wasn’t quite enough of a tip off that a cab is a cab is cab. (Though there is that lady in our neighborhood who drives around a cab-colored Crown Vic, which I have tried to hail at least 20 times). I am sure you have seen the new symbols around town.
I, frankly, think it is quite ugly. The fonts are a mess, the letters don’t make sense visually and the spacing is st rang e. You would think in a town full of artist, designers, contest afficianados, they would be able to find someone who could come up with a better look.
Anywhose, the NY Times did a story, or blog entry, or something online, on how the cab got its new look, which could be subtitled “Design by Bureaucracy.” It also asked 8 famous designers (who I have never heard of) to critique the design. Reviews are tepid at best. One reviewer had a suggestion of his own, which I think works better for NYC’s no-nonsense, to-the-point asthetic, and captures the frustration that is often involved when hailing a cab in the rain.
