The tip of the iceberg —

Uncommon Vision at the Chicago Merchandise Mart Herman Miller showroom. An Alexander Girard gold mine from the Herman Miller archives and the incredible collection of Bright Lyons.

Previously: "Good Design"

If you wear a 42 —

This is the deal of the summer. (Update: sold)

Elbones Brigade

Shredding in LA. (Me, R4TH)

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Francis Upritchard
Vintage Marimekko

Handsome and unusual zokin —

At: SRI

Dance Works I: details

From the Walker Art Center's installation photos of Dance Works I: Merce Cunningham / Robert Rauschenberg, on view until May 13, 2012.

Works for New Spaces

Sam Gilliam, “once associated with the Washington School of Color-field painting,” had by 1971 “abandoned the use of the stretched canvas” to make works like Carousel Merge, above. Gilliam intended the canvas to be “hung in a variety of configurations in any given space.”

From the Walker Art Center archives.

BOOBS

The Boob Top by/at/because Gravel & Gold.

Related: WOW; OK!

Jointed Doll in Overalls and Shirt

J.Screw BTS 2012

Pictures from a flea market. (Photo: Mort)

Nalledoktorn Bear

At Mr Mudd and Mr Gold.
Also: Jennifer Murphy for Mini-Exhibition #8

Sheila Hicks

Sheila Hicks: 50 Years
Institute of Contemporary Art
Philadelphia
March 24 – August 7, 2011

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"I made these neckties in a manner idiosyncratic to a tailor named H.A. Otter. It took me a number tries to understand his method of making a tie, which is practical, efficient, and elegant. His ties were not cut on the bias, they were cut with the weft (across the fabric's width), as are mine. The most interesting thing I discovered in the process of making them was that the tie's flare was actually a function of its manufacture."

by/buy: J.A. Christensen, Maker

YELLO AALTO

HOW TO MAKE A COOL INSTALLATION WITH HOUSEHOLD ITEMS —

A Step by Step Guide by Chris Magnusson

BAREFOOT TOYS

Available here.

This place is a zoo

Renate Müller: Toys + Design
at R 20th Century until January 4

Previously: here

DECKEN / BLANKETS

Lena Inken Schaefer, 2007
The Blanket Stories (via vvork)

A Lovely Thing

I slept on this zabuton at SRI.

Collier Campbell x Seinfeld

"Côte d'Azur", designed by Susan Collier and Sarah Campbell as part of their 1983 Six Views collection for Collier Campbell.

"The Raincoats" episode of Seinfeld.