Archive for October, 2008
Musical Musings: Ratatat
Nipping at the heels of Courtney at Inside the Loop’s video post for The Knife’s “Heartbeats”, I realized that this Swedish brother and sister team reminded me of a long favourite Brooklyn band, Ratatat. The latter is a two-man team that have won accolades from many music snobs, so imagine my surprise when I pull [...]
Blog Crush: Eddie Ross
I feel that it is appropriate to follow up my (slight) rant on reuse/renew/repurpose-ing with a confession.
My New York schooling in all things Thrifty began in large part of my discovery of Eddie Ross’s blog [He of Top Design - Season 2 Fame and Martha Stewart elf]. His historical knowledge of all sorts of flea [...]
Digging for Gold
I admit, I’ve always been a fan of thrift stores; from hole in the wall boutiques in Vancouver, to the amazing selection in Montreal’s Good will stores, I now find myself starting to get my feet wet again thrifting here in New York. While I’m not as interested in the pea green polyester pants of [...]
An Architect Travels: The Salk Institute
This was most definitely, a pilgrimage of sorts.
And I’m not entirely religious– to both a higher power or to the temple of Architecture, as some might be inclined. There is a short list really, of buildings and places that are on my “Before I Die, I Ought To See”, and the Salk Institute is most [...]
FOUND: Design Epiphany
I never really thought I had a design mantra, and figured that my tastes ran all over the board. Whittling things down into the most concise “essence” per se, is my lifelong… struggle. Not I’m not saying that I hope for stark minimalism in a world that is metaphorically, at best, a three ring circus [...]
