August 2010
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November 2009
34 posts
Ross Lovegrove shares organic design inspiration on Ted Talk.
http://irenesmirnova.blogspot.com/2009/11/nabokov-last-novel-original-of-laura.html
You who never arrived
in my arms, Beloved, who were lost
from the start,
I...
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via liquidnight)
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Fifteen ways to describe a rain | Пятнадцать... →
Sometimes it rains and suddenly i’ve found this: “Quinze facons de decrire la pluie…”
truly poetic video…
I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape—the...
– Andrew Wyeth (via liquidnight)
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Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity
October 2009
21 posts
We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Never mistake motion for action
– Ernest Hemingway
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Is the sale of the Vasari archives a prank? - The... →
The modern day drama around Vasari archives…
Fiona Hewitt is an illustrator behind the Dumpling Dynasty products mentioned earlier.
here is her web site, make sure you have the sound on in your computer:
http://www.fionahewitt.com/
Dumpling Dynasty
Kitsch for children - do we really want to spoil our children’s taste from an early age? Actually yes - i want my child to be happy with this Bunny kit from Dumpling Dynasty :)
Ideas, identity, society
Why looks matter in society - is it the divine proportion embedded as fundamental enjoyment dictating the appearance be a part of success?
Sometimes ideas are lost behind the the shiny label, sometimes ideas are not heard because of the dusty air, sometimes it is a reception not well transmitted or sometimes because of a greed spirit prevailing over the taste…Does identity matter for ideas...
Scandinavian design
Great selection of Scandinavian design products in this site. Love it!
http://www.scandinaviandesigncenter.com/
Le Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal has a new donation - from Ben Weider:
http://www.mbam.qc.ca/fr/expositions/exposition_134.html One more reason to visit Montreal’s best museum that has several great exhibitions ongoing, including the retrospective of John William Waterhouse.