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Engineering Meets Ephemera
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House(boat) Proud
Architecture by Robert Oshatz. Photo by Cameron Neilson
Kissing the Frog
A Room Divided:
Exuberant Color:
Suzani 2-seater sofa by NameDesignStudio
Sea Salt and Battery
Karsten Moran/The New York Times
At long last! A work of art I get to experience in person! Continue reading
Sound Garden
Photo: Hokkaido garden show
Etsomnia™ Volume XLVII: American Doll (No, Not That One)!
I think it’s the jaunty star on her hat that give this doll its patriotic feel. That and the felted baguette arm stumps.
Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.)
Extreme Seating
Photo credit Calazans Estudio
Brazilian design brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana clearly don’t lack a sense of humor. Continue reading
Mid-Century Marvelous Offer
Guess what? The artist responsible for today’s beautiful thing is not only talented, but generous, too! Jan has offered up two free A3 (11×14″) prints of your choosing to one lucky winner! Here are the rules:
1. Click on the Handz Etsy store.
2. Browse the beautiful artwork.
3. List your two favorites in the comments on this post.I will put the names of the “contestants” into a hat, and pick the lucky winner!
Thanks, Jan!
Mid-Century Marvelous
©Jan Skácelík
Etsomnia™ Volume XLI: Ermahgerd! Prerm!*
*Translation: Oh My God, Prom!
Me and my headless date, 1979. (Mom was always cutting the heads off my prom dates.)
Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.)
Etsomnia™ Volume XL: Mother’s Day Madness
When you care enough to give the very least. By RubysRubbish, who clearly has some mommy issues to work out
Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.)
Etsomnia™ Volume XXXIX: Derby Day
Perhaps the largest fascinator in the history of fascination. By my hero BWerson74, who offers many fabulous / crazy hat choices
Et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered when one is only half conscious. (True story.)
Dr. Who? No, Dr. Woo!
Dr. Woo
Gorgeous Grayscale
York Wallcoverings’ Peek-a-Boo Picture Gallery Wallpaper. AllModern
When I happened upon this beautiful wallpaper, it sent me down a black, white, & gray rabbit hole. Continue reading
Don Draper’s Desktop
The Philco PC by SchultzeWORKs
Dave Schultz of SchultzeWORKs calls it ‘fusion style.’ I call it genius. Continue reading
The Rise of the Machines
NVM Design
Give It a Rest
As distressing as the big pointy bird canopy is, it’s the giant, scary bird feet that really freak me out.
“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.” Eleanor Roosevelt
My OBT 