Shelves

"Sometimes we arrange and then we rearrange in order to get things right. There is no harm in trial and error for every solution has a place in the universe."

I Hate Perfume

CB I HATE PERFUME

Christopher Brosius Limited
93 Wythe Avenue
Brooklyn NY

I hate perfume too and I am constantly on the hunt for complimentary scents that won't give me a headache. You can only imagine how thrilled I was when a friend introduced me to Christopher's line of scents inspired by "memories". Besides having fantastic branding and beautifully written theories on scent, Christopher's line is an aromatic oasis. Christopher is an artist, an architect, a set designer, a scientist, a perfumer and all around interesting man. If you're roaming the streets of Brooklyn I recommend that you pay CB a visit- after all, it's just a matter of following your nose.
 

"And so it is. We live because we breathe and with each breath, we smell. This is inevitable. The Sense of Smell is our first and most immediate link to the world around us. It reminds us of what (and who) we love. Smell is perhaps the most complex sense we possess and possibly this is why it is the least understood and most often taken for granted… Yet we also know, that none of the other senses can touch us so profoundly as scent. Not even music can stir the mind & heart so powerfully as one tiny whiff. Scent is always individual. Your sense of smell is one of the most unique things about you – more individual than your fingerprints, than the shape of your ear, than the pattern of your retina. Your sense of smell is one of the most important factors that defines you as YOU. The way you respond to any scent is unlike anyone else’s – no one remembers what you do, no one feels what you feel. There is a reason you remember certain scents so fondly – it’s the way nature designed you. Scent is the record of your own special life – it’s your experience. My mission is to capture that experience. I bottle it so you can have it, use it and love it whenever you wish. I can give you scent experiences you never dreamed possible. I create perfumes as unique & individual as those who wear them. And I use a great many scents never before thought of as “perfume”. But I know these are just the scents that really hit us where we live – they’re the ones we remember and love. These scents are life.

To me, this is what the art of perfume is all about." 

-CB

Flannel

I think we might be being punished for having such a wonderful, short lived Spring Season with these cold, Autumn winds. If you find yourself shivering on the city streets, plan ahead and shiver in style! I've been keeping warm in this charming patterned maroon flannel lately. A little bit of layering goes a long way.

Old Rules

Chilly Sunday Autumn night with new sheets & Joanna Newsom. Thank you Ikea.

And you do lose what you don't hold


Sadie - Joanna Newsom by paige_gifford

The Glade

Inspired by an image found on an old 1900s communion card, artists Carolyn Quatermaine & Didier Mahieu have renewed my faith in fairytales with this charming design. This bar is located in London's West End and doubles as a restaurant and a gallery. 

"We need to create interior spaces that let us dream a little more...It's all about the Reverie" -Carolyn Quatermaine

Wang

10/20 swag points for Mr. Wang. I Can't

Bernard

 Please Excuse my absence! I found myself frequenting a beautiful house in the Annex over the past two weeks while I was working on a side project. When you're hard at work the days seem to go by at an alarming speed.

Playlist: Toronto

School is finally out for summer and I couldn't be happier. Having had time to take some very long, much needed breaths of fresh air, I'm happy to say that upon revisiting my thesis  project, on this sunny afternoon, I am still quite pleased with the outcome. I'm working away on a brand new portfolio and website so stay tuned for some more information on the project. Until then, I hope you enjoy this little touch of Graphic Porn. 

Special thanks to Steven Lee of Silhouetted Skyline for the inspirational photography and to Toronto for being a city full of adventure.

Muir Mendes

This home was designed and built by husband and wife team Amy Muir and Bruno Mendes who make up a young architecture firm. Every now and then I feel inspired to live minimally.

Valentin Loellmann

I immediately fell in love with Loellmann's "m.&mme. 2011" furniture collection a few weeks ago and I've been thinking about it ever since. I love how the pieces feel like they could be a faun just learning how to walk. There's something about it that's so whimsical yet very sophisticated because of the materials used. I can't help but whisper thank you into the air and hope that it dances in the night sky and into the heart of this wonderful designer.

The images above are from an earlier collection called "Past Memories". As I listen to the sweet sound of James Vincent McMarrow, I too am feeling quite nostalgic.

For more work by this talented designer click HERE

Matthias Manner

As I dive into my final design project of my university career, I can't help but revisit all of my previous projects for common threads. I'm smiling at my successes, laughing at my failures and accepting that things take time. It has been four years and I think I'm in a very comfortable place.

 After viewing the incredible work of Matthias Manner, I'm immediately taken back to the work I did last semester regarding weather and architecture. I guess there's validity in the phrase "No design is ever finished"

Tweet

I have been looking for hooks for my room for about six months. I finally found the perfect trio at Umbra last week! These nickle finished birdies come with a magnet under their beak for my keys and a small opening between their beak to hold my mail and special notes. 
All in favour of INSPIRING, WHIMSICAL and AFFORDABLE design say: "TWEET"
 I don't think I'm going to lose my keys ever again.

Cirrostratus

Toogood

I managed to get the new issue of Vogue Living Australia over the Thanksgiving weekend. Over not one but TWO turkey dinners I couldn't help but think how thankful I am for the food on my table, good hearts and the people who own them, melody, Atlas and good design. I'm most intrigued by the work of London Based Studio Toogood featured in the VLA's latest Issue.

This is how you throw a dinner party:

Studio Toogood collaborated with chef, Arabeschi Di Latte, to serve black food for a series of midnight dinners in Erastudio- an apartment turned gallery located in Milan during their Design Week. Food included cheese served on coal, blackened artichokes flowers, bread dyed with squid ink and eggs cooked in black tea.

With an underlying morbid tone, the series of dinners was appropriately titled "Natura Morta". This translates to "Still life" in Italian and as a direct English translation it means "Dead Nature". With both of these translations at play within this experience realized by creative director Faye Toogood, I can't help but release my innate punny-ness and say:  this is simply too good.


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