pairings: bag + chair

can't you picture this purse by xanath lammoglia slung over this chair by kartell?

(hint: look careful at the kartell chair... can you see the silhouettes of the series 7 by jacobsen, the tulip by saarinen, and eiffel chair by eames ... isn't that cool?!)

create: eames wear

eames wear t-shirt by me!

well, now that christmas is over i can spill the beans on all my top secret surprises...starting with this eames shirt for b.  i took a screen printing class and couldn't be more happy with how it turned out.  you can check out the process soon over at k:creates.  i can't stop thinking about all the possibilities for screen printing (next up cork, yep, cork) ... maybe i will even develop a whole 'when i grow up' line.... anyone for saarinen?  mies?  kahn?  :-)  happy screen printing everyone!

profile: the story of eames furniture

via vimeo

b just shared this video with me.... a 16 minute clip of marilyn neuhart discussing her new book "the story of eames furniture".  i can't wait to make this book a part of my home library....

swatch: brian everett's home

photo by from me to you

b got me into mid-century design and of course the eames' sealed the deal for me.  so i was pretty much in love when i stumbled upon this photo.  one look and said to myself, "brian everett, meet your new best friend - me."  once i started reading the article... he is an industrial designer with a line for CB2, his wife is an architect who shares his love for mid-century craft... i knew we were kindred spirits. tack on flor tiles in the basement and a hot pink table on the patio and well, we are practically friends for life. 

covet: eames pillow

 

1956 by Inhabit

as many of you know, i am currently obsessed with the magic of mid-century designers ray & charles eames.  just discovered these pillows by inhabit.  great silhouettes, cool colors, also love that the name of the pillow is the year the chair was released.  hey, if i can't have an eames lounge chair, i figure having pillow of one sitting on my couch is the next best option.

profile: eames

I'm reading An Eames Primer and am fully in awe of this "power couple".  Beyond their contributions to architecture (Case Study House #8), furniture (Eames Lounge Chair) and other mediums such as film, this book gives insight to their personal relationship.  Ray & Charles, together, were purely magic in both the personal and professional realms.

Best book I have read in a long long time - can hardly put it down...