how i wish i felt like this: completely calm and still while the world spins around me. it might be post-holiday blues, but just a couple more days to relax and unwind would have been nice.
installation by stas chepurnov, via today and tomorrow.
how i wish i felt like this: completely calm and still while the world spins around me. it might be post-holiday blues, but just a couple more days to relax and unwind would have been nice.
installation by stas chepurnov, via today and tomorrow.
color me katie’s latest kooky paper art installation put a smile on my face this morning. much needed, too, i have to say!

loving these prints by artist stephen eichhorn. a little bit of kooky, a big bit of kitty. there’s some more over here →
ok go collaborated with über nerds from all over the place on this incredibly fun video: nasa, mit media lab, cal tech, syyn labs… made on a tiny budget using lo-fi materials, the ultimate hand-made rube goldberg machine is synced to the music and the whole video was shot in one take. gasping for air!!!
via booooooom, npr, it will stop raining* and pretty much every other blog on the interweb. and make sure you follow the link to youtube and check out their making-of videos.









luci everett’s studio as shot by melbourne-based photographer olga bennett. website here. flickr stream here.
• japanese food. literally can’t get enough, especially after reading it will stop raining*.

• the new edition of french elle featuring alexa chung.

• french/moroccan interiors in the last issue of lonny magazine.

• the karen walker fall 2010 ready-to-wear collection

• new music to keep the energy up throughout the week: charlotte gainsbourg, spoon, hot chip and midlake.

• jamie oliver’s ted prize wish.
michel gondry directs mia doi todd’s “open your heart”.
warning: watch on an empty stomach. might cause extreme dizziness (check out that poor fella clutching onto the stair rail at the end!)
lots of paris-related things have been on my radar recently… first, this gorgeous clip for vanessa bruno, featuring the lovely loi doillon:
second, tommy has recently posted photos from a recent trip

stumbled across this gorgeous flickr set from paris, 1962

and finally, listened to a great podcast by abc national radio on the differences between french and english interpretations of rudeness (thanks, dad!)
think outside the box

the big cheese

high five

drop names

chasing rainbows

cat got your tongue

had a good chuckle over these kids’ drawings of common idioms. there’s a huge collection over at idioms by kids: a recommended afternoon pick-me-up!
via what katie does