December 2009
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Whippet-thin, of what the French call “a certain age,” Miss Thompson is 75...
– From a 1969 NYT profile of the creator of Eloise, Kay Thompson via The Eloise Website. Why oh why can’t we have interviews like this in papers anymore! (via somethingchanged)
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If I am ugly, and I am, I am going to make everything around me beautiful. That...
– Elsie de Wolfe
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When other people dream about love or music, I dream about beautiful objects,...
– Elsie de Wolfe
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Elsie de Wolfe should probably never have been a child. Born in 1865, a time...
– from Elsie de Wolfe: A Decorative Life by Nina Campbell and Caroline Seebohm
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House Tour: Todd Oldham - from New York Magazine,...
A big influence on one of my past projects, these were among some of the first pages I tore out of a magazine to put in Volume I of my Big Book Of Inspiration, when I first got seriously interested in interior design. I have been a fan of his since I was a kid in the eighties. How awesome were Todd Oldham’s home DIYs on MTV’s House Of Style? Seeing these images was the first...
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MAD DIY Salon III: Cut Paper
Join the Museum of Art & Design in the Open Studios for a night of hands-on art making, music, food, and drink in celebration of the Museum’s current exhibition Slash: Paper Under the Knife. Local do-it-yourself artists will demonstrate their personal skills and help guide you in creating your own paper-based projects. Techniques will range from book-making to jewelry-making, among...
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Eloise Picks: worthwhile art, history & design...
A Journey Round My Skull Self-described “unheathy book fetishism” - nothing wrong with that
Ancient Industries Beautiful photos of ancient, endangered and extinct people, places & things
Architectradure
Art Departmental
BYKENYON PROPS A rustic & vintage prop house
Chair Blog
DECADE DIARY Stunning fashion illustrations in graphite & watercolor
DE51GN
Design Hole
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