Pythagorean Dreams

Remember way back to evil Wednesday when I was afflicted with the grumble grumbles? Well, this is me today:

Yes, the clouds have parted and now I am summoning the spirit of Mother Earth atop a table mountain, in front of the glorious sea. Ok, not really. My stomach is triple that size and I am hunkered down atop a pillow mountain in front of my ancient computer, but you get the drift. Anyway, I'm working on seeing things differently, shifting my perspective, trying for a more multifacted outlook.

Well, that was officially the wost segue I have ever written for a post. Ignore my babbling and check out these crazy faceted finds that are sure to move you towards a whole new sense of geometry. Euclid would be proud.

This intergalactic planetary telescope by Electronic Miracles is sure to change your frame of reference. Hopefully it comes with that dress, too.

Who knows what kinds of terrestrial delights one might spy through the scope? Tout va Bien Cabinet at Bd Barcelona.

I wouldn't be surprised if it showed you an asteroid belt of these Fractal Tables by Platform.

Kick back and chillax 21st century Grandma style in this Wing Chair by Hannes Grebin.

This super sharp Cutt flatware series by Buchegger Denoth Feichtner Design of Austria is likely to bring a whole new angle to the same old dinner.

Change your setting Aranda/Lasch style with panoramic displays of crazy colonies.

Hold everything with these finely crafted wood case pieces by Khai Lew.

Comfy seating is most important. Slip off your very cute yellow heels and sink into this leather Bucky Ball Beanbag by Mathieu Lehanneur.

I think I'm going to bring my telescope and beanbag and squat at the Manresa City Hall in Spain. I'm sure the view would be most enlightening. Who's with me? I'm sure the neighbors wouldn't mind at all.

A Few Graphics and A Bonus Seizure Opp

I know this is an interior design blog and all 12 of you line up bright and early to see decor porn.  364 days a year (give or take) Erin and I really do try our best to deliver but as a graphic designer by day, I just can't help myself if I need to share a few of the most awesomist 2D designs that cross my path while I'm scavenging across the world wide interweb in search of the 3D on your behalves.  Today we're going to take a gander at a few of the graphic design gems I've uncovered while on the internet high seas ***** Please be forewarned:  there is a seizure inducing graphic at the bottom of this post.  Put down all liquids and have your phone poised to dial 9-1-1.  

On with la post

I stumbled upon these posters on macroy, and I have been crushin on them for months.  I love how the lifeless photos are juxtaposed against bright colors.  The simple graphics and repeating patterns just melt my little heart.

Speaking of pictures of creepy people with crap drawn all over them:  how much do you love this Antony and the Johnsons album cover?  While I'm not a huge fan of their music (I find it goes best with an oven and a paper bag) this cover just does it for me.  Sorry, I can't help it.

Usually when i think of animated gifs the world's most annoying web ads come to mind, lately though, I've been seeing some really incredible ones that are both clever in their creation and delightfully rudimentary in the world of flash and javascript.  This little stingray (or whatever) was also created by the, ahem, 23 year old designer over at marcroy

Lately I've really been digging the work of Julien Vallee (who just so happens to have her own subtle animated gifs hidden in the corners of her sites).  Julien creates elaborate and bizarre 3 dimensional paper-scapes for the sole purpose of photographing them.  I've said it before and I will say it again: I LOVE STAGED PHOTOGRAPHY.  When your little setup also happens to involve confetti and a spaghetti paper computer then I know we will be best friends forever.

More of Julien's work.  

Ok, now, are you ready?  This next graphic is so ridiculous, so totally and completely pointless and annoying that I just can't help but love it.  I saw it a couple of weeks ago and I still find myself referencing it when planning some designs for clients.  Why?  I don't know, all I can say is:  I'm really really sorry. 

via collectiva

We Don't Want the Funk

Today, I'm in a funk. You know those days where, from the very moment you wake up and rub the sleep out of your grubbly little eyes, you just feel whack? Well, I've got a major case of the grumble grumbles, and the only things stopping me from throwing a rock through the window are A) the cost of replacing said window and B) the cost of therapy for my anger management problem. Whew! Crisis averted thanks to poverty! Anyway, I refuse to sit and stew. So it's up to me to find a happy distraction, and do you know what makes me happy and distracted?

Motherfucking Rainbow Brite, that's what.

I mean, no one can be angry in the face of all that COLOR. Sure, I like black and white and brown and gray. A lot. But sometimes, I just need to visit a happy fantasy land, where Roy G Biv reigns supreme and the world is filled with sparkles. And hopefully donuts. I bet the guy who owns this renovated Art Deco house has a mountain of sparkly donuts in his rainbow painted cupboard just for me.

This dude does not give a rat's rump about the oft touted "household color palette." This is a shameless, unapologetic exploitation of paint, combined with an unadulterated love of the Corbusier, Bertoia and Panton triumvirate.

Did I already mention the animal skins?

But, the magical elevator alone is enough to make me forget all the things I don't like about this house.

And for all its flaws -- or perhaps because of them -- I feel that this home is inhabited by a person who likes pastries, rides his bicycle in the house, and plays video games during business hours. Maybe Tom Hanks from Big lives here?

Whatever. It's a vast improvement over Tom Hanks in Castaway or The Da Vinci Code.