Take care and see you after Labor day!!!

As always, Pentagram is dishing out the good work. Most recently is Central Park West. Bellissimo!

I love this! Dear Adobe is an online open forum for you to voice your opinion and gripes about any and all Adobe products! There’s nothing worse than trying to get through your work day with programs crashing, errors occurring and then no one doing a damn thing about it.

Have a gripe of your own? Submit it to them and maybe you’ll see your gripe up there with the rest.

Thanks to SwissMiss for this great post!!!!

I have a confession. I have a vintage shop on Etsy. I love shopping for unique little items that I would personally want and sell them online to others who may not be able to find them. Living in such an antique haven, I couldn’t resist!

I have small to medium items and plan on adding more depending on the success of the shop. It is so much fun going to yard sales, small antique shops, big antique shops and finding treasures that were unwanted.

My most recent finds are cameras, ooooo-ooh how I love these cameras. If I didn’t have my Etsy shop I would be keeping these for myself. So unique and so, so neat!

Check it out at http://vintagesuburbia.etsy.com

Such as What is real design?, which caught my eye and is the truth!

I really dug this poster on the post called Death in America, wowser!

A nice letterpress video post titled Documentair l’impression typographique.

The only downside to the blog is that it’s in French, and I’m not French so it makes it difficult to read. But it is definitely visually appealing!

Lushpad

It’s pretty obvious why I like the site below, (especially if you read yesterday’s post on Knoll) but not only can you post ads for items that you want but you can also browse through items for sale! I am always on the lookout for modern furniture (which is why I love Craigslist) and the site is so well designed!!! You can’t ask for something better than that! Functional and it looks good? I’m there.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, you can browse by designer or artist and it shows you the quantity of items next to the names. Great feature!

I’m hooked, that’s all I can say.

American Science & Surplus

Another well designed site but with a unique twist. Each item is illustrated and if you want to see a real photo you can rollover the View Photo link. Each item also has an interesting caption, such as Weather They Like it or Not for Slinky’s Climate Cubes.

And the products they offer are as unique as can be and at unbeatable prices!

Such as this Radiometer for $10.95!

Flashcards for just $4.50!

An extremely large suction cup, called the Big Yellow Sucker (24”) for $47.50. What would you use this for?

Medic’s Field Kit Box for $27.50

Mines Warning Sign in aluminum, enameled in red for $5.95

The product range is amazing and I encourage you to visit, but be warned you will spend a lot of time there.

Most of the images you find in your search results can also be seen used in the catalogs and brochures from Knoll. I love the ones of individual furniture pieces with interesting compositions when they are stacked or balanced, it gives the products some personality.

I couldn’t find too much information of the folks who actually photograph the pieces or who designs the collateral for Knoll, but consistency is key and they got that down to a science.

*Update - the photography is by Ilan Rubin, a very well-known photographer in the industry who works with the likes of Target, Knoll, Logitech, etc. If you visit the portfolio, make sure you view the Still Movie for Knoll. Very nice.

And unfortunately with the current financial status that I am under, I can probably only afford knock-offs or vintage pieces from those who don’t understand where the furniture comes from but I can still appreciate modern beauty presented by Knoll.

And if you’re looking for inspiration for your interior, this is a great place to go for staged homes or the many Knoll showrooms. And not just for offices or commercial settings, but for your home too.

It gives the furniture a much more approachable look when in a setting and sells the idea of these classis pieces to those who are unfamiliar or just curious.

So like I said if you’re looking for inspiration, go to the Knoll Photo Bank/Media Library and start a search using any keyword; lounge, chair, seating, bertoia, saarinen, etc. and you won’t be sorry!

If I lived in a huge loft or studio-like apartment, I would want one of these. And even though I have many huge walls in my home, I just don’t know if it would have the same feel. But the fantastic David at oddhero has huge prints up to 44” x 58” for $750 and 33.3” x 44” for $400. Below is my choice titled Aachen Bold, love it!

I first saw this on the Design*Sponge blog and below is another wonderful post from Grace on the new kithaus from DWR installed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I love those vintage road signs, my antique radar will be dialed in for a set of those. So cool!

Here’s three amazing photos of my mom and dad from Nov. 1971, eight years before I was born and two years before my oldest sister was born. Aren’t these great? I hijacked them before I moved out of my parents house and I’m not giving them back! You hear that mom? I’m keeping them! Ha ha ha ha ha!

I’m not insane, I just really love these photos. I love the type of photo paper and I’ve decided to frame them and put them above my antique pine cabinet that my husband and I picked up at an antiques barn. Thanks mom!

I’ve picked out the frame on the bottom right from Pottery Barn, the Wood Gallery Single Opening Square 9” (it looks bigger than 9” but I’m going by what the catalog says) with the small opening, perfecto! Love you mom and dad!

A nice link to private residences on islands. The article is titled and rightly so 5 Insanely Small Inhabited Private Islands. One of them is in Canada near where I’ll be vacationing next week, hopefully I’ll bring back a photo of it to share! Yippee!