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Jun 03

Bag Of The Week: Marc by Marc Jacobs Bow Wow Wow Big Percy Cross Body Bag

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There’s no doubt in my mind that Marc Jacobs is a fixture of American fashion and I expect him to continue dressing women well into the future. While I’d be more than happy to fill my closet with almost everything designed by him, my wallet sure wouldn’t be. That’s why we should all be eternally grateful for the Marc by Marc Jacobs line. The cheaper (but certainly not cheap) diffusion line is a great way to get your Marc Jacobs fix without dropping $1000 on a dress. For those of us looking for the best bang for your buck, go for a all-purpose handbag. The Bow Wow Wow Big Percy Cross Body Bag is practical enough to take to work yet dressy enough for a girls night out on the town. The twisted knot and perforated details set this bag apart from the pack.

What: the Marc by Marc Jacobs Bow Wow Wow Big Percy Cross Body Bag
Price: $278
Where to Buy: Shopbop
Who: facadeindeams was the first to add the Marc by Marc Jacobs Bow Wow Wow Big Percy Cross Body Bag to the Hive.

Jun 03

John Pawson to renovate new premises of Design Museum

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Dezeenwire: architect John Pawson has won a competition to renovate the new premises of London’s Design Museum – Building Design

Jun 03

Philip Johnsons First House Goes Up for Sale in Westchester County

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Another Philip Johnson house has been put up for sale and this one will hopefully be less stressful than the Alice Ball House debacle from two years ago. The Booth House in New York’s Westchester County, Johnson’s very first residential building, pre-dating the Glass House by three years, has been on the market since mid-March, listed for a cool $2 million. It’s being sold by the retired architect Sirkka Damora, who had lived there with her now deceased famous photographer husband Robert Damora (who was also an architect, hence why he knew how to shoot buildings so well). It’s a stellar house, built in 1946 and looking very Johnson-esque modern, and it’s surprising that it hasn’t sold yet in the nearly three months its been available. But with this recent article about it in the Wall Street Journal, we’d imagine that its real estate agent will start getting more calls here about it very soon. So take this opportunity to sneak in for possibly your one chance to tour the place before it’s snapped up.

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Jun 03

Greend

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Spearheaded by French eco-friendly fashion and shoe designer Pierre André Senizergues (of Etnies fame), along with eight internationally renowned designers, Greend shirts show the creative underbelly of helping the world. Available at Collette during and after the Greend exhibit at Galerie Wanted Paris, this eight-piece limited-edition t-shirt collection aims to spread awareness about environmental issues as well as highlight the charity Global Green, which fosters a global value shift towards a sustainable and secure future.

Teaming up with a select group of international artists and designers including France’s Hey Ho, L.A.’s Marc Atlan and Tokyo’s Ritsuko Shirahama, the project hopes to help you proclaim eco convictions loud and clear while at the same time helping out a worthy cause (all proceeds will be donated to Global Green).

The accompanying show runs through 10 June 2010.

Jun 03

Polish Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 by WWAA Architects

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Shanghai Expo 2010: here are some images of the Polish pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010 designed by Polish studio WWAA Architects. (more…)

Jun 03

Assorted Links for June 3, 2010

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Interesting links we’ve discovered recently on the topics of simple living, organizing and uncluttering:

From professional organizer Monica Ricci, “Top Tools Under Ten Bucks“
ThinkSimpleNow’s “How to Enjoy Solitude“
If you’re on a Windows PC, I highly recommend “Lifehacker Pack 2010: Our List of Essential Free Windows Downloads“
When you find an attic full of old National Geographic magazines, make a shelf: “Shelf made from back issues of National Geographic“
An amazing apartment home with a wall of built-in fold out tables on Remodelista: “Architect Visit: Pulltab Design in New York“
Some spring cleaning humor from Buttersafe
Apartment Therapy introduced us to the amazing folding artwork of Derick Melander

Jun 03

Summer Is For Sun-Catching Glitter!

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Shimmer your summer Ke$ha style for some innocent, childlike fun! For those of you who thought glitter was just for little girls, try sprinkling some glitz into your normal makeup routine. Glitter, the reigning champ of tween makeup, is fun to flaunt no matter your age! Some sparkly shadow, lustrous lip color, or even a touch of bronze instantly take your look from tired to cheeky as your features dance in the light. Now that the sun’s here, there’s no reason not to play up your shimmery radiance! Primp-out pageant-style on those hot summer nights and give your slinkily dressed body some glow that will allow it to speak for itself at the club! Even beachside, lather on some luster with a glitter sun screen or tanning lotion! There’s always an excuse to make the summer more playful, so liven up and dust some tinsel into your look!

Jun 03

Competitions: five copies of 49 Cities to be won

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We’ve got together with New York architects WORKac to give away five copies of the second edition of 49 Cities, their study into design proposals for utopian metropolises. (more…)

Jun 03

The end of the world as we know it

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In their first collaborative exhibition, artists EA Byrne and Jamie Lau investigate our culture’s fascination with the ever-imminent End of the World…

In TEOTWAWKI: The end of the world as we know it, the FOLD Gallery in London presents a series of pieces, centring around an architectural model of a building at the point of imminent catastrophe – a nice inversion of the traditional 3D model and its promise of a bright utopian future.

TEOTWAWKI explores the way that fear manifests itself in contemporary society, be it through terrorist threat, environmental disaster or freak geographical events (ash falling from the sky, for example). We are all, say the aritsts, living constantly on the very edge of disaster. So how does that make us feel?

In addition to The Precipice, a thirteen-minute collage of scenes from disaster movies, various fictional propositions also reveal themselves brilliantly in a series of five propaganda posters also on show at the gallery. These reference the US’s colour-coded national security warning system and feature words from actual war posters with the imagery removed.

TEOTWAWKI is on until June 13 at the FOLD Gallery, 32 Fortescue Avenue, London E8 3QB. See foldgallery.com.