http://blog.designpublic.com Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:16:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I should have known I'd come upon another wonderful Panton Chair shot at Living etc.: image via Living etc. P.S. The architect on this project was Steven Whiting http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/my-other-new-favorite-panton-chair-shot/ I'm giving flickr a rest today because frankly, I can't seem to stop surfing Living etc. It's been to long since my last visit over there. People keep using Panton chairs in such great ways. My new favorite is this rhapsody in blue over at Living etc. This is a ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/my-new-favorite-panton-chair-shot/ O.K., so these table legs from Home Depot are not all that sexy. However, ever since I admired Priscilla Locke's studio a few weeks ago I have had them on the brain: from The Locker My cryptic notes on this picture source say "colombe steven via destoinsp" This means I swiped it ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/trend-watch-sawhorse-table-legs/ I grew up in a flyover state (Ohio), and they must be on my mind this week. Yesterday I was thinking about midwestern Seed Bombs, and today I'm taking a virtual house tour in Kansas: Kirstie Alley was on Oprah the other day, talking about how her first job was being ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/kirstie-alley-actress-professional-dieter-and-interior-designer/ Our pal VisuaLingual's Seed Bombs have been getting mad press lately, and it couldn't have happened to a more better product. Maya and Michael have designed the bombs to make random acts of gardening a cinch.  They have chosen native seeds that are bird, bee, and butterfly friendly. The seeds were ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/environmental-stocking-stuffer-of-the-week-seed-bombs/ I picked this book up at one of the best used bookstores I've ever visited, ABCD in Camden Maine (though my Great Uncle Frank Piskor, a huge bibliophile, used to say they had "New York prices."). It's a MoMA book from 1961, and Uncle Frank was right; it was $6.50 ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/inspiration-monday-futurism/ Here are some more beautiful shelves from flickr member hnxing. Check out the way she had the stamps framed. I've been meaning to do this with my Eames stamps before I use them all up on bills! photo from flickr member hnxing http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/flickr-faves-on-fridays-arranging-shelves/ It's so fun to see a new batch of photos added to our Fresh New Spaces Group! I know I just featured her a few weeks back (here), but I had to share Ivy style 33's lovely shelf arrangement with you today. I hope it inspires some weekend organizing and ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/flickr-faves-on-fridays-arranging-bookshelves/ Decorators should never insist on throwing out everything the client has. Even when they are far from perfect, loved possessions add personality. -Billy Baldwin What are your loved possessions? Please share them with us! I'll start: Two of mine are these Staffordshire dogs that were my grandmother's. They always sat on her ... http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/prized-possessions-whats-yours/ Blu Dot always catches my attention by doing something creative. Starting on Wednesday, they will begin The Real Good Chair Experiment, tracking Real Good Chairs on a journey through N.Y.C. You will be able to follow the chairs in real time here. http://blog.designpublic.com/2009/11/the-real-good-chair-experiment/