Category Archives: art

scissor print

Posted on December 30, 2011 by danielle | 12 Comments

Today I’m loving … this Big Orange Scissor Print by Toronto based illustrator and printmakerAlanna Cavanagh. The Scissor print, and other work from Alanna, is available here.

(images by 1. Janet Kimber, 2. Donna Griffith)

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a home with art in denmark

Posted on November 27, 2011 by danielle | Leave a comment

In contrast to the house featured in yesterday’s post, this home has some color. The walls and floors are white but the art work, furniture and accessories give color to the various spaces. Some paintings are from the owner artist Suzanne Aamund herself, others are sourced by Suzanne and her husband.

(images from Bo Bedre)

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butterflies by catherine swan

Posted on August 29, 2009 by danielle | 4 Comments

These beautiful butterflies are made by Australian artist Catherine Swan. Hand cut from vintage magazines, Catherine’s paper butterflies appear to be specimens from a nostalgic technicolour world perpetually fluttering between the 50s and 60s. Featuring powdery lilacs, candy pinks, baby blues and the same shade of orange you’d normally find in soft centre chocolates, these Papillons de Papier are meticulously cut from the articles and advertising found in dusty old Esquires and Playboys. You can visit Catherine’s store here.

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polaroid is coming back!

Posted on August 21, 2009 by danielle | 8 Comments

Good news: Polaroid is not completely gone! Urban Outfitters has partnered with The Impossible Project to support their mission to restart and reinvent instant film photography. When Polaroid ended production of Instant Film in 2008, The Impossible Project bought all the machinery and equipment at Polaroid’s Dutch factory where the instant films were made. They aim to re-start production of analog instant film for vintage Polaroid cameras in 2010.

This year, Urban Outfitters will present a limited edition of 700 hand-numbered deadstock Polaroid camera kits. This edition will include one pack of deadstock Polaroid Instant Film and one of the most sought after analog instant cameras: the Polaroid One600 classic, the last Polaroid camera ever produced. Urban Outfitters will also offer additional deadstock original Polaroid Type 779 Instant Film saved from the last production runs made at the last Polaroid factory in Enschede, The Netherlands. (Film will retail at $24 per pack and camera kits at $180 each.)

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etsy: jane heller photography

Posted on July 23, 2009 by danielle | 2 Comments

I love this photo from photographer and Etsy seller Jane Heller. Jane is inspired by the nuances of everyday life, the small details that go unnoticed, light and shadow, humor and sadness and pretty much everything in between. You can purchase Jane’s beautiful photos from her Etsy shop.

(via More Ways to Waste Time)

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didier krzentowski parisian home

Posted on July 15, 2009 by danielle | 1 Comment

Dwell Magazine recently featured the home of Parisian gallery director Didier Krzentowski. Didier’s house is filled with beautiful art. The installation in the image above is by artist Alan McCollum. The purple sofa is from Pierre Paulin and the Wire lamps are from Verner Panton. You can read the entire article here.

(image from Dwell / via Design Studio 210)

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amsterdam: hermitage museum

Posted on July 10, 2009 by danielle | 2 Comments

If you are Amsterdam the very recently opened Hermitage museum is an interesting place to visit. The Hermitage is a first true satelite museum of the famous Hermitage in St. Petersburg.

The museum is located in the Amstelhof building, which used to be a care home for the elderly for over 300 years. The building was redesigned and renovated by Dutch architect Hans van Heeswijk. The Amstelhof has a very characteristic classical facade that extends along the River Amstel for 102 metres. Its proportions are exquisite; its design is simple and symmetrical.

The interior is designed by Merkx+Girod architects who also designed the large opening exhibition ‘At the Russian Court’, on display till January 31st 2010.

The two main focal points of the exhibition, the Russian Emperal Protocal and the The Russian Emperal Ball, are located in the two main Halls. The formal aspects of the first and the more festive aspects of the second have been made visible in the exhibition through the use of different materials, colour and spatial organisation.

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painting by patricia larsen

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Danielle | 3 Comments

I love everything about the interior in the image above (which I found on Design*Sponge). The Eames chairs, combined with that wooden table, and especially that painting by Canadian artist Patricia Larsen.

(image by Kim Christie for Canadian House and Home)

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the most gorgeous christmas tree

Posted on December 20, 2008 by Danielle | 17 Comments

I usually don’t post in weekends and although I have million things to do today, I had to post about this beautiful Christmas tree created by Jane. You might know Jane from a post I did a while ago about her shop All the Luck in the World. Jane: “The tree is made with (useless but pretty) objects I have collected over the years.”

Isn’t this the most gorgeous Christmas tree you have ever seen?