feeling a bit decrepit

L’Hospice/The Nursing Home. Gilles Barbier. 2002

Know what I mean?


via ArtInfo of "Medicine and Art" at the Mori Art Museum
Gilles Barbier: Documentsdartistes. L'Hospice/The Nursing Home. Gallerie Vallois.

Smith College Campus Center

"Imagined as an en-route passage through the campus, the building is defined by interconnecting paths that challenge the boundary between inside and outside. These paths converge into a long, curved, skylit gallery that forms the core of the design. Spaces along the gallery house exhibition areas, performance spaces, dining facilities, lounges, mailrooms and a bookstore. A series of outdoor terraces connect the building’s communal spaces with the surrounding campus grounds."
- Weiss/Manfredi Architects

Photo: Bilyana Dimitrova via Yossawat

Photo: Bilyana Dimitrova via Yossawat

Photo: Weiss/Manfredi

I mention this because Eric Mabius from Ugly Betty was there for a photo shoot with The Boston Globe. Peeps who saw this happening said that they stuck to the Red Room and the balcony above it that houses the grand piano. Not surprising - the room is always warm and completely penetrated with so much natural light! Fireplace in the center of the room - so toasty! Nap-prone Emilys should not be doing reading here.
Our mahd-ohw should have a shave, yes?


Heh heh hehhh yup that is exactly how I sit in those rocking chairs.

Eric Mabius photos: Cheryl Senter for The Boston Globe

Slash + stilts

Headed to New York for Thanksgiving Break! I can see that most of my time will be spent on papers, but I am definitely going to check out the Slash: Paper Under the Knife exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design.

The Story of Art, by Georgia Russell, 2006

by Andreas Kocks

Eddy, by Mia Pearlman, 2008

Peaceable Kingdown, by Lane Twitchell, 2007

A Space Odyssey, by Ferry Staverman, 2008

Really makes me want to make something with my own X-Acto.

Also at MAD is the Fade-Out Chair by Nendo (of the Cabbage Chair!) It's clear acrylic painted over with trompe l'oeil wood grain such that the pattern fades away to create a floating impression. Too startling to be functional? How depressing - "I have no foundation."

Reminds me of one of Le Corbusier's Five Points. Pilotis: stilts of reinforced concrete that served to elevate the living space, create more space underneath the building and encourage ventilation.

In his Villa Savoye, 1927-8:


And Unite d'Habitation:, 1946-52:



I wish I could be in SF for the upcoming breaks. No Thanksgiving...two days in December...China (SHOES!) But still... :(

Slash photos: Wallpaper

reflective centerpiece

You know those aged nickel cream+sugar holders that are always sitting on thrift store shelves? Those would be perfect for this project. Maybe with some dark dark peonies? Mm!!

Browsing The Beholder

Guess who can't sleep because of two accidental naps/is avoiding Tuesday's assignments by doing reading for the rest of the week. I really like The Beholder because it's a bit more reigned in than Etsy. Sometimes you just don't want to have to browse through The Fugly.

"Ostrich" by Catherine Ledner

Ah man I love this one. I'm not so sure about her background colors. It's an ostrich! - a ridiculous/terrifying animal and luxe feathers. Needs a backdrop that is likewise ironic and luxe. I wish she did this on concrete floors, a gold wallpaper as background and a spotlight. The ostrich's head angle is perfect though, yeah? What a sallow bitch.

Suzanne Husky. I love her work. The first time I saw the Neon series, I had a dream in which I was attacked by her fluorescent jellyfish-succulent creations.

"Kogepan 6" by Suzanne Husky

"Kogepan 7" by Suzanne Husky

"Untitled 1" by Suzanne Husky

"Untitled 2" by Suzanne Husky

"Opening" by Jennifer O'Keeffe

Besides smirking/being annoyed, I'm not sure what to think about this photograph. Too common of a theme. Do you feel a bit inundated with all of it?
Also, Lowell to Tressle Path to Stonestown parking lot, Lowellites?


There were bats in our house (dorm) again. Apparently they travel through fireplaces... I used to be so happy that Lauren and I had an original 1892 fireplace in our room. Now I'm too scared to crouch down to see if it's sealed. Definitely going to be a cocoon-blankets night!

Super fine

Pens are the perfect things to buy when you are out+about and unwilling to commit to a "real" expenditure. LOVE colored fine-tipped pens for writing in books/notes. Too many visits to Guild:

Stabilo point 88

Definitely the cutest packaging. I have this in several colors and have gotten the most use out of the light gray one.

Marvy Uchida Le Pen, 2

Pen? No! Le Pen! Oh oh hokay.

And they have these Squishy Scissors on the Marvy Uchida site:

Squishy Scissors, 6

"Squishy Scissors are what dedicated paper crafters need. The handles are so squishy and comfortable that cutting becomes effortless...Helps reduce calluses, fatigue, stiff fingers and hand cramps. Squishy Scissors have a pointed tip for precise and accurate cutting."
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM in blue/brown or orange/pink!!

East Coast Glory

There are these hugemongo leaf piles all around school that I've been itchin' to jump in/am now itchy all over from jumping in. Just as I walked outside to take a picture, the leaf-collecting truck was driving away. Sweet, sweet junk in its trunk.
So I added some friendlier faces to a Flickr picture :)