Friday Finds 7.30.2010
Care for a glimpse of what's saved in our browser histories? Scroll down to check out our favorite links, videos, and photo galleries, all garnered from a week's worth of clicking.
Miyoko: Vernacular Typography Polaroids
Typography and Polaroids? Yes and yes. Flickr user onpaperwing has snapped pictures of "mostly hand-painted signs"--as he says on his Flickr page--as he's crisscrossed the United States over the course of the past decade and posted them online. From ampersands to arrows to uppercase As, the gallery is a beautiful collection of type across America.
Jaime: APAP Open School
Just received notice that the APAP Open School, LOT-EK's latest design adventure with shipping containers, opened last Saturday in Anyang, South Korea. Eight yellow-and-black containers jut together at various angles, creating space inside for classrooms, studios, and exhibition space, beneath for a public amphitheater, and above for a roof deck. I'd love to see what it looks like inside…
Amanda: Mid-century Czechoslovakian Matchbox Labels
Designer David Pearson has long assembled lovely Flickr sets dedicated to various graphic assemblages, but this one featuring Czechoslovakian matchbook covers has to be my current favorite. via A Journey Round My Skull
Jordan: Learn Something Everyday
When I was a youngun, we had a hardback at the house called Boyd's Book of Odd Facts 9 and it was the Best. Read. Ever. I got such a kick out of all the funny and strange bits of information that seemed impossible but were, somehow, all true. This week, our awesome intern Wilson sent me a link to Learn Something Everyday and it took me right back to being a kid, blown away by the darndest things. Did you know that the lion costume in the Wizard of Oz was made of real lions? Or that humans can blow up balloons with their ears? Click through to the site to impress your pals and clean up at pub quizzes.
Aaron: Gregor the Oligarch
We've been laughing all week at Gregor the Russian Oligarch, star of this DirecTV ad--easily the best of the year. Opulence, we has it.
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Friday Finds 03.09.12
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Friday Finds 5.28.2010
We return, triumphant and revitalized, after a two-week hiatus to bring you the Friday-est Finds you ever did see.
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Friday Lamp
It’s rare to find a fixture that suits tabletop and suspension with equal aplomb, but the Friday lamp, with its multi-faceted blown-glass shade, is an indisputable double threat.
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Find a Face Rug
This fun rug featuring the work of photographer Francois Robert will no doubt keep a kid busy taking a closer look at the faces that emerge from doorknobs and other everyday objects. FLOR's modular…
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Furniture Finds at ICFF
A few of our editors were in New York this week for the 2009 International Contemporary Furniture Fair—here are a couple pieces that turned their heads. Stay tuned for updates!
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Mid-Century Finds
Los Angeles–based furniture dealer and mid-century scholar Sam Kaufman shares the design lore behind some of his most recent acquisitions.
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Room & Board Finds
Last week I took a little bus trip down to San Francisco's Design District to have a peek at what's new, and fairly new, from mod furniture purveyor Room & Board. I met up with Joe Darling who…
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How to Find the Right Table Size
Think about scale. If you have a small space, you should only have a coffee table if you have room for it. If you have a large space, then think about how to create a space that feels right for you…
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Sourcing Mid-Century Finds on eBay
Bill Backus: I spent months online looking for the right pieces. It was fun sourcing the furniture myself. We visited several different antique stores in Manhattan that carry mid-century modern…
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Find Furniture that's Easy to Conceal
For a 500-square-foot loft in downtown Los Angeles, Tag Front designed a rectangular mahogany table with four ottomans that nestle underneath, creating a simple brown block when not in use. When…
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Building Green in Harlem: Finding a Building in NYC
In this video series, Dwell follows a New York couple with a passion for building green through the challenges—and triumphs—of renovation, from finding the design-build team to finalizing the design.
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Super excited to see the new Plank series by Oakland's @plab and San Francisco's Council at #ICFF: http://t.co/JrPipATy #design
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Just sent the #dod2012 show directory out the door. Excited for a great @dwellondesign this year! #LA #architecture
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Ground floor of the new Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn, featuring #lighting and #design by @Workstead. http://t.co/mauVKqFE
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"I don’t want a house—I want a shed. A nice shed," says the owner of a house made from repurposed scrap: http://t.co/bGZcRZBz #homes
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