Archive for category Beautiful things
Like tea, only better
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things on February 8th, 2010
Cosy knits for your tea - tea + knitting = The Best. Sure, you could pay $15 for this, but I reckon it’d be pretty easy to knit yourself.
Hanger tea - because teaspoons are for losers and those stupid strings always end up in the cup
Typewriter teapot - God, yes. I just love that this exists. Of course, I couldn’t buy it until I had a room full of curios otherwise the other kitchen implements would bully it (I think I watched Sword In The Stone one too many times whilst growing up).
Pretty little milk jug - this doesn’t go with anything I own either, but I still want it devilish bad.
Maths is scary but pretty pictures are all right
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things on February 4th, 2010
Serious maths is about as comprehensible to me as the appeal of golf and why it’s so difficult to run an underground train network that works. But I do enjoy looking at these peaceful photography-based graphs and ignoring the complex brain-straining equations alongside them.
Good one, Nikki Graziano via Wired.com
Secret photos of famous people
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things, From around the web, film on February 4th, 2010
There are 125 rare, unlikely and occasionally brilliant photos of the crazy-famous here. Here are five that make me feel like it’s ok just to be a normal person.
Marilyn Monroe and JFK share a moment - I feel so sad for Marilyn Monroe every time I think about their doomed affair. Just goes to show that you can have everything and nothing all at once.
George Clooney - Let’s file this one under ‘there’s hope for us all’.
Johnny Depp and his niece at the beach - Johnny Depp has the most amazing hands I’ve ever seen. Also, gutted to be his niece and it not be acceptable to fancy him.
Francis Ford Coppola showing Akira Kurosawa his new Polaroid - what’s not to love about this photo? They’re these two wildly successful filmmakers but here they just look like your embarrassing dad showing his new camera off to his weird old Japanese friend.
The Star Wars cast - they don’t look anything like you expect them to. Apart from the swoon-worthy Harrison Ford, of course. Carrie Fisher looks ridiculously short! She’s 5′1″ apparently. Carrie: I feel your pain. But half an inch more of it. Damn you.
Pure unadulterated grade-A awesomeness
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things, From around the web on February 4th, 2010
Unborn children of mine take note: this is what your future holds.
I’d rather have the Lego version, to be honest.
Waterfall sink - like an infinity pool in your kitchen. Yes please.
As good a motto as any.
Finally, a use for all those old boring books I buy from library sales because they look nice but actually they’re rubbish. Happy day.
I just adore this AT-AT Walker inspired lamp, even though it’s completely ridiculous that the light lives in a drawer.
Great finds from around the internet
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things, From around the web, When I win the lottery... on January 23rd, 2010
Just a few of the brilliant things I’ve come across lately. Needless to say, I want them all.
Origami tea bags - Beautiful origami green berry tea bags by Natalia Ponomareva. Just a concept for now.
BookBook - A MacBook cover that looks like an old book from TwelveSouth. Lush, but it’ll set you back $80.
Amazing chairs - it’s not always easy to get excited about chairs, but these are exceptionally beautiful with their Rob Ryan style cutout fairytale design. By Kranen/Grille, via DesignBoom.
I’m Here - a short film by Spike Jonze that debuted at Sundance this week. It’s a robot romance, somewhere between Wall-E, Where The Wild Things Are and 500 Days of Summer with a typically dreamy aesthetic and inspiring soundtrack.
Moss wallpaper
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things on October 10th, 2009
Moss. It’s not something the average person devotes a great deal of thought to, but there’s something really appealing about carefully controlled moss. I liked the idea of poetry moss on a tumble-down whitewashed wall in my garden-of-the-future and these moss-decorated interiors are pretty nice too:
It is a beautifully unusual idea, and a nice antidote to the staid wallpaper designs and plain walls that most of us endure. I’m not so sure about inviting actual moss into my house though, I can see that getting out of control quickly and turning the house into the garden and the street into my home when my landlord finds out.
The delicate designs are the work of Tokyo-based design studio nendo, whose adorable ethic is:
Giving people a small ” ! ” moment.
There are so many small ” ! ” moments hidden in our everyday.
I love those ! moments. Images from doornob via @katiescott1980
Latest website crush
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things, From around the web, film on October 10th, 2009
Bits and pieces of inspiration and loveliness relating (sometimes loosely) to the upcoming film version of Where The Wild Things Are. Bookmark it.
I don’t care if you’ve already seen it
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things, From around the web on July 26th, 2009
I think pretty much everyone on the internet has seen this now, but I’m posting it anyway:
De. Lish.
First spotted on TooMuchNick
Eco graffito
Posted by katiesol in Beautiful things, When I win the lottery... on July 7th, 2009
If I had a garden, I’d want a shabby, peeling whitewashed wall at the far end at a right-angle to the unruly hedge concealing the door to the secret garden. And on that decrepit, possibly unstable wall, I’d like a pertinent (if slightly pretentious) quote about the beauty of nature and the ethereal qualities of garden-based life. Typographically appropriate and written in moss.
I’d also like a comprehensive herb garden.
Sporeborne moss graffiti by Anna Garforth