Charles & Marie

Charles & Marie curated shopping has become my new favorite for online shopping for things I don't need. The rest of the site is lovely as well and great for precision time killing.

From their description:
"Welcome to our Quintessentials. This is our curated selection of the best products in every single category and happily not necessarily the most expensive. Here you'll find the best garlic press, the best iPod accessory and we will make sure you know about timeless, classic product design to pass on to the next generation as well as the best organic dark chocolate to satisfy those immediate cravings."

Notable products:


S-XL Cake Mould


Salad Sunrise by Droog Design


Sunjar (solar powered lighting)


Phonofone II (sustainable iPod speaker)


Bottle Cap Tripod

American Apparel Thermochromatic Jersey Tee

I remember in 6th grade when this kid Billy had a thermo shirt with toucans all over it. The 90's were neat.

See the video of a girl microwaving the shirt to white, then wearing it into the freezer.

Naoto Fukasawa Packaging

Lightroom Business Cards

I'm critical of the type composition, but the idea is brilliant.

Droog exhibition, Milan

Droog

Stephanie Metz

Stephanie Metz sculpts wool using a felting needle to create some pretty crazy things. My favorite of hers are these teddy bear fetuses:



From her site:
"To make wool into felt I begin with cleaned, brushed wool that has been prepared to be spun into yarn. Instead, I interlock the fibers densely together by stabbing the mass repeatedly with a felting needle (approximately four inches long, very sharp, and studded with barbs). In order to shape a piece I stab the wool all over or in particular directions, compressing the surface and making the felt increasingly dense. The process is extremely time- and labor-intensive, as every centimeter of the piece is stabbed to fasten down parts, add mass, and tighten the surface.
I choose my subject matter in response to the wool itself, in a way. Working with wool has led me to explore concepts of hard and soft, starting within the confines of traditional sculpture subjects."

Happy Easter!

A little late, but I saw these amazing eggs and I had to share.

"Slovenian artist, Franc Grom creates egg art using an electric boring tool. The results are stunning and as laborious as the finest of craftsmen from centuries past. The eggs that Grom creates have approximately 2,500 to 3,500 holes (he has been known to drill up to17,000 in one piece). The results are simply amazing. Who would have thought that something so delicate could be made even more fragile and precious."