The Business

Designed by Erin Yang of The Indigo Bunting. Printed by Studio on Fire.

via Black Eiffel.

Jelly Bean Bikes

Jelly Bean Bikes let you pick the colours.

Cake Tricks

Oh jeez. By Seven Spoons

Jake Ryan

Ever wondered what happened to Jake Ryan?

Totem

I can think of a few things to store in this clever Totem, by Boym Partners. Teabags, jewellery, paperclips...

via Lushlee.

Audrey Tautou

Could she be more adorable?

via Goodnight Little Spoon.

Black Kitchens

Predicted last year to be the next big thing in kitchens, black just keeps getting better and better.

Via Lotta Agaton.

Hidden Pizza Restaurant

The wall of basil at Hidden Pizza in Melbourne.

Valentin Lollmann

Valentin Löllmann's decidedly Tim Burton-esque furniture.

via Design Sponge.

DIY Cat House

If I had a cat this is what it would sleep in.

via Hindsvik.

Delicious Industries' Howdoos

Because I'm new in town and don't have any reason for a specific business card I ordered some Howdoos from Delicous Industries for when I need to leave my contact details with all the clever people I am meeting in Newcastle. US$6 for a pack of 10.

The Foundry's Produce In Season Chart

Picked up The Foundry's ready reckoner of produce in season for A$19.95 from Honeybee today.

Must Get Bike Now

These baskets might be just the thing to get me back on a bike. From Adeline Adeline.




And one for the dog. Eeep!

Babette

Russian gold tulip necklace US$73 by Babette.

via Oh Joy!

My Scandinavian Retreat

You must check out the before pics of My Scandinavian Retreat. Wowza.

Real-Life Harry The Dirty Dog

from Jak & Jil

Anna-Wili Highfield

How incredible are these paper sculptures by Anna-Wili Highfield?

Her coper pipe sculptures are also very amazing.

Be sure to check out Upon A Fold's interview and more pics.

For those readers in NYC, Anna-Wili currently has pieces as part of the lastest Anthropolgie gallery show.

Deka Ray

These necklaces from Deka Ray are sublime.

Via Black, White, Yellow

Spartoo Sneaker Wedge

These Paloma sneaker wedges look super-comfortable for winter. GBP90 from Spartoo.

Basket Purse

I was at a farmers market the other day and wondering if it will ever be OK to carry wicker baskets again as I cast my mind back to the early 90s when every Lower North Shore mum worth her weight in Lacoste polo, white jean and Timberland boat shoe dress combinations would carry them everywhere; tennis, lunch, school run.

Then I see (via Frolic) that Field Guided has already begun the reinvigoration of a trend once championed by Jane Birkin. Thank you for making it OK to tote around a wicker basket again.

Wardrobes

The loveliest unfitted wardrobes I have seen in a long time. By German product designer Matthias Ries.

via Poppytalk live from Milan Furniture Fair

Stop-Motion Mural In The Making by Flossy-P

Flossy P is an artist living in Coffs Harbour on the mid-north coast of NSW. She was comissioned by a local artisan bakery, k'Pane, to produce a mural in their shop. The brief:

To paint bread in a non-cliched way, to include a local element without making it touristy, and to encourage customers to look down into the shop to see all the yummy things being handmade fresh in the store.

via Pikaland

The Rug Of 09/10

Pic from Varpunen

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau is a new picture book by internationally renowned childrens book author and illustrator, Dan Yaccarino. This lushly illustrated picture book chronicles Jacques Cousteaus extraordinary life as a filmmaker, author, inventor, television producer and ardent conservationist.

J-C fascinated me as a child.

Take Ivy Reprint

Original copies of Take Ivy, the 1960s Japanese-produced tome devoted to classic all-American Ivy College style, go for upwards of US$2,000 on eBay. Which is probably why some clever chap has decided to reprint with reports copies will be released in August.

See more images from inside here and here.

Ivana Helsinki Dress

Pity we are going in to winter over here. Designed by Finnish house Ivana Helsinki

US$270 from Eden & Eden.

A Thought.

Mysterious Vivian Maier

Have you heard the story of Vivian Maier?

John Maloof, a Chicago real estate agent bought a large portion of some 40,000 photographs taken in the 1950s (mostly negatives, a lot undeveloped) at auction in 2007, having no idea who took them. By happenstance he found a name pencilled on one of the printed photographs and through some research discovered the person had only just recently died. And so the unravelling of the mystery of Vivian Maier began. She is now described as one of the first prolific street photographers.

Wouldn't it be lovely to come by such a beautiful body of work purely by chance?

Read an interview with John Maloof here and see more pics on John's blog.