UNNECESSARY FLASHBACK TIME

So I’m at my parents’ house in California, which is nice in that I can get intoxicated easily and shit in that I don’t have anyone to join me in examining the redesign of one of the rooms that I designed and my mother completed.

AND THAT GOT ME THINKING…my destiny as an abusive high-end-hipster designer began early. I used to collect miniature furniture by Bombay.

IN CASE Y’ALL WEREN’T 40 BEFORE YOU WERE 4 LIKE ME, miniature furniture by Bombay is stuff like this:

and this:

and this.

This is not the last of my ridiculousness.

I would then…make them look distressed and paint others white and…well, it looked like one of those beautiful rooms you always see in those hipster pictures.

I know you know what I’m talking about here.

And now I’ve gone on to design, essentially…the designs of my childhood obsession with ruining fine furniture in miniature.

(pictures totally to come—I can’t wait to show off my bangin’ shag rug and bird cages and ivy)

I feel a tad bad for not even a little bit studying for my exam today.

And then I remember that it’s two essays in two hours for a single-term course on the topic that I connected 5 of my 10 essays of the year to, psychoanalysis.

BUT THEN I remember that it’s for SROLL (Sexual Racist Old Lady Lecturer), who is my HERO and whom I want to oversee my dissertation so I need to impress.

But then I remember that this is the woman who gave me an 83 on my final video for her and who told me my cleavage was magnificent and that the reason I want her to oversee my dissertation is that she WILL NOT GIVE A FLYING FUCK.

So, uh, I guess my point being…

I'm on a 90's role lately.

I’m watching the early cycles of ANTM, which is my favourite feel-so-bad-about-yourself-that-you-work-out-and-then-go-on-feminist-rants-about-the-travesty-that-is-that-show show, and the second season of Buffy, and the ‘tudes and the sassy prints are killing me.

THE 90’S WERE AWFUL, LET US NEVER REPEAT THEM

"There is 100 percent employment for all Neopets because everyone is allowed to play the games. This..."

“There is 100 percent employment for all Neopets because everyone is allowed to play the games. This is something we as Americans will never be able to achieve. And as graduation looms even closer and I begin my job search in earnest, I wish I had a guarantee of employment for the years ahead. But instead all I have is the possibility of escaping to the Neopian utopia for a couple of hours — the only problem with that is I seem to have forgotten my password.”

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from Neopian Economics by Shara Azad

I’ll eventually write a thing discussing the anti-capitalist potential in creating alternative virtual spheres of interaction. I already wrote a thing on Team Fortress 2, but this is hilarious and great.

There are a few flaws in a Neopian economic model being translated to the real world. The main issue seems to be with the Neopets themselves. Because Neopets are seemingly immortal — mine always had a hunger level of “dying” but never actually died — productivity is never limited by the workers themselves. It also seems possible to win an infinite number of Neopoints; I like to think that the limiting factor for my “Ultimate Riches!” bank account was the fact that my parents wanted me off the computer by 9 p.m. every night.

How would this be transliterated into the world of mortal humans? I guess it would necessitate a configuration of socioeconomic relations that address incentivizing productivity by paying based on output and finally abandoning the abstract wage and capitalist temporality. Neopets is great.

(via maozedongisnotcool)

Neopian economic critiques of the capitalist superstructure: coming soon.

(via mohandasgandhi)

yeah, this is probably the best thing I could have ever read.

(via thisnewscandal)

cosascool: VESSEL LAMPS SERIES BY SAMUEL WILKINSON

cosascool:

VESSEL LAMPS SERIES BY SAMUEL WILKINSON

livfoxx: Sweet and Simple Egg Shell Candles from Mom’s Crafty...

livfoxx:

Sweet and Simple Egg Shell Candles from Mom’s Crafty Space

hasan1: Buy This: Modern Home. More Info: Spring Street...

hasan1:

Buy This: Modern Home.

More Info: Spring Street Knockout, New York, NY

samaralex: Wooden Light Bulb by Ryosuke Fukusada

samaralex:

Wooden Light Bulb by Ryosuke Fukusada

musesofdesign: (via design attractor: Calm and Cozy House)

musesofdesign:

(via design attractor: Calm and Cozy House)

samaralex: LOEBELL Architects

samaralex:

LOEBELL Architects

claremcintyre: Rainbow house in London designed by Ab Rogers.

claremcintyre:

Rainbow house in London designed by Ab Rogers.

f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s: reed+rader

f-l-e-u-r-d-e-l-y-s:

reed+rader

keldecor: (via wallpaper is not just for walls | the style...

keldecor:

(via wallpaper is not just for walls | the style files)

julienfoulatier: Design by Tom Dixon.

julienfoulatier:

Design by Tom Dixon.

Photo

Photo

Photo

rnapierdesign: This kettle is an experimental form handling to...

rnapierdesign:

This kettle is an experimental form handling to generate the better usability. Integrated handle and spout give you a direction to where the water will be poured. 

tham & videgard hansson arkitekts: apartment at humlegarden, stockholm

tham & videgard hansson arkitekts: apartment at humlegarden, stockholm:

Departing from the traditional swedish interior use of colour and patterns, developed by artists 
and architects like carl larsson and josef frank, this apartment also relates directly to the setting 
at the park humlegarden where the greenery outside changes with the season. from winter 
grey and black, to summertime bright and deep green, to orange, red and yellow in autumn.

tham & videgard hansson arkitekts first starting point was to reestablish the well crafted quality 
of the once high-class turn of the century apartment (late jugend / art nouveau 1800/1900) 
that had been totally altered, and even for some time transformed into a hotel, leaving very few
traces of the original.

they used patterns and colour to order space in previous projects that the occupants had seen.
the overlapping colours transform the layout of the apartment and add a new structure of spaces 
linked to each other across the original plan. the parquet floor also function as a uniting system 
that offer design possibilities. once they had set up colours in different shades, they developed 
each room in relation to the others, every piece of parquet was defined to fit into the right postion, 
there was no random factor in the construction process.

white furniture: when it was all rendered in white, the physical design of each piece of furniture
is highlighted. at the same time it made it possible to create a coherent ensemble including pieces
from very different designers and times.

one-offs: in this apartment they used the almost round-table, the sweden dining table, 
the carrara hexagon table, the triangular childrens table, and the white hexagon museum 
bench in the entrance, originally designed for the kalmar museum of art.

lucasmelb: http://www.surrounding.com.au/favourite-things/Favori...

lucasmelb:

http://www.surrounding.com.au/favourite-things/
Favorite Things is a vitrine and pendant lamp combined; a product dedicated to highlight your souvenirs, objects d’art and personal trinkets. The Favorite Things main body consist of a round reflector and a transparent tank with an aperture in the side. Through the Favorite Things aperture you are invited to insert your selected objects – wether it would be porcelain figurines, your first baby shoes or memories of past holidays. The Favorite Things idea of the design originates from a visit to the natural sciences museum in Stockholm, where a polar-bear was dramatically spotlighted inside a glass cabinet. The Favorite Things accentuated light source exposed the white creature dramatically. As the Favorite Things background faded into the darkness the setting very much reminded of an old italian painting.

paxmachina: A Bathroom Situated Atop a 15-Story Elevator...

paxmachina:

A Bathroom Situated Atop a 15-Story Elevator Shaft

While not particularly the fine art you might be accustomed to on Colossal, it was impossible to pass this up. Guadalajara-based architects Hernandez Silva Arquitectos recently designed the interior of a new penthouse situated on top of a 1970s Mexican colonial building in Guadalajara, Mexico. A notable feature of the home is a powder room situated atop an unused 15-story elevator shaft. Via Hernandez Silva Arquitectos:

A characteristic feature of the project is that a volume that was originally intended for a second elevator and was never installed becomes a powder room with a glass floor that looks down all the 15 levels, the PPDG penthouse is a great versatile modulated space, with great views all this with the concepts of transparency and the simplicity of materials.

What a fantastic if not completely terrifying idea. See much more of the residence on Home DSGN. (via neatorama)

johannarotten: BONSAI coffee table BONSAI coffee table emerges...

johannarotten:

BONSAI coffee table

BONSAI coffee table emerges as an example of its characteristic design. This coffee table is inspired in the bonsai adapted to interior furniture.
The Moyogi, lineage of bonsai with erect, informal appearance and elegant movement united with the delicate, angular forms of Swarovski crystals, results in a harmonious and extremely slender game.
Made from an unique piece in high gloss lacquered aluminum that gives it a glamorous and rare side, BONSAI coffee “grows” from the root to a size (such as 1000x500x650mm) as if it was the evolve of the natural plant.
The high gloss lacquered aluminum melted with the poetic form of the bonsai and the imaginary, angular forms of Swarovski crystals assures that your living room will not be forgotten.

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