Believe it or not, I had been on a quest to find these stainless steel LOVE sculptures based upon Robert Indiana’s iconic graphic and sculpture. I have owned one which I bought nearly 10 years ago for my first store, but the supplier changed and I was unable to relocate them until now. Luckily, they were sweet enough to get some shipped to me just in time for Valentine’s Day. We have them at our store and online in Red, Blue and Gold. I LOVE them.

Mini Love Sculpture - $96

So, I have to add that what I love about this LOVE, it’s that the “O” is askew. Is it so content, that it has released the effort to sustain it’s upright and proper position? Or is it making an escape about to roll away from the “L”, the “V” and “E”, figuring it wouldn’t be missed when the “E” disappeared and “U” showed up to replace it?

It also just reminds me of my childhood.

I love the book cover of JayZ’s, “Decoded”. Publishers are pushing the design envelope in order to keep print books relevant. Great news for us design geeks. Plus, I’m really curious to read about JayZ. he’s obviously a really smart man.

For the NYTimes article: click here.

Ha, just to add to the Wizard of Oz theme, how many classes in middle school would have to gone to see “The Whiz” (movie with middle aged Diana Ross as Dorothy and Micheal Jackson as the scare crow) as a school trip? Yep. Only in Detroit! It was also in one of the movie theatres that is now “Decay Porn”.

livinginthed:

There is no place like Detroit. That is definitely true, the good, the bad, the ugly, we have it all here. The negativity, the positivity, the hopes, the dreams.

I finally got around to posting my Heidelberg Photos from when I biked there on one of my days off during my job transition. I hope you enjoy them!!

Ode to the previous owner of my store’s building, Jasper Johns.

cavetocanvas:

0 Through 9 - Jasper Johns, 1960

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This work studio makes me really happy. I wish I knew who it belonged to. Anyone care to enlighten me?

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All I have is, “Wow!”

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I’ve always wanted to create a wall of tools. While I’ve collected a few stunners over the years, the inconvenience of dragging them home has prevented what could have been a bunch of cool additions. I first saw a stunning collection in World of Interiors years ago. I still have the tear sheets. Not only am I always attracted to mechanical things, I love the way they create beautiful positive and negative spaces when arranged artfully. I’m very jealous. Pinky, I think I need to spend more time at your friend’s house!

For more photos and the full NYTimes article click on the photo or here.

This is the best photo of the Heidelberg Project I have ever seen.

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I’m beginning to miss Detroit.

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A CROCHET COVERED TRICYCLE parked right on the street! I had to re-blog this one taken by hubby.

crashtestdummies:

JUST OUTSIDE MY DOOR, SOHO, NYC - “Crochet Bicycle” - such delicate work!

I have NEVER seen this Paul Gauguin painting before, which is really saying something, since I’ve written more than one paper about him. This may even be my favorite painting by him. She is so pensive and wan and with beautiful design flourishes to boot. The chair and fan are stunning!

mariposima: Fan love.

worldpaintings: Paul Gauguin

Young Girl with a Fan, 1902, oil on canvas, Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany.

Spreading a little happiness via thedailywhat:

Street Art of the Day: Last month, children’s author Aaron Zenz sat down to watch Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop with his kids.

10-year-old Gracie was so inspired by the film, that she immediately declared her determination to become a street artist when she grew up. Her dad explained to her that “while the art was fun and the story was great, vandalism isn’t a good thing.” So all together they came up with a project that was artsy, stealthy, public, “and in no way damaging”:

I bought a big sack of rocks, washed them, and painted the base colors.  Then Isaac, Gracie, Lily, and I each claimed a color and decorated them with as many faces and expressions as we could thing of.  48 rocks in all. […]

Hopefully we were able to spread a little happiness to anyone who stumbled across these little guys.

[igl / @ironicsans.]

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I could play endlessly with exactly these blocks as a kid and well, probably well into pre-teendom. My sisters and I had 2 sets. One was natural color, like above and one were primary colors, much like the other set of blocks I’m about to post. While I made some pretty cool stuff with my blocks. My parents thought what I built was really amazing and surely an indicator of my impresario potential - as all good Moms & Dads do. Nothing was anywhere near as cool as this, but I really wonder how much has been Photoshopped, if at all. I wish I knew more about the artist, but there is no info on the original post. via: woodwould

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