Water tower

I do like a water tower

Guido Mocafico

These great images are by Guido Mocafico from a series

entitled movement. See more of Guido's beautiful

photographs here

Billykirk

Great leather work from Billy Kirk made in the U.S of A.

See the website here for more great items.

I especially like the bike frame satchel bag.

American Museum of Natural History

These photo's are of illusionistic reproductions of natural

enviroments, created for the Museum of Natural History

by hundreds of highly skilled arstist's. The scenes have all

been painstakingly reproduced in great detail for the

enjoyment of the public.

All the animals are either real and stuffed or life size models

sculpted for the museum. The museum has a great website

with stunning photo's taken during various set ups in the

museums lifetime. Follow this link to see more. This particular

group were take in the 1930's.

ARLO OLIVER COSENS

I am very happy to introduce to the world my beautiful son

Arlo Oliver Cosens , who appeared in this world on Wednesday

at 4.45 p.m weighing 7 lbs. He's perfect and we love him very much.

The shop will be closed for two weeks to allow us to enjoy this

gorgeous creature in his first weeks of life.

I want to thank my beautiful wife Nicky for the pain she went through to

bless us with this gift.

Thank you

Sidney Hurwitz

I love these fine paintings of industrial buildings. Painted

by the talented American artist Sidney Hurwitz b.1932.

Worcester.MA.

More of Sidney's art is available to buy at this

fantastic gallery. The Seattle based Gallery has many other

great artists on their books Click here to visit the Davidson

Gallery.

Stack BY Shay Alkalay

A radical revamp of the chest of drawers in

which the drawers take on a life of their own without

the chest. The stability of the piece is not affected

by pulling the drawers.

The look of the piece changes

throughout the day as drawers are left in various

positions.Designed by Shay Alkalay and winning

awards all over the place.

Available from establishedandsons.com at a price

of £1762.50. Brilliant!

See more great furniture at Shay's website

www.raw-edges.com

Nice interiors

Just wanted to share these pics as I thought they might inspire.

A great website where the illustrator Jessica Hische uploads

a different letter each day. Follow this link or click on the title

to see her inspirational site for font lovers everywhere

The Frightening Beauty of Bunkers

In Bunker Archeology, urban philosopher and cultural theorist

Paul Virilio turns his attention—and camera—to the ominous yet

strangely compelling German bunkers from WW II that lie

abandoned on the coast of France. These ghostly reminders of

destruction and oppression prompt Virilio to consider the nature

of war and existence, in relation to both the Second World War and

contemporary times. Follow this link to see more or click on the title

to buy the book.

Asylum

Stunning Images from a new book called Asylum by American

photographer Christopher Payne. Christopher has spent years

exploring some of the 250 asylums across America and recording

his discoveries in these haunting images. The first image is a tooth

brush locker. This book is realeased by MIT in the next month.

Whilst you wait for the release check his website by clicking here.

David Maisel

Sanfansisco based artist David Maisel has sourced

and re- photographed these amazing x-ray

images found in the archives of different museums.

Check Davids web-site to see more of his work.

Polish labels

Industrial Dining tables

Here is a preview of our new style industrial

dining table taken in the workshop just after

completion.

The oak parquet blocks were burnt

and then waxed. This gives the stunning black finish

and removes the top layer of grain to leave a gorgeous

driftwood feel to the surface.

The blocks were then laid in a herring bone pattern.

This allows the light to refract in different ways on the

top giving an unusual visual display at various angles.

We would like to thank Tracey for sticking her neck out

and allowing us to try this experimental method. Thanks

also to Edwin who came up with the method and Lorena

of EL Furniture Brighton.

The table will be delivered tonight and I hope Tracey likes

it as much as we do.

Rolls Royce

Oh what a beauty!

Battleships

I love these blueprints of World War 2 battle ships

nice interiors

I really like the clean lines in this modern Dutch factory

conversion.

chul an kwak

Chul an Kwak is a great young furniture designer

from South Korea. This series of tables took inspiration

from running horses. More info and pics here

Chinese cabinets

I Love the simplicity of these traditional

Chinese Cabinets.

David Maisel

More amazing photographs from this very talented

photographer. These are canisters of cremated 

remains of psychiatric patients. The natural minerals 

in the ashes have reacted with the metal to create these

beautiful colours which David has captured beautifully.

WoW!