Viva la tour!

Beautiful archival shots of the Tour de France over at Archival Clothing

Catalog Living

I love this blog I just came across through T magazine blog.  It's a satire on catalog images and how ridiculous they can be.  Thank you for recognizing how utterly unauthentic and silly "decor" can be.  This coming from someone who does this for a living I get really depressed by all of the junk out there. Yes, I am involved in the spreading of it too - have you seen my house?  I'm a trinket hoarder, but for what it's worth I recognize how silly it can be.
Love it!

Example Post:

Sure Elaine, I can pay the bills. Just put them in line behind sorting the starfish, untangling this bucket of rope, and identifying everyone in this photo.

The best part about this one is I actually have a client who yes, sorts her star fish.

Totokaelo Art - Object

I have been a fan of Totokaelo for a few years now and so stoked to see they have home/objects/art site now too!  So far so good, excited to see how it progresses.

I love love love Santa Fe

 I don't know how, but my phone kept taking this picture above

 Georgia Okeefe Museum - I liked the super thin counter top

More to come, just need to find the time . . .

On the Farm

I spent the weekend at my Grandpa's farm in the Uintah Basin oiling a new building he has been working on.  It felt important to get away to a quiet slow place for a few days.  These are some pics from an evening walk - it was so nice I just couldn't stop snapping away. 

Hay Bail Graveyard

Do you see both dogs?

Tumble Weed Alley

Coupling Design

Tom found this gem of an article today and I love it.  It's pretty much what we aspire to do, but we have a few kinks to work out.  Kink number one, start producing!  Tom's injury has put his production of goods on hold for now.  As for me I have found it's hard to produce work when you are an interior designer because you depend on people taking a chance on you to do so. Until then you don't have much to show for it.  Oh Salt Lake, I'm holding out for you!  Show me your secrets and lets get this show on the road!

Gear

It's been fun the last few months focusing on well made products (mostly bags and outerwear) with Tom.  As a product designer and outdoor enthusiast it makes good sense that these would be things that he's interested in and I love being brought into a world of design that I other wise have just appreciated from afar.  Especially where fashion and outdoors products have been mixing. Tom has been working on getting a line put together that melds the two and we have been doing our homework.
Last month we headed down to a trade show put on by one of Tom's fashion idols (Nick Wooster) for Project Wooster and it was soo worth it.  Besides all of the new products there Wooster had brought in a handful of Japanese designers that he is especially excited about and we got a chance to see some of the pieces.
I can't wait to see what the future brings for us exploring these new avenues.