old town

was home for 4th of July weekend.
house in old town. rockin' it out since 1710.

"i saw you..."

missed connections on the beach! (NY Times last weekend...)

As my hysterical roommate, Ben, joked, "yeah i saw you...and I ignored you". :)

CARVEN

I am love loving fashion label, Carven, lately. Amazing dresses at Opening Ceremony and Barneys and now these...

LINK TO BUY

Donald Pliner

Saving up for Bali so I can't buy shoes.
Anyway.
Donald Pliner are so well made and so beautiful and comfortable and by some miracle aren't completely insane prices. This is a secret place. If you see this post. Don't tell too many people or their prices will go up :)
Hands down, my go-to designer for a good staple heel.

a perfect beauty. not too tall. amazing support. exuding icanbewornallnight confidence.

for some magic

BuzzChips

Amazing new music website by my friend.

It lets you find new, unsigned, artists, by searching a database and typing in a bands you already love. Links to myspace pages etc...

Works like a charm. Amazing site. Graphically beautiful. BuzzChips. Check it out!

WEBSITE

wood and glass

The company I work for just renovated a space for this shop, Santa Eualia, in Barcelona. The image here is actually of the temporary location where they were housed in the interim...but it's really nice I think! Reminds me of the Ethics + Aesthetics design I did with Pratt...

Santa Eualia 2009 location in Barcelona, Spain

The Rural Studio

A spiritual mentor...Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio.

LINK to writing about the Rural Studio by Samuel Mockbee...

LINK to the Rural Studio website

I feel like I have lost this commitment of the social purpose of design and architecture. I hope the winds will change soon and somehow my commitments will reflect my best heart...