Double Takes

DESTINATION DESIGN: MAP-INSPIRED HEADBOARDS

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

I have nothing but love for these map-inspired headboards. They're perfect for sleeping with a map at your head and the world at your feet.

1 Framed Paris Map by The Painted Hive

2 Decoupaged Kids headboard by Midwest Living

3 Rollout Paris Map by Jess Loras on Design Sponge

For more from this series visit the Destination Design archives.

PACKING LUST: NANTUCKET ISLAND

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

I'm so smitten with this nautical flag charm bracelet from C. Wonder. Nantucket was the first place that came to mind after spotting it. The back of the charms reveal the hidden message "Love You." Finally on the brink of summer, that's exactly how I feel about the recently warming weather.

For more from this series visit the Packing Lust archives.

(images via C Wonder and Heidi Harting)

ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: ANOTHER ESCAPE

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

I'm completely mesmerized by Another Escape, a new magazine that beautifully investigates inspiration and exploration.

We all get those moments in life when we experience, if only for a second, something that utterly inspires us; we want to be a musician, a dancer, a bee keeper, a circus performer. It may be the overwhelming desire to collect new experiences, travel, or learn a new skill or language. But what if we actually played on these inspirations-turned-aspirations?

The magazine is the collabrative work of co-editors Rachel Maria Taylor and Jody Daunton, as well as assistant editor Louise Byng and a team of contributors. The first volume is currently available via the Another Escape website.

(images via Another Escape)

WATCH CHICAGO AND ALL ITS ICONS IN TIMELAPSE

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:27:00 +0000

Another Monday and yet another great timelapse video. Arne Wossink's Second City captures Chicago from its namesake theater to the Hancock Center and just about every other iconic spot in between.

(found via Chicago Magazine / images via Arne Wossink)

DESKTOP DESTINATIONS: AROUND THE WORLD IN PHOTOS

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

A few of my favorite photos from around the world this week on Pinterest. Happy desktop travels.

1 Holbav, Romania by Cristi Jora

2 Anhui, China by Chaluntorn Preeyasombat

3 Boseong, South Korea by Jaewoon U

For more from this series visit the Desktop Destinations archives.

DESTINATION DESIGN: CARTOGRAPHIC SHOWER CURTAINS

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:18:00 +0000

I've featured map plastered bathroom walls in a previous Destination Design post. Today is bathrooms round two with these cartographic shower curtains.

1 Cartography Shower Curtain from Pottery Barn

2 San Francisco Map Shower Curtain from Linens-N-Things

3 Wordly Shower Curtain from Fab.com

4 California Map Shower Curtain from Bed Bath and Beyond

For more from this series visit the Destination Design archives.

PACKING LUST: CLASSIC WEEJUNS IN QUEBEC CITY

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:08:00 +0000

A classic pair of loafers have been on my list for some time now, so has a long weekend in Quebec City. The Washington Karikol weejuns from G.H. Bass & Co. are perfect for walking the cobblestoned streets of Canada's French capital.

For more from this series visit the Packing Lust archives.

(images via G.H. Bass & Co. and Heather Bashow)

ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: AN ATLAS OF RADICAL CARTOGRAPHY

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

An Atlas of Radical Cartography is not your average book of maps. "This publication includes ten pairs of politically engaged maps and texts from within the growing movement of cultural producers who have parallel or integrated activist practices." Maps play a big part in understanding most current political and social issues; this collection sheds illustrated insight into a sampling of both.

(images via An Atlas of Radical Cartography)

A PHOTO AND VIDEO PROJECT OF INDIA'S ROAD CULTURE

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:38:00 +0000

Dan Eckstein's Horn Please is a video and photography project shot over 1,500 miles of roadway in Northwest India.

In a place where lanes are a mere suggestion, side-view mirrors are seldom used and modes of transport range from horse-drawn carts to eighteen-wheel trucks, the ever-present horn is an essential part of driving etiquette.

If you've been to India, this video is an instant trip back to your time there. If you have not been there, this video serves as a great insight into the chaos of the country's road culture.

(found via Creative Roots / images via Dan Eckstein)

DESKTOP DESTINATIONS: AROUND THE WORLD IN PHOTOS

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:50:00 +0000

A few of my favorite photos from around the world this week on Pinterest. Happy desktop travels.

1 Milford Sound, New Zealand by Jerome Castro

2 Tuscany, Italy by Giuseppe Peppoloni

3 Udine, Italy by Mile Sevo

For more from this series visit the Desktop Destinations archives.

DESTINATION DESIGN: CALIFORNIA COFFEE TABLES

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Somehow this awesome series of California-inspired coffee tables from J. Rusten Furniture Studio slipped past me when I did my Cartographic Coffee Tables post back in October. I'm giving it the recognition is deserves this week. It gets better, there's also a desk inspired by the Golden State.

For more from this series visit the Destination Design archives.

(images via J. Rusten Furniture Studio)

PACKING LUST: CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

My family took vacations every summer of my childhood, from Mackinac Island to Myrtle Beach. As an adult, I find myself wanting to revisit many of the places we went and see them through new eyes. Catalina Island is one of those places. It's a day trip from the coast of California and this A Coast Call bag from ModCloth is perfect for the jaunt

For more from this series visit the Packing Lust archives.

(images via ModCloth and Carly Erin O'Neil)

ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: PLATFORM FOR ART

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Back in March I shared Underground: How the Tube Shaped London, a book from the London Transport Museum. Platform For Art: Art on the Underground is another book from the museum's shop.

London Underground has long been a pioneer in the field of art and design, from the early twentieth century when it commissioned posters by artists such as Man Ray, Edward McKnight Kauffer and Graham Sutherland and the commission of Eduardo Paolozzi at Tottenham Court Road station in the 1980s, to the art programme, Platform for Art, rebranded as Art on the Underground in 2007.

The book explores the Tube's role in art development while detailing several specific art projects from the underground's past.

For more from this series visit the Armchair Travels archives.

(image via LTMuseum Shop)

MINIATURE MELBOURNE: A CITY IN TITL-SHIFT

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Mon, 06 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Yes, I know--another tilt-shift video. Nathan Kaso's Miniature Melbourne is good and well worth the share. The four minute film took 10 months to complete and features the city of Melbourne through the different perspectives of a passing year.

(found via Colossal / images via Nathan Kaso)

DESKTOP DESTINATIONS: AROUND THE WORLD IN PHOTOS

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:05:00 +0000

A few of my favorite photos from around the world this week on Pinterest. Happy desktop travels.

1 Antelope Canyon, Arizona by Fr@ancis

2 Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Argentina by Joerg Bonner

3 Lake Pehoe, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile by Nae Chantaravisoot

4 Long Reef Beach, Sydney, Australia by Andrew Losurdo

For more from this series visit the Desktop Destinations archives.

DESIGN PROJECT STRIVES TO CREATE A GRAPHIC IDENTITY FOR BROOKLYN

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

ImagenHB, an iconic and cultural branding studio based in Buenos Aires, has launched a participatory design project that seeks to create a graphic identity for Brooklyn. The collaborative project is called idBrooklyn and here's what you should know:

As Brooklynites and Brooklyn-lovers, we want tap into the borough´s pulse and make it the world's first community branded by participatory design. We, a micro-collective of award-winning artists and branding experts, have designed a four-part project that allows Brooklynites and people from around the world to contribute to the cultural identity of this borough.

The four-parts: workshops, mobile apps and websites, artist involvement, and exhibit. They're seeking funding for the project via a Kickstarter campaign, which ends May 11.

(found via Creative Roots / images via Behance)

DESTINATION DESIGN: MAP KNOBS

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Sherry Truitt's Etsy shop carries these great little stainless steel knobs featuring vintage maps of your choosing. The knobs are handmade from Collier's 1935 World Atlases and are the perfect way to subtly incorporate cartography into the home.

For more from this series visit the Destination Design archives.

(images via Sherry Truitt)

ILLUSTRATED CARDS FOR A CHILDREN'S TRAVEL GUIDE SERIES TO MAJORCA

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:38:00 +0000

Artist Joan Chito created a small series of illustrated cards for a children's travel guide to Majorca. His illustrations are not all that childlike, which is what I think I like best about them.

(images via Joan Chito)

PACKING LUST: THE PERFECT BEACH COVER UP FOR BARBADOS

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Wed, 01 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

About this time last year I was lounging on the beaches in southern Cambodia, loving every minute of life. With spring in full swing (finally), all I can think about is summer and beach weather. Lately I've been obsessed with Barbados, and not just because I have a major girl crush on Rihanna. I've been itching to explore the Caribbean since my trip to Haiti last December. This Dreaming of Barbados Cover Up Dress was designed with the island nation in mind.

For more from this series visit the Packing Lust archives.

(images via ShopBop and Michael Higgins)

ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: VERTICAL HORIZON

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

When it comes to architecture in Hong Kong, the sky is barely the limit. In an homage to one of the world's most vertical cities, French graphic artist Romain Jacquet-Lagreze captures the city from a craned-neck perpective in his book Vertical Horizon.

Vertical Horizon is a photographic journey between the buildings of a relentlessly growing city. It is a deep immersion into the city's thick atmospheres and a visual record of its wildly diverse built environment. This book is like a contemplative dive into the raw nature of Hong Kong and an expression of its vertical elan.

I'm not sure there is any better way to capture Hong Kong than upward. While the city is unquestionably captivating at street level, it's vertically that it really shines.

For more from this series visit the Armchair Travel archives.

(images via Romain Jacquet-Lagreze)

ARCHIPELAGO THE DISTANCE TOTE FROM MODCLOTH

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Honestly, the thing I really love about this ModCloth bag isn't the fact that it features a map, it's the witty name. The Archipelago the Distance tote is by Disaster Designs and features a map of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

(images via ModCloth)

A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION OF MIRACLES IN AVIATION

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Dietmar Eckell's series is a photographic exploration of miracles in aviation. The photos capture the wreckage from plane crashes that ended with no casualties. The series is appropriately called Happy Endings and Eckell is currently seeking funding for a book of his photos on Indiegogo.

(found via Laughing Squid / images via Dietmar Eckell)

A TIME-LAPSE VIDEO FEATURING THE DEAD TREES OF NAMIBIA

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Marsel Van Oosten and Daniella Sibbing are the two talents behind the production company Squiver.

"Over the years Marsel has created the most extensive and most popular night photography portfolio of Namibia on this planet, and two years ago he decided it was time to take it to the next level."

And that he did in Namibian Nights. The very short, but incredibly beautiful video captures the famous dead trees of the Deadvlei in time-lapse and the end result is captivating.

(images via Squiver)

DESKTOP DESTINATIONS: AROUND THE WORLD IN PHOTOS

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:29:00 +0000

A few of my favorite photos from around the world on Pinterest. Happy desktop travels. Wishing you a weekend full of adventure!

1 Busan, South Korea by 81milli

2 Lofoten, Norway by Max Rive

3 Saint Petersburg, Russia by Ivan Smelov

For more from this series visit the Desktop Destinations archives.

DESTINATION DESIGN: DIY GLOBE LAMP

noreply@blogger.com (Lauren Kilberg) — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:16:00 +0000

This is such a simple idea, yet I can say with full certainty I would have never thought of it myself. Frida Ramstedt of Trendenser shared her friend's DIY lamp project. After purchasing an old light-up classroom globe from a flea market, Ramstedt's friend stripped off the decal to reveal just the underlying glass. I love the idea and the end result.

For more from this series visit the Destination Design archives.

(found via Curbly / images via Trendenser)