Rural Modernist Studio

Pirelli Tire ads from the 60s are so chic

2011-05-22T10:54:00.000-04:00

thisisdisplay.org

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Furniture Porn on Pinterest

2011-02-20T17:03:00.000-05:00

Let's face it. Keeping track of all of the inspirational jpegs that are floating around on your hard drive and on the internets is a pain in the ass. Thank Jebus I now have Pinterest to help me...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Yes, Dieter. I DO want to pet your monkey.

2011-01-10T10:38:00.000-05:00

Even the hair dryer is beautiful.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Snow day in Kerhonkson

2011-01-09T11:21:00.000-05:00

Rural Modernist mascots, Tino and Leo, enjoy a romp in the snow. Our neighbor's dog, Zuzu, makes a special appearance at the end. The soundtrack is Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People which is...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Jens Lekman

2010-11-04T10:18:00.001-04:00

I finally saw Gertie's directorial debut, Whip It. The movie is predictable, but makes up for it's lack of originality with loads of charm, ass kicking roller derby chicks,...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Let's hear it for the soy

2010-11-03T14:10:00.001-04:00

New hand-poured, 32 oz. clean scented soy candles will be making their debut at the opening of the Rural Modernist holiday pop-up store event later this month. Each one is decoupaged by moi with...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Wishbones + Kidneys: New paintings by Jason O'Malley

2010-11-02T11:47:00.000-04:00

I started doing these paintings a few months ago and something was missing: COLOR. That's no longer a problem since I received my shipment of professional graffiti artist quality spray paints from...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

He's baaack: Holiday decor (and more) from the San Francisco Treat

2010-10-18T13:09:00.001-04:00

Hello Rural Modernistas. I know it's been some time since I offered my two cents on design and home decor. If you hadn't heard, I picked up and moved far, far away - to San Francisco....

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tom's barn sale

2010-09-14T12:44:00.001-04:00

Let's meet some of Rural Modernist's neighbors here in sleepy Stone Ridge, NY, shall we? This is Tom. He runs my favorite barn sale right down the street from the studio. It's tucked away right...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

GILT Goodies on sale today

2010-09-14T12:07:00.002-04:00

Y-3 World Cup Sneakers & More: Avant-garde designer Yohji Yamamoto has mated with Adidas and the offspring is pretty damn sexy. Happy Socks: Never underestimate the power of a...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Three Potato Four

2010-09-12T15:53:00.001-04:00

I'm going to need a bigger house. I want it all. My favorite online store now has a kick-ass (and humungous) bricks and mortar home in Philly. It's currently bursting at the seams with new finds, but...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Takashi Murakami does Versailles? It doesn't seem like it would work, but it does

2010-09-12T12:02:00.005-04:00

I'm totally turned on by eclectic interiors and this one takes the cake. Surprisingly, Murakami's colorful, cartoony, animated rococo exuberance perfectly compliments the gilded, glittering, decadent...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

R.I.P. Otho, long live the Beetlejuice house

2010-09-08T09:58:00.008-04:00

The sad news about Otho's passing (or rather the actor that played him, Glenn Shadix) got me thinking once again about one of my all time favorite design-driven films: Beetlejuice. It's a perfect...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Video of the Day

2010-09-05T11:19:00.002-04:00

Yes, vintage Raquel Welch gyrating in Barbarella's hand-me-downs is hot, but it's the trippy, monolithic sculptures featured in background that are really making me tingle down there. They're the...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

New abstract modernist paintings by Jason O'Malley

2010-09-04T10:35:00.007-04:00

I did a photo shoot at the house of all of the paintings mixed in with our eclectic art collection. They look great mixed and matched with different styles of art and adds a graphic pop to any modern...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Last night a DJ saved my life

2010-08-25T02:10:00.014-04:00

Hurts They're being heralded as "the new Depeche Mode" (they're not), but there is certainly a Violator era Depeche-iness about these two handsome lads from the UK. I'm loving the early 90's L'Uomo...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Click it (don't lick it): trannies, needles, and vintage treasures

2010-08-22T14:21:00.023-04:00

Big Gay Ice Cream Truck My visual interpretation of Humphry-Slocombe's Big Gay Ice Cream Truck inspired "Tranny Smackdown Sundae" is now available on a t-shirt. I didn't have much more to go on...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tillandsia air plants: the ideal house plant for the botanically challenged modernist

2010-08-14T11:05:00.014-04:00

If you've never seen these exotic bromeliads in person, stop by the studio and check them out. I designed my ceramics specifically to hold these low-maintenance beauties which require no soil,...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Need a last minute gift for Chelsea Clinton's wedding?

2010-07-31T10:45:00.006-04:00

My invitation must have gotten lost in the mail (like Monica Lewinsky's), but perhaps yours didn't. While all of that marital mayhem is going down 30 minutes south of us in Rhinebeck, all is calm...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Rural Modernist Studio will be open this weekend from 1-4 ish

2010-07-24T09:58:00.008-04:00

"Got a dime?" The proprietors, Jason and J.R. working the ho' stroll right on Main Street. Real classy. Are you in the Hudson Valley/Catskills area on this sultry, sweaty weekend? Take a break from...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Rural Modernist Studio

2010-07-16T01:32:00.008-04:00

Welcome to the Rural Modernist Studio It's always been a pipe dream of mine to have a little studio space of my own where I could work on my various extra curricular creative projects at my own...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Eggs! Eggs! Eggs!

2010-04-05T13:16:00.005-04:00

Hey kids! I'm still here. Really. Yeah, I've been a rotten blogger, but I've been super busy. I recently debuted my line of Rural Modernist Ceramics at KMOCA gallery in Kingston, New York and I've...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

RIP, Alexander McQueen. So sad.

2010-02-11T15:36:00.002-05:00

His last show totally blew my mind. You know, the one that debuted those incredible lobster claw booties and closed with Lady Gaga's soon-to-be hit single Bad Romance. I was so looking forward to...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Are Alex and Simon McCord-Van Kampen out of a job?

2010-02-11T10:24:00.010-05:00

Editor's Note: I meant to publish this on my other blog, Doodle Whore, but posted it here by mistake, probably because I'm still in a state of disbelief about the terrible Alexander McQueen news. I'm...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Unhappy Hipsters

2010-01-27T16:22:00.003-05:00

Put this one in the "Why Didn't I Think of That" file. I just discovered this genius blog the other day that aptly calls Dwell magazine onto the carpet (FLOR, no doubt) for their penchant for showing...

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]