text: avant garde design: May 2015
  today is my graduation day, i'm heading to boston!
  between leading a crazy work schedule lately, and having completed my thesis over the course of about one and 1/2 years, i was starting to feel removed from all that i had worked so hard to accomplish at harvard. i'm heading to harvard yard today with my head held high, my graduate robe on and probably goose bumps soon after i park!
  i'll be back to the blog in a couple of days. to share photos & memories of what propelled me to do this in the first place, my challenges and my most amazing moments of this entire process and everything in between. have a great rest of your week! enjoy...
  artistically yours... avant garde design at 4:38 AM
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  jory brigham design.
  it's been quite some time since i've seen such modern woodworking, resulting in stunningly cool design, and then presented in an even more cool way...
  jory brigham has nailed not only giving each piece he designs and creates, a voice or an individual personality (which as he states is one of his main goals), he's nailed the way he presents them, (you MUST see his website, go here), to me, to you, to the world, in such and every day, yet out of context setting. which in turns sets off each piece, in interpretive ways. i love that, and i now love jory brigham design...
  artistically yours... avant garde design at 6:27 AM
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  understated lighting forms.
  understated lighting can come in many forms, it can be distributed in many unique and inventive ways. vibia is one of those companies that really designs understated lighting best. have a look....
  these 2 lines, titled "ness" and "bamboo" caught my eye today, but so did many others. (and i didn't get paid for this post, i just really love their lighting!) lighting can steal the show in places and spaces, and both residentially or commercially. but when you don't want it to, or you want it to accompany a show stopping space, to guide it in some way, to be the cherry on top as an accent piece, then much of what vibia offers will do that for you. and your spaces...enjoy!
  artistically yours... avant garde design at 7:45 AM
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  i heard sister sparrow and the dirty birds for the first time yesterday and it was love at first hear...
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  happy friday friends, have a super relaxing weekend too!
  it's been another whirlwind week.
  but here's to things i'm looking forward to: my graduate graduation is next week. on that note, i'm staying overnight in boston that night, eating at my favorite restaurant, and just taking it all in.
  the weather is (sort of) warming up in my part of the world, i'm looking forward to morning runs as the sun comes up (and waving each morning to an elderly gentleman who sits in his car, in the same spot, ever. single. morning. to watch the sun rise.) it wouldn't be my morning run without him waving to me.
  my son is home from college so i'm sucking up lots of time with him.
  i've discovered this, THE best chocolate chip cookie recipe. i'm NOT kidding, this comes out completely perfect. EVERY TIME. (even the chocolate chips are nice and large, and the chocolate is such good quality). i make the dough every sunday lately (i know right?) and leave the dough covered in the fridge for the week and make them at will in the oven. (i know right?). yeah.
  i'm feeling strung out and invigorated at the same time lately. is that strange? i don't know. i guess it's what is invigorating you that's important.
  so here's to the weekend! to you! to all of us! enjoy...
  artistically yours... avant garde design at 6:57 AM
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  i read about this project/installation today, and thought that it was pretty neat...
  concrete paving stones that actually create spaces and places for the green to emerge. greens, or life, (& if you remember the line from jurassic park), always finds a way, anyway. stacked, or lined around a patio space, or a pool area in residential settings, these would be gorgeous.
  commercially? the sky is the limit, i'm seeing them surrounding outdoor cafes, outdoor bar areas, near playgrounds, the ideas are endless really. incorporating the hard texture of concrete with the soft texture of emerging greens is both interesting and some would argue, inevitable. so why not go with it. enjoy!
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  7 random spaces today.
  whenever i'm in need of some down-time...which includes just plain enjoying random, beautiful spaces, i head to thomas murphy's site, blood & champagne...
  he never fails to support your ever-loving interior and exterior eye-candy fixation. his disclaimer states that this visual stimulus is purely placed for your enjoyment.
  thomas collects images of spaces and places from across the world and the world wide web. for us. for me. when i'm having a week so busy that i just need to stare. at spaces like this. enjoy!
  artistically yours... avant garde design at 6:56 AM
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  rolf benz tables.
  side tables are like furniture candy for me, i could accumulate lots of them, and just because i like them...
  these pretties, offered up by the german company rolf benz are my latest fixation. you can read more about the history of the company rolf benz and their product evolution, here. i think it's always fascinating to read how a company, its designers, and its product line have begun, how they've stood the test of time, how they have matured. and where they are going, because we are all going somewhere...enjoy!
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  minnesota fudge cake.
  minnesota fudge cake with salted peanut butter glaze. um, yeah.
  so this is the next desert recipe i'm trying, right? find the delicious recipe here, & enjoy!
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  monday & very fine south bags.
  completely devouring every lookbook page of these very fine south bags...
  very fine south is an atlanta based, hand-made specialty shop founded by laura shope. laura thinks that "everything should be made to last a lifetime, and then handed down for another."
  so her bags are hand-made from natural, hand-woven or organic fibers when possible. and the leather, laura selects hides based on hours of really looking, selecting the perfect texture and softness that we all will want to carry against our skin every day as well as select leathers that are going to withstand continuous use. laura is designing and constructing the most gorgeous bags i've seen in a while, i want one of everything...no really. enjoy!
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  here's to doing your own thing this weekend!
  artistically yours... avant garde design at 10:17 AM
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  cristian mohaded's furniture design.
  cristian mohaded was born in argentina, but his furniture line is winning accolades from all around the world...
  he has designed and developed furniture and lighting for companies such as roche bobois, habitat, and la redoute in france, to name a few.
  cristian has been touted as one of the rising talents in america as well, by maison & object 2015. there is a particular flavor in cristian's designs, a cordial yet exciting meeting of mixed mediums, of wood to fabric, of metal to paint, alot of textural elements, alot of highlighting line. i love all of it, i want one of everything. enjoy!
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