wash, dry, fold

by anderson horta

via technabob

just last week i saw this pixelated flower by karramarro:

via inspire me, now!

in other news, did you hear about the woman who kidnapped the washing machine technician?

and happy birthday to my big brother, noni, who’s turned 40 earlier this week. i got him a very cool present but i can’t write about it right now because i have to wake up james who’s just turned 35 and give him all the lovely clothes i bought him for his birthday!

taken by my brother

Evil mad scientist has a few simple and elegant Lego projects that can bring a little cheer into your kitchen.

Noah will love to build one of these for me, but he will also love to take it apart the next day.

above: Wooden utensil holder, inspired by the Duomo di Siena.

via craft magazine

A short poem by Dean Allen

Water, electricity
In such close proximity

Soon minerals will make her
An ex-espresso maker

Textism

beaters, originally uploaded by brittnybadger.

for her thesis project, flickr user brittnybadger took apart home appliances and rearranged their guts on a white sheet of bristol board.

the result is lovely!

link to flickr set (via boing boing)

Mona Hatoum was born into a Palestinian family in Beirut, Lebanon in 1952 and now lives and works in London and Berlin.

Since the beginning of the 1990s, her work moved increasingly towards large-scale installations. In her singular sculptures, Hatoum has transformed familiar, every-day, domestic objects into things foreign, threatening and dangerous.

via Le Zebre Bleu

Lotte van Laatum is a dutch contextual designer. her cutting boards shapes are based on the geographical shape of the region in The Netherlands in which the tree grew.

The tree is only harvested when it is necessary for the well being of the forest.

via notcot

stacking mugs from Japanese company Otogicco via art effect

product page via boing boing