la boule rouge

This weekend The RedBall Project begins it's nearly

month long stay in Chicago. The RedBall was created

by artist Kurt Perschke as a commission in St. Louis

in 2001. Since then, the project has bounced it's way

around the globe, wedging itself in the small corners

of Busan, Sydney, Barcelona, Portland and others.

The artist grew up in the Chicago area and wanted to

bring it here to see how the people of this city interact

with the sculpture. You can find the schedule

and all locations here. Thanks Jessica!

written in stone

The subtle humor in these ceramic tiles might be a little too much for

project work, but these Pun Tiles from Ascot Studio are very fun.

They come in different text 'sets', 2 sizes and 5 colors. Made in

Sassoulo Italy, they are available in the states through Stone Tile.

best of the rest

Courtesy of Marc Teer, check out Dezeen's Top Ten Interiors

list! It is a round-up of the site's top ten most viewed stories

since the online mag started. The list has the likes of the

Phillip Lim store in Toyko and NYU Philosophy Building.

Once you're done with the list, check out the rest of their

site!

shopahaulic

Jason Hall sent over this link to supermarkethq.com. Similar to
Etsy.com, supermarket will suck your time like you never had it
in the first place. But, you'll come out of it much cooler cause you
bought some really great stuff!

line up

Flickr user Brittnybadger has a great photo set of appliances that

she'd taken apart and laid out in a meticulous manner. This was

part of her thesis project at school: "...I took apart used

cooking/cleaning appliances, and arranged their interior parts

very systematically on a white sheet of bristol board. My intention

was to explore the hidden 'brains' of these appliances; allowing

us to view these everyday objects from a new perspective."

see more here.

(via kottke)

knock knock

I came across this great page of vintage door hangers - of the hotel 'do not disturb' variety.
See more here.

photo call

You know how you look for inspiration images and never can find anything new or good?

Jackpot.

-stylefiles
-remodelista
-desiretoinspire

sign language

This carpark in Melbourne Austrailia has taken an interesting
approach to their wayfinding signage. Upon certain angles,
the graphics are perfectly legible and in others, ah not so much.
Accident inducing or good idea?