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Michel Haillard: Infernal Furniture

Posted in design, furniture, home, taxidermy with tags design, furniture, home, taxidermy on February 19, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

Ever wonder how Hell is furnished? Look no further…I have your answer. You’re welcome.

Michel Haillard creates sinister pieces of furniture, inspired by a passion for hunting.

I don’t believe in hunting just for sport, so to avoid intense cognitive dissonance I must believe that these creatures were killed for food, and that every part of the carcass was carefully and responsibly used.

I would also accept the use of dead animals if one were to find them decimated by plague or natural disaster.

Maybe they just died of old age…

Although a tad too opulent for me personally, I think these pieces would be phenomenal on dark, lush movie sets. Haillard could easily furnish an entire villain abode.

What images or characters does this furniture conjure up in your imagination?

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Michel Haillard

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B-Movie Bags

Posted in art, craft, design, fashion, film, undead, vintage with tags art, craft, design, fashion, film, undead, vintage on February 18, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

Although I generally carry a plain black bag of some sort with me, I’d love to change it up occasionally with a B-Movie Bag.

Each one is hand painted by Scottish artist Julia Griffith.

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B-Iron 715

Posted in design, home, products with tags design, home, products on February 8, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

Allow me to take a domestic turn for a moment here. This transparent iron is a design I’ve always wished for.

Sometimes I can be a bit impatient when I iron. I’d love the efficiency of a transparent device that allows me to make sure I’m getting the wrinkles out as I go.

Sleek, sexy, tempered glass and electro-thermal wires.

I hope this concept design actually gets produced.

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Turntable Bedding

Posted in design, home, products with tags design, home, products on January 6, 2011 by shewalkssoftly

For my music lover and DJ friends, here’s a bedding set by Diesel!

I love the pillows…but I’m not sure I could relax with all the eye candy on the main duvet cover.

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Time/Life: Science/Library

Posted in art, design, exhibits, products, science with tags art, design, exhibits, products, science on December 30, 2010 by shewalkssoftly

Dan Funderburgh has designed a series of wallpapers and prints based on vintage scientific images.

Looking at the large wallpaper panels nearly made me hyperventilate (why do I experience the covetous lust for scientific art that most women feel toward shoes and handbags?).

Hang on…I’m still fantasizing about having one of these panels in my house…perhaps this one (such subtle brilliance!)…

“The work of a scientist is based on the conviction that nature is basically orderly. Evidence to support this faith can be seen with the naked eye – in the design of a honeycomb or a mollusk’s shell – but scientists seek and discover patterns at every level of being. – The Scientist, Henry Margenau. This series of prints and wallpapers is an interpretation of the Time Science Library – 25 books that were published between 1964 and 1967 on topics such as ‘Energy’ ,’Matter’, and ‘The Mind’. The work is a recognition of the art of knowledge and of the poetry of things we do not and can not know. It’s also a tribute to my parents who are biochemists and my grandfather – an engineer who left me the books.” – Dan Funderburgh.

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Halloween Countdown: Cookie Party!

Posted in design, food, halloween with tags design, food, halloween on October 21, 2010 by shewalkssoftly

Let me preface this post by saying that “Cookie Party” is a nickname I have for one of my cats. If you met him, you’d understand.

Here is what turned up in a full-on cookie search this year.

Amazing Day of the Dead Cookies. These would be a memorable gift or addition to any gathering:

Eye of Cyclops cookies:

These Designer Chocolate Covered Oreos are not traditional Halloween designs, but I think they’d fit quite nicely at a classy Halloween party:

A few pretty things from Rolling Pin Productions:

Nice patterns from Gumdrop Cookie Shop:

This post is dedicated to the feline Cookie Party in my life:

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Halloween Countdown: John Nouanesing Table

Posted in design, halloween, home, macabre with tags design, halloween, home, macabre on October 10, 2010 by shewalkssoftly

This bloody delight by John Nouanesing would be a fantastic Halloween accessory for the home.

You could just put a table cloth on it for the rest of year and BAM…blood is gone.

But it’ll be there when you need it.

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Halloween Countdown: Vintage Halloween Patents

Posted in antiques, design, halloween, vintage with tags antique, design, halloween, vintage on October 9, 2010 by shewalkssoftly

This page has a wonderful collection of vintage Halloween patents, ranging from the “Jack-A-Lantern” in 1888 (pictured first) to the pumpkin decorating accessories of 1974 (pictured last).

See more patents for toys, lighting and decorations here.

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Give it to Me Straight…

Posted in craft, design, products with tags craft, design, products on September 12, 2010 by shewalkssoftly

Here is another invention that is absolute genius in its simplicity. I refuse to give up my habit of reading printed books despite the profusion of nifty E-readers emerging, and I always have a pencil in my hand for underlining and notes.

This “Constrained Ball” by Giha Woo allows the user to draw lines and measure them at the same time. So it’s not only great for simple underlining, but can be a useful design tool as well.