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We’ve featured the brilliant stitched creations of Peter Crawley on our blog before, remember? He just got in touch to tell us about his latest, very limited-edition series – a stitched sound-wave depiction of classic Sixties songs (from top: A Day In The Life, Good Vibrations and Blowin’ In The Wind). Each line of stitching represents one minute of audio. They’re also available as digital prints from Print Process.
Look at these amazing paper-based balls of joy! If that’s not too over-the-top a description. Look out for more from The Balcony Gardener in the April issue of Livingetc. Love this, too.
Mo, acting news ed.
Being a foodie at heart I can never resist a label with ‘Eat me’ on it! I am just loving the typography of Alison Carmichael and am going to buy the whole set of these tags from her online shop. There are also a fun pack of 10 emergency greeting cards for £20 for all those last minute notes that need to be sent. Absolutely lovely!!! Mel, Art Editor
Popped in to East London’s Whitechapel Gallery yesterday and was truly inspired by the small but fascinating Rothko in Britain exhibition. The Abstract Expressionist’s work was first seen in the UK at The Whitechapel in 1961, and to mark the 50th anniversary of the landmark occasion, a set of archive photographs capturing the reactions of attendees at the time is on display, alongside various letters and instructions from Rothko.
I love the way the images capture a fascinating period when society was about to go psychedelic, yet World War II was still part of living memory. I couldn’t help dwelling on who these people were, and what they thought of the work…
Duffel coat. Check. Stovepipes. Check. Nerdy specs. Natch. No doubt these intellectual chaps went on to analyse the art in a Soho coffee shop…
Wonder what these women, who I like to think were called Doris and Ethel, made of Light Red Over Black?
Amazing to think Marjorie and her cronies on the right lived through the Blitz, while the bearded Beatnik on the left might still be a working as a City fat cat or a human rights campaigner. You decide.
The little boy would be middle-aged now. I hope he’s still passionate about art.
The free exhibition continues until February 26.
– Neil, deputy editor
This is definitely a design favourite! German designer Stefan Geisbauer created ‘looksoflat‘ for ingo maurer in 2010. Since then this modern reinterpretation of the classic 1937 Jac Jaobsen task light has been introduced as a permanent part of the Design Museum collection in Finland. Thin LED’s are cradled between flat sheets of aluminium in order to create the shadow-like appearance. Yes please! Lucy, Style Assistant x
No interiors connection here (although we do like the texture of the sofa). This is Lucy Style Assistant’s sister’s new puppy Astro. Why not drag the image on to your desktop for any moments that would be greatly improved by looking at an impossibly cute puppy. Did you know that schnauzer is German for moustache?
We want our next ski holiday to be one evoked by these graphically fabulous vintage travel posters from Vintage Seekers.
Don’t you? Click here for more neon joy.
