Did you know...

- That canvas and cannabis have the same etymology? Canvas was originally only made out of hemp fibre.
- That the earliest paper scrolls were made out of hemp paper?
- That hemp, unlike cotton, can be grown almost anywhere on the planet?
- That hemp, unlike cotton, requires little or no pesticides?
- That hemp fibre with modern weaving techniques can be made into smooth, soft and thin fabrics?
- That hemp fabrics are both more breathing, and more insulating than cotton?
- That the growth of industrial hemp is either illegal or heavily regulated in most countries today?

Hemp has the possibility of becoming the new green super-crop. But in the meanwhile, we'll have to settle with products such as these overpriced (though very good-looking, and quite good-smelling) scented candles.

Guess what this song is about.

Mad Men, anyone?

Set of four glasses with olexi/rosewood/stainless steel tray. As if stolen from the Mad Men set.

As are these lamps:

from Bukowski's Market

Foxy Lady

Megan Fox in Eero Saarinen's Womb-chair, shot for Rolling Stone magazine.

Råman Sees Red

The red Wegner chairs reminded me of the lovely Ingegerd Råman'sand her husband Claes' house in Skåne, by architects Claesson Koivisto Rune. And their red chairs.

The house is an old school building, a typical, traditional skånelänga.

Ingegerd is perhaps Sweden's most successful contemporary glass designer. My favourite creation of her is probably the Zvizz series for Orrefors. There is just something very intriguing with the semi-transparant surface, and the effect it creates.

photos by lindmanphotography and Janne Peters

Jetson

Jetson, by Bruno Mathsson, 1966, for DUX. Inspired by the cartoon TV series The Jetsons.

for sale at bukowski's market

Cardinal Sin

 

Dante Terzegni

via ffffound

I never could have imagined...

 

...that I would want to own a pair of red-painted Wegner chairs. But these two JH-719, first produced by cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen in 1968, are just striking in their red paint - totally original - with flagline backrest and seat, brass rivets, and canvas cushions. They seem very comfortable too - a feat too often overlooked in design furniture.

God is in the Details

Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm

140 x 77 x 43, produced by BO-EX.

On lauritz.com

"Wanderland" by Hermanos Inglesos feat. MeMe

Great song and video, directed by Kristof Luyckx & Michèle Vanparys.

Thanks, thenorthelevation