The latest graffiti trend? Extreme nerdiness.
The funny thing was that my husband and I happened to be walking down Broadway with a friend who works at CNN when we came across this bit of unbridled enthusiasm. We accused her of the defacement of property, of course. But really, anything bearing darling Coopie’s name could never be considered “defaced,” could it?
I haven’t knitted a sweater in a long time, but my recent discovery of Danish knitwear designer Iben Høj has made it a tempting endeavor again.
Actually, I guess I’m more tempted to just run out and buy one of these impossibly delicate knit tops. They’re carried in stores in several major cities in the U.S., including New York.
The textures and drape of fabric conjure up images of spider webs and spun sugar—could a dreamier combination exist?
Think is a cafe on Mercer street with a mission: to serve up expensive drinks with a decidedly un-Starbucksian sneer and to… make you think about things.
At least recently, I must say job well done to them with the latter after spotting this flyer on one of their community boards:
It’s a flyer for flyers! And it’s so ugly! If you had a service distributing flyers, don’t you think you would at least try to make your own flyer eye-catching? So far, it appears to have caught the eyes of two people, and in both of those instances, it looks like neither person ripped off the complete telephone numbers. Hmm….
Also, if your chosen profession were to skillfully distribute flyers in New York, I’d think you would consider DISTRIBUTING your own flyers? Well, to be fair, standing out on the hot street handing out flyers is really a pain—better to find someone else to do it for you.
At last, the pattern for Luvgun has been added to the Mochimochi Shop!
This much-anticipated pattern features a hollow barrel that can be loaded with three little knitted hearts.
He’s a modern-day cupid who aims to bring love to everyone in his sight!
I am so pleased to announce that Rainycloud has hit the big time, appearing in full-color print in the current issue of Craft magazine! He’s featured in their Curio section, alongside some other amazing craft projects.
A big thank-you to everyone at Craft!
As we all know, rain can be gentle and nourishing, or nasty and mean, as New Yorkers with a shut-down subway system experienced today. Hanna of Bitter Sweet used this theme to knit up a couple of fabulously expressive Rainyclouds!
Her “bad” rain:
And her “good” rain:
I am so impressed by these!
Hannah is quite the designer herself— check out her great (and free!) knit and crochet patterns. They’re mostly food-related, and totally adorable.
Any idea what’s living under your fingernails?
This is the first “human” bit that I’ve ever knitted, and I think it came out fairly well. At least well enough to be mildly revolting.
What’s lurking below the nail will be revealed a little later.
DOMA is an Argentenian art collective after my own heart. Their toy series Acid Sweeties, released earlier this year through Kidrobot, is exactly what I would make if I made plastic collectable toys.
Here are some of my gotta-have-em’s from the series:
Sicky Barrel
Elegido
Mr Earth
Frog Guy
The toys are $7.95 for a blind box (you don’t know which you’re getting), so I recommend buying at least two at a time to avoid disappointment. (There’s always one or two in any series that you don’t really want.) But this is an overwhelmingly great collection—I almost wish it didn’t exist so that I could come up with all of them myself. Oh well.
If you happen to be in the Berlin area, check out DOMA’s work at Planet Prozess, which runs though August 19.