BLAU DINGE

Big time find by LY yesterday during work hours - Museum der Dinge (Museum of Things) in Berlin, also on the net. Scroll through a giant grid of things! Anything—from Leaning Tower of Pisa to a hand made walkie talkie (not pictured here). Taking note for my next trip to Berlin…  1. Fernsehgerat ‘FS 60′, 1964 2. Puck, [...]

BED, BODY, FLOOR

Textiles for beds, bodies and floors. Made in Mexico, Sierra Leone, Guatemala, Canada, Ohio. via Textile Museum of Canada  

GIFT GUIDES

Black Friday, gloomy guide. Photographs by Nina Leen for Macy’s. LIFE  

PLASTICHIC

Syracuse University recently acquired a gigantic collection of plastics. Buckets of bakelite. Selections include sunglass frames manufactured by Foster Grant in the 1950s-1960s (shout out O-O !), snazzy lady earrings, chipmunk accessories for kids frames, and earth toned bracelets from 1930s—part of the bakelite brood. BW Zig Zag PLS.  

FUTURE PLASTIC

Shop til you drop in plastics. 1. Bamboo sunglasses, Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, 1962 2. Table mat, Maryse Boxer, 1985 3. Carrier bag, Eric Schemilt Designs Ltd, 1978 4. Pair of ankle boots, Mary Quant, 1967 5. Pink Jelly XK200, Swatch, 1990 via V&A  

Seminole Styles

Bright, booming, sunshine colors of Florida’s Seminole Indians. Work made from 1960s-1990s. Totally dig the sun billed bonnet. I’m into bonnets. via Peabody Museum

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