Danish design company VIPP and supermodel Helena Christensen have
teamed up to hold a charity auction of Vipp pedal bins that have been given a fashionable makeover by fashion, design, art, and entertainment leaders. The bins have been made over by the likes of
Bono,
Michael Stipe,
Mario Batali,
Michael Bastian,
Simon Doonan,
Frederic Fekkai,
Karim Rashid,
Jason Miller,
Todd Oldham,
Alice Temperley,
Mena Suvari, and more, and will be sold in a silent auction benefiting the Food Bank For New York City and Chernobyl Children’s Project International. An installation of the bins will be on display for public viewing and pre-bidding at The Conran Shop in New York through Thursday, Sept.
There's a period of time after a babe is born when some parents are at a loss over how to entertain the infant. The wee one may be old enough to venture out on daily outings, but too young to hold themselves up in the sand or on a swing, making trips to the playground a lil awkward when you don't have an older child or friends with kids. If buggy rides and "mommy and me" classes have you in the doldrums, consider one of the finer things in life — museums.
I know
I'm totally obsessed with pets when I start looking for animal art to add to my walls. Although, I've been having a hard time finding something that matches my taste, since I'm not really into the whole kitties-playing-with-yarn-and-flowers scene. When I came across
Mod Dog's awesome breed prints, I knew I hit the jackpot.
The famous "Woman and Child" painting by early 20th-century
French Cubist Fernand Leger has gone missing from Wellesley College outside Boston.
Apparently the painting disappeared after the school (which just happens to be Sen. Hillary Clinton's alma mater) lent it to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art for a 2006-2007 exhibition.
I love the balance of glorious, warm tones in Etsy seller
Laura Marie W's Maui Dozing (sold) oil on canvas painting. The combination of orange, green, lilac, and yellow is such an unusual one, but it really is breathtaking. The painting's landscape itself is actually what hit a soft spot in me, though.
I can't claim to know the meaning of these cupcake deer, from artist Andrea Canalito's MFA thesis show. Deer inside cupcakes. An overload of
cute.
Graphic designer
Tim Fraser Brown created a reproduction of Édouard Manet's "
A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" entirely out of old Pantone chips. He painstakingly color matched over 5,000 chips onto a blank canvas over the course of four nights. The result is a bit Impressionism meets Pointillism, taking PMS to a new level of literalism.
French photographer JR is
known for his political art installations, but that doesn't mean every picture he captures is rife with controversial content. Sometimes, the message is more subtle. While JR may simply be showing us the gorgeous colors and patterns of the clothing on this line in Monrovia, Liberia, I, of course, will use the image to urge you to create your own fabric art installation in your backyard — on your
clothesline.
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Since Summer definitely isn't
endless, capture its essence with this limited edition print by artist Danna Ray. When you have
Wish You Were Here ($25) on your kitchen wall, you'll get a reminder of sunshine and lake dreams, even if snow is madly falling outside your window.
This archival print is produced with high-quality pigment-based inks on heavyweight paper, and is seven inches square, allowing room for matting and framing in a standard size frame. It would be a great addition to any room in the house, from nursery to bathroom.
