Screaming Dreamers
As our world's population stretches beyond 6.76 billion, it's easy to feel lost. And though we each seek to express our individuality, sometimes a sense of community is all I seek. A place where I know I can be understood.
In this photo set, titled Babel Tales, Danish artist…
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Added by alice on February 24, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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There's so much I love about these photos from fashion photographer Camilla Akrans. The soft ethereal glow, the 70s style fashion with their opulent jewelry and their gorgeous fur coats. The pink and red roses, symbolizing an innocent love and a forbidden lust. It's like these ladies are waiting for their lovers in the rose garden, tormented by their present day…
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Added by alice on February 24, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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In these series of photos, titled In Between, Julia Fullerton-Batten explores the transitory period in a teenage girl’s life between girlhood and womanhood. As many of us know, it's a confusing, chaotic time where we're looking for ourselves, where we don't feel comfortable in our skin, just yet. Julia Fullerton-Batten captures these moments in a beautiful but dark…
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Added by alice on February 24, 2009 at 10:30am —
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If you're looking for a contemporary hotel in central Barcelona may we suggest the Barcelo Raval? This modern design hotel will make you do a double take the moment you walk through their doors. Designers like Jaime Hayon, Marcel Wanders for Mooi, and Vitra have all had their hands on this place, creating a modern world unlike you've ever seen before. Touted as the…
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Added by alice on February 24, 2009 at 10:30am —
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There's not many eating events I get excited about. But when I looked in my inbox this morning and saw this listed on Goldstar, I was thrilled! LA Weekly's famed food critic, Jonathan Gold, is holding LA Weekly's Gold Standard Food Event on Sunday March 8th!
As a top expert on Los Angeles restaurants, Jonathan Gold has used his years of experience to…
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Added by alice on February 24, 2009 at 9:30am —
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Neighbors of "Slumdog Millionaire" child actor Mohammed Azharuddin cheering as they watch the Oscars in Mumbai.
After weeks of controversy, India basked in the glory of Slumdog's eight Oscars, the most of any movie this year, including the top prize of best motion picture. As one news anchor said, "What a day it has been for India!" The feel good movie touched…
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Added by alice on February 23, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Didn't catch the Oscars last night?
Here's a great compilation of the top ten Oscar moments from…
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Added by alice on February 23, 2009 at 12:50pm —
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Play With Your Toys!
One of the best thing about Flickr is that you get to see how grown adults recreate the secret lives of toys. With a digital camera and an active imagination,
Greg the Bunny buys toys, poses them and then displays and shoots them for all the world to…
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Added by alice on February 23, 2009 at 11:00am —
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I like how simple but straight to the point this graphic is by
Dan Meth. What do you think? Do you agree with his assessment?
Added by alice on February 23, 2009 at 10:30am —
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One thing's for sure...this ain't your mother's Lladros. Katherine Morley's Freaksware glazed slip cast porcelain are modeled after sideshow "freaks" of the circus. The Fat Lady, the Siamese Twins and the Contortionists are all beautiful but in a different sort of way. The pieces ask you to question..what is normal? What is beautiful?
Katherine also asks you to…
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Added by alice on February 23, 2009 at 10:00am —
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Thank you, shi shi restaurants, for cutting us a break! First we had Dine LA and now you're bringing us "Screw the Recession" where LA's top restaurant each have a designated day with a
menu discounted by half. Great part about this is that unlike restaurant week or prix fixe menus,
options aren't limited and you're not forced to order more than… Continue
Added by alice on February 23, 2009 at 9:30am —
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What's the best way to bring a little bit of nature indoors? How about with this lovely bed frame from Shawn Lovell Metalworks. Shawn Lovell specializes in creating one-of-a-kind and commissioned works using traditional and modern techniques. I would buy some of those baby birdies from…
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Added by alice on February 22, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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Seven Deadly Sins
What would happen if someone can tap into your darkest nightmares and your most hidden fears? Would they see a world full of aggression and hate? A world where man struggles with his sins, where no one can escape from a hell of mental anguish, suffering, and guilt? This is the world of Kris Kuksi.
As Kuksi has stated, "human…
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Added by alice on February 22, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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Looking for an affordable, vintage modern hotel in New York? Check out Ace.
Ace Hotel has been around since 1999, the same year that Standards started shaking up the hotel industry. Instead of a boutique hotel, hotelier Alex Calderwood likes to call his creations "small European, modern hotel." Calderwood likes to take existing historical hotel and convert…
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Added by alice on February 21, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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If you're looking for something to do tomorrow and you feel like being entertained and inspired, check out Royal/T's newest art exhibit, "I Can't Feel My Face." Curated by KAWS and taken from the collection of Susan Hancock, "I Can't Feel My Face" shares its title with a painting by KAWS and is a centerpiece of the exhibition, which explores the theme of contemporary…
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Added by alice on February 21, 2009 at 11:00am —
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Easily, one of my favorite things about living in these times is that when you can see art and commerce come together in a beautiful, yet meaningful way it can be just like "magic." I've always felt that the two could exist simultaneously, like Murakami says, there is a "changing of the line" where the two worlds can now "blend." Simply, this means that art isn't reserved…
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Added by alice on February 21, 2009 at 11:00am —
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How do we like this new line from Alexander McQueen for Target? McQueen describes it as "an ‘eighties punk aesthetic that evokes the anarchy and social change of the time." Rolling out on March 4th, the McQ line is the more affordable line of Mr. McQ. Can fabulous fashion be cheap? Are you going to rush out to be yourself a piece of the McQ?…
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Added by alice on February 20, 2009 at 4:30pm —
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I hold a special place in my heart for Stonehill Tavern, famed chef Michael Mina's beautiful restaurant, inside the gorgeous St. Regis in Dana Point. Sam and I had our engagement dinner there about two years ago and I've been wanting to go back ever since.
So how wonderful it is to read that this amazing restaurant will be celebrating their 3rd anniversary with a…
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Added by alice on February 20, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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A Caged Bird Dreams
Sometimes when two companies come together and join hands it just makes sense. Let's all sing Kumbaya, people, for these Blik + Threadless wall art decals. Each month, the Blik team selects and posts some of their favorite Threadless original tee shirt designs and then asks their consumers which ones should be the inspiration for a new…
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Added by alice on February 20, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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It's rare when you can find a company that can hit it out of the park every time. This is DOT, a design oriented household, personal care, outdoor and leisure items company that houses a collection of products with an unusual look at the world of things. Only making each product in a small series, "DOT tries to catch the blend between poetry and irony, shape and function,…
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