Pocket Guides...

Vintage Special Service Pocket Guide covers from the 1940's.

Modern Veneers...

A cool project of alluring and mysterious veneers by designers Robert G. Achtel and Jens Bambauer (aka, Geebird and Bamby) . ' The New World- 'revisits anonymous places of the 20th Century'.  See more of these imagined facades and read about the philosophy behind the project here .

In From The Cold...

The Wende Museum in Los Angeles has over 60,000 artifacts from Cold War era Eastern Europe, including: paintings, sculpture, posters, and furniture. By preserving these Cold War artifacts and history the museum provides a way of 'applying historical lessons of the past to the present'. 
See more of it's incredible collection here.

Canadian Covers...

Classic Canadian Architect magazine covers from the 1960's on Flickr. Designs by Laszlo Buday.

Between the Pages...

A few of my recent collages using vintage paperbacks and the pages within as the canvas.

Uncorked Creativity...

Some creative mini chair designs for all those used New Years Eve champagne corks you may have lining around via the Annual DWR Champagne Cork Chair Contest. 

2013 Toast...

Happy New Year !!!

Watered Down Design...

New York's distinct wooden water towers, while appearing awkwardly out of place in the modern world, add a unique charm to the city skyline. The furniture company Bellboy has taken the well-aged wood from some of these towers (which need to be replaced about every 35 years) and turned them into these sleek modern chairs.