Welcome to Charming or Tedious.

ABOUT YOUR HOST, NIKI STERNER: LOS ANGELES DENIZEN, FIVE NINE AND FINE, GENERAL ASSHOLE, YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND.

"I am going to come and burn the house down...but you will blow me first." -Mel Gibson

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I can’t stop re-stocking these. Blush reptile print on the #stylestalker “Runaway” dress, back up for sale next month! #messes of #dresses #yearofthefox #fashion #patterns #fabric #design

Vintage Hermes scarf, tassel print. #hermes #vintage #design

Look at that accent mark. That logo. The subtle thickness of it. #cher #records #design

#dtla #aesthetics #design

williamcharles:

goddamnit Amon Tobin….raising the bar.

MODERN. ART.

Meghan Boody's Tripped Out Tribeca Wonderland

Holy. Shit.

Beautiful Hotel Lavatories

The Ritz, Paris

Amangiri, Canyon Point, Utah

Claridge’s, London

Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai

Via the BBC

Enough of the "Me First" Economy. It's Time for "We First".

Good’s Alex Goldmark talks about an industry innovator and how we can all become more accountable for our buying decisions.

Swedish Students Invent Inflatable Helmet (Article + Video)

Leave it up to the awesome Swedes to create such a bad ass idea.

I’ll have to do more research on this before I proclaim it better than a regular helmet, but my vanity says anything that looks like a scarf but works like a helmet is…pretty awesome.

I’d like to pat Jenny Burrows on the bottom for these

Nicely done.

thedailywhat:

Art Project of the Day: From a series of Smithsonian promo posters designed by Jenny Burrows as part of a portfolio project.

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Ten Design Lessons

nevver:

1. Respect “the genius of a place.”
2. Subordinate details to the whole.
3. The art is to conceal art.
4. Aim for the unconscious.
5. Avoid fashion for fashion’s sake.
6. Formal training isn’t required.
7. Words matter.
8. Stand for something.
9. Utility trumps ornament.
10. Never too much, hardly enough.

from Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture.

thedailywhat:

Re-Imagination of the Day: Taking his cue from Red Riding Hood’s dark reboot, Steve Murray/Chip Zdarsky imagines a few movie posters for other possible updates to childhood classics.

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Dude. “The ball gets kicked” is fucking HILARIOUS!