Danish furniture and lighting manufacturer Gubi has reissued the iconic, modernist ‘Grasshopper’ floor lamp designed in 1947 by the Swedish architect and designer Greta Grossman. The slender, elegantly curved steel and aluminium lamp maintains most of its original features and is available in five muted shades such as anthracite grey, warm grey, blue-grey, jet black and vintage red. Shake it.
Huey and Wah are Notty Pooch and they live in Penang, Malaysia. They make laptop sleeves, storage bins, wallets, and my favorite, planters out of recycled billboard banners. They ship them flat and then you put your own pot in the planter. Water will drain from the stitches and corners. They come with short jute handles but you can always replace them with longer strands if you want to hang them. Of course each piece is unique, and yes, NottyPooch is full of awesomeness. Shake it.
This was one of those days when I simply wasn’t finding anything that thrilled me to blog about. Just when I started getting discouraged I happened upon Little Studio. YES!! Love, love, love it. Marit Lissdaniels and Angelica Utterberg are Little Studio, a company that makes graphic prints, pillowcases, trays, and cutting boards. Happy, colorful designs, triangles (which you know I love) and even some great vintage inspired prints. Shake it Little Studio. Thanks for saving the day!
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Paulova Ceramics are hand made by Paula Lopez-Otero, in San Francisco. I just adore the lovely simplicity of her pieces. Paula says “I prefer all of my pieces to have some sort of contrast in textures, from the exposed raw clay body, to the interior smooth glaze, to the cork…” Light hearted, thoughtful, and sweet. Shake it.
Jesse Brew is a designer and photographer living and working on the west coast. Oh how I love this new series… I think we should all ride our bicycles in the new year! He has an amazing body of work. Stunning, retro inspired photography and brilliant, fixed gear cycle photos. Check out his portfolio here. Shake it Jesse.
Boxing Week Sales are starting today at Poppytalk Handmade! I am offering 30% off my entire shop, plus free shipping!! Just use the coupon code “sodapopgirl30″ at checkout. This sale is good for my Etsy shop as well. Check out all of the wonderful Poppytalk Handmade deals here—from photography to papergoods, art to knitted goods and of course my jewelry! Shake it.
Hallelujah! This morning I searched the web for the perfect holiday post and I found photographer, blogger, and etsy shop owner Danielle Thompson. Danielle and her two boys live in metro Atlanta, Georgia in a ranch style 3-bedroom home circa 1962. “I always want to create rooms that have a sense of nostalgia and whimsy, that always take you back to a certain time in your past and most of all, rooms that don’t take themselves too seriously” Happy holidays, and let’s shake it this new year!
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This was a fun post to write. I learned so much about Camillo Olivetti, the founder of the Italian typewriter company, and his son Adriano. Olivetti’s goal of bringing life into the office showed in his ad campaigns, full of bold concepts and color. He pushed the idea that work could be play, and that it should always be creative. Like Nelson and Herman Miller advertising, Olivetti campaigns portrayed the workplace as a fluid environment, much more inviting to the modern worker than the prewar office, heavy and oppressive. Now that’s shakin it!
Apparently I can’t tire of the Pantone Universe products. Coffee mugs, christmas ornaments, posters, and now the most straight forward, marker sets! You can buy them individually and up to sets of 150, for the die hard design lover. Each marker features a soft brush tip at one end and a fine point marker tip on the other end for producing a broad range of strokes, from fine lines to wide color fills. Shake it.
