shoe rack inspiration

so when i saw this wine rack-esque thing i knew i had to use it for something.
it is being used as a shoe rack at the moment, but it will in the future be the inspiration for an eva-made properly fitting shoe rack in my cupboard.

if you can't see because the photo is at a bizarre angle, it has diagonal shelves.

literature

and continuing yesterday's theme

the 2006 Ignobel for Literature went to Daniel M. Oppenheimer of Princeton University for his report "Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Neccesity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly".


i love funny people!

oh dear

i pride myself in my bad ass spelling/grammar skillz, and when a mistake is made it is generally in jest but i am ashamed to admit that only today did i find out that criteria is a plural word, and criterion is the singular version of it.


fail.

ahhh, beauty materialised

so during my procrastination research
i stumbled upon this

if i was a building, i'd want to be something like this.
is that one of those things that people tell you not to say out loud?

the zollverein school of management and design in essen, germany.

an amazing piece of work by japanese pritzker prize winners SANAA


since just 1995 they have created some beautiful buildings and when i saw this one i was equally gobsmacked by it as with every other creation.

the wonder of it is the simple exterior but then you see it from the inside and those simple cutouts seen on the facade are revealed to be beautiful windows that create a breathtaking light quality inside


i'm a sucker for methodical, geometric designs [within reason of course] and this picture above just encompasses that aesthetic

via dezeen

watch -> laugh -> repeat

watch this


and then watch this



and then laugh at the hilarity.

found via swiss miss who is as always awesome. represent

non-contact lenses

have you ever seen white eyes?

i encountered someone the other day and i swear his eyes were white, like glow-in-the-dark white. they must have been such a pale blue that they were shiny and bright and made me a bit nervous.

or my friend's dog, he has these crazy luminous white eyes?
at least the guy could have been wearing contacts, but the dog eyes are real.



anyone else ever seen white eyes? or am i alone in this endeavour?

mark twain

when angry, count to four.
when very angry, swear.

b-52's

locations of glitter at love shack
found at rock charts

i want to be here

can't wait for the christmas holidays,
i'll be visiting family in switzerland

oh, the places you'll go

"Will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed. (98 3/4% guaranteed.)"



from dr. seuss' 'oh, the places you'll go'
i haven't read it yet, but i've heard it's a popular present for graduating students.