This week’s Field Guide is all about cork.Cork has a great texture, is versatile, and is unexpected. To top it off, if you harvest it correctly you don’t harm the tree itself, making it sustainable. Here are a few ways to incorporate cork into your home. I’m especially loving the cork wall in Matt and Kathy’s home. 
Cork Penny Rounds via Habitus
Cork Tray and Coaster by Ferm Living
Cork Vase and Container Tutorial by Paper & Stitch
Vinco Chair by Toni Grilo for Corque Design
Cork Family by Jasper Morrison for Vitra
Matt and Kathy’s Cork Wall photographed by Mareli Esterhuizen
Mirror with Cork Feet by La Mamba
Cork Pegs by Molo Design
Cork Candleholders photographed by Jasmine Star
DIY Cork Tray by Design Sponge
Degree designed by Patrick Norguet
Sidekick Stool designed by Timothy John
This week’s Field Guide is all about display cabinets and cases.Steven has a knack for collecting design toys. I would love to be able to display them in a nice glass cabinet in his future studio, of course. Here are some great ways to display anything. Arquitetura Paralela via Desire to Inspire
Cabinet of Curiosities by Geninne
Jewelers Mercantile Display via Factory 20
Metal Bookcase by Installations Antiques
Joyce Cabinet by Pinch
Schrank8 Cabinet by Hansje van Halem
Glass and Brass Display Obelisk via Vintage Loco
Gray and Glass Cabinet by Terrain
Tina Hellberg (The Collections) via Emma’s Design Blog
Glass Cabinet by Heidi Lerkenfeldt
By Nicole
In Field Guide, Furniture, Home
This week Nicole let me take a stab at the Field Guide (my favorite DC post), and I’m going to try and keep up. I figure I should stick to what I know. So the Bauhaus it is!
There is a ton of information out there about the Bauhaus, and the majority of the work is very well documented. I first remember seeing this stuff back in art school, and it immediately resonated with me. I tried to pull work (famous and obscure) from a variety of disciplines and from multiple designers. The Bauhaus did do everything after all.
Faculty Apartment for Lazlo Moholy-Nagy via Blanchard Modern Art
Wassily Armchair by Marcel Breuer via First Class Design
Kubus Modular Container Set by Wilhelm Wagenfeld via The Corning Museum of Glass
Stölzl Plate 106 by Gunta Stölzl via Design Within Reach
Tubular Steel Nesting Tables by Marcel Breuer via Hofmobiliendepot
Staatliches Bauhais in Weimar 1919–1923 Book via Christie’s
Brass Ashtray by Marianne Brandt via Neue Galerie
Blatt Für Woodcut by Wassily Kandinsky via Master Works Fine Art
Wooden Building Blocks by Alma Buscher via nova68
WG 24 Table Lamp by Wilhelm Wagenfeld via Lampenonline
Bauhaus Chess Set by Josef Hartwig via Eye Magazine
Ok, so there is actually only one recent project on this post. Among the other two, one is a not so recent project, and the other is recent, but not really a project. First up is the non-project project, a new light fixture in the living room. The glass dome on the old fixture spontaneously fell off the ceiling one night— talk about startling. It was replaced with some inexpensive Ikea lighting.When we picked up the light fixture from Ikea, we also picked up some venetian blinds for our back door. We had to use some wood shims to keep the blinds away from the knob and lock, which made for an unsightly mess in addition to the bulky metal hardware. We made a simple valence out of some left over wood, and I painted it and the slats a nice neutral color (Krylon, River Rock). Now all we have to do is hang some curtains.The last project was one we actually did last year. I finally took some photos of the pipe shelving and put it up on the projects page. Click here for more photos and details.
(My Wedding Dress)What are you guys up to this weekend? We are finally celebrating our anniversary tomorrow. Tonight we are going to take a walk, and Sunday? Who knows! Here are some links for your Friday:
Single screen Super Mario.
This invoice is terrifying.
Check out this adorable chair from Wary Meyers Kids Shop. It’s opening next week!
High speed photographs of ink mixing with water by Alberto Seveso(via Design Milk).
Concrete business cards (via The Fox is Black).
Gorgeous DIY gold leaf notebooks (via The Proper Pinwheel).
By Nicole
In DIY, Furniture, Graphic Design, Lovely Links, Photography, Products, Shops
