The couple wanted to start a business that reflected their values: a neighborhood shop that purchases top-quality ingredients directly from farmers, makes every pizza by hand and serves great food at affordable prices. They also wanted to make sure their business did not take over their lives.

I love this business concept.

Based on a window display he first presented in 2004, the japanese designer tokujin yoshioka has now restructured it using a japanese actress currently being presented at Maison Hermès, japan. the installation will run from now until january 19th, 2010.

‘on designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express people’s daily ‘movements’ with a suspicion of humor. there are moments when I perceive a hidden presence of a person in the movements born naturally in daily life. I created a design where one can perceive someone behind the scarves as if life were being breathed into them. the window is designed with an image of woman projected on to a monitor. the scarf softly sways
in the air in response to the woman’s blow. ‘ – TY

(Via designboom)

I love these one-of-a-kind wool scarves made from old sweaters. Available on Wire & Twine. They are currently all sold out, but you can follow Kelley to find out when more make it online!

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(Via DigitalBuzz)

Great color photos from The Great Depression and World War II from the Library of Congress Flickr page.

(Via Fashion-Incubator)

You really have to see the huge version of it on Flickr.

(Via Stevey.com)

For all the “cream of the crappy hand crafts“.

Update: I think I need this for my birthday:

I live in the city of stupid.

VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the world’s greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream.