Pattern Pulp

Accessorizing with Footstools




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Snapping footstools isn’t something I’ve really focused on over the past few weeks, though, in reviewing the photos during my last mega laptop transfer, I noticed a small trend emerging. Sadly I don’t have brands to credit (feel free to chime in here!), but I will tell you where I came across these textured jewels.

My husband and I spent the last few days of the summer at The Surf Lodge in Montauk. The furniture, the accessories and the vibe was extremely French (understandably on account of the design direction by Robert McKinley). The driftwood chairs and rattan stool sat outside our room and are a representation of the cultured, curated attitude the hotel emits. Moving into the textile space, the black and white stool from Love Adorned was just one of many special pieces in the Amagansett Square collective. I highly recommend a visit for a home goods refresh.

Then there’s the optic variety. While at ABC Carpet two weeks ago, I happened upon this loud, structured, upholstered piece while exploring the fifth floor. What do you think? In our opinion, adding extra seating in the form of a footrest is the easiest way to zest up your home.

 

Friday Quick Links!




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1. Stunning woodcut moth via Colossal
2. Adoring Ana Teresa Barboza’s embroidery via The Jealous Curator
3. Awesome DIY gourd bracelets via Poppytalk
4. Jewelry inspired by pencils by Karina Jean Sharpe via The Design Files
5. Collages by Ed Spence via booooooom
6. Down with the theft of indie artist’s and designer’s work via Lisa Congdon
7. Gorgeous Marbelous Wood via Design Crush
8. Ramon Todo juxtaposes rocks with glass via Artsy Forager
9. Digging Pichulik’s jewelry and look book via Miss Moss
10. Who says a door has to be a bore via Oh Joy!
11. Tran Nguyen’s visuals explore the mind’s dreamscape via Honestly WTF
12. Taking pumpkin carving to a new level via design*sponge

Contributed by Emily Gup

Menswear from #Jacques Elliott




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Have you heard of #Jacques Elliott? It’s a lifestyle and street movement founded by our good friend Elliot Aronow. In addition to a collection of beautifully tailored ties, Elliot’s working hard to help men curate their daily ensembles. He has an advice column on Refinery29 that’s approachable and lively, offering useful tips on cutting through the marketing and PR BS to select the most sensible, cultural, wearable pieces for all hours of the day.

In his 10 commandments, Elliot sites the significance of brain power, saying, What #jacques wears is not nearly as important as how he thinks and what he values. That’s something we can get behind. Have a gander at his latest look book and enjoy the fashion, the patterns and the teeming je ne said quoi.

 

Accessories: Merging Fashion & Interiors




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You know when you’re amped about something and your significant other doesn’t necessarily share your excitement? I wouldn’t go so far as to say that’s’ the case with patterns and textures, but when my husband sends me a link, I take note, as he normally goes about his day finding joy and interest in complete opposite stratospheres.

This morning he shared a link to Ten & Co‘s recent line of Oxfords from Cool Hunting. We both have a personal interest in Turkish and Moroccan rugs- as we’ve recently purchased several Kilims off of ebay. They’re vintage, varied and colorful, just like these shoes. While I’m not sure if the referral was a direct correlation to our interior travails or that he just really like them, the line’s a beautiful and unisex translation of an interior style that’s been popular for a while. Enjoy!

 

Tuesday's Gallery Picks




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This week’s gallery picks are shaped from habits and habitats.

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1.Drawing from Surrealism, Modernism, and Cubism, Sebastiaan Bremer collages photographs and paintings together to create a seductive labyrinth of entangled bodies and art at Edwynn Houk Gallery
2. Aaron Spangler’s local predilections have morphed his works into timeless divine shrines, with oblique forms that cascade into memory, and chiseled lines that are charged with ancient orientations at Horton Gallery
3. First used as dwellings over 3000 years ago, tent-like structures present an environment of shelter that can be traced back to antiquity. Francesco Clemente’s tents engage with this long history but are characterized by a discontinuity or fragmentation of context, bringing together myriad cultural and art historical references at Blain Southern
4. Tiffany Bozic’s show “Sense of Wonder” featuring 50 recent small and large paintings on wood continuing her motif of tightly rendered paintings detailing surreal metaphorical themes at FFDG
5. Kehinde Wiley’s exhibition features Jamaican men and women assuming poses taken from 17th and 18th Century British portraiture, the first one in the ‘World Stage’ series to feature portraits of women at Stephen Friedman Gallery
6. THEY ARE US: Animal Identity and the Anthropomorphic Urge gathers the work of six disparate artists who use animal imagery in their work to reflect upon human characteristics that separate us from the animals while ultimately serving to connect us as well at Rick Wester Fine Art

Color Forecasting for SS15




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Back in May, I met with fellow board members on the CAUS team to hash out, discuss and explore Spring/Summer15 color palettes. Fast forward, and our work just arrived in them mail (which is always kind of thrilling!) in the form of silk swatches, dyed threads and theorized write-ups. If you’d like to learn more, or possibly buy a card, click here to get in touch.

 

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