April 2010
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Browns 40th Anniversary
This year marks British fashion destination, Browns, 40th anniversary. The store has been credited for launching the careers of many top name couture houses including Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and Rei Kawakubo’s Comme Des Garcons. To celebrate the store’s anniversary, a number of high end designers from Martin Margiela to Christian Louboutin have created exclusive pieces famous...
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Quadron
BoConcept hails from Denmark, and so does this duo: Quadron.
Quadron (Copenhagen,Denmark) was born when Robin encountered Coco at the suggestion of a friend. Already a name within Owusu & Hannibal and Boom Clap Bachelors, Robin was ready to continue his collaborations with some new adventures. In the ingénue of Coco he saw a female muse, influenced by Jill Scott, Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill,...
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Five Ply Design
Seattle’s Five Ply Design has an impressive resume of multi-discipline design concentrations that distinguishes them from their competitors. Founded in 2006 by Peter Benarcik, the firm’s projects include furniture, interiors, architecture, graphics, and instruction (design education). The firm integrates the talents of each of their specialized designers to form cohesive solutions...
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Dutch Painters, Jan Banning & Jan Vermeer -...
Jan Banning - National Identities (?)
Johannes (Jan) Vermeer - The Milkmaid (1660)
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Jason Wu at Nordstrom's Flagship Store - 04/15/10
Coveted doll designer turned presidential couturier, Jason Wu, will be hosting an evening tomorrow night at Nordstrom’s flagship store. The designer will be welcomed by couture sales staff as well as the store’s top customers who will be treated to a fabulous private shopping event of the designer’s select pieces. Wonder if Michelle Obama will be at the reception as well?
JASON...
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Trend Report: 3D Floral
Who What Wear reported that there is 3D Floral trend in fashion, seen at such houses from Chanel to Valentino.
Not only did we notice it in fashion, but especially seen in our cushion:
Cushion with grey flower application is $96 at BoConcept.
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Official Manufacturing Co.
Stellar work by former Ace Hotel and W+K creatives opening as OMFGCO in Portland. A Client list to die for.
via josephking
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Ampersand ID Chart
via the Keep Calm Gallery
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Method Homes: Prefab Your Life!
Modern, natural, and sustainable, Method Homes designed by Balance Associates Architects. With styles ranging from the humble cabin styles suitable for the suburbs to the DADUs (modern minimalism at its finest!), Method Homes has a variety of styles to simplify your architectural experience. Their website also has a comprehensive list of pricing all under $300,000 for stylish new home.
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Sulki & Min design Festival Bo:m 2010
Festival Bo:m 2010 catalogs by Korean minimalist design team Sulki & Min (Sulki Choi and Min Choi). The international festival celebrating ground-breaking artists is being in held in Seoul from March 23 to May 4, 2010. Participating artists include The Forsythe Company, Chris Kondek, and William Kentridge just to name a few. Tickets, however, have all sold out. We anticipate festival updates...
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Greg Lamarche at the Show & Tell Gallery
Friday April 9 2010 7 - 11pm
Greg Lamarche arrives at Show & Tell Gallery this month with his first solo exhibition in Toronto, Canada. This veteran collagist channels the bold energy of graffiti and his experience of growing up in New York City during the 1980’s to create a unique style of hand cut paper collages. Lamarche’s work incorporates an array of typography to...
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Coming Soon Featuring Ampersand as Apostrophe
Design maverick, Jessica Park, has branched out from her roots at Callison to form her own gallery and boutique endearingly called Coming Soon. In collaboration with artist, Robinick Fernandez, the shop will feature a line of bags form their Ampersand as Apostrophe line. (Earlier his year, Robinick showcased his larger than life paintings at our BoConcept pop-up shop.) The distressed leather (made...
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Place Houses: Affordable Comfort
Place Houses motto are three terms Seattlelites and environmentally/ aesthetically conscious can relate to: Smart, affordable, and green. The houses consist of pre-designed/pre-fab homes in sizes of tiny, extra small (“accessory”), small, medium, and large. Clients can choose from a range of materials to suite their aesthetic with largely recyclable materials. Their living room designs...
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Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop
Received with great excitement during the Sundance Film Festival, Exit Through the Gift Shop is a documentary by Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash), a French expat turned shopkeeper. The film documents his obsession with searching for the Banksy, a name eponymous with the street art movement. The artist, however, is very secretive of his identity for fear of prosecution. Guetta’s search...
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Design Currency: Icograda Design Week
It’s that time of year again! Design Week Canada will be taking place in Vancouver from April 26 - 30. Highlights of the con include lectures by leading designers, Graphex 2010 design awards, and the Design Trade Fair to engage designers, manufacturers, and and retailers for upcoming projects. More information can be found on the ICOGRADA website.
Design Currency 2010 offers designers,...
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Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
SIFF Cinema will be playing Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle from April 9 - 15. Barney has always been a performance artist at heart. His series is a wonderful combination of visual, sound, and theatrics that has defined his career thus far. SIFF will also be showing his latest work, De Lama Lâmina on the final day of the series, April 15.
From SIFF’s site:
Matthew Barney’s...
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The History of Seattle Architecture
1880-2010: Two Lectures by Professor Jeffrey Karl Ochsner Co-sponsored by the Seattle Central Library and Seattle Architecture Foundation The two lectures will provide an overview of 130 years of Seattle’s architectural history, beginning about 1880 (when the city’s population was only 3500 people) and extending to the present day. The lectures will address broad architectural...
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Visual Music at the NWFF
April 9-13
Northwest Film Forum and The Sprocket Society, in association with Center For Visual Music, present this special series celebrating the history of Visual Music. Over the past century, there have been a number of prescient artists who’ve approached cinema as a tool for merging visual art and music in order to create a new synaesthetic art form and explore uncharted areas of...
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Postcard Sunglasses by Prada
At the end of March, Prada is launching a collection of limited edition “Postcard Sunglasses” line that will represent six different cities around the globe. The sunglasses range from Santa Monica florescent pink to to matte black Setubal, dominant colors representing the culture of the cities. These glasses follow 2010’s trend of feminine and chic uplifted cat-eye styled frames...
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Sanna Annukka's Prairie of Wonders
Color, organic texture, and rounded gentle shapes is the theme of Sanna Annukka’s pop surrealist print-block style art. The artist hails from Brighton, East Sussex England and was born to an English Mother and Finnish father. Her work is inspired by Finnish folklore and early childhood memories in the countryside, translating into caricatured plants and woodland creatures. Her artistic...
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Ace Hotel Seattle is the Cat's "Me-ow!"
The Ace Hotel has a swank reputation for offering temporary urban dwellings for the those loathsome of cheap, gaudy interiors prevalent in the arena of affordable hotels. The hotel chain strives to offer its design-conscious clientele a welcoming juxtaposition of industrial metal beams and cabinets with varnished wooden floors and desks. The minimalist lighting shines upon details such as a...
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Hilltop Community
Destined for the real estate boom of the late 1950’s to late 60’s, Hilltop managed to garner investors, an audience, and muscle power of the most innovative architects from the Pacific Northwest during the time. It was formed by progressive-thinking architects and their friends in 1948 and located near Bellevue. The Hilltop community lies within King County’s boundaries but...
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Emily Pothast at the Grey Gallery & Lounge
Emily Pothast, a local Seattle artist and University of Washington graduate, returns this month for another vibrant exhibition, Eternal Return, at the Grey Gallery & Lounge. Pothast earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts in 2003 and her MFA in 2005 with her thesis showcased in the UW’s Henry Art Gallery focusing on themes such as redemption and salvation in her more religiously focused work....
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Wren Clothing S/S 2010
Created by Melissa Coker in 2007, Wren clothing embodies the preppy chic with a down-to-earth adorable humbleness that is wearable for all girls. The line consists of loose fit tees, breezy skirts and shorts, and playful silk rompers for the summer months. S/S calls attention to khakis and navy blues for a nautical theme that will set you sailing away to beach fronts with a pina colada in hand!...
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NYT: Really Extreme Makeovers →
Bottomley and Onions spent eight years remodeling the deconsecrated church. They lifted most of the floors by about four feet so that the stained-glass windows would be closer to eye level. “The whole place was built to invoke awe,” Bottomley says. “We had to figure out how to make it work for the psychology of domestic use.”
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Life in Technicolor with Charles de Lisle
Charles de Lisle Workshop’s creations embody sustainable design and a very natural approach to incorporating woods, metals, and stone into the construction of interiors. Their projects have ranged from mountain getaways to minimalist interiors highlighting the reflections of glass on metal. The firm pays careful attention to detail, adding the perfect pops of color to complete a setting and...
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Robin Chell Design
A leader in Seattle’s interior design firms, Robin Chell Design has been defining the concepts of lush and inviting interiors since 2002. Her firm of four highly creative women offer a full range of designs from design development that draws inspiration from sustainable design and a modern global aesthetic. Past projects focused on residential, multifamily, and commercial interior...
March 2010
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Ebay Find: Le Corbusier et P. Jeanneret 1927... →
A Paris : éditions Albert Morancé, 30-32, Paris, 1927, First Editon. In French. Quarto, 11.5 inches (28 cm.) high. Each leaf and plate has been individually and carefully attached to a paper hinge, and the hinges were then sewn and bound with marbled end-papers in marbled-paper covered boards with cloth spine and corners. The original portfolio covers were then attached on top of the...
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Apiece Apart: Clean Lines & Bold Colors
Apiece Apart, designed by fashion veterans Lara Cramer and Starr Hout, flaunts clean lines and essential mix-and-match versatility between items. Since 2009, duo has founded their company upon the idea of pieces that impeccably coordinate with each other for casual ready-to-wear to more formal outfits. Their Spring/Summer 2010 line brings together vibrant colors with sophisticated tailoring for a...
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The Many Faces of Anne Et Valentin
For many of us, our glasses are not just an extension of our visual aid, but they gradually become part of our body from daily use and fashioning. Anne Et Valetin’s glasses caters to this concept completely, recognizing both comfort and fashion. The frames are largely flexible for customizable with metal arms and bold plastic faces that dramatically wrap the eyes. One of our favorites is the...
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Sometimes We Can't Escape Our Vice & Vanity
Based out of Singapore, Vice and Vanity is an accessories label that advertises both luxury for our vanity - a vice of the soul. Founded in 2006 by Vivi Masturah Lim and Aaron Kao, the team have designed three collections thus far that show an evolution of shape, form, and extravagance using an array of mixed medias. Vice and Vanity have designed necklaces by utilizing laser cut wood, plastic, and...
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To Copenhagen, You Shall Go!
Have you ever had the fortune of visiting the streets of Copenhagen? For veterans or virgins of this historic urban center, Copenhagen has an abundance of romantic scenic views and activities for match for a memorable getaway. To celebrate BoConcept’s New Spring Arrivals, we are giving an additional 20% off in addition to a entering to win a trip to Copenhagen! Contestants of age are...
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NEW ARRIVAL: Milos sofa
Combining the classical style of the Chesterfield sofa with a more contemporary interpretation, modern Milos sofas are an exciting addition to the BoConcept range of sofas. Comfort and style combine effortlessly to create a range of custom contemporary sofas that will be the centerpiece of any room. Don’t forget, most of these sofas can be customized to suit your style and home.
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The Selby x Cole Haan
One of our favorite bloggers, Todd Selby (of The Selby) recently casted, photographed, and interviewed people he found inspiring for Cole Haan’s Spring Summer 2010 ad campaign and microsite called “The Inspired Life”.
Here are some images from the campaign:
We are equally excited for the debut of The Selby book, The Selby Is in Your Place being released on April 1st!
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Do more of what you love and leave the cleaning to...
Downtown House Cleaning uses carbon neutral transportation, as well as environmentally safe cleaning agents to provide quality and reliable housecleaning services for the Seattle area. With cleaning packages specifically tailored to accommodate your needs, they are the best choice for your busy urban lifestyle.
Call: 206.856.8442 to set up an appointment or for more info.
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M/M Paris x PRADA + ALPHABET = PRADALPHABET
via Love Magazine Blog
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Footwear you wanna eat
Nike Air Royalty Macaron
Macarons! My favourite food after cupcakes. Maybe before. These look so delicious. via @couvy
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Acne ♥ Lanvin 2010
Now available in stores & online at: Acne.