Any piece from the Concrete Stitches range of furniture by James Plumb
Some great pieces made from reclaimed broken furniture, that this design pair make functional again by casting concrete in or around the pieces
cool stuff
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Jul 10
Some (newish) music I’m liking
I always love to discover new (to me) music. These are a few bands/albums I’ve been listening to recently:
Beach House Teen Dream – kind of shimmery, deceptively gentle
Sleigh Bells Treats – distorted pop stuff
Stornoway Beachcomber’s Windowsill- folky but not too twee
Mock & Toof Tuning Echoes – electronic Shoreditch disco
Janelle Monae The Archandroid – a lost 70s soul classic
White Hinterland Kairos – hypnotic, with beautiful vocals
and finally:
Harlem Hippies – I picked up on this band after a tweet from @martinxo and I’m loving them. A kind of early 90s garage band sound (but far better than that description) which completely fits my mood right now 
If you’re on Spotify you can listen to all these and more on my new(ish) stuff I’m liking playlist
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Jul 10
Wants: part 2
A bottle of Comme Des Garçons Series 2: Red – Sequoia from Dover Street Market.
One of my absolute favourite smells
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Jun 10
I must, must, must see this exhibition
I’ve been meaning to arrange a trip to London to see the Martin Margiela retrospective exhibition at Somerset House for ages, but I’m really going to have make more of an effort because I must, must, must see this exhibition!
I’ve been a fan of Maison Martin Margiela since first coming across his/their work in the early 90s, and especially of the Artisanal limited edition and one-off pieces. Waistcoats made from shards of broken porcelain or vintage evening gloves, reworked 50s ballgowns and theatrical costumes. But Margiela is also a master of cut, proportion and fabrication so the main women’s and men’s lines are equally gorgeous and wearable too. Just wish I could afford the stuff!
The attention to detail in the clothes is carried through to every part of the Margiela experience, from the website that looks like a file directory to the whitewashed shops and the exhibition itself – can’t wait to see it
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Jun 10
Some cool stuff I’ve been looking at
Just a few links to some cool sites I’ve been looking at recently, though I can’t take credit for having found them – far cooler people than me did that and I just hoovered up the links:
super/collider – some really interesting projects from a not-for-profit promoting science through the creative industries
The Glue Society – lots of cool art and media projects from an Australian creative collective
Daytum – really nice approach to collecting and visualising personal stats. One of the people behind the service is Nicholas Felton, the creator of the awesome Feltron personal Annual Reports
Ilse Ruppert – photos from the 80s of punks, musicians, actors in Hamburg, Berlin, Paris & London
Fashion Projects – interesting look at the more experimental and ideas driven side of fashion
Uploading – about lots of things, but particularly interesting (to me) about wearable technology
Sesame – an online fashion magazine from Australia with a nice left-field approach
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Jun 10
What am I going to do with my Sugru???
My first order of Sugru has just arrived
If you haven’t heard of it yet, Sugru is an amazing silicone that can you can shape like modelling clay, sticks to loads of surfaces and stays flexible when it cures. You can use to it to customise or hack things to suit you – find out more on their website sugru.com. It’s also been featured in Wired, the Telegraph and Icon and lots of other places, and was shortlisted for the 2010 Brit Insurance Designs of the Year (as featured on the Culture Show):
Haven’t decided what to do first with mine, but will post the results here!
(this post was written on Saturday, honest. Ok, not really, but it could have been. Except my Sugru only arrived today, so I’ll just pretend and alter the date accordingly)