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MOMA Whimsy

MOMA Whimsy

You’d think that the Museum of Modern Art’s online shop (MOMA) would be all tasteful leather desk accessories and reprints of Old Masters, right? Not so! Clockwise from top left: Curved glasses in a rainbow of colours. Maybe not the best thing for your restorative orange juice on New Year’s Day morning, but a cheery [...]

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Oh, That Kinzig Lamp

Oh, That Kinzig Lamp

Whenever I start to feel even remotely content with my own creative capabilities, I like to browse at The Artful Home, just to indulge in a semi-masochistic spate of envy and avarice. Today’s objet of shameless desire is the mixed media table lamp known as “Alexandra,” created by Carin Kinzig and Susan Kinzig. First off, [...]

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Melting Clocks a la Salvador Dali

Melting Clocks a la Salvador Dali

Feeling just a little surreal — perhaps it’s the effects of the Post-Tropical Storm Formerly Known as Hurricane Noel that blasted us here in Atlantic Canada last night. Whatever the cause, however, a dose of surrealism cries out for an homage to the art of Salvador Dali. Take The Persistence of Memory, for example, that [...]

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Furniture Follies

Furniture Follies

For a drop-dead-gorgeous family room, there’s any number of ways a spendy type could drop a few thousand without pausing for coffee… You could splash out on a flat-screen TV, for example, and pretend it’s modern wall art. Or… you could tuck that traditional chunky-style TV set away in an amazing beech and mahogany cabinet [...]

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This Table is Just an Illusion

This Table is Just an Illusion

I just keep finding myself drawn back to Essey of Denmark’s Illusion side table. The surreal design brings a vision of a decor that blends the minimalism aesthetic with a whimsical touch of Disney-esque fantasy. Think, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice or Fantasia or that classic Cinderella, flights of visual fancy where the most ordinary objects take [...]

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