Summer Camp Dreams

I know most of us are too *adult* for summer camp, but every year, I still dream about it. Over the last decade, various programs have sprung up–programs that seem to recognize that adults want to continue to learn new skills, meet new people, and get a little summer camp feelin’ back in their lives. [...]

MATTER: POSTERS

A good poster is like a window–a great view. And great views don’t normally come cheap. But posters do! If you need to breathe new life or landscape into your home or office, you might enjoy the poster round-up at Samantha Hahn’s blog, Maquette.
 
This poster appeared on most design blogs last year but we’re not sick of it yet. [...]

MATTER: MARIMEKKO

DesignSponge blogger, Grace Bonney brought our attention to Marimekko’s Spring 09 designs. If you are fighting the February blues, these swatches might brighten your day. I file this post away under inspiration but also “dream,” because we often dream of all the things we might sew with Marimekko fabric. 
  

DREAM: TINY

Most of us are taught to “dream big,” but if you are dreaming “tiny,” you will love this blog: the tiny house blog, with special categories for floating houses and pre-fabs. I especially like this hand-crank washing machine, or at least the idea of it. Having just run two loads through a washing machine, I think efficiency comes in many [...]

DREAM: PART ONE, Building a Boat

Getting  a head start on dreams mistakenly deferred (or left the defeatist world of “New Year’s Resolutions”), we are focusing this month on how to do design-related things you have always dreamed of doing, but maybe didn’t know just how to go about it–how to build a boat, carve wooden bowls, restore furniture, run a [...]