On December 11, 1980, Ettore Sottsass organized a meeting with designer friends, and in 1981 they formed a design collaborative named Memphis. The name was taken after the Bob Dylan song “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” which had been played repeatedly throughout the evening’s meeting. The Memphis Italian Design Group drew […]
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CREATIVE PEOPLE ENJOY PAPER & THE “ReMarkable” E-INK “PAPER” TABLET BRIDGES THE OLD SCHOOL vs TECH GAP. (This article has excerpts from Valentina Palladino’s review at arstechnica.com. For her full review, please access their website.) The reMarkable tablet offers a unique reading and writing experience. Unless you use a Kindle paperwhite or other paperwhite e-readers regularly, you […]
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Howard Harris has immersed himself with tremendous passion in the pursuit of his art. A Denver native he earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute, then studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He has focused on photography ever since. These current photos are nearly impossible to classify regarding their medium, they are […]
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Marlow-Hunter 31 An Affordable Sailboat for the Ocean Marlow Hunter (formerly Hunter Marine) has a 31-footer back in its line-up. This new boat incorporates some clever new features not seen in earlier anywhere. Although some other 31-foot keelboats are as wide as this new Marlow Hunter, very few create such a strong impression. […]
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Tailored and tightly fitting cargo trousers are much better looking than the older, bulky, big legged ones. What pant is humble enough that it has never been crowned fashionable? Cool enough that it is worn by artists and house painters? Functional and comfortable enough that it would be elected “the-pant-for-all-time” instead of fashion for […]
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Royal Copenhagen China has beautiful design. (The teapot and formal tea cup are good examples.) The Story of Royal Copenhagen by Evelyn Marie Stuart Early in the 20th century surprisingly life-like little porcelain animals, in soft gray and white or tan and white, were the first Royal Copenhagen objects to enliven upscale department stores in the United […]
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Photographer AIDA MULUNEH – There is an almost otherworldly doubling in these photographs (below), which show two iterations of the same figure: one faces the camera and raises a hand in a gesture of salutation, while the other looks ahead. In Muluneh’s photograph, “All in One” (above), a single figure embodies multiplicity through the addition […]
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Hello! March and April are “crocus season”, nature’s announcement that Spring is indeed coming. This winter in the US has been one of the most peculiar on record, from bone-chilling cold, snow and ice plunging deep into the southern states, to wicked nor’easters in the northern Atlantic states, to dramatic fluctuations in temperates, everywhere, from […]
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There are similar dishes called Texas Caviar, Mississippi Caviar, Alabama Caviar, Georgia Caviar, Tennessee Caviar, Arkansas Caviar, etc. But… “SOUTHERN CONFETTI SALAD” best describes the colorful, fresh and delicious flavors of our vegan salad. Traditionally Southerners eat Black-Eyed Peas on New Years Day. Our family certainly makes this salad to start the new year, but we also make it […]
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Currently operating as the Palmer House – A Hilton Hotel, it is a Historic Hotel of America member, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Palmer House was the city’s first hotel with elevators and the first hotel with electric light bulbs and telephones in the guest rooms. It has also […]