is till have my tote from years ago. love it. great label concept too.

“While medieval alchemists sought to turn lead into gold, we strive to turn useless stuff like blown-out inner tubes, old seatbelts and advertising banners into useful stuff like bags and wallets. Another word for this is upcycling. Recycling turns stuff into the same thing over and over again. Upcycling turns something of lesser value into something of greater value.”

“Welcome to PieLab, an experimental pie shop and design studio where young, fresh-out-of-college visionaries have come to explore the wonderfully innocent and wildly imaginative notion that the best way to get folks in this small Black Belt town together — and, perhaps, do something good for the community — is to invite them inside, feed them pie and strike up a conversation.” while a while ago, seems interesting.

beautiful book, reproduced for us. from the heller article in the NYT “This work,” Byrne continues, “has a greater aim than mere illustration; we do not introduce colors for the purpose of entertainment, or to amuse by certain combinations of tint and form, but to assist the mind in its researches after truth, to increase the facilities of instruction and to diffuse permanent knowledge.”

how did i miss this verner panton chair at ikea….? early 90s.