May 2, 2013
Picture taken from Die Welt article here by Getty Walking down Oranienstraße yesterday for Mayday was like walking through the trenches in a post-apocalyptic world. Bodies everywhere, stuck following the person in front of you, not seeing the faces of the people in the crowd, just their torsos, and then when you finally passed a...
Apr 4, 2013
Anne Trautwein is the woman behind an ingenious luxurious collection of women’s fashions. She combines Tyvek, a material made of polyethylene, normally used to isolate buildings or make plastic bottles. She has developed her own which is washable up to 90 ° C, has anti-pilling and anti-felting properties, is 100% recyclable, non-allergenic, and can be...
Apr 2, 2013
From top to Bottom: Aberrant Architecture’s playful The Social Playground Ever feel like you’re missing something? Sometimes it’s that other damn sock which you haven’t seen for ages, other times it’s an obvious stare from someone in the U-bahn, clearly indicating that you still have a bit of döner-sauce left in your hair. Or it...
Mar 28, 2013
From top to bottom: Harvest by Asif Khan You’ve got them, we’ve got them, and it’s not just us, it’s the (occidental) world really. We buy plants and bouquets for our birthdays, specific holidays, because we’ve done something right or because we’ve done something wrong. It’s a tradition that fills our little hearts with so...
Mar 28, 2013
Claudia Mangelsdorf knits, and she is not afraid to say it! An art form learned ages ago, normally relinquished by most common practitioners after a few attempts at making scarves, but one that still consumes her work and keeps us wanting more. The designer creates these tactile pieces of clothing for women with a body,...
Mar 27, 2013
We know that Christmas is long gone (although the weather might convince us otherwise), but this January at SemiDomesticated, we talked a lot amongst ourselves about the sad state of post-Christmas evergreens — so when we came across this project, we were relieved to see that someone else shares our compassion for these lost creatures....
Mar 26, 2013
In art there is often the fine line between staying true to your heart and message, and bringing your work into the commercial scope. These two ideas seem to be, theoretically, polar opposites. If one as much as mentions the word commerce, it often seems to negate the artist’s integrity. Berlin and Vancouver based artist/illustrator...
Mar 25, 2013
Above (Clockwise from top left): Elegant zen-like garden, Hanging garden, Inside garden on multiple levels, Green furniture with green art and green plants Above (clockwise from top left): Vertical garden and garden tools, Side table with plants and drawing, Table with planter legs by JailMake Studio, White porcelain wall-hanging planters Our gardening addiction is growing...
Mar 25, 2013
After the wonderful Terrarium Workshop with Jolene Borrelli of Daisy Dukes this Saturday we are seeing green! (Photos will come in the next day or two) Full of with new inspiration, all we want is to clean clean our places and fill them with as many green plants as possible. This amazing Babylon Lamp is...
