Stash Studios

Oil + Water Do Not Mix

 

 

OIL & WATER DO NOT MIX from Happiness Brussels on Vimeo.

The publicity may be over but the work is not done. Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana. Great project by graphic designer Anthony Burrill. What can you do?

Outstanding.

This strikes my heart on so many levels. Bringing real food, to real people, in a real place. Funny that this would be considered a novelty rather than a way of life. Outstanding indeed.

Slowpoke.

Finding inspiration in the work of Sasufi, the French-born and Melbourne-based designer responsible for the design concept of Slowpoke Espresso in Fitzroy and an interesting build for the Fringe Festival.

[via Dezeen]

Might Be A Sign.

Australian Graphic Artist, Brett Coelho works with a wide range of found materials and my favorite pieces are the text-driven from old signs.

Remnants.

[art above | below ~ Junk Girls]

Last week was our first big week of expanded production at the factory. Originally this was simply an exercise to build additional stock for our shops and finally carve out time to perfect prototypes. However, it turns out that I will be heading to CA for another show at the end of April.

At first, I thought this might be a vacation under the guise of research but turns out that my friend Scarlett of Saffron & Genevieve will be a vendor at Remnants of the Past and she will be selling our latest line of Stash bags along with her usual well-curated selection of killer vintage finds.

For more infomation on the show, read Scarlett, Junk Girls, Country Living (April 2011), Remnants facebook and website.

Looking forward to this but expect things to be a little quieter here as my team and I concentrate on production, perfecting, tagging, and shipping.

Have a great week!

Just In Case.

Vintage cases. Wooden toolboxes. Lunch boxes. Wired for sound. Self-powered. Portable. Works with iPod, iPhone, or any device with a headphone jack.

BoomCase. Words can not begin to describe how deeply I love this concept. 

Light Bulb Moment.

Brazil, Venezuela, the European Union, Switzerland, Australia, Argentina, Russia, Canada, and Malaysia have taken steps to phase out use of incandescent bulbs to help curb our carbon footprint and save money.

I love the look of those Edison incandescent bulbs but haven't invested in any fixtures that require them simply because I am waiting to see if anyone was going to innovate light bulb design. We put people on the moon, for heaven's sake. How long must we wait for a money saving, efficient bulb?

Samuel Wilkinson has begun to rethink the bulb with Plumen. The Plumen bulb uses 80% less energy and lasts 8 times longer than incandescent bulbs. And the name Plumen comes from 'plume' and is meant to conjure a bird's feather that might be designed to attract attention to its' prowess and beauty. At least someone is having a light bulb moment.

Preserving Decay

I love the idea of taking an abandoned space and turning it into something productive and livable. The NYT did a fantastic feature on industrial designer, David Hurlbut's renovation of the Harmony Club in Selma, Alabama from an abandoned building into a home.  Photos by Rober Rausch.

Have an inspired weekend!

Rest

Great day for Stash Co in Cat Spring. Thanks to everyone who came out from far and wide to support us and Mustang Alley's ten year anniversary. Now planning to take a day to rest then back to bag building for the website, special orders, and our final Houston show. Details forthcoming. In the meantime, check out Bellalulu - a cool little vintage shop on etsy.

Pallet Project

The Pallet Project is a temporary office space design by Most Architecture for an advertising company - BrandBase - in Amsterdam. 

Pallets form a staircase and two long tables in the main room with a central walkway. The space is quite narrow and it seems that structures of such scale could fill the narrow Dutch canal house and make the quarters seem tight but the natural space within the pallet material imparts an openness to the design.

Brilliant, cool reuse.

 

[all photos: Rogier Jaarsma]