Cool Stuff

In sifting through magazines while being lazy this weekend, I came across some really cool design stuff from modern to what was modern. I have a stack of Dwell Magazines sitting around that have been partially read, partially skimmed. I did some more page flipping and one of the articles that caught my attention was about Hugh Ferriss. Ferriss was an architectural delineator, back in the days before fancy CAD programs, when everything was done by hand.


You can see more examples of his drawings here. His drawings had a huge impact on modern architecture as well as art and culture and that which is considered "Gotham". I'm trying to track down a copy of his book The Metropolis of Tomorrow for kicks.

I came across this one in Food & Wine, flipping through recipes and whatnot and I can say it is nothing short of kitchen porn. You can get more information on a product that isn't really available in this country yet so far as I can tell (but I did see a $2000 price tag) at Fisher Paykel.


As it always seems to do, one bit of browsing led to another and I was reading through all the posts on Appliancist and then their other sites covering interiors, design, outdoors, etc. It is pretty amazing what can be done with a limitless budget . . . the rest of us can always dream.