wheretheycreate

via the ever great design files yesterday.
more creative spaces, by paul barberer.
i very much like the multi-toned venetian blinds above there.
the final shot, nice bonsai?
the third last shot, nice kokedama!

wow

warning: entirely non-japan-related content. but some very great studio shots and i think perhaps the best use of a drum we will see outside the confines of the stage.

pictures of dylan martorell studio. via nownow, who are one of the coolest groups town at the moment when it comes to publishing in melbourne. i like their won magazine. and the mixtape is nice.

ps - i am persisting with the tinkering with the big pictures...this is now using the web album hosting method...i have certainly not figured this out yet, so please excuse any oddities.

akiko ikeda

akiko ikeda.

(i am still fiddling around with the layout for this blog, sorry that it looks a bit weird at the moment!)

mina

update: i have finally figured out how to post largest style images on the blog. yay! so i tried it out with beautiful mina coats, up close and large:) i used this way for large image posting. but i have since seen that is actually not good, as may be a dodgy shortcut. i think i am meant to use a separate image hoster. hmmm. i will be looking in to it further...a learning curve for me because i am not so techno-savvy...

some pictures of the magical mina perhonen that i like, too. pictures are sourced via (in order): 

mina perhonen site 

chewing the cud 

grijs

petit garden

mina perhonen site (x2)

designsponge

and i think this filmclip that hiki posted is simply the best to see mina perhonen fashions in their natural habitat. this is an earlier post on mina perhonen textiles. 

and a mention of the mina perhonen embroidery book.

some more fashion: 

i like this flower stockings pink shoes combo over on a polish blog (found via bitsandbobbins.com). 

my vintage vogue is beautiful (found via vegan and vintage).

the obus summer two tone action i am a fan of.

i hope to find a melbourne supplier of the polkadot style of swedish minimarket, thanks to tspoon of sunshine,

and the september issue is as good as they say, i think.

the george tavern @ the selby

i like everything about these photos from the ever excellent selby. the improvised balloon chandelier above is superb. the george tavern is now a must-visit if i ever go to the UK.

the shots of the kitchen below remind me of the tiny kitchens in many japanese homes (of which i am trying to collect some pictures to post sometime in the future if i can). the below is such a nice example of a kitchen crammed, piled and balanced into a limited space; becoming so beautifully personalised, the perfect antithesis of the sparse, gleaming, everything in its place mantra of the showroom kitchen. whilst i like and crave good storage as much as the next person, i see my heart lies with the piles and chaos.

i recommend you see the originals in large format at the selby link above, or click on the pictures here to enlarge.

update: this is my heaven in indoor potplants. the macrame. the spider plants. and the masses of plants inside.

cats in windows and anthropomorphism

dennisnyugen

personally, i blame garfield.  i still know they're cats, but geez, i am sure they daydream, nod off, scheme, and ponder just like us. now i feel like sitting in a sunny window watching the world go by. (and i wonder have you been keeping an eye on maru? he has a new house now.)

blackcat

a saucerful

diogo

jendubin

jon a ross

ryokicat

fofurasfelinas

aswiebe

arny

alipyon

katya ford's plants and flowers

to continue dancing on the edges of my self-imposed 'japan-related-only' parameters:
i really, really, like these photos by katya ford. 

i am sure i first saw one of katya ford's photos on a wonderful blog somewhere, but i now cannot recall which one, sorry. if you know, please let know.