hello, i am popping back in over the christmas/new year break.

i hope you are enjoying your holidays?

i just needed to pass this on.

when i saw masao yamamoto's photos 

on the indescribably perfect a drawing diary

my heart actually stopped for a few fleeting moments.

this is perhaps the most perfect photography, for me.

so i have collected some here that most hold me,

i hope they speak to you, too.

christmas illumination and snowy stills in tokyo by mrhayata.

i think i will take a little break from posting over this time.

i hope you all have a really great, happy, and safe christmas and new year.

and thank you so much for taking the time out of busy lives to pop in 

and visit ii-ne-kore every now and again,

it lights up my world :)

i also am really liking studio toogood. 

these are from their shelf.

here are some hanging items i have seen lately that i like.

above: lamp 01 by gervasoni. image via style park

below: canteloupe pinata by confetti system. image via confetti system

bottom: shuttlecock chandelier by gitta gschwendtner. image via here and via apartment therapy

edit:
555 comments and counting, that is the most i have ever seen on a satorialist post?
it is very great to see this picture as part of his view of marvellous melbourne.

i am recently on a bit of a mission to find out more about modernist matters and architecture related to japan.

the very top photo and all photos below are via ok los angeles. they have a great blog that features the restoration of a classic modernist home and guesthouse in LA. they seem to travel to japan a bit to look for artists and artists to represent in their store, some pictures of one these included below.

claska hotel i saw on jollygoo and immediately decided i need to stay there at least one night. it is an old business hotel from the 60s renovated for contemporary japan, and i love the blue room above.

below are some links i have found so far.

i am super keen to hear of any more!

oklosangeles

ok online store
isamu noguchi site (design, wonderful)

claska hotel
modern japanese architecture: masters and mannerists in the 1950s-60s
frank lloyd wright in japan
bruno taut in japan
CASA BRUTUS has a modernism in japan special edition from a few years ago,
but so far i can't find a way to get my hands on it from australia, i will keep trying...

edit:
and this recent scientific discovery confirms in my mind how great octopuses are.
"There's really complex behaviours that we write off because we think we're the clever ones."

some items from sri threads.
via this wonderful image on aapc.

this is a temari (thread ball), traditionally given as a gift

an obi

this is a zokin (dust cloth), made from sewn together and patched textile fragments

a vintage zabuton (seating cushion)