Café Racer Dreams, CRD #58 is an 84-model BMW R100, and it was built for a regular of the Madrid-based shop who lives in Nice, France — via Bike EXIF
In its mountainous setting just beside a lake, close to Åkrafjorden in the western part of Norway, the tiny Bjellandsbu lodge is only reachable on foot or by horseback. The location is completely unspoiled by human hands other than this structure. That’s why it was so important to architectural firm Snøhettato minimise the lodge’s visual and practical impact on its surroundings — via Dornob
Don Featherstone, the creator of the plastic pink flamingo, died this morning. He was a friend, whom we have known since 1996, the year he was awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for art.
Don and his wife, Nancy Featherstone, came to almost every Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in succeeding years, where adoring throngs cheered them and the plastic pink flamingos. He has been ill the past few years. This photo shows Don and Nancy (who, every day of their marriage, wore matching outfits designed by Nancy) at the last of Don’s many happy returns, in 2012 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Messenger bag in Scandinavian style cotton canvas, white and orange flowers and leaves on a mid brown background. Lined in a coordinating printed cotton. There is a zipped pocket on the outside and a phone pocket on the inside. The flap closes with a magnetic clasp. The adjustable strap is light brown cotton webbing and all the fittings are bronze coloured — via Etsy
SNAP BY BE-ELASTIC from Be-elastic on Vimeo
Converting almost anything you find into a household furnishing, from discarded doors and shelf boxes to dart boards, these clip-on supports can be added or removed in seconds.
Initially experimenting with cards, clips and coat hangers, a pair of Spanish design students in Barcelona, Maria Roca and Erika Biarnes (together: Be-Elastic), developed this system to be elegant, efficient, strong and flexible, combining slim steel supports with straightforward usability — via Web Urbanist
Matte black steel and timber-clad stacked volumes fill in empty spaces throughout the medieval Torre del Borgo in northern Italy, a recent renovation by architect Gianluca Gemini, stabilising the crumbling stone walls and connecting the four stories together for transformation into a public library. Still strong after all these centuries, the stone shell of the fortified building works in concert with modern materials to create a space that provides an important function to the community, and helps preserve its history — via Urbanist
Paper Lantern Light, Residential Tower and Paper Lantern Light Deflated originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Fifty years ago, ovens came with buttons and dials to control satellites overhead — via Wil Wheaton
Fancy a change of scenery? You can do just that by hanging some of this New York and Paris wallpaper by Domestic.
Both represent the typical façades of a New York or Paris building. It is as simple as that. But it’s certainly effective. Especially the new York in that bold orange colourway. If that’s a but much, Paris offers something a little more subdued.
Each roll of paper is 250cm in height and around 93cm wide, selling for £82 per roll. That price probably means a feature wall or corner of a room rather than full coverage.
Both are available from Love The Sign — via Retro To Go
Residential Rising originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Shaggy Parasol Mushroom (Chlorophyllum brunneum) originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Residential Tower Construction originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Don’t tell me you don’t remember it. Because it sure as heckfire remembers you. The B and B? From Groundhog Day? Bing. The house that weatherman Phil Connors keeps waking up in without hot water, to his consternation? Bing again. The house is on the market. Yes, you too can sleep in the master suite and set your clock radio to déjà vu for the price of $785,000.
The house, located in the northwest Chicago suburb of Woodstock, is a 540.23m² Victorian with seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms. Currently, the property is an actual bed and breakfast called the Royal Victorian Manor — via Neatorama
Bench Go Round from George Zisiadis on Vimeo
The Bench Go Round is interactive social furniture that creates playful connection between strangers.
Commissioned by the Market Street Prototyping Festival, San Francisco, CA. April 2015.
Design + Fabrication by Rachel McConnell
If you can’t afford a mid-century house for yourself, why not treat some of our animal friends to a stay in one with these Bug and Bird motels from the Thoughtful Gardener.
As you may know bug hotels
are a way of encouraging all the pollinator and decomposer insects you want in a healthy garden. It’s a sign of its retro style that this one has been named a bug motel
. And, as well as doing good, it’s hard not to admire the wooden slanted roof and door
of the motel echoing the forms of mid-century architecture.
In addition to the motel, you can also buy a slightly more conventional — but no less stylish — bird box. It’s also made from wood, with a slanted roof, and using the same bright colours.
You can order the bird box for £28.99, while the bug motel is £33.99. Order them from Flamingo Gifts — via Retro To Go
Furniture designer Judson Beaumont (Straight Line Design) has created a series of shelves was inspired by the iconic butterfly roofs seen on desert homes in Palm Springs. The whimsical shelves have an equally whimsical name: Walled Estates
These miniature 1960s-style dioramas hang neatly on your wall to give your personal objects their very own home — literally.
Featuring sweet little details like faux wood wall panelling and stone fireplaces, the wall shelves play with your sense of scale. When you place your human-sized accessories inside, they quickly become part of the little houses’ interiors. A phone in the little living room becomes a big-screen TV for imaginary occupants. Sunglasses on the roof become a bizarre, futuristic architectural detail — via Dornob
These would look pretty cool in any retro kitchen but, at just under 30cm high, the Maileg retro toy fridge and cooker, available from Tea and Kate, are definitely meant for kids. They are meant to accompany the toy rabbits
made by this Danish company, but we reckon they’ll work pretty well for any kind of play. Both of these objects are made from wood and it’s the attention to detail that makes them such winners.
The fridge opens to reveal a freezer
section and two shelves, while who wouldn’t fancy a grown-up version of the colourful kettle and saucepan that comes with the cooker? The stove is priced at £20, while the fridge is £30 — via Retro To Go
A few months back Electric began collaborating with See See Motor Coffee Co owner, Thor, on the rebuild of an epic Triumph Scrambler. After countless hours in the shop, and visits from some of the custom motorcycle world’s finest, the Tooth Gnasher
has come to life. Not just a show bike, Thor plans to race this rebuilt beast in as many vintage disciplines as he can throughout 2015 — via Youtube
Dumped and Red Guzmania Bromeliad originally uploaded by Red Wolf
The limited edition Cruz electric bicycle by Vintage Electric is the second design from the company and available in strictly limited numbers (50 to be precise), this is a wonderful vintage-style bike out of California, able to zip along at 58kph at full speed and in race mode
.
Of course, you can do some more sedate riding too, with a charge of the battery able to take you around 48km in total. Good for a fairly local commute you would guess, but make sure you remember to charge, which takes around two hours.
Also present is a regenerative braking system, Shimano Alfine
hydraulic disk brakes and bags of vintage style no matter what colour you go for. You get to choose from three colour options, all priced at US$4,995 — via Retro To Go
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