Courtesy of auto., a unique modern home furnishings and accessories shop in the Meatpacking District, feast your eyes on the Riedizioni collection by designer Luisa Cevese Riedizioni. These "Textile+Plastic=The Material" placemats use textile scraps and recycled industrial waste to create beautiful one of a kind tabletop designs. Her use of textile scraps create interesting textures, patterns and works of art.
Today I found another blog entitled Repurposeful but in the alternate Wordpress universe. This blogger does a great job--like the practical list of re-use/repurposed household goods in the scroll bar.
Problem: Quick and easy shoe changes, sans the constant ungraceful process of retrieving the heels from the plastic bag.
In presidential style that we have come to know and love, Pres-Elect Obama delivered his plea to Congress today. He said he intends to "save and create" 3 million jobs in the near term. His first stop--"computerizing" all medical records, which will create jobs, but will also streamline the bureaucratic, costly healthcare rigmarole or as he puts it: save lives, money and jobs. I remain optimistic and without any jadedness or cynicism.
Buenos Aires is beyond charming. It's preserved in its nestled neighborhoods, Deco facades, fortress city of cemetery wonderland. It's weathered in its sidewalks. It has different incarnations throughout the day and night. And while I was there it also proved full of repurposeful discovery, not least of which was found in the markets and in every bar and restaurant around town. Here's a quick sampling below as well as a working photo album.
Over the holidays I took a trip to Buenos Aires. I knew it would be a great food trip, complete with perfect steak dinners and lazily-enjoyed glasses of Malbec. I also knew it would be fun to explore the various neighborhoods, overhear, yet only half comprehend, conversations in Spanish, and get into the pace of a new city for a while. Of course, part of the fun, was uncovering all the repurposeful gems along the way. Not a hard task in such an aesthetically and culturally rich place.
This is fascinating - an anti-consumerist movement to do nothing on the biggest shopping day of the year. Adbusters has declared Black Friday, "Buy Nothing Day." I'm torn. While the economy could use the boost, it's empowering to take a personal stand and not buy into the madness.
Reduce, reuse, repurpose.
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