var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3278536-1"); pageTracker._setDomainName(".owenshifflett.com"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @owenshifflett)http://blog.owenshifflett.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5wrmieMdO1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Herman Miller’s Setu Chair. Integrated spine, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Setu-Chairs">beautiful</a>.</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/840631270http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/840631270Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:49:30 -0400furniturelust<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4rzbudyQE1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Holy electric-light seating batman. (via <a target="_blank" href="http://freshome.com/2010/06/25/disco-chair-a-design-for-a-groovy-interior/">freshome</a>)</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/749428355http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/749428355Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:14:18 -0400furniture“The next time you see a sixteen-color, blind-embossed, gold-stamped, die-cut, elaborately folded and bound job, printed on handmade paper, see if it isn’t a mediocre idea trying to pass for something else.”<br/><br/> - <em> Milton Glaser</em>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/697289131http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/697289131Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:09:32 -0400damn straight<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3qw77Jm3q1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love this coat rack. Takes an already simple idea and dissects it even further to a very dramatic effect. ( via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.contemporist.com/2010/06/08/coat-rack-by-vytautas-gecas/">Contemporist</a> )</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/679896008http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/679896008Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:35:31 -0400furniture<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3fs3kAqnD1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Drool. Bar stools from Brooklyn based <a target="_blank" href="http://www.tokennyc.com/">TOKEN</a>. ( via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.contemporist.com/2010/06/02/bar-stools-by-token/">Contemporist</a>)</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/659733957http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/659733957Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:33:20 -0400furniture“Design is redesign.”<br/><br/> - <em> <span class="LinkDescription">Jan Michl</span></em>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/595078818http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/595078818Thu, 13 May 2010 08:05:04 -0400damn straight<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l22fb9QakI1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beautiful cut paper illustrations from <a target="_blank" href="http://peopletoo.ru/">Peopletoo</a>.</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/579429113http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/579429113Fri, 07 May 2010 15:54:45 -0400designIllustration<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1je15fdDm1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Disney animator Glen Keane on how to draw/animate in three dimentions. (via <a target="_blank" href="http://drawn.ca/2010/04/26/glen-keane-on-drawing-in-three-dimensions/">Drawn</a>)</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/553363360http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/553363360Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:12:00 -0400Illustrationdrawing“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”<br/><br/> - <em> <span class="sqa">Frank Lloyd Wright</span></em>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/553212104http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/553212104Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:36:00 -0400damn straight<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1hfl7Fque1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love this completely impractical…or is it?…bookshelf. (via <a target="_blank" href="http://freshome.com/2010/04/25/circular-walking-bookshelf-by-david-garcia/">Freshome</a>)</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/550588620http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/550588620Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:51:07 -0400interiorsArchitecture<embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/416421194" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=4328494001&playerId=416421194&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="339" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><br/><br/><p>No one likes a granny knot, no one. ( Via <a target="_blank" href="http://putthison.com/post/536736677/tie-your-shoes-right">Put This On</a> )</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/538130882http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/538130882Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:08:07 -0400style“Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.”<br/><br/> - <em> Paul Erdos</em>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/535570036http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/535570036Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:27:24 -0400damn straight<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l14k0iH4BG1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Behar">Yves Béhar</a> and PUMA launch a new <a target="_blank" href="http://vision.puma.com/us/en/2010/04/puma-launches-new-sustainable-packaging-designed-by-yves-behar/">sustainable shoe box</a>. Lovely!</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/533188874http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/533188874Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:57:53 -0400designindustrial“Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.”<br/><br/> - <em> Cecil Beaton</em>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/508134454http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/508134454Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:40:00 -0400damn straight<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0m0d7sxJu1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love the organic flow of the Cave Restaurant by Koichi Takada Architects. (via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.contemporist.com/2010/04/06/the-cave-restaurant-by-koichi-takada-architects/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+contemporist+%28CONTEMPORIST%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Contemporist</a> )</p> <p>Reminds me of Madrid’s Barajas Airport, which is stunningly beautiful in scope and scale to stand under. In an smaller space like a restaurant, it takes on a new intensity and intimacy. Quite lovely.</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/508128724http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/508128724Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:36:43 -0400interiorsArchitecturelust<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l075muoFoc1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amazing use of space here, between the open living area and the more private space in the loft. By <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mac-interactive.com/">Mac</a>. Via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.contemporist.com/2010/03/31/the-stirling-house-by-mac-interactive-architects/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+contemporist+%28CONTEMPORIST%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Contemporist</a>.</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/488889811http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/488889811Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:06:30 -0400lustArchitecture<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzoqprkC5z1qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>11 ways to Go in <a target="_blank" href="http://freshome.com/2010/03/22/11-ways-to-go-in-decorating-kitchen-interiors/">Decorating a Kitchen</a> (via <a target="_blank" href="http://freshome.com/">freshome.com</a>)</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/465616685http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/465616685Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:27:27 -0400lustinteriors“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”<br/><br/> - <em> Thomas Jefferson</em>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/424054864http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/424054864Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:13:54 -0500damn straight<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxks9r2Asj1qa1n8oo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Lovely work. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.brusterspecial.com/"><a href="http://www.brusterspecial.com/" target="_blank">http://www.brusterspecial.com/</a></a></p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/379921133http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/379921133Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:03:27 -0500lust<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxbnqnPA371qa1n8oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>love <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2010/02/student-spotlight-tissue-box-explorations.html">these</a>. (via dieline)</p>http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/370627264http://blog.owenshifflett.com/post/370627264Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:47:11 -0500illustrationdesign