Flaster

IVANKA recently launched its stunning Camelion floor and wall tiles at the London Design Festival. The tiles are Ivanka's concrete concoction FLASTER, a cast high performance concrete suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Available in thirteen stock colors, custom colors available upon request,  and in any configuration imagined.

Persian Pallet

Persian Pallet installation by Minneapolis based artists Chris Held and Andrew Vomhof. Executing this piece must have been a nail-biting experience, dry erase marker on whiteboard pallet - dry erase marker for mercy's sake. A medium is so tyrannously unforgivable. As common the motif and as pristine the work, simply looking at these photographs causes my chest tighten in apprehension.

Walnut Studiolo

Geoffrey Franklin, an architect by training, founded Walnut Studiolo with the goal of creating high-quality, beautiful, durable, and most of all functional bicycle components. The result, unobtrusively handsome and affordable leather goods that would give even Brooks a run for its money. All products are handmade and thoughtfully crafted in Portland, Oregon.

Kudos to you, Mr. Franklin.

Falconry

Absurdly opulent, but undeniably stunning bespoke hawk's hoods. Handmade by leather artisan Giancarlo Pirrotta and bejeweled by Tiroler Goldschmied, each one-of-a-kind piece takes a full month to create.

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Ernst Haeckel

Plates from renowned (for better or worse at times) scientist and artist Ernst Haekel. One can't broach the subject of gentleman scientists without his mention. These illustrations are from Dr. Haekel's 1862 monograph, Die Radiolarien. The report covered new species of radiolarian, marine protozoa characterized by their elaborate mineral skeletons.

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