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Patriots or Giants, we’re not going to declare our allegiance. Let’s just say next week will be very interesting in our office given we’re in CT right smack in the middle of both teams & it appears we’re pretty divided who we’re rooting for! So to start game day off right we thought we’d spice things up with Bloody Mary’s with a kick. We’ve added a bit of cilantro and some added extra heat (more…)

Interior designer Kate Ridder recently released a book titled “Kate Ridder: Rooms” the book features images of the gorgeous, colorful rooms she has created in her career. Kate utilizes color in a unique and fearless way. We agree with Kate, color is awesome, that’s why we have colored tumblers! So, if you like color or have a room in your house similar to this one by Kate, check out our colored glass tumblers in the Avva, Ekke and Issi shape series.

See more Rooms my Kate Ridder.

I love these hilarious dog photos by Portland, OR based photographer Carli Davidson. She’s captured a variety of different pooches shaking themselves vigorously. It’s odd to see such a normal animal motion captured like this, the dogs’ faces are distorted to the point of abstraction, some of them barely look like dogs. See more of Carli’s awesome photography here.

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A purple potato with a teal top coat.

Alan Sailer likes to blow things up. He’s also a photographer. Alan has been photographing the objects in his garage as they are shot with a pellet rifle, he even built his own high speed flash to capture the perfect moment when, apples, pieces of china, blobs of clay, and Christmas ornaments are shattered beyond recognition. Alan’s amazing work had been quietly residing on Flickr until early 2009 when someone posted one of his images on a social media site. From then on his photography has been sought after and admired by various publications and views around the internet. It’s easy to see why, the photos are beautiful. See more on Alan’s Flickr. (more…)

These fruit bowls by Dutch designer Rogier Martens redefine what it means to be a bowl. Instead of creating a bowl and then placing fruit in it Rogier has used fruit to help form the bowl. The hand bowl bowls are pressed over piles of fruit while the glass is hot so that it forms to the shape of the fruit it will later hold. The production video is defiantly worth watching, the process of making these bowls is really cool. See it here!  And check out more of Rogier’s work.

Having a go to pitcher drink for brunch is essential. Our Sunshine Dazzler is just that! It’s got fresh citrus, mango, some vodka & champagne. What more can you ask for? The recipe and more pictures after the jump. (more…)

Parisian graphic designer Vahram Muratyan has created “Paris vs NewYork” a blog which has lead to a series of illustrations comparing the two cities. Vahram compares everything from Amélie andCarrie Bradshaw to the differences in urban ventilation systems used in the two cities. To purchase prints go here.

Italian artist Federico Pietrella who now lives and works in Berlin creates art using a wide variety of objects, flashlights, photocopies, resins and other found objects. Some of his most striking works are these paintings created with rubber date stamps. From afar they look like black and white paintings but upon closer inspection you can see the many many layers of dates  that make up the lights and darks. The pieces are really unique and beautiful, see more here. See the rest of Federico’s work here.

This week’s cocktail comes from our Design Director Dana. She’s had the opportunity to travel on many development trips that have taken her all around the world. A few weeks ago after another kind of development trip to our local liqueur store we brought back Zubrowka – a bison grass vodka from Poland. Dana took one look at the bottle and said we had to make “liquid apple pie” with the vodka. On a development trip through Poland she was served this almost every bar she went. We’ve all had shots that are supposed to taste like chocolate cake & a lemon drop so I was a bit skeptical that a bit of this vodka and some apple juice would taste like apple pie. Well after mixing up the liquid apple pie here in the studio we can say this cocktail tastes just like apple pie. It’s deceptively simple. Recipe after the jump. (more…)

Vase & Leute is a set of sleek multipurpose lamp/vases by German Designer Miriam Aust. (Side note – I know I know, we’re talking about another design from a designer that’s not based in the US. We’re working on that. In the meantime we still wanted to show these vases.) These lamp/vases let you create an moody hydroponic garden. The light bulb is sealed inside the inner part of the vase, while the outer area is reserved for water and plant roots. Illuminating the roots gives your typical house plant a slightly eerie, science project like feel but also highlights the intricate root systems & colors not typically noticed.  See more images here. (more…)