So, tell me, do you own a potato warmer? If you live in Switzerland, your answer is probably yes. Here's a very stylish one. Oh, my obsession with felt!
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So, tell me, do you own a potato warmer? If you live in Switzerland, your answer is probably yes. Here's a very stylish one. Oh, my obsession with felt!
Kobayashi is apparently known as one of Japan??™s leading authorities on color theory and psychology and has published numerous books on the subject. According to itsnicethat.com they??™re all fantastic, if only for the particularly dry categories assigned to colors.
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Sometimes I wonder if the human race is really made for flying. I don't think I am 'here' yet entirely. Parts of the 'swissmiss-soul' are still hanging somewhere over the Atlantic. But then again, it could just simply be a case of good-old culture shock.
"You can't teach talent, but you can teach the skills to liberate it."
- Daniel Weisinger, Junction Films
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An avid outdoorsman, Airstream founder Wally Byam married a woman who had little interest in the "adventure" of sleeping on the ground. When he built his bride a tent on a Ford Model T chassis that he could tow behind the car, marital bliss was restored. The project gave Byam an idea for a travel trailer that moved like a "stream of air" and in 1936, America got its first look at an Airstream.
Priced at $49,066, I realize that the Design Within Reach Airstream is way out of reach for most people, one has to have dreams. What a beauty
I posted about these Melamine Dry Erase Boards before and just saw that the blue one is now on Sale.
In Switzerland you can rent cows. Excellent! Now try that in Manhattan. (site is only in german, sorry)
The swissmiss family is back in NYC. I didn't get to blog while in the swiss alps, I simply just couldn't take my eyes of the green hills of Appenzell. I apologize for the rather long hiatus. Here's a few thoughts from my 3 week trip to Europe:
- Dry heat rocks. Bah to the high humidity in NYC.
- House swapping is my new favorite way of vacationing. All it took was an email to about 10 of our friends and family a few months ago and within 1 day we had several offers of swiss families that wanted to stay in NYC for two weeks. The house we ended up staying in was mindblowingly big and modern and with views on the green hills of Appenzell and the Saentis. We got home last night to our apartment that was seemingly cleaner than the day we left. G and I give house swapping a "two thumbs up".
- Traveling with a toddler CAN be delightful. Our little Ella was a real champ. She said "bah" to jet-lag and slept til 5am this morning. Go E!
- I am seriously considering having all emails bounce next time I go on vacation. Opening my inbox at this point is downright scary. (My apologies to all those who are waiting for a reply)
- G and I are spending too much time in front of a computer screen. Every time we saw another beautiful vista in the swiss alps, we kept saying: "That would make a great screensaver or desktop background".
- You can't eat too much St.Galler Bratwurst.
- Yay! I am back! I missed broadcasting. What's new out in the design world?
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