It is always nice to see two design trends become one; namely the cartographer print trend and the floral print trend here in the duvet by DENY artist Bianca Green. Nothing says Spring like a world-over, technicolor flower-kingdom explosion!

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I have to say I’m really into these Flying Carpet Rugs. Looks perfect for eight straight hours of Modern Warfare. 

Recently launched urban betterment project DUB 00 installs mini libraries in antiquated (and not often used) phone booth space. The libraries are meant to be open shares, with the books free to take, and other books welcome as additions. 

It would be interesting to see what brands could do with the unused space in cities…

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Yesterday, the Orla Kiely collab at Uniqlo officially launched, and it looks great— and like a great way to own a bit of Orla Kiely design that doesn’t break the bank. The collection is simple and subtle- Kiely classic prints on Uniqlo basics. If the brand continues with designer collabs, they could be unique in making famous prints available to fans for less, which could be preferable to the increasingly hyped up designer collections for fast fashion that many shoppers end up disappointed in. 

It seems that one indiscriminate apartment building in San Francisco has produced a growth on its side! Brooklyn artist Mark Reigelman (with the help of architect Jenny Chapman and engineer Paul Endres) designed a tiny cabin (uninhabited at the moment) that sits on the side of building in the purpose of “seeks out areas of unclaimed territory for establishing a new home front in the remaining voids of San Francisco, California”, titled Manifest Destiny!

via Boing Boing

The first time that this Pugs in Space necklace was on Modcloth.com, it sold out so fast heads spun. Are animals in space the new iteration of the space design trend? 

If last summer was The Great Surf Revival, this summer is primed to be the summer of The Great Tiki revival. Already thoroughly established in cocktail and bar culture, with infamous New York tiki bars such as Painkiller (PKNY) on Essex Street opening up in the last few years and influencers picking up old Bas Sheva tiki beats. The Spring Ready-To-Wear runways of Stella McCartney (above, center), Marc Jacobs (above, left) and Tory Burch (above, mid right) showed that fashion is now adopting the tiki trend. With hints of Havana (tropical floral prints), Hawaii (surf prints and raffia), and overall tropical euphoria, we expect to see more than one Hawaiian-shirted influencer in the coming months.

The only thing more intimate than sharing passwords these days might be sharing fingerprints.  Check out these neat rings from Fabuluster.

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Louis Vuitton’s iconic logo print bags have cycled through some edgy collaborations (see: Stephen Sprouse, Takashi Murakami), restyling the aesthetics of legendary Louis bags. But to mark their 100th anniversary, the luxury goods leader collaborates with British artist Billie Achilleos for Maroquinaris Zoologicae--even at 100, it’s great to see that the brand is playful. 

Achilleos reimagines classic Louis Vuitton bags, wallets, and accoutrements as fashionable fauna, all with a function of reflecting design elements of Louis Vuitton in their inherent forms—Achilleos says, “The armadillo was to highlight the soft yet durable quality of the leather. The chameleon displays the variety of color.” Form, function, and fashion? If only these could escape from the zoo and into production. 

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Hotel Lautner, Desert Hot Springs, California. Designed by John Lautner in 1947, and updated by Tracy Beckmann and Ryan Trowbridge.

BRB, booking right now.

In another perfect sweep of PR, Oscar de la Renta has released a special edition Beats by Dre set of headphones lined with fox fur for these blustery winter days. As always, his PR muse OscarPRGirl debuted the headphones on their tumblr page. The headphone also doubles as a cellphone headset, and will only set you back a mere $695. At what price rich beats?