13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 772)

1. The weird but definitely not AI Designs of Stephanie Temma Hier Funnily enough, she’s only on Instagram. 2. The “little Scorpion of the French Riviera” wandered into my shop the other day and told me her story Interesting lady. Read the full profile by the NY Times here. And yes, she bought some art.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 771)

1. The Crisp Shops of Madrid Spain, like the UK, has a big crisp culture, with fun regional differences in how they’re consumed. In Catalunya for example, you’ll often see crisps and berberechos (tinned cockles) topped with Salsa Espinaler during ‘L’hora del vermut’ (‘vermouth hour’) on a Sunday…. Not only are they to be found in bars across…

13 Things I Found on the Internet (Vol. 770)

1. Crazy about these Mixed Media Collages Find the designer Anton Elfilter here. Found via Moss & Fog. 2. The Worldwide Sidewalk Joy Map Sidewalk Joy spots are free, curated public galleries, exchanges and displays. Installed in curb gardens, front yards or sides of buildings these projects were created to bring a bit of whimsy…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 769)

1. “Frasurbane”: a popular 90s postmodern design aesthetic titled from the 1990s TV show ‘Frasier’ a style that draws from more wild postmodern design movements like Grunge graphic design (eg. David Carson), Memphis Milano & Deconstructivism, but filters them through the lens of a more conservative and aging Baby Boomer population that was settling down,…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 768)

1. Rarely seen photographs of Josephine Baker at the Ziegfeld Follies, 1936 By the middle of the 1930s Joséphine Baker was firmly established as one of France’s brightest stars, and she had high hopes of furthering the great success she’d experienced with the French when she was engaged to be in the starry cast of…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 767)

1. The other Madame X Portraits When Madame X was shown at the Salon of 1884 it became instantly a salacious painting and a scandal in French society as a result of its sexual suggestiveness. The painting’s subject, socialite, Madame Gautreau, refused the painting, and Sargent, depressed and abashed, changed it, painting out the offending…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 766)

1. This incredible artist chess set By Artist Rachel Whiteread. Sold at Christie’s in 2019 for 10,000 GBP. 2. This archive of vintage lighters (For Sale) Shop the archive here. Found via Present & Correct. 3. A box of tortoiseshell sex aids made in the 1930s Made in Japan by the Arita Drug and Rubber…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 765)

1. A mid-19th-century French watch bottle (circa 1850) Represents a luxurious, functional accessory blending horology and jewellery, likely created for the European market or high-end export. It typically features a miniature watch movement encased in azure blue enamel, decorated with seed pearls, and housed in a fitted red shell-shaped leather case. Found on the Decorative…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 764)

1. Name that aesthetic: Domino Paper (for those of us who find as much joy in a book’s “clothing” as its contents) The forerunner of wallpaper, domino paper achieved its golden age in the second half of the 18th century. It took the form a 36X45cm sheet of paper that was printed using engraved wood-blocks…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 763)

1. How Marc Chagall made the Paris Opera House Fresco Ceiling in the summer of 1964 (and should it be kept there?) On August 7, 1964, inside Hangar Y, (formerly the Chalais Meudon site where the world’s first airship hangar was built in the 1870s and is now an excellent art & culture museum in the…