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Judith Butler just got $1.5 million to fund an institute for "Thinking Critically About War."
Image via Hendrik Speck.

Mushrooms

J.H.'s story about finding mushrooms growing out of the floorboards reminded me of this project: Cultivating shiitakes in abandoned subway tunnels. Via bldgblog.
Also: Ridiculous mushroom necklace from Atlantis Home.

CdG

Goodbye, monies. That jacket, those shoes.
Via Stop It Right Now.

Sarah Sze

A smart kid's theory of the universe, made out of trash.
I love the work of Sarah Sze.
Via archiblaster.

Crochet

I'm totally creeped out by Joana Vasconcelos crochet-covered religious figurines.
Love the crab, though.
Via lovely textiles.

Black

Versace dress [SOLD], Donna Karan silk skirt and other new black things in my etsy shop.

Bomb

Peaceful bomb vase at Sprout Home.

Ebay find of the day

Vintage Gianni Versace sweater from Claire Inc.

I've got a photo of a Martin Creed "Everything is Going to Be Alright" above the fridge.

There's a new one in Vancouver, apparently.

Top image via Ouno, all others via Martin Creed.

Also: "Half the Air in a Given Space" (2001)

Teepee

I wish the frontier, American West thing was my thing.

Teepee plates by Pendleton via Tell You (Today).

Yes! Hairy legs

Hairy legs on the Pucci and Proenza Schouler runways via OOoOO and fashionindie.

Etsy walrus

Walruses on etsy from Planet Trout, TheVintageDresser, quinnalicious.

Kate Eary

I need this hoodie. 

By Kate Eary via Rackk and Ruin.

Patrick Hughes

Patrick Hughes at Lancaster Art.

Pencils

Pencils all made of different woods. The decimal at the end is the specific gravity -- anything greater than 1 sinks in water.

By Colleen Woods from the superlative blog penciltalk.

David Nash

I used to ride by a charred David Nash sculpture everyday on the bus, down LSD.

I wish I'd gotten off to touch it.

Images via artnet.

Tokyo shopping

Small boutiques in Japan are so thematically coherent, down to the shopgirls.

I can't wait for winter -- long overdue for a Tokyo shopping trip/hanging out with grandma.

Images from the my fave interiors Web site, Tokyo Shop Style.

Etsy find

Vintage Soviet egg carriers from spacejam.

David Neale

There's a picture on David Neale's blog, The Golden Smith, of his hands,
and I realized that part of the delight of slightly rough hewn jewelry is that it is honest about how it came to be:
pounding with a mallet and alchemy and heat-resistant tools can lead to something beautiful.
Isn't that fern ring amazing?