Mingei - Japanese Folk Craft

"one must conclude that in bringing cheap and useful goods to the average household, industrialism has been a service to mankind -- but at the cost of the heart, of warmth, friendliness and beauty. By contrast, articles well made by hand, though expensive, can be used in homes for generations, and thus considered, they are not expensive after all."

The Unknown Craftsman
Yanagi Sōetsu

Sketchbook Scans. Sweden Fall 2008

Bertil Vallien Sand Casting at Åfors

This past friday, we had the incredible opportunity to see Bertil Vallien casting at Åfors. Google him.

Quick Exhibiton Shots

Family och Mjölk Kanna

craftsman:
http://www.mickejohankonstglas.se/

Josef Frank Accidentism

Click on the images to read them.

For David

Check these out.

http://2or3things.blogspot.com/
http://referencelibrary.blogspot.com/
http://hopingforhappyaccidents.blogspot.com/
http://www.booksathome.blogspot.com/
http://design-mind.blogspot.com/
http://idcollective.blogspot.com/
http://mopu42.wordpress.com/

Ernst Haeckel

Art Forms in Nature
260 mb download
http://www.origamitessellations.com/haeckel_download.html
this should make you buy the book.
available at Cog and Pearl in Park Slope
www.cogandpearl.com

Josef Frank

"Every great work of art must border on kitsch."