London-based designer Julie Eilenberger has launched her Autumn/Winter 2013 collection that has been inspired by 60’s architecture and specifically London’s Barbican.
“Book” by Japanese-based design studio YOY is a book shaped flower pot. It can be used both isolatedly and with books lined in order. It is made of PMMA and PVC for waterproofing. By opening the cover page it stands stably and you can see the soil inside. The title on the book is “The Life of Plants”.
My current reading list consists of Born to Run by Christopher McDougall, All Families Are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland and The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt (Recommended by El, so if you’re after book recommendations, go nag her.)
If anyone knows how to do bathrooms then it’s Italian-brand Novello. The Canestro Bathroom Collection has a simple design that suits bathrooms of all sizes and thanks to the modularity and variety of its elements, the collection gives the potential to personalise the bathroom according to the needs and space.
With the return of Mad Men, the folks at Shutterstock were curious to how things would look if Don Draper and Co were heading to work in 2013. Choosing everyday symbols from the characters daily lives and transforming them from the lens of the 21st Century.
Florian Brillet was recently approached by Ligne Roset to design a garden lamp. This was the outcome. Being portable it is the perfect for the garden as it can be hung, held and moved to where required. Ideal for hanging off tree branches or moved onto the decking. “Under My Tree Lamp” will be shown during Milan Design Week 2013.
Palestinian protesters take cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron. Ammar Awad is a Palestine-based photography who works for Reuters.
ROASTED ZUCCHINI, BLACK BEAN & GOAT CHEESE ENCHILADAS
Preheat oven to 200ºC. Place the zucchini on a rimmed baking tray, drizzle with 2 tsp. of the olive oil and lemon pepper and toss everything with your hands to coat. Spread in an even layer, using two pans if it looks crowded. Roast on the middle rack for about 30 minutes until the edges are brown. Remove to cool. Turn the oven down to 160ºC.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the onion and black beans. Set aside 1 oz. of the goat cheese for the topping and crumble the rest into the bowl. Add the cooled zucchini and toss everything together very gently.
Over a burner, lightly char both sides of the tortillas, about 1 minute per side. This is not an essential step, but I find that it helps keep the tortillas a bit sturdier and it looks pretty. Set up your assembly with the tortillas and the filling.
In an oven proof rectangle dish (I used a 7x13 rectangle but a 9x13 works great too) pour 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce to cover the bottom of the dish. Working with one tortilla at a time, fill it with a heaping 1/4 cup of the filling and roll it up like a taquito. Lay it in the dish seam-side down. Continue with remaining tortillas, squeezing the enchiladas in tight (you may have extra filling, it’s great on it’s own as a snack or in a quesadilla). Brush the tops of the tortillas with the remaining olive oil. Pour the remaining sauce over the top of the enchiladas and sprinkle reserved goat cheese on top. Bake for 20 minutes until warmed through and the top is just crisp. Allow them to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Top with lots of chopped cilantro, diced avocado and a squeeze of lime.
The Spring/Summer 2013 lookbook of Dent de Man features Pace Chen of D1 Models, photographed by Jonathan Daniel Pryce and styled by Ayishat Akanbi. Make-up by Nicola Moores. The collection blends a simple approach to menswear with a twist of traditional african print.
Morning Tumblr, hope everyone is feeling good this weekend and have some exciting plans to look forward to. I’m going to leave you with “Voyeur” by James Blake. Taken off this new album “Overgrown” which will be available in stores from 8 April 2013.
Filmmaker and illustrator Quentin Jones teams up with Indian-American jeweller Waris Ahluwalia in this exclusive stop-motion film for Mytheresa, paying homage the Plummage Necklace.
Another dreamy apartment coming your way, this time it’s of James Jebbia, founder of Supreme. The original windows have been kept in this New York-based loft apartment whilst remodelling to give an incredible source of natural light.
“Thumb Snatchers From the Moon Cocoon” by Bradley Schaffer is a 100% hand-made, action-packed short film that tries to keep up as a Texas Sheriff hilariously massacres a race of clumsy aliens.
