the lost art of the unicorn- frederique morrel

and  so here we are: waitrose has their ad out, littlewoods has their tat out, and marks and sparks has joined in with their own shit x-version: it must be christmas soon.

lookingfornicethings has been travelling and apologises for the lack of recent posts. but what better way to shed your autumnal skin and get into the merry mood than with french artist duo frederique morrel’s tapestry-covered, wintery taxidermy-like pieces.

a fantasy wonderland of knitted and patchworked awesomeness at its gayest, most festive self. the artifacts are on show at london’s stephanie hoppen gallery until dec. 7. go on, get merry.

 

let there be light

nesting in the beautiful, labyrinthine rooms of the farmiloe building, the sculptural jumble of futuristic cut-out silhouettes that make up nadine spencer’s lamp installation beckons you into a world of lights and shadows.

dark light – abbas & melisa teo

captivatingly moving images from two giants of photography with conflicting styles but a very similar spiritual journey: magnum’s abbas and melisa teo.

the joint exhibition, called dark light, will be on show at 2902 gallery in singapore until september 23rd.

 

tea party- mellor ware

cute little bone china tea sets from uk-based designer mellor ware: illustrated with decals of watercoulours from lianne mellor, they will make the delights of any tea-lover anywhere.

we call it a party.

stapled together

get your stuff together with italian designer paola navone’s amazing trompe-l’oeil staple crockery available here.

bon weekend

pull up to my bumper baby

grace jones just pulled up right into my life through this amazing silf scarf by cleo ferin bearing the words to my favourite tune of hers.

she always makes quite an arrival, good old grace.

a brief history of british photography

get your nerd back on this summer, and brighten up your days by learning the basics factoids about the history of british photography at london’s city lit, an amazing adult education learning center in the heart of the city.

the course offers five weeks of pictorial enlightenment ranging from early non-camera based imaging to digital photography, and touching on luminaries including magnum photojournalist martin parr.

a snap-happy non-holiday brain treat.

fresh and wild – plates

spied on this beautiful new bone china bird-motif plate from anthropologie in g’s phone last night, and the blossoms stoneware serving platter below: with their fresh, springy feel they make my heart all aflutter.

now i just need a secluded spot with a  sweeping willow perching over a creek and a little picnic blanket. are you in?

lighten up – plumen does the americas

plumen, the pretty eco design light you will know for being among the first designs marrying beauty and green awareness, is crossing the pond to the usa.

high five the guys on their good work and go pre-order at their shop

one flew over the…

intrigued by the strangeness of this thomas demand almost-disturbing, picture-perfectly mundane scene.

this partial view of a nursery room, together with photographs of other minutely ‘mised-en-scene’ paper-rendered models, form the entry of the berlin-based photographer for this years’s deutsche boerse photography prize.

gems from previous exhibitions include these sequence of interruptions of what were to be otherwise perfectly attrezzo-ed, carefully orchestrated bits of homes, offices and others- settings always pregnant with question marks.

the deutsche boerse photography prize is showing at ambika p3 at london’s university of westminster.