Cool Thing We Want #343: Beautiful Hand-Painted Bug Book Covers By Rose Sanderson
May 2, 2012
(via Colossal) Digging these hand-painted insect book covers by Bristol artist Rose Sanderson. Have a gander at more of her work here.
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Cool Thing We Want #342: Gorgeous, Made To Order Leather Shoes From Hunter Mayer
April 30, 2012
Saw these Apartment 5 leather shoes at Le Marche St. George yesterday and went into greedy conniptions. They’re beautiful to look at and smell three times more amazing than any shoe should. Each pair is custom made by local footwear designer Hunter Mayer. Expensive, but we wants.
Apartment 5 | $210 | Details
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Cool Thing We Want #341: A Pair Of Summer Sandals From “Erin Templeton” In Chinatown
April 21, 2012
We’re loving everything at Erin Templeton’s Carrall St. studio these days (just south of Pender), but we’re extra particularly stoked on these super sweet sandals. #anticipating summer
$125 with three different sets of laces | Erin Templeton
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Cool Thing We Want #340: An Igloo For The Living Room Made Entirely Out Of Books
April 15, 2012
(via) “Home” is a book-lover’s igloo constructed by Colombian artist Miler Lago. We already know how it will smell (amazeballs), so the only things missing are the cozy beanbag chair and the big bag of weed. Isolationist bibliomaniacs will also note how the titles/spines face inside. Clever.
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Cool Thing We Want #339: About A Dozen And A Half Freshly Baked Bacon Cinnamon Rolls
April 3, 2012
These cannot be unseen, via Rainy Day Gal:
On a lazy saturday morning when you have nothing in particular to do, when you have a fresh pot of coffee, the newspaper and the living room all to yourself, you need to treat yourself to these. Yes, they’re slightly evil. Yes, they will go straight to your hips. But on that rare morning when the house is quiet and there’s not a thing to do, there is nothing better.
Someone please tell Eleanor Chow at Cadeaux. These things need to be for sale in Vancouver, like now.
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Cool Thing We Want #338: Faux-Rock “Livingstone” Wool Floor Pillows By Smarin
March 26, 2012
If you’re a design wonk, it’s likely that you saw these faux-rock woolen pillows when they made the internet rounds a couple of years ago. Well, they’ve popped up again on several awesome-hunting sites this week, and chances are that your ardour for them has not yet cooled. If you’ve ever seen/felt them in the wild, you know they’re every bit as darn desirable as they look.
Virgin wool “Livingstone” floor pillows | prices/sizes vary | 8 week delivery | BUY
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Cool Thing We Want #337: Lamp Shade Made From The Fabric Of Canada Place’s 5 Sails
March 13, 2012
Remember these unique Listen | Closely lamp shades from last year’s IDSWest? Designers at Large created them for ReFab:Design for Sail, a partnership between Canada Place and Vancouver Architecture For Humanity Society. They were made in an effort to repurpose fabric from Canada Place’s old sails. The limited number of shades – 75 – are available from local designer Kevin Wharton or at Cocoon Home Designs at 7th and Manitoba ($150 per). All proceeds will benefit HomeStart Foundation, a furniture bank that provides essential home furnishings to people in need (over 100 homes have been furnished so far in 2012).
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Cool Thing We Want #335: Reclaimed Wood ‘Rock’ Necklace By Vancouverite Adea Chung
March 12, 2012
Reclaimed zebrawood ’Rock’ pendant by Adea Chung of Billy Would Designs | $48 on Cargoh
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Cool Thing We Want #334: Hand Made Silver Branch And Twig Rings By Colby June (Etsy)
March 2, 2012
Set of sterling silver branch and twig rings with a bronze and 14k gold rock ring | Colby June Jewelry
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Cool Thing We Want #333: A Red Heritage Backpack From Vancouver’s Own “Herschel”
February 20, 2012
Red Herschel Heritage Backpack | $54.99
