So what exactly do you think this is – a hat? birds nest? a bowl? some sort of storage thing?

Well, those are all wrong answers, this is actually a lamp created by Tom Rossau. This Danish lighting designer is known for creating all sorts of modern lamps with bold textures. His latest collection embraces wood veneers. Above they are sculpted to curve with the lamp design. Another example of his works is below.

Tom Rossau

via Design Milk

Who didn’t grow up watching Big Bird, Elmo, Cookie Monster, and the whole gang? Hard to believe that Sesame Street has been around for FORTY years – I can’t think of any other entertainment show that has been on that long and is still popular! Sesame Street is also broadcast in over 140 countries – unbelievable! Today’s episode features First Lady, Michelle Obama teaching kids how to plant vegetables. The show plans to get its green on the next few years with more environmental education skits.

via Nat Geo

Canadian fashion duo Kirk Pickersgill and Stephen Wong are the brains behind innovative label Greta Constantine. Their use of textures and shapes is incredible and what catches the eye most is the use of a certain safety item – the seat belt. “When you think the process of building a seat belt,” Pickersgill tells Ecouterre, “it’s to save our lives. It’s a type of armor.” Armor indeed. The texture and fabric of the seat belt are perfect for creating the armored shapes!

Greta Constantine

via ecouterre

You’re probably thinking they’re in Sunset Junction, but no the hilarity over at SecretSauce.tv made a parody Where The Wild Things Are trailer featuring LA hipsters. What’s funny is there is no park on Sunset & La Brea and I remember being at the Bigfoot Lodge and telling my friend that they filmed Yes Man and The Hills there. Oh and if you’re not familiar with hipster speak, PBR = Pabst Blue Ribbon. Enjoy!

With magazines folding faster than a bad hand at poker, perhaps it’s time they ventured back to their roots? Vogue particularly could lose some of the tacky fonts and cheesy headlines and in turn focus on glamour, art, style, and oh yeah…fashion. Perhaps highlighting those areas can attribute to the success of Flaunt, Nylon, and Eliza. Fresher and more modern magazines that really know their target market and cater to it. Regardless, it’s interesting to see Vogue’s evolution below. Boy how times have changed!

All images courtesy Conde Nast

So Halloween may have just ended and those jack-o-laterns are morphing into Thanksgiving decorations, but is it time to bust out the red and green just yet? It happens earlier and earlier every year where retailers get into the holiday spirit with gaudy window displays and overwhelmingly scented candles. If there is a color combination I detest most in the world it is undoubtedly red and green. Big box retailers have ruined these colors and what they should represent. I can’t stand going into a shop and being bombarded with ridiculous Christmas gifts that I nor my friends and family want.

It’s like each fall we skip from Halloween to Christmas – what about Thanksgiving? The opportunity to celebrate rich autumn colors and comfy fall textures – apparently overlooked. I remember as a kid I would see creative window displays with leaves and turkeys; alas those days are gone. Why not dress mannequins as pilgrims? However I may be speaking too soon and that could be considered offensive since we are such a litigious society.  You get my drift, lets not leave out Thanksgiving and turkey’s or tofur-keys if you’re vegetarian.

If you celebrate Hanukkah or Kwanza, please don’t feel left out as your colors are yet to be ruined. Although, in LA there can be lots of blue and silver/white, but those hues are great and have yet to monopolized by greedy retailers, cheesy ornaments, and the like.