plants – The Looksee

Springtime in LA

christie — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 02:57:08 +0000

But it feels like summer!

Tree House

christie — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

I want to be here right now.
(via here)

Cactus Tools

christie — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Want. Them. All.

(via here)

Cacti incline

christie — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0000

(via tllytdy) Wish I knew the origins…

The Plant Journal: Vol. 1

christie — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

So I finally ordered The Plant Journal: Vol. 1, and got it in the mail a week or so ago from the great folks at Lucky’s in Vancouver. I waited another week to open it so that I could document it when I did. I’ve got to savor print like this, you know? It’s taken me several weeks more to post it up here on The Look See. I know it’s probably the most overly documented plant periodical in the past decade, but can you blame me? I mean, it combines three of my greatest joys in life: plants, design, and literature.

Now I need Vol. 2 which is out now.

Sidenote: I’m convinced that I have a Staghorn-shaped void in my life. Time to expand my horticultural horizons.

Another sidenote: this is also where I found Mr. Eichhorn’s beautiful collage work.

Shironekoshiro vs Stephen Eichhorn

christie — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Siouxsie and the Banshees: Spellbound

christie — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

1981

Score + Solder

christie — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

At the Old Faithful Shop.

Winter in LA

christie — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

…looks like Fall anywhere else.

We’re into it.

LACMA: Pacific Standard Time Contributions

christie — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, but I started a new job (hooray!) at the end of September and have had very little spare time or energy. I will still be posting, but the posts will be a little spread out. Please keep me in your RSS reader!

So this past weekend my lovely mother came to visit from Northern California. We visited LACMA because I wanted to show her LACMA first of all, but also wanted to see their contribution to Pacific Standard Time. My favorites were California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way and the installation of Five Card Stud by Ed Kleinholtz which was quite moving and immersive. This is a post about the former, but the latter is darkly fantastic and definitely worth visiting.

I took a janky phone photo of the Eames living room, as recreated by LACMA to compare to the real thing. I can tell you that even though it wasn’t identical, it filled me with joy and made me want to hop into the installation and have a cup of coffee a friend (or with the Eames’s).

Real:

Faux:

Not quite the same, but you should check it out here for more detail.