Cream ceramics and leathers, blond corrugated wood, the Graffiti Cafe, Varna, Bulgaria by Studio Mode via The Contemporist.
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It took 80 years to lose 93 per cent of our food seed varieties. 
National Geographic, Fast Company Co.Design.
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The whole line can be bought at The FLOW Market for about $20 a pop.
Choose from Courage To Be Honest, Effortlessness, Chi and, my personal favourite,
Commercial-Free Space.
Designer Mads Hagstrom calls them a purely spiritual product, but more specifically,
“An empty sealed can that materializes immaterial needs.”
Good gag gift. Indigo should stock them in the self-help aisle.
via InspireMeNow
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I don’t usually go for girly stuff. And what’s girlier than this rose petal sugar?
Baker-photographer Julie Marie Craig stumbled onto the stuff at Nicasio Valley Cheese on a day out with her dad.
But I’m always drawn to poetry, and this label has it.
I know. It’s just a statement of what it is and who should get credit. But bare-boned and to the point, there’s no more powerful message than that.
This lovely stuff calls to girly cupcakes everywhere, and also wedding cakes. Can it stand up to something richer, like maybe the chocolate mousse I served on a catering gig recently? Yup. In the chantilly cream garnish. Just enough girly juxtaposed to make rich dark chocolate even better.
Worth the visit: Julie’s blog Always With Butter.
via PhotoProblem
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Although this is completely awesome if you’re looking for emotional Richter results, it’s a typical peer-look-at-me ad. I first saw it about five minutes ago, and my skin is still crawling.
Way to get the brand to circle the bowl. Unless your market is prankish 20- or 30-something males.
via HelloCreatives, emurphy, et al
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A view of food at its source never ceases to amaze.
Three fishermen on Inle Lake, Myanmar
Photog [and musician]: David Lazar of Brisbane
via Smithsonian and Boston Globe
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A Manila vendor preps his fish at market.
I would take every last one of you home if I could. I swear.
via WSJ PhotoJournal. Photog Noel Celis for Agence France-Presse.
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