In a Nutshell
other blog: fabulously broke in the city
minimalist since: 2007 -- why minimalism?
talk to me: contact me here!
current location: canada/usa
home: hotel room
owns: 3 suitcases 2 carryons of stuff
# of items: more than 100!
furniture: 1 japanese futon
works: business consultant
gadgets: macbook pro, ipod touch (pda)
drinks: earl grey cream tea
practices: rebel yoga and de-cluttering
loves: minimalism, $$ management, traveling
quirk: must prep my food before eating
Design Archive
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Babyoom grows with your baby
Posted on 13 May , 2013 | No CommentsI love this. Multi-functional AND stylish? Yes please. Too bad its only a concept right now. Babyoom that could very well help save parents lots of money in the process... -
Feeling the spring breeze
Posted on 19 September , 2012 | 2 CommentsI can catually feel this breeze when I look at these photos. Can’t you? Via kempt and photographer Jamie Beck -
Glass Pavilion by Steve Hermann
Posted on 30 May , 2012 | 6 CommentsFor me, this is open concept at its best. I know a lot of you will be freaked out by the large windows wrapping around the place, but if you... -
Creative Minimalist Print Ads
Posted on 25 April , 2012 | 3 CommentsMy two loves, joining in together (Did I mention how much I enjoy a well done commercial, ad or design? No? Well I’m telling you now.) A child’s imagination! I... -
Egg Cartons made into Lamps
Posted on 13 April , 2012 | No CommentsKind of a nice Bauhaus look and feel to them. Wouldn’t look out of place in a concrete, industrial setting. By artist Victor Vetterlein who has taken egg crates to... -
Cigarette Ash Landscape Collage
Posted on 30 March , 2012 | 1 Comment“Yan Yongliang has turned a collection of black and white photographs and formed a collage mimicking cigarette ash. The ash itself mimics a city scape, and the photographs are all... -
Design: A Bookshelf and a Desk with Two Chairs
Posted on 23 March , 2012 | 5 CommentsVery cool. I like it when things do double duty! There are actually two chairs (in the second photo you can see the second chair tucked in on the right).... -
Graphic AND useful: Futuristic Bookshelf Design
Posted on 16 March , 2012 | 3 CommentsI am very much a straight, neat rows & straight lines kind of girl, but this really appeals to my bold graphic-loving nature. I like that it is an art... -
A Movable City: A Norwegian Rolling Master Plan (Concept)
Posted on 2 March , 2012 | 4 CommentsKind of cool as a concept. Imagine a city in motion, where not a single building is anchored to the ground, with hotels, event halls and other structures all on... -
Soap Flakes Dispenser: A brilliant but simple design
Posted on 22 February , 2012 | 11 CommentsI find that people use far too much soap than is required, especially when it’s “free”* like in malls and in offices. All you need is one small pump of... -
Water Sculptures in Slow Motion
Posted on 3 February , 2012 | 1 CommentBeauty in the impermanent. Water Sculpture from Shinichi Maruyama on Vimeo. Art work by Shinichi Maruyama. Composited by Tetsushi Wakasugi. -
A Minimalist’s Home
Posted on 25 November , 2011 | 14 CommentsIt may not seem like it to many but I find it quite minimalist. Not extreme, but moderate perhaps. Great touches here and there, nothing too fussy and nothing that... -
How Colours Affect Our Purchases
Posted on 23 November , 2011 | 2 CommentsHere’s what I found interesting in the graphic: NORTH AMERICAN SHOPPERS Yellow: Optimistic and youthful, grabs the attention of window shoppers Red: Energetic and creates an urgency like in clearance... -
The Bend Desk: A very cool conceptual design
Posted on 18 November , 2011 | 4 CommentsI really love the design of this desk! Can you imagine? You work on it on the desk and then you shift it up on your “board”. Or you have... -
Bookcase Designs
Posted on 7 October , 2011 | 9 CommentsThere is something rather beautiful about bookcases. I am as enamoured with them as I am with closets. Gives a nice warm feeling to the room. Too bad they’re so...