Top 10

Where we’ve been this week…

1. Japanese Design for its coverage of architecture, furniture and object design. The fish-inspired mobile by Riki Watanabe is beautiful (below). The landing page isn’t all that inspiring – but you’ll be rewarded with minimal text and luscious photography if you click through to the stories.

2. NYC Guide by Australian interiors stylist Glen Proebstel. This guy has an eye for all things cool and now puts together a covetable newsletter – the latest issue was devoted to NYC. His blog is also worth checking out. Lots of great interior inspiration there.

3. Yatzer for the amazing workspace and home of Ricardo Bofill (below).

4. Arch Daily is always a great place to visit for new work. The Standless Steel house/shed/art work by FAS(t) architects caught my eye. The walls look like they are made of water but they are actually hung with hundreds of chains.

5. Automatism for the tour of Stefan (below) and Nicole Andrén’s Portland, Oregon home.

6.Grain Edit for the post on Brooklyn-based enourmouschampion’s workspace (below).

7. Architizer for the Hill House. An amazing white cube set on a hill overlooking Rustic Canyon in Los Angeles (below).

8. Design Notes by Michael Surtees. Surtees is the principal of Gesture Theory and this blog covers his musings on technology, design and living in NYC. I love his post on the Picasso poster made up of scan code (pic below).

9. @issue for its coverage of the cool U-Socket (below), which is a duplex AC receptacle that includes a built-in USB port. It can  power any device that is capable of being charged via a 5V power adapter.

10. Print for their ‘Designing Couples’ series. I like the post on Seoul-based designers Min and Sulki Choi pictured below.

High Five

Around the web this week:

1. An Accident of Hope Summer Pierre is an illustrator and author of The Artist in The Office: How to Creatively Survive and Thrive Seven Days a Week. Her blog is heartwarming, smart and packed with interesting interviews about people’s work lives. Where to start: The John Porcellino interview.

2. Contemporist Launched in 2007 this picture-driven site showcases great new design and contemporary architecture from around the globe. Where to start: Click on architecture for some great projects.

3. Blue Ant Studio If you like mid-century design you’ll love this blog. Where to start: The Art Studio. I love the Chair Exam poster.

4. The Office Stylist For everything you ever wanted to know about a home office. Where to start: A great post on hiding cables – the bane of every home office.

5. Arch Daily You will never need to buy another architecture magazine again. It’s all here. Where to start: Check out building of the year. There’s some incredible work here.