The Best Smelling 2011 Calendar. 12 Months Of Designer Candles From Quintessence.

A Calendrier Olfactif- 2011 Candle calendar set by Quintessence
A box of twelve individually packaged candles marked for each month, from Paris based perfumerie Quintessence. From chefs and palmists to fashion designers, each container and scent has been created by a different artist.



Artists include Azzedine Alaia, Association La Voix de l'Enfant, Madison Cox, Frederic Fekkai, Christian Tortu, Jean-Pierre Vigato, François Catroux, Yaguel Didier, Ines Sastre, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Jean-Francois Lesage and Apollonia Poilane.




A very interesting and evocative idea from the fine Parisian distillateur’s Quintessence. Let each month fill your house with a specially curated scent; you can even keep the containers once the candle has burnt down and refill them with tea lights.

12 candles
30 hours burn time each
Includes a calendar with information about each artist for that corresponding month:






The 12 designers and scents:
• January by the Association La Voix de l'Enfant - Childhood Memories (strawberry)

• February by Christian Tortu - Hyacinth

• March by François Catroux - Geranium

• April by Yaguel Didier - Iris Intuition

• May by Ines Sastre - Sweet Pea

• June by Jean-Pierre Vigato - Basilicum- Helichrysum

• July by Azzedine Alaia - Beach

• August by Jean-Michel Othoniel - Melting Tar

• September by Madison Cox - Carnation

• October by Jean-Francois Lesage - Alpassi

• November by Frederic Fekkai - Almond and Honey

• December by Apollonia Poilane - Gingerbread

Price £470 ( $727.75)
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Saluting Design: An Army Of Military-Inspired Products & Modern Art.

above: American Flag by Dave Cole, made up of thousands of plastic Toy Soldiers and acrylic paint.

In honor of Memorial Day, here's a collection of modern art and fun furniture, jewelry and home decor that incorporate military related icons such as soldiers, tanks, bombs, missiles and more.


above: Memorial Flag of Toy Soldiers by Dave Cole (photo courtesy of the artist)

above: Memorial Flag of Toy Soldiers by Dave Cole (detail) (photo courtesy of the artist)

above: Artist Dave Cole with his American Flag (photo courtesy of the artist)


above: the Army Men Alphabet was created by student Oliver Munday for instuctors Nolen Stals and Bruce Willen at the Maryland Institute College of Art (photography by Jay Zukerkorn)


above: Six thousand Parts by artist Valerie Leonard is made 6,000 melted toy soldiers (photo courtesy of the artist)

above: Six thousand Parts by artist Valerie Leonard (detail) (photo courtesy of the artist)

above: Globe made of melted toy soldiers by artist Valerie Leonard (photo courtesy of the artist)


above: Jason Baalman glued 1,500 toy Army men to a camouflaged board to create a portrait of a soldier when viewed from above (photos courtesy of the artist)


above: The Peace Collection designed by Biaugust is comprised of a ceramic bomb vase, a ceramic grenade bank and a ceramic helmet bowl.

Just click on any of the above images for information, images and links to purchase.

Designers, artists and jewelers for items shown include:
Frank Kozik
Pharrell Williams
Chris Collicott
Daniel Loves Objects!
Mosley Meets Wilcox
La Tete au Cube
Stanislav Katz
Art Lebedev
Melanie Favreau
Peas, Corn & Tomato Sauce
Reiko Kaneko
Dave Cole
Christopher Deris
28 Biaugust
Atlason
Valerie Leonard
Jason Baalman
Brad Sherwood for Joy Charbonneau
Joel Escalona

Happy Memorial Day!

Ikea

So Im siting here in front of the laptop, well I could be under or even over, heck even behind but that would make typing hard. Where was I? Ah laptop, yes, I came back from a baby shower thing. Its not a baby shower but a Yay the baby is born party its just I forget the name of it and keep thinking Ikea in my head. Now that would be interesting... Ikea baby. Put slot A into slot B. Make sher not to mix up. May lead to ocword feeding. Ikea has some nice things. But there stores are built like a maze to trap customers. You can only pass 100 tea candles so many times till you brake down and bye them. Your inner monolog the first time around " 100 tea candles for 2.99, thats good. But I don't really need them." second time "Oh the tea candles again, thats a vary good price maybe next time." third time " Oh candles mmmm maybe..." forth time " candles ...how many times have I past here?" By the end have been trapped in the Ikae triangle so long they even get you to by meet balls. I mean, in who's thought process does it seem like a good idea to bye meet from a furniture store? You wouldn't go to the Brick for a stake? No. But Ikea can sell you anything if they trap you long enough. But if you can manege to get out in under 3 hours then you can get good stuff for a starter apartment. I added 2 hours on cuz once you find what you wont you writ it down then you have to  find the bloody thing all over again. Ok so I lost what I was originally going to try by going off on an Ikea rant. Well there is always tomorrow. Bye