06.23.20
EDITORS’ LIST
Jill and Monica share their June picks, including ’70s Japanese mugs, drop earrings, recipe books, quarantine outfits, and a timely and essential Black photographers database.
Jill’s List
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| 1. JACKSON BOONE “jackson boone / trend pacific japan ?? plumbers nightmare mugs 1970s” — does a more intriguing caption exist? I found these mini–Pop Art masterpieces on the Instagram of erstwhile East Village vintage shop Odd Eye, and copious Googling hasn’t revealed much more information. Who was Jackson Boone? (And were these indeed also designed by him?) Why were they a “Plumber’s Nightmare”? More questions than answers here, and normally I wouldn’t be into something so overtly industrial — but the butter yellow color is really making it for me. |
2. JAMES SHAW’S TOILET PAPER HOLDERS Toilet paper holders are suddenly trending — stay tuned for a whole exhibition of them later this summer at Marta in Los Angeles — but this one by James Shaw is one of my favorite recent finds. Shaw has been doing mini updates of his webshop with these and his gloopy ribbed Plastic Baroque candelabras — with recent sales offering a portion of proceeds to BLM organizations in the UK — and Shaw let us know that another update will be happening sooner rather than later. Follow him on Insta to find out when it happens! |
3. JOYA SHOP Casa Shop is one of the only places where I actually purchase — rather than just browse — vintage housewares and accessories, but I only noticed the existence of its jewelry-based sister shop, Joya, this week. (Judging by the number of Instagram followers as compared to Casa Shop, I’m not the only one in the dark.) A must-follow if you’re into comically large single drop earrings, shell-shaped jewelry, acrylic, resin, Lucite, and more. |
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| 4. THE ODE TO This Swedish online art-collecting hub was founded in 2018 by friends Helena Carlberg and Anna Lukins, and, while it doesn’t exclusively feature female artists, it’s a primary focus. It’s become a great place for us to find new female artists, like Paula Atelier, whose painted stoneware is shown here, and Josefin Zachrisson, who casts liquid Jesmonite in trash bags. |
5. FAMILY MEAL A great website and Instagram by the New York–based firm Decade: In order to support restaurants that were hurt by the lockdown, the studio has gathered recipes from beloved New York eateries — lasagna from Don Angie’s, cheesecake from Kiki’s, crispy Brussels sprouts from Saraghina — and invited illustrators to provide their work pro bono. Click the recipe to download, and make a donation directly to the restaurant’s staff fund, or pre-order a softcover book of the full set, whose proceeds will go to ROAR, an employee relief fund for all New York City restaurants. |
6. CHRISTIN RIPLEY This Catskill-based marbling artist flies extremely under the radar, but every time we remember to check in, we find some new delight. Ripley’s now making marbled T-shirts for anyone in the market, but I especially like this spiral pillow which could also be used as a beanbag in a pinch. |
Monica’s List
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| 1. MANUEL MARZO MART How good is this hanging mobile by Spanish artist Manuel Marzo Mart? Also this one? I know nothing about Mart, but this really speaks to how I should be spending more of my free time going down 1stdibs rabbit holes. I always find good stuff and I always learn new names. (Side note: If you’re still spending 90% of your time at home, this mobile would be a very easy afternoon DIY.) |
2. QUARANTINE OUTFIT BY RED LUCK Not gonna lie, during quarantine I’ve mostly been wearing pajamas. But I discovered Red Luck on Etsy and decided that the patchwork bike shorts / t-shirt combo above would be the perfect quarantine outfit for when I actually manage to put clothes on — feels like pajamas, looks like I tried. Plus, it’s hand-sewn from Red Luck’s “Community Cloth,” which is made entirely from discarded and recycled textiles. |
3. IMAGINARY PERFUME BOTTLES This is sort of random but, I stumbled on this Instagram post by the agency Use All Five — of a series of really lovely conceptual explorations for a perfume brand — and couldn’t stop thinking about all the work that gets made that no one ever gets to see. I also was thinking that Sight Unseen needs to do a regular packaging design column. I used to look at the blog Lovely Package sometimes, but it hasn’t posted since 2018. |
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| 4. THE HIRE BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS DATABASE There have been a lot of lists of “Black ___s” going around, and while while they’ve helped us discover a few new talents, lumping people together in that way still feels a bit strange to us. A notable exception is the Hire Black Photograpers Database, which works more like a regular talent agency would (albeit with 700 names and counting) and will be something we refer in the future as we source photographers for stories and projects. (Image above by Frank Frances) |
5. SHAPES FROM OUTTA NOWHERE We’re dying to see inside this new book coming out in November through DAP — it’s a catalog of over 150 examples of 20th-century pottery from the collection of Robert Ellison, focusing on “the rejection of symmetrical, utilitarian forms in clay in favor of the sculptural and abstract.” Who knows what that group might include, but the cover is FIRE though. |
6. ROCKHOUNDING BY VICTORIA ZSCHOMMLER If you feel like beautiful photos that evoke a summer beach vacation would be triggering for you right now, definitely don’t look at this series by photographer Victoria Zschommler. It features piles of rocks and corals set against colorful fabrics and illuminated by beams of sunlight, and though Zschommler is based between Australia, France, and the UK, I can’t stop thinking about Italy. |
