Wis Design

I am completely in love with these tables! <3 <3 <3

Wis Design via Core77

Baltic Bazaar Trip

I finally made it over to Baltic Bazaar on Atlantic on Saturday while my friend Holly was visiting. I picked up some wonderful jacquard fabric which will be turned into pillows. I have a bunch of it so I am hoping to sell some on etsy! I am also looking into selling at the Brooklyn Flea, so be on the lookout!

I swear I am not an oompa loompa, the lighting was crazy in my kitchen!

Dress- Thrifted yesterday for $7 at the salvation army on atlantic, it is originally from forever 21
grey shirt- thrifted a long time ago in NH
sweater- thrifted at salvation army near my apartment 2 years ago
leggings- thrifted @ my local salvation army for 99 cents! weee
boots- old navy $6

Seacoast NH Heartwalk 2008 Walking in memory of Cheryl Lewis

My sister Kristen will be walking in the 2008 Seacoast NH Heartwalk on May 18th in memory of our mother, Cheryl Lewis, who died in December of 2006 from a rare heart disease called ARVD. Unfortunately I will not be able to walk, but will be there in spirit. This year our team is called "Thump Thump" and our goal is to get as many people to walk with the team or donate. Our team goal is to raise $1,000. The goal for the whole Seacoast heart walk is to raise $88,000.

If you would like to go to our team page it can be found at:

http://heartwalk.kintera.org/seacoastnh/thumpthump

My personal page, where you can donate is located at:

http://heartwalk.kintera.org/seacoastnh/KimberlyLewis

*Copy and Paste above addresses for some reason when I link them they direct you to a general page*


Currently in my studio I am in the process of designing a necklace to promote the awareness of heart disease in memory of my mother and all of those who have lost a loved one. I am also working on a set of plush cushions in the shape of organs. My first one being the heart. I will be posting my progress as soon as I get something a bit more tangible. I am hoping to sell them and donate a portion of the money made to the American Heart Association.

Happy Valentine's Day <3 Kimberly!

I had a hard time deciding which one to post so you will have to take a look at all of these wonderful cheeky, suggestive vintage valentines over at 7 Deadly Sinners

Polly Apfelbaum Lecture Tomorrow

I will be attending the Polly Apfelbaum lecture tomorrow at Pratt! It is free and open to the public! Here is some more information from the Pratt website.



Visual artist Polly Apfelbaum will speak at Pratt Institute about her artwork and career, as part of the 2007-2008 Visiting Artists Lecture Series, from 12:45 to 1:45 PM, Tuesday, February 12, in the Engineering Building, Room 371, on Pratt’s Brooklyn Campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Apfelbaum creates floor and wall art using bright color and expressive line and shape. She works with a variety of media including dye, velvet, paint, glitter, marker, woodblock print, and silkscreen, and fashions the material into vibrant floral and nature-inspired imagery.

Apfelbaum has had solo international exhibitions at such galleries as Frith Street, London; Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paolo, Brazil; Museum of Contemporary Art, Klasma, Helsinki; and at various contemporary art galleries throughout the United States. Her work has been featured in numerous international group exhibitions and belongs in the public collections of The Brooklyn Museum of Art; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.

Apfelbaum received her bachelors of fine arts degree from Tyler School of Art in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania and has since received grants and awards from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and Artists Space.

The Not Too-Too Beret

I really want to try knitting hats again, my last couple were a complete disaster but I'm thinking that maybe I could handle this one? I found the pattern via Craftzine

Sneak Peak into my Apartment

I am working on my portfolio today and snapped a few photos of the textile I designed hanging on a curtain rod in my room. Pacha coudn't resist jumping in the frame!



Here is a peak into a corner of my room. Notice the sewing table that I fixed up, but try to ignore the bags of cat food, I obviously don't live in a magazine!



I got the various bottles below from when I helped Aimee clean out a brownstone, I loove them! The angel ornament I got in Finland, and the purse is thrifted.

Peruvian Inspired Tableware

I am finishing up some studio work that has been hanging over my head for a while. I am in the process of designing tableware inspired by the cuisine and culture of Peru. I visited Lima, Peru last March during my spring break with a group of students from Pratt and volunteered in Villa El Salvador through a program called Cross Cultural Solutions.

The napkin ring below is inspired by a tapestry that I saw in the Museum of Natural history. It consisted of a repeat of intricate birds, I took the pattern and simplified it to come up with the shape below. The colors are inspired by the colorful tapestries that Peru is known for.



Both the coaster and napkin ring are made out of recycled leather. I did not design the placemat, although I did pick up a set of four when I was visiting Lima and I think that they compliment them very nicely! I am currently working on the designs for a glass for the Pisco Sour, a plate, and a fork. I will be silk screening a design onto the napkin this weekend also. So stay tuned!

Koi Suwannagate again!

I know I just did a post on Koi Suwannagate summer collection a few days ago, but I just stumbled upon photos from her fall collection that was debuted at NY Fashion week and I am on a KS kick

Published!

Last Monday I when I went to Miss Saturn's Birthday at Galapago's I had my camera in hand and snapped away all night long. I had posted my set on Flickr and Aimee took a couple and put them in a press packet for her and Jenny's show. She gave me a call yesterday to inform me that one of my photos (photo above) is going to be published in a NY newspaper! I've never had a photo published before, or well anything really so this is quite exciting for me! Click here to see the rest of the set.

Carolina Herrera Ready to Wear @ Fashion Week

I should be sleeping, but instead I have been perusing through the pages of Style.com to see what hit the runways today. I'm really loving Carolina Herrara's Ready to Wear collection. Nice pops of color, feathers, vests over dresses, and this collection is even making me lust over ochre velvet jeans, what?! Did I say that? Here are a few of my personal favorite picks from the collection.

Screech Owl Design

I was really excited to come home today after class and find an email in my inbox fromScreech Owl Design. I had met Jacqueline and George Schmidt at the Bust Craftacular right before Christmas and had purchased their boxed postcard set and am absolutely smitten with them! I had tried to link to their website earlier but it was still in the beginning stages. Today they unveiled the site where you can see some of their products. I have the above and below postcards hanging on my wall along with the rest of the set. I am looking forward to when they put up their living products.

Back! + Bahamas + Koi Suwannagate

My computer is finally happy since it has Leopard and CS3, my wallet is not, thank god for student discounts!

A pleasant surprise in the last week or so has been that I will be going on a four day cruise in May with my dad, sister and his girlfriend to the Bahamas! I've never been to the Bahamas or a cruise (ok I went on a "cruise" when I went to Finland for one night but that doesn't count) and I'm excited. It is right after I graduate so I will get a nice little break before going crazy looking for a full time design job.

I am loving Koi Suwannagate's Summer 2008 collection which has a tropical vibe going on and is filled with intricate textures. I am imagining myself wearing these right after I've spent the day at the beach. A girl can dream!

Monday Night!

Tomorrow night you can find me at Galapagosin Williamsburg. It is my friend Jenny aka Miss Saturn's birthday and everyone is welcome to come join in on a night of comedy, circus, and burlesque! A few of my friends in the "Animal Crackers" dance troupe will be debuting a dance, and I can not wait to finally see it in person. It starts at 9:30 and is $5

Sick...

Last weekend Pacha was sick and this weekend it is me. Can someone come make me soup please and stir the bubbles out of my ginger ale? Thanks. I wrote about three posts during the course of the week but then realized that I didn't have photoshop. I bought CS3 on Wednesday only to find out that I need to upgrade my OS too. :( :( Why does this all have to be so difficult and costly?

New Couch!

Creating a space that feels like home to me is something that is on the top of my priority list. My roommates often laugh at me when I am at it decorating again, but I would go mad living in a white box. Our living room still feels unresolved. It is such an off space and we really don't have any money to spend on decorating. I was fortunate enough to receive a free ligne and roset couch thanks to the wonders of Brooklyn Freecycle right at the start of the new year! Here are some photos



Above is the view of the living room from the bathroom. Here is the new couch (free) with thrifted pillows ($2.50/each) along with my stoop sale rug ($15). Something defininetly needs to happen on the dead space above the couch, I've hung a shawl that I have had since I was a child to add a dash of color. I was thinking floating shelf (that I just so happened to thrift the other day $7) with various knick knacks and maybe two framed pieces of vintage wallpaper that I bought back in NH over thanksgiving. Still thinking about this.



View of living room from my room. Something needs to happen in that wall space between Rachel's room and the kitchen, but not sure what yet. Please ignore the crooked frame! Here is a sneak peak into the kitchen, but I will save that for another day when our dishes are actually done!



View from front door. I got the oversized chair on craigslist for $50 when we first moved in because I could not deal with the empty space.

In the next week or so I am going to be playing around with a few different things and will post the results later!

Class Schedule for my last semester

Monday
2:00 - 4:50- Portfolio w/ Judy
5:00 - 7:50 - Studio w/ Langhorn

Tuesday
9:30 - 12:20 - Creative Writing
5:00 - 7:50 - Advanced Solidworks (bleh)

Thursday
9:30 - 12:20 - Textures (?) Not signed up for this yet but might try to get in
5:00 - 7:50 - Studio w/ Langhorn

Filling the remainder of my time up with teaching at various schools around Brooklyn. I am also in the middle of helping a friend reorganize/decorate her apartment in the financial district and may have another interior design job in the east village!

Last First day of school!

Today is my last first day of school so in celebration I made Rachel take some photos of me and vice versa on our lovely banister.




My favorite tank top- Anthropologie via ebay
Sweater- My local salvation army
Orange skirt - American Apparel via Beacon's Closet in Williamsburg
tights- TJ Maxx in NH
Boots - Old Navy sale in LI my mom bought them for me for $6!
Earrings (can't see them!) - Early Designs via Bust Craftacular
Necklace - bought at market in Lima Peru
Silver Ring & Cuff Bracelet - gifts from my mother
green coconut ring - bought in Lima Peru

Sick Computer

My poor Powerbooks hard drive bit the dust last week so I am getting a new one. I won't have a computer until Wednesday but after that expect updates galore! I have lots to share and one of my new years resolutions is to blog as much as possible!