March Playlist: Spring Surfin'

It's Spring Break and while many return home, I chose to escape the remnants of Northeastern snow and (hopefully) find some sun in California for the week.  Here is the playlist that was circulating on my ipod for the flight.  Enjoy!

Vers Cases

If you're like me, when it comes to protecting your ipod you want both durability and good looks.  However, too often is the case that one aspect is sacrificed for the other.  While my last case got the job done with its black hardshell plastic exterior, it seriously was lacking in its aesthetic appeal.  Thanks to Ver, the days of ipod homogeneity are over with their all wood ipod and iphone cases.

  
With choices of cherry, walnut, and bamboo everyone can enjoy the durability and simplicity of 100% real wood.

I chose bamboo because I liked the lighter finish and it doesn't hurts to save some trees along the way.  Like the BookBook it conceals your precious technology in something totally unexpected, keeping it safe and sound.  I love the Vers cases because they juxtapose something so modern with something so traditional.  It's a classic case that, like most of my favorite things, will never go out of fashion.


Visit the Vers website - right now they're having a 50% off sale!

Dwell Color Palettes

Dwell magazine's founder, Lara Hedberg Deam, brings us a series of design videos in collaboration with Ralph Lauren Paint.  The four videos were released each season of last year and are based on Le Corbusier's Polychromie Architecturale.  Each video features a diverse color palette and reflects a distinct mood and space.  Contrary to the stereotypical belief, modern architecture need not be constrained by a monochromatic palette - check out these videos and get inspired to try something unexpected and add more color to your life! 




I think the "stable brown" is especially striking and really dig this palette.

Darwin Deez: Putting the 'Hip' in Hipster

You never really know what to expect from Darwin Deez.  The turtleneck-wearing purveyor of indie pop attended Weslyan University and has been making waves ever since his first single "Constellations" charted in 2009.  Deez is a real character and it's hard not to love the catchy upbeat sound of this Napolean Dynamite-esque doppelganger. Enjoy!  


and I really like this song and video too...

On Johnson Pond

Sunday is a day to sit back and recover from the weekend's festivities .  Let's travel back in time to Colby College in Waterville, Maine circa 1958.  A time when students relaxed by the water's edge of Johnson Pond.  A time of elbow patched sweaters, ribbon watch bands, and boat shoes.  A time to really appreciate collegiate life and the warmer months ahead - here's to keeping tradition alive.

Image via Colbiana Photographs

Italo Prep

In the January '11 issue of Vanity Fair Italia, Richard Phibbs photographed a style editorial called Qualcosa di Prep (Something Prep).  I love these iconic Anglo-American inspired photographs. Interestingly, the preppy look has taken root in Italy over the past few decades, prompting many designers to borrow from the vintage Ivy League aesthetic for inspiration.  If you think these pictures look somewhat familiar, it's because Phibbs has done many celebrity portraits, magazine covers, and ad campaigns for Ralph Lauren.  This shoot is spot on.

One of my favorite books

Effortless

Images via Richard Phibbs

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