Current Obsessions: Black and White

Here’s a roundup of what’s piquing our interest this week:

• Christine is wondering what happens when an iconic city symbol goes out of production.
• DIY project we’re thinking of trying this weekend: gold and silver pumpkins.
• Squid ink pasta (for Halloween) by Marco Davies.
• Julie and Sarah are swooning over this book; trust us, you need it now.

• Sarah’s heading to the show of Sendai kimono maker Tsuyo Onodera; read about her Senninbari project here.
• Christine is looking at this all white summer house by Russian architect Peter Kostelov outside Moscow; without windows or doors.
• Julie’s pinning images for her White Mood Board on Pinterest.

• Alexa regrets not staying here when she was in Istanbul last year.
• Sarah is checking out the first edition of Radio Silence.
• Is this Mark Zuckerberg’s new SF pied-a-terre?
• Meanwhile, over at Gardenista: Admiring copper fountain and iris wetlands from a San Francisco project by Marcel Wilson. See our Black and White pinboard for more of our latest obsession.
• Checking out the use of containers on this oversized roof terrace in Williamsburg.