Current Obsessions: Heading Indoors

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

• Spotted: A pair of Tove Adman Concrete Candlesticks in a home designed by Swedish real estate agency Fantastic Frank from Yatzer.
• Julie has found the world’s best coffee cup.
• Lately on Pinterest: Julie has been fixated on fixtures, Christine seeks inspiration from Morandi, Sarah has been checking out Marni menswear; Michelle wants to press flowers; more to come next week.
• Dwell asks Danish designer Cecile Manz her thoughts on Fritz Hansen, color palettes, and women in design.
• Sarah’s reading the latest copy of Kinfolk.
• On the heels of our Portland(s) week issue, we are perusing the offerings at Portland’s Own, a site offering locally made goods from OR.
• Alexa’s been perusing the pages of EGMV on Tumblr.
• Checking out Official Mfg. Co.’s work on the Canvas Lands End Catalog.
• Julie is touring David Salle’s Fort Greene urban artist’s compound, currently on the market and on view at the NY Times.
• Christine is gathering her notes from London Design Week. See some of her favorites: Tree-Inspired Coat Racks, Transformative Curtains from Scandinavia, and Herbivore Planter by Jody Leach.
• Meanwhile on Gardenista: Turning indoors to take a look at healthy houseplants. Photograph via Emma’s Design Blogg from Gardenista’s Houseplants Board on Pinterest.
• Michelle went to the Cindy Sherman exhibit at SFMoMA with some friends; afterward they all vowed never to have plastic surgery (and to start wearing hats).
• Janet’s following the investigation into why the bees of the Alsace region of France are mysteriously producing blue and green honey.