Current Obsessions: August Song

Here’s a look at what’s on our radar this week.

• A look at Brooklyn during the summer of 1974.
• Today marks the first day of NY Now, a trade show bringing makers and artists from all over the world to the Javits Center and Pier 94 in New York City.
• We’re admiring the residential work of Hecker Gurthie.
• The most organized people in the world might be chefs.
• We’re loving Mother mag’s home tour with Kinfolk founding art director Amanda Jane Jones.
• We’re flattered that Such & Such is obsessed with the Remodelista book.

• Jute, a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory, recently sat down with Lonny to talk about design inspiration, favorite movies, and life in San Francisco.
• Heidi Swanson shares a peek into Quitokeeto’s new San Francisco studio.
• DIY bar carts for the budget-minded.
• Surprise, surprise: Funny guy Jonah Hill knows how to decorate.
• Have you heard? Here are the winners of Remodelista’s Considered Design Awards and Gardenista’s Considered Design Awards.
  

To catch up on posts from this week on Remodelista, see Down Under—and don’t miss Gardenista’s dip into New Zealand and Australia in their Down Under issue.