Design
March 3, 2009

The Met Home of the Year

Metropolitan Home gathered together the most beautiful modern homes of their very own readers and then bestow the ultimate title in modern design–the Met Home of the Year. Top honors went to Karman Ng, the owner of a design firm, who showed the world how a touch of vintage with a healthy dose of modern could look fresh and exciting.

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Art
February 26, 2009

A Hot Mess: Byroglyphics (7 Total)

A new set of edgy art was just released by London based artist Byroglyphics (aka Russ Mills). We've written about Russ Mills before, how his messy art draws us in and captivates our attention. He calls his style “kitchen sink surrealism.” Mills uses bold splashes of color to create movement and you can tell he's been influenced by Japanese pop culture just by the way his (Photoshop) brush strokes fall.

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Design
February 21, 2009

James Jean Designed Wine Bottles (3 Sets)

Easily, one of my favorite things about living in these times is that when you can see art and commerce come together in a beautiful, yet meaningful way it can be just like “magic.” I've always felt that the two could exist simultaneously, like Murakami says, there is a “changing of the line” where the two worlds can now “blend.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.