Funky Find Of The Week: French Water Ice Cubes by Mail!

There have been a lot of postings on here about fine waters, but fine ice cubes?

About them:
Better water, better ice, for those who want to have their ice and drink it too - with the same great level of quality. ICEROCKS® are secured sealed ice cubes made from spring water drawn from the Vendée Region of France in the Massif Central. Wow!

These glorious cubes, ready to be frozen, are hermetically packaged in disposable, recyclable containers, providing complete guarantee of hygiene and safety. The ICEROCKS® light mineral water features 37 milligrams per liter of Calcium, 157 mg/liter of Bicarbonate, 42 mg/liter Silica, and Sulphates at 53 mg/liter. Nitrates are ZERO.

Just click on the image above to learn more or to order.

It's White. It's Wood. It's Wonderful.

It's also long been known loosely as 'faux bois'. Belleek (the irish porcelain maker) had a series of glazed white tree trunk vases long before Roost was ever in business. But that doesn't stop these simulated trees, branches, bark and wood grain items from being in every hip tabletop and accessory store out there.


above: The Ted Muehling designed Bark vase for Nymphenburg Porcelain

The blending of inorganic materials into organic shapes is one of my favorite art forms.

Roost is company that has a log and driftwood collection (they have birds and leaves and mushrooms too) made of white porcelain.

And Nymphenburg Porcelain of Germany has Ted Muehling designed branch vases and candlesticks in white. Both are stunning and are available in different prices and sizes from the stores below.

As well as some other lesser known, but equally as beautiful, products.

From Jayson Home and Garden:



Click here to order

From Rose and Radish:

Nymphenburg's porcelain vase by Ted Meuhling available here.

Or Ted Muehling's Branch Vase with Moss, available at Moss, online for $845.00 USD:




And Roost makes a series of log vases and accessories:

Available by clicking here

And the Curiosity Shoppe seems to have the same log vase in size medium (Jayson carries the large and small):

Only 40.00 here.

And lovely white branch candlesticks by Ted Meuhling available at ER Butler:

Buy them here.

Porcelain driftwood votive from Sprout Home:

Only $15.75 here.

And Greener Grass Design also carries the driftwood vase and votive, but a bowl too!:

buy them here.

The Burls collection of subtle wood grain relief platters and dishes in Oyster are beautiful too!:



Buy them here.

Also commonly referred to as Faux Bois, this tableware is from Room Service:

buy it here.

And this faux bois bowl is on sale right now at Gumps for $34:

...and these faux bois votives are on sale for 19$ for the set of three:

buy them here.

And Ty Travis of Stonewater Studios on etsy has some faux bois products as well:


And lastly, more subtle, but still beautiful are Coe and Waito's Bark vases:

Buy them here.

Car Classic '07 This Coming Sunday

Dream Machines: Imagination Gone Wild

Celebrate the wildly entertaining side of automotive design at the Art Center
Car Classic ’07. This year’s event includes speakers Luigi Colani and Harald Belker TRAN ’90, two of the world’s most wildly imaginative designers. Barry Meguiar, host of Car Crazy and KABC’s Dave Kunz will once again emcee the event.



Event Highlights:

Dream Machines Showcase Corral featuring incredible vehicles by Figoni & Falaschi, the Alfa Romeo BAT cars, Italian concept cars and more

More than 100 rare and exotic vehicles on display including classics, sports cars, racecars, hot rods and customs



Tours of Art Center’s transportation design studios and galleries
Art Center College of Design, Sunday, July 15, 2007, 10 AM – 4 PM



TICKETS TO CAR CLASSIC ’07 ARE $55 AND $25/ALUMNI.



About Car Classic

During the past six years, the Art Center Car Classic has carved out a unique niche among the hundreds of annual automotive events taking place around the country. As many of the traditional concours d’elegance and car shows continue to grow larger and less personal, the Art Center Car Classic remains a focused and very special experience for the approximately 3,000 car collectors, automotive designers, Art Center alumni and design students who participate.

The Art Center Car Classic celebrates the very best in automotive design and affords the opportunity to showcase Art Center’s strong ties to industry and honor many of our noteworthy alumni. Past events have featured such sought-after speakers as alumni Chris Bangle, Peter Brock, Henrik Fisker, Chip Foose, Syd Mead, Shiro Nakumura, Ken Okuyama, Chuck Pelly, and Frank Stephenson, plus other noted designers like Reeves Callaway, Dan Gurney, Steve Moal, Gordon Murray and Patrick le Quement.

Bringing together high-caliber speakers with some of the world’s most beautiful automobiles in an setting steeped with creative energy is what makes the Art Center Car Classic so special, and is why it shouldn’t be missed.



Tickets for Car Classic '07
General Admission = $55
Alumni = $25
children 12 and under = free

To purchase tickets, click here.

Tickets include:
•Parking at the Rose Bowl
•Shuttle to and from the event
•Complimentary event program

Access to all of the following benefits:
– Over 100 world-class vehicles on display
– “Meet the Designers” presentations by legendary figures in the
automotive world
– An exciting Awards Ceremony
– Special behind-the-scene tours of the Art Center’s Transportation
Design studios and shops
– Vintage racing films
Purchase E-Tickets

Their preferred method of purchase is through their on-line eTicket sales.

They anticipate a sold-out event, so they highly recommend purchasing your ticket(s) as early as possible.