Such is the demand for these lifelike diminutive dogs that the Scottish artist, Domenica More Gordon has decided the fairest way to sell them is by picking the winning buyer out of a hat. World-wide media coverage of the dogs, including a World of Interiors piece which prompted an enquiry from Brad Pitt, means that demand outstrips supply. The sale opened on the 29 November 2011 and is still open
by John Cairney The rain in Crieff stays mainly right in your face and the night I was there, it was particularly on form. It was the elegance of the place that first caught my eye, even in a storm and the gracious, charcoal grey warmth of The Lounge drew me in. There was music in the French voice that greeted me. When I asked, ‘Do you by any chance
Dorothy Parker said that “Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city” Embracing this fact means that you can start to enjoy the city which spans nearly 500 miles. One suburb, Santa Monica actually has a town centre, Third Street Promenade, which is pedestrianised no less, with a pier and a beautiful beach all in close proximity. For visitors this is an easy ‘to get your head around”
Most of us consider ourselves rather bold to have a brightly coloured ‘feature’ wall in our homes: Carnovsky, a Milan based artist/designer duo, invite you to go a whole lot further with these wild, wraparound 3D effect wallpapers. The papers are created using a technique in which three images overlap, each one in a primary colour. Together they create a deliberately disorientating and stimulating environment. Viewed through a filtered light
Argentinian photographer Irina Werning has produced a second series of her famous Back to the Future portraits which recreate childhood photos with the subjects as adults. Some of the first series are also included below in case you missed them first time around. The images are unnervingly exact in recreating the original, often period, details. To some the pictures may be melancholic but ultimately they are heartwarming; people change less than
These signs could be a thing of the past if CLOO, a new phone app, takes off. On first reading you wonder if it might be a spoof but eventually the world could become your toilet if Hilary Young and Deanna McDonald of CLOO get the investment they are looking for. Social networking is taken to new levels as people register to allow others in their city to use their bathroom.
The thinking man's denim, corduroy, inspires special affection among the 5,000 members of the Corduroy Appreciation Club. Their meetings are always held on dates that resemble the parallel lines of corduroy with the biggest to date being held in New York on 11/11/11. Attendees have to wear a minimum of two items of corduroy – which doesn't have the satisfying alliteration of 'double denim' but has loads of potential for
The latest pointless yet weirdly compelling meme sweeping Reddit and the rest of the internet is the money face mash up. Images posted from all around the world using a range of currencies show how unchanging and stateless the human face is. They are also quite funny.
It sometimes seems as if the humble cupcake has become the art medium du nos jours. Check out these creations from Cakes by Lyndsey: you don't know whether to eat them or enter them for the Turner Prize. A graduate of Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, Lyndsey is now based in Edinburgh. She is much in demand for events and special occasions and delivers boxes of spectacular, themed cakes
There is something elemental and timeless about sipping wine from stoneware wine cups and I had planned to feature a selection of them. However, I have only found one set I really like. Most that I looked at would have been fine for sitting down to dinner at King Arthur's Round Table or taking part in a Lord of the Rings convention but were less apt for domestic use. The