Friends! The Worth Your Salt Pop Up Shop merchandise is now available online thanks to Subports, a text-to-buy retail platform. All profits go directly to the designers themselves (who shared the cost of running and installing the shop).

Wright introduces Timeless, an exhibition of unique works by Constantin and Laurene Boym. As modern alchemists, the Boyms create sculptural works from the archetypal forms of everyday objects. The new series, a mediation on essentials, makes the ordinary timeless.

I had the opportunity to participate in one of the many Boisbuchet workshops run by Vitra this past August. Set in the Southwest of France, about an hour and a half train ride from Paris, Boisbuchet provides a landscape that is part fantasy vacation, part independent investigation and part global crossroads, all splashed with a couple of glasses of red wine.

Just a quick note to let you know the results of the ODL Planning Meeting on July 27th. Between 2009-2010 we will be working up a bunch of new projects including: a pop-up shop/retail opportunity, a series of publications, an off-site show at ICFF and NeoCon 2010, and expanding our mini-events to include workshops, crits, and panel discussions.