Friday Find: Urban Casita
Andrew Wagner
After taking a Friday afternoon stroll through internet land I am shutting down my computer on a happy note after coming across Chicagoan Megan Jeyifo's blog Urban Casita. This is a little site that packs a powerful visual punch accompanied by some good writing to boot. Being that I'm an architecture junkie, Fela Kuti fan, and always interested in how people live I was particularly drawn to the "Inspiration: 1970's Home in Nigeria" post in which Megan shares some shots from her in-laws' past. I particularly love the photo below, especially the table.
This post led me to an earlier post providing a look at the artist Lekan Jeyifous' (who is also Megan's brother-in-law) home in Brooklyn that includes some pretty interesting ideas like this former store display rack (below) that now fits snuggly in his living room.
And this post led me to Jeyifous' art work which can be seen at Vigilism (below The Central City Settlement). I had never seen Jeyifous' art so this was a great bonus.
So, if you are in need of some good Friday inspiration (other than ReadyMade that is) before gourging yourself on candy this weekend check out Urban Casita. Happy Halloween folks. Time for me to get on making my costume!
