Links We Love – August 7, 2015

From recipes inspired by our favorite literary heroines to a tour of Frieda Kahlo’s Mexico City home, here are the links we love this week.

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1. Designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón is the genius behind the PET Lamp, an international project devoted to turning castoff soda bottles into artisan-made woven pendant lights. Take a peek inside his home in Madrid, a defunct lamp factory that he repurposed into a colorful live-work space. (Remodelista.com)

2. Eat like your favorite literary heroines with this creative roundup of recipes inspired by scenes from classic novels. (Food52.com)

3. Not only is this behind-the-scenes tour of Frieda Kahlo’s house in Mexico City filled with inspiring photography, but it also includes some fascinating tidbits about her family life and the inspiration behind her art. (Apartmenttherapy.com)

4. We love working with companies like Sidai that make beautiful products out of upcycled materials, so we were thrilled to read about Speedo’s new fabric recycling partnership. (Refinery29.com)

5. The Wall Street Journal published this ultimate bucket list travel guide a few weeks ago, but it deserves a spot on this week’s roundup simply because we’re still talking about how great it is! (Wsj.com)

Written by DARA Artisans.Aug 07, 2015
 
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