DESKTOP DESTINATIONS: AROUND THE WORLD IN PHOTOS

A few of my favorite photos from around the world this week on Pinterest. Happy desktop travels.

1  Holbav, Romania by Cristi Jora 

2  Anhui, China by Chaluntorn Preeyasombat 

3  Boseong, South Korea by Jaewoon U

For more from this series visit the Desktop Destinations archives.

DESTINATION DESIGN: CARTOGRAPHIC SHOWER CURTAINS

I've featured map plastered bathroom walls in a previous Destination Design post. Today is bathrooms round two with these cartographic shower curtains.

1 Cartography Shower Curtain from Pottery Barn 

2 San Francisco Map Shower Curtain from Linens-N-Things  

3 Wordly Shower Curtain from Fab.com 

4 California Map Shower Curtain from Bed Bath and Beyond

For more from this series visit the Destination Design archives.

PACKING LUST: CLASSIC WEEJUNS IN QUEBEC CITY

A classic pair of loafers have been on my list for some time now, so has a long weekend in Quebec City. The Washington Karikol weejuns from G.H. Bass & Co. are perfect for walking the cobblestoned streets of Canada's French capital.

For more from this series visit the Packing Lust archives.

(images via G.H. Bass & Co. and Heather Bashow)

ARMCHAIR TRAVEL: AN ATLAS OF RADICAL CARTOGRAPHY

An Atlas of Radical Cartography is not your average book of maps. "This publication includes ten pairs of politically engaged maps and texts from within the growing movement of cultural producers who have parallel or integrated activist practices." Maps play a big part in understanding most current political and social issues; this collection sheds illustrated insight into a sampling of both. 

(images via An Atlas of Radical Cartography)

A PHOTO AND VIDEO PROJECT OF INDIA'S ROAD CULTURE

Dan Eckstein's Horn Please is a video and photography project shot over 1,500 miles of roadway in Northwest India.

In a place where lanes are a mere suggestion, side-view mirrors are seldom used and modes of transport range from horse-drawn carts to eighteen-wheel trucks, the ever-present horn is an essential part of driving etiquette. 

If you've been to India, this video is an instant trip back to your time there. If you have not been there, this video serves as a great insight into the chaos of the country's road culture.

(found via Creative Roots / images via Dan Eckstein)

DESKTOP DESTINATIONS: AROUND THE WORLD IN PHOTOS

A few of my favorite photos from around the world this week on Pinterest. Happy desktop travels.

1  Milford Sound, New Zealand by Jerome Castro 

2  Tuscany, Italy by Giuseppe Peppoloni 

3  Udine, Italy by Mile Sevo

For more from this series visit the Desktop Destinations archives.

DESTINATION DESIGN: CALIFORNIA COFFEE TABLES

Somehow this awesome series of California-inspired coffee tables from J. Rusten Furniture Studio slipped past me when I did my Cartographic Coffee Tables post back in October. I'm giving it the recognition is deserves this week. It gets better, there's also a desk inspired by the Golden State.

For more from this series visit the Destination Design archives.

(images via J. Rusten Furniture Studio)