Current Obsessions: Out and About

Happy long weekend, dear readers! We’re gearing up for a big week ahead for Remodelista and Gardenista. From October 14-18, we’ll be kicking off the NYC edition of the Architecture & Design Film Festival, for which we’re the official media sponsor. Stop by if you’re in town!

And! Our latest book, Gardenista: The Low-Impact Garden, comes out on Tuesday. There are just a few more days to take advantage of the pre-order discount when you order via our publisher’s site: Use code GARDENISTA20 at checkout; valid through October 13.

Til then, here are 15 more things on our radar:

• Tip of the hat to John Derian, who this month celebrates three decades since he opened his first NYC shop. (Psst: Tune into Quick Takes tomorrow for more with John.)
• Londoners: Stop by Matilda Goad’s newly opened MG+CO. outpost for the best-looking hardware around.
• Field + Supply is this weekend in Kingston, NY. Are you going? Let us know your favorite finds.
• What do we have in common with wunderkind chef Flynn McGarry? This coffeemaker (which also recently made our top 10 list).
• Ooh, would love to go to this exhibit in Wisconsin, featuring Frank Lloyd Wright’s chair designs.
• The case of the missing slipper, solved.
• Kudos to basketmaker Jeremy Frey, who was named a MacArthur Fellow this week; see his work here.
• Margot, our resident botanical artist, is admiring these groovy new rugs featuring “traditional floral patterns as seen through the lens of California counterculture” starring poppies, weeds, and mushrooms. (She particularly likes the weeds.)
• “Arthur Miller’s hand-built writing studio in Roxbury, CT, where he wrote The Crucible and The Misfits, is being carefully restored and relocated beside the Minor Memorial Library.” (Hat tip: Julie.)
• A rare event: Everything is 15 percent off at Niwaki (and free shipping for $100+ purchase), including its limited edition Japanese workwear in “bleu de travail.”
• The Quiet Botanist, has just introduced two new bar soaps for fall: Honey Bee and Lavender Fields. (Hat tip: Laura.)
• Garden wunderkind Arthur Parkinson’s new book, Hen Party: A Celebration of Fancy Fowl, just landed in bookstores. “I love his drawings—and he has gathered together 50 of his favourite breeds of chickens. Really lovely gift book for chicken enthusiasts!” writes Clare.
• Floral designer Milli Proust has an enviable cut flower garden in rural England—and now she’s a world record holder, too!
• From Margot: “an intriguing Japanese store” devoted to flower preservation.
• On Fan’s wish list (and maybe weekend DIY list): the Wave Hill chair.
• A sad closing: Sanso in L.A. is shuttering: “The unknowing and uncertainty is truly exciting. We are meant to explore and share. Attempting to have all the right next steps figured out before moving forward delays our real progress. The only thing left to do is to pay attention, be present, and be completely open.” Stop by their last popup shop today, from 12 to 4 pm.
• And a welcome opening: see Gallerie Green: An NYC Landscape Firm’s New Emporium of Antique Accents for the Garden.