Current Obsessions: Scenic Routes

Here’s a look at what we’ve been admiring this week.

Above: We are yearning to see Seven Magic Mountains, a large-scale public artwork by renowned Swiss artist Ugo Reondinone. Located in the desert out of Las Vegas, the two-year exhibit features 35-foot-high totems comprised of vibrantly painted locally-sourced boulders.  Photo by Gianfranco Gorgoni; courtesy of Art Production Fund and Nevada Museum of Art.

• This crumbling greenhouse gets a news lease on life.
• In Buenos Aires, this artist creates a magical botanical world out of thread.

Above: We’ve had our eye on the subtly colored ceramic planters by Vancouver-based artist and designer Lindsey Hampton. Photo courtesy of Lindsey Hampton.

• An inside look at one of our favorite houseplant brands in NYC.
• These bamboo structures provide landmark architecture amidst the beauty of China’s cultivated rice fields.
• The mysterious story of the garden that makes water.

Above: On our radar: Väkst, one of Copenhagen’s newest restaurants where the heart is “the greenhouse and the countless plants.” Photo courtesy of Chris Opander Tonnesen.

• The amazing transformation of a forgotten New York landmark.
• An all-natural DIY alternative to the citronella candle.
• Over on Remodelista: A Craftsman-Made Apartment.

Our Latest Instagram Obsession

Above: Plants, art, inspiration and more plants: that’s why we love perusing photographer Janneke Luursema’s feed (@still__ ).

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