Our making-ideas happen brothers over at Behance just posted an interesting and intriguing list of One Hundred Tips To Improve Your Life. They collaborated with a group of fourteen seperate blogs, all with a shared interest in helping people increase productivity — among other self-improvements — they call the whole collaboration “LifeRemix.” With my insane travel schedule, absurd life/work balance, and overall nutty lifestyle going on right now, I really appreciated poking through many of these tips and thought maybe some of my readers would as well. Enjoy!

The Eames name has long been a defining point in the world of mod. So what happens when you take a classic mod piece and update it with an even more modern material? You get these carbon fiber Eames shell chairs from Garageworks Industries.

Available as a side chair, an arm chair, or a rocker, and in slightly varying weave colors, these renditions offer an interesting textural update to the modern classic shell chair; they’d look great in a minimal room with a lot of black or white. That said, I personally prefer the bright colors of the DWR Eames reproductions.

Via AT:LA

–Danny Nathan

Heather has written about decals here before; oh, has she ever. Loyal Josh Spear readers will remember her fawning over such creative cures for the blank wall as Blik and Dvider. I bet she was the kind of girl that elementary school teachers love — a devotee of the sticker economy.

If I’m right, then the decals over at Tonky wall stickers should keep Heather happy, quiet and attentive in class for at least a week. Tonky’s may have less patterns on display than Blik, but it’s got a bunch of other good stuff, like “creatures,” rocks, skulls, and even a kids section — my personal favorite is the Dodo Skeleton. And everything on the Tonky site is available in several different colors, making it a virtual certainty that you’ll find something to suit your space. My advice it to get there before Heather does, otherwise she’ll buy Tonky up and only let you have one of her stickers if your group is the first to quiet down after recess.

You know from past coverage that we’re always pee-in-our-pants excited about using wallpaper to brighten up a space, but Surface View offers some great murals that make some patterned wallpaper look as boring as white walls. The England company’s joined forces with different cultural institute groups, like the Victoria and Albert Museum, tapping into their archives to come up with a choice of visually interesting wall pieces. Among the good picks are the pictures from the Land of Lost Content collection, which star retro and kitschy images like a decorated donkey or a sunset overlooking a trailer park. If you’re looking for something more classical, check out the pastoral countryside scenes in the Classic Masters section. All the murals are customizable, allowing you to crop any image the way you want.

Warning: If you are epileptic you may want to be careful when checking out the site for DrinkMe, the best-kept secret energy uberdrink from Austria that has a cartoon website full of flashing color. Named after the famous goodies Alice ate in Wonderland, the Pineapple-y tasting liquid won’t make you smaller or taller, but will hype you up. The brew boasts more than just a fictional namesake, though; an entire elaborate fantasy backs up its production with the fruits being gathered by an “army of beady eyed creatures from uncharted jungles and forests around the world, and Mars.” The image of these creatures is right on the rainbow can, which the apparently narcissistic little critters craft in “subterranean factories,” using the “color-molecules” from the exotic fruits. Order online, or get a boost of energy just from copy like, “from the single can to our god-like Euro palette of greatness. It’s the rawksauce.”

One of the first spots I stayed at on my recent trip to Bali was a boutique resort called The Elysian, a set of 26 private villas — a treat to myself that turned out to be a great start to the trip. In all honesty, I hadn’t ever spoken to anyone who stayed there as it is quite new, but saw it show up on Tablet Hotels and figured, how bad could 26 private villas on the beach really be? It’s located in Seminyak, far enough away from Kuta to avoid the nonsense of commercialized island living, but close enough to civilization to find some great shops, incredible restaurants and feel like I was “in” the mix so to speak.

Each villa is decorated very comfortably, clean lines, lots of light stones and local woods; all feature very comfortable beds and ample space to spread out. My brothers and I had no problem “squeezing” in, as traveling in threes is always interesting. The best aspect of the villa was really the private pool that ran along one side the structure. Awesome for early morning, mid-day and midnight dunks. The restaurant offers a mix of local food and fresh fish dishes and was also set on a 25-meter pool, an amazing sight each day in its own right. The hotel was a little farther from the beach than I would have anticipated, a 8 minute walk, but still quite easy and not worth complaining about. If you’re looking for luxury, but won’t spring for an Aman resort and want to keep things interesting, this is a solid spot certainly worth checking out.

Spear Collective member and local hero Jason Thielke has a solo show coming up this Friday in Denver, so if you find yourself with some downtime in between work and your Friday night romp, head over to Birds @ The 400, where Jason will be selling 400 new works…for $50 dollars each.

That’s right — $50 bucks for a little slice of Thielke. Actually, it’s not really a little slice; all the pieces I’ve seen so far are pretty generously sized. And for those of you unfamiliar with this sort of show, you’ve gotta be there to call dibs. That means, the sooner you get there, the more likely you’ll wind up with a whole wall’s worth of paintings for under $200. Things officially run from 6-10pm, but be aware that the last time I attended a show like this, the best stuff was snatched up after barely 20 minutes (read: plan your entrance with care, because the hawks will be out).