Read, see, make and do: This week's must-haves
The Dyson Solarcycle Morph lamp offers technology aimed at supporting our body clock. The daylight tracking technology.
Once upon a time, householders kept livestock indoors to keep their homes — and the animals — toasty. Granted, the Woolly Wiggle, €850, framed, won’t do the same thing but neither will this shapely sheep leave a mess for you to clean up.
Bríd Fanning's painting will feature at Art Source in the RDS, which opens on Friday, November 15, at 11am and runs until November 17. Bríd, based in Oldcastle, Co Meath, switched her focus from the corporate sector, where she worked for over two decades, to art, to express her love of colour and texture through her subject matter of people, animals and landscapes. Ireland’s largest art fair will also present pristine prints of Andy Warhol’s iconic Marilyn series alongside work at all price points by hundreds of Irish and international artists.
See www.artsource.ie or www.instagram.com/artsourcerds
Hunting for a gift in the under-€20 price bracket for an eco-conscious friend or a super-creative sibling? Fleetwood has come to the rescue with its nine-piece upcycling kit, which is dinky yet provides everything you need to transform old sticks of furniture into slick new pieces. Each component has been carefully selected to ensure users can complete their upcycling projects quickly, easily, and sustainably. It’s €19.95 and it is available in selected home and hardware stores nationwide.
See www.fleetwood.ie
Similar to the disruptions experienced when travelling across different time zones, the adjustment to clocks going back can disrupt our internal body clock and sleep patterns. Our bodies naturally synchronise with the natural light-dark cycle, and sudden changes in clock times and sleep patterns can lead to feelings of fatigue. The Dyson Solarcycle Morph lamp offers technology aimed at supporting our body clock. The daylight tracking technology automatically adjusts the lighting to reduce blue light in the mornings and evenings, helping to regulate our sleep patterns and boost our mood. Personalised via the Dyson Link App, the Dyson Lightcycle Morph, priced from €550, intelligently adjusts the light it emits depending on the user’s task, age, mood and local daylight.
See dyson.ie
The festive season has already arrived jingle jangling in the shopping aisles. At Jysk there’s everything a homebody will love from slippers, €11.50, to hot water bottles in fleeces, €11.50. But we’re eyeing the Pynt mugs, €4, ideal for a kitsch Christmas tablescape.
See www.jysk.ie
Anyone already ticking off items on the festive shopping lists will likely have plans to — if they haven't done so already — hit the streets of the nearest big town or city. The latter are the focus of the latest publication by the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. is billed as “the most comprehensive book on Irish cities to date”. The almost 700-page publication was launched at the National Gallery of Ireland and includes case studies and examples of projects on successful European cities. The book's 29 contributors are calling for a radical change in how we finance, govern and plan Irish cities and also offer solutions to meet the challenges urban centres currently face. is edited by David Browne FRIAI, Jim Coady FRIAI and Dr Carole Pollard FRIAI, and published by the RIAI.
See RIAI.ie
