
Yesterday, I talked about one designer who
advocates play in public, but today I'd like to focus on play at home. At my house, there's always a deck of cards and a Scrabble board on hand, if not littering my coffee table, and one shouldn't be surprised to find trails of paper penciled with hangman games throughout my home. And there's always play going on when my dog,
Ozzie, is in the room (or the backyard).

Having covered style and beauty in
two previous books, American magazine
Nylon has taken on music in
their third book, Play. Behind the cool cover there's some fab music-related style and beauty inspiration, as well as interviews and dream mixtapes compiled by some of my favourite current bands and solo artists.
The first section covers "Icons" past and present – from Marianne Faithfull to Amy Winehouse, with The Slits, Missy Elliott, Kim Gordon, Kylie and many more in between.

Indulge, but refine. -- Lawrence Durrell
We talk a lot here about all kinds of personal refinement, but how about indulgence? Where in your life could you be doing a bit more indulging?!