Charmingwall is a site that serves as a museum and store for art prints. The prints are great, but it was the site’s design that really impressed me. Usually I grumble about flash and prefer minimal and efficient designs, but this one is actually good. It starts as an organic, hand drawn [...]
I thought these photographs of objects interacting with clouds were pretty clever. Unfortunately I can’t read the site that they are on, so I have no idea who made them or where they came from.
Colorado artist Anthony Cozzi has a small but fantastic collection of giclée prints sold under the moniker “Snowblinded”. I especially love the “Volcano” print as it reminds me of Asian woodblock prints. The rest of the prints feature great colors and texture as well in both photographic and graphic styles. The price [...]
Susan Rudat has some lovely line work in her Moleskine ink drawings. I especially enjoyed the “Flora” set. She also has a blog that is worth checking out. I love the blurring of the line between sketches and finished art pieces that is happening these days, and a lot of [...]
I love the idea and execution behind Ulrika Erdes’ Public Embroidery. It’s like the type of graffiti a crafty housewife would leave on a bus seat if they were the type to do such things. It is amazing how a simple cross stitching can add such a sophisticated and subtle beauty to a [...]
15 students from Shankar college in Israel traveled to China to participate in a workshop for designing bamboo toys. The toys are really cute, and of course, bamboo is super sustainable. I love the way the simple bright colors look with the light brown color of the bamboo.
“If possible, don’t take a picture of anything right away. Give yourself time to just experience. You need to do this to understand what you’re photographing. If it’s a landscape, walk around and soak up the sun, smell the dirt. If it’s fashion, feel the textures, the colors. If it’s a portrait, talk to the [...]
Chank has released a new font that was drawn in the snow. It was created by students and presenters that attended MSU Mankato ByDesign Student Conference in February. The event was hosted by the MSU Mankato AIGA chapter that I am a part of. It’s free for personal use, and there’s a [...]
I was literally watching Juno (again) yesterday and found myself wondering how they created the animation sequence during the opening credits. I had guessed that they just lowered the frame count of an actual video and used some effect to give the frames a hand drawn look, but it looked too nice to be [...]
If you can think of it, there is probably a Flickr group about it. I loved looking at this Flickr set of people jumping off swings. Jumping off of a swing is one of the most exhilarating feelings in the world. It was my favorite thing to do in a park. [...]
