October 2011
1 post
Josh Cochran
Some really great illustrative work by Brooklyn-based Josh Cochran. He has a ton of work in his archive, some prints for sale (below), AND his dog is named Pork Chop. Nice.
September 2011
4 posts
Um, awesome. Miniature mid-century modern furniture (the old ‘say that five times fast’ adage applies here). This voyages into a whole new realm of unnecessary necessities.
The Golden Age of Cars & Lettering
More via Annyas
Why it's important to look at design in other...
Even though you probably have an initial duh response to this question, I think this is a problem with a lot of us. And then there’s the entirely separate topic of designers designing things for other designers…but I won’t get into that today.
We spend too much time looking at design work produced within the US - and while there is definitely a lot of great work being created in...
August 2011
3 posts
Themes
I am a fan of restaurant names referring to the pig specimen in various ways. Latest: The Blue Pig Tavern (via Art of the Menu). Also see the Copper Hog, one of my favorite gastropubs, in Bellingham, WA.
Sara Wood
Some amazing illustration work from Brooklyn-based Sara Wood. You might spot some pieces on her site that you’ve already seen floating around the tubes.
June 2011
2 posts
Skittles Brand Book
I just discovered an offbeat little project made by Skittles to make a brand book with mostly random and yet brand-inforcing content. Who knew they had a sense of humor?
Skittles Brand Book
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May 2011
8 posts
From the Desk of Andrew Byrom →
This is a couple months old, but still totally hilarious.
via Creative Review
Scott Allen Hill
Lately, I’ve been finding some pretty fantastic work on Dribbble. Today, I cam across the work of Scott Allen Hill, who has a pretty impressive portfolio of illustration and design work. Also see his website, another well-done Cargo
Robin Sheldon Design
Besides showcasing some good illustration and pattern work, it’s nice that Robin Sheldon’s site doesn’t immediately look like a Cargo
Free Face
Also, Free Faces - essentially a well-designed platform that curates all the really great typefaces we already know, and will hopefully introduce us to more. For example, I had no idea the League of Moveable type had put out a new League Script. Nice.
Lost Type Co-Op: A name-your-price type foundry →
Internet Censorship →
Google Street View
A nice overview of living vicariously through Google Street view. If you didn’t know how before, now you do.
GOOGLE STREET VIEW from Sehsucht™ on Vimeo.
April 2011
19 posts
Eric Karjaluoto on Design Thinking (via... →
Typeplace
This is such a great nerdy design app. Typeplace allows users to take photos of typography they see - anywhere and everywhere - geotag, and share. I’ll have to take it for a spin.
typeplaceapp.com
via Quipsologies
5 Simple Manifestos →
A tumblr of Ampersands →
A little too much truth in advertising
I love Division of Labor’s series on blatantly honest grocery store specials.
December 2010
2 posts
Dan Mountford
Dan Mountford has some interesting and fun work - it’s a bit like Where’s Waldo to me.
Put A Chair On Your Chair
Eames Pillows from Inhabit. Sadly, I don’t think they’re selling them anymore, but there are still many other fun unneeded things to look at on the site.
Via Grassroots Modern
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
4 posts
340 Days
And yet another thing I hope to do more of…bookbinding and book arts.
Allison Connell did a great bookbinding project called 340 Days over the course of a year, binding a book each month and filling each book with content - illustrations, collages, etc. I’m fascinated with her original binding for the month of June - a folded spine with pamphlet binding. Whoops, geeking out on...
Picture picture
Photography is something I always say I will get back into but “don’t have enough time for it.” Well, in the meantime, I will continue to drool over photo blogs, until one day I snap and finally get up and do it myself.
The Blue Hour is the blog of photographer Brian Ferry of London, UK. Every time I peruse his new postings, I am not only envious of his beautiful perspective and...
For The Love Of Type →
Frank Chimero has teamed up with some other great designers to create a site promoting how much we can do with custom type on the web these days. It’s hard to believe it, but ALL of the type on this site is live
Lost Worlds Fairs
The Curiosity Shoppe
I could easily spend far too much time and money on this online shop. Lots of punny gifts and crafty finds.
July 2010
6 posts
Friday Mixtape
Feeling a bluesy Friday today on my way down to Seattle. Ten tracks including music by B.B. King, Dan Auerbach and Jimi Hendrix.
Friday Mixtape
This Friday I’m throwing in some jazz education for you all, inspired by a cloudy Seattle morning. Enjoy!
Big Bang Big Boom
Graffiti art meets stop animation with some bits of Rube Goldberg influence. Mindblowing!
BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
Friday Mixtape
Putting together some laid-back tracks in preparation for a sunny drive down to Seattle today.
Time Wasters
Here’s a couple good’uns for you.
Vintage Ad Browser is a 100,000+ image archive of ads dating as far back as the 18th century. This will definitely feed my mid-century advertising addiction for quite some time to come.
Cover Browser, Vintage Ad’s sister site, is a 450,000+ image archive of covers - books, comic books, magazines, and whatever else you could possibly think of in...
Friday Mixtape
The second Friday Mixtape - a little old school this time. Recommended listening for cleaning/organizing your room/apartment/life.