This. Makes. Me. Happy!
(thank you Lauren!)
Rainbow Parade this Saturday
Do you live in NYC? Then you absolutely must join us for my studiomate’s Rainbow Parade this saturday. Jessi doesn’t kid around when it comes to organizing social gatherings, so be prepared for major awesome. G, Ella, Tilo and I will be there, proudly monochromatic!
There’s lots of rainbow color fun in store and most of us Studiomates will be attending. The part I am looking forward to the most is the Rainbow Parade which will be led by the Raya Brass Band. The Parade starts at 2pm and as we are going to be marching chromatically you should show up a little earlier.
Do you have anything more exciting lined up for this saturday afternoon than this? Impossible! So, join us! Leave a comment below if you’re in and tell us what color you’ll be!
More info on the event over on Jessi’s blog. (Remember her RainbowBirthday last year?)
A Paper Record Player Wedding Invitation
NYC based designer Kelli Anderson created the most amazing wedding invitation in this universe: A Paper Record Player:
Paper Record Player from kellianderson on Vimeo.
We here at Studiomates were lucky enough to get a live demonstration of the card by Kelly last week. Yes, we were blown away.
Stunning Self-Portraits
Alex Stoddard’s talent is taking my breath away. Check out his Stunning Self-Portraits over on MY MODERN MET. (By the way, he is 17!)
Antti Pulli
Antti Pulli is the talent behind this fantastic chair. And wow, talk about a cool name. (Antti Pulli sounds almost as cool as my studiomate’s name, Larry Legend!)
(via ignant)
Interview by MY MODERN MET
I am honored to have been interviewed by Alice Yoo of MY MODERN MET for the Content Curator’s series.
The Beauty of Maps: A Documentary
The Beauty of Maps is a 4 part BBC series that was released almost a year ago. The documentary takes us through the staggering four million map collection of the British Library in London.
Watch more over on visualnews.com
(via the always fabulous coudal)
Photolettering.com
House Industries just announced photolettering.com which allows users to purchase single settings for $7 each, or for about $2 each, through several subscription programs starting at $15 per month. The final product is a downloadable vector-based .pdf file that can be placed as art and edited in any drawing program. At the time of launch, photolettering.com will include 40 alphabet styles that have been optimized specifically for the online interface but the collection will be continuously refreshed with a constant flow of innovative new offerings.
(Thank you Andy!)
The Dumpster Project
Brooklyn-based artist Mac Premo has archived much of his life through collected objects. He is about to move to a smaller studio, which means he needs to say goodbye to a lot of his stuff. He will do so by using them as the raw material for one enormous collage, created inside a 30-yard dumpster. And before he is starting to work on that giant piece, he is going to photograph around 400 of these objects and display them, accompanied by a brief history of each item over at thedumpsterproject.com.
Design is…
Josh Higgins started a project with Doyald Young in November of 2010 that got never finished. It was to be a gift from himself and Doyald to one of their mutual friends. Before the poster was finished, sadly, Doyald passed away. The day after his passing, Josh contacted Jessica Hische and she graciously and beautifully brought the project to life. The poster took a whole new direction from a gift for a friend to a way to raise money for a type scholarship in Doyald’s name.
(I just ordered one but am a little confused at the $50 shipping fee.) Ah! It was a typo! Whew!
(via designworklife)
Inventor Portrait: Steven Sasson
Beautiful video portrait of Steven Sasson, inventor of the digital camera. He was the 32nd inventor in David Friedman’s Inventor Project. He shot him in October at Kodak’s headquarters in Rochester, just a couple weeks before President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Technology.
Inventor Portrait: Steven Sasson from David Friedman on Vimeo.
What’s with that fabric on that chair? I couldn’t stop focusing on it.
(thank you James)
What’s your Side Project?
At the last CreativeMorning/NewYork with Ji Lee we asked: If you didn’t have to worry about your job and lack of time, which side project would you start? Here are some of the answers. See the entire set here. What is yours?
(all photos by wonderful Emily Gilbert)
(want to create your own Icebreakertags for your next event? There’s a site for that!)
Values
Spend your life doing what you love.
Be focused and disciplined.
Collaborate.
Real Life UP House
(via idsgn)
Wooden Espresso Maker
Now here’s an espresso maker that made me look: Linje – The Norwegian Coffee Experience.
(via stylinrooms)
Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web
At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what’s coming in the next 5,000 days?
She Rides Above It
‘She rides above it‘ is a lovely screen-print that reminds us that it is best to ride above all of the strains of modern life. It is much more fun up in the clouds!
She Rides Above It by Chase and Wonder
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Method & Craft
Are you a designer? Are you familiar with Method & Craft? If not, I would suggest you check out their site.
Method & Craft is run by a crazy talented bunch of designers (one of them is my studiomate) and features Articles, Interviews, Videos, and Notes. The Method & Craft articles focus on process and workflow of designers. Their interviews let designers discuss their approach & perspective in their own words. And their videos show the designer at work, sharing application-specific techniques. Needless to say, those are my favorites!
I just thoroughly enjoyed this video covering Vintage Effects in Illustrator:
(kind of via chris glass)
Rainbowparade & Holesale
Do you remember my studiomate Jessi’s Rainbowbirthday last year? Well, her birthday is just around the corner and she has another fabulous birthday plan: She is organizing a rainbow parade plus a birthday-good-cause-fleamarket in the beautiful Manhattan Bridge Arch (or Bridge Hole, as we call it) in DUMBO. Hence it’s called HOLESALE!
G, Tilo, I and our little rainbow princess Ella will all march proudly in the parade (which will be ordered chromaticly!) You’re into colors? Join us! Dress in one color and be to the DUMBO Bridge Hole by 4:30 on saturday april 16th. It would be great to come earlier so you can be photographed! The rainbow parade will kick off at 5:00.
Speaking of parade: Do you know of a marching band in NYC? Have them get in touch with Jessi! (Click here for her email) She is hoping to find a marching band that will lead the parade. (I will blog the video afterwards and will advertise the heck out of the band!)
Also, if you buy anything from the fleamarket the money will go to support Willie Mae’s Rock Camp.
Are you not sure if you should attend? Well, let this flowchart help your decision making:
See you at the Holesale/Rainbowparade on saturday april 16th! For more info, go to holesale.org.
Desktime
Sam Rosen of the Post Family visited the studio yesterday and told me about his brand new site called Desktime!
Desktime is a beautifully designed site that helps you rent out extra desks or find a desk to work for a day, week or month. Think of it as the AirBnB for the workspace. I am obviously a huge fan of the co-working concept (hence Studiomates).
I am thrilled to see more sites like this (remember my Loosecubes post?) pop up that make the dream of the mobile office a reality. As I mentioned they just launched. I can’t wait to see this grow!
Giant Wooden Xylophone
This giant wooden xylophone just made my day. I want to hug every single person that was involved in making this happen.
(via Paul Octavious)
Apple Logo Rainbow Sticker
Seeing the old treatment of the Apple Logo (on a new MacBook Pro) just now gave me an instant sense of nostalgia. I will most definitely order one of these raised, awesome, stickers to put on my iPad or Laptop.
(thanks for the nostalgia, sam)