I would have no problem moving into Jon Pawson’s house immediately. I love his minimalist approach to decorating and interiors. And I share his love for white. In fact he says: “There are 50 different color shades of white, And you could probably only see them in an empty room.” For John Pawson, architecture is all about reduction. I agree.
(via minimalissimo)
Love this illustration by Devon Smith, a New Zealand based Illustrator. Would look fabulous in Ella’s room.
(via newzealanddesignblog)
Studiomate Jessica Hische just came out with these Day-Ruining Invoice Notepads. The covers are letterpressed and the interiors are 2 color offset, all bound with glue for tearoutability and black binding tape for fanciness / vintagefeelperfection. It’s only $25 and will certainly make any designer snortlaugh if you give it to them. Visit her store to purchase!
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Grab a coffee and a cookie and dive into the New York Public Library’s Photostream on Flickr. Amazing discoveries to be had.
Can you fall in love with a desk? YES, YOU CAN! The Hansen Family Desk makes me gasp!
“Distractivity is what you’re doing when you get distracted from what you should be doing. It’s generally what you want to do, often what you need to do, and arguably, what you’ll do best.”
– John Goodman from Distractivity
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South Africa’s Kulula airlines recently received the rebranding treatment from creative agency Atmosphere when they applied this 101 guide to the various parts of the airplane. Made me smile. Found over at PSFK.
I am all for Surrealism, so it’s no surprise this Immaculate Perception collage by Matthew Rose gets my thumbs up.
Beautifully printed by Mariela Cadiz in Paris, this piece is a lullaby in the surrealist cannon: A young girl in a bob cut dreams in a dream of a lemon tree. She is the revolution, says the artist.
Steve Badowski’s Social Media Mullet made me laugh. Business up front, party in the back.
(via @carlrc)
I was thrilled to discover my friend Dylan Fareed’s artwork featured on 20×200! Go Dylan! The print is fantastic! Well deserved! Must. Order. One! Done!
Stump Ring! Made me smile! The Valentines version is available with any two sets of initials engraved inside the heart. Be sure to check out an exclusive stop motion movie starring the Stump ring, made for D&I by Mac Premo.
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Alex Giron put together a design quotes display system that can be used as a screensaver. Head over to neography.com/designquotes and take a look for yourself. Mac users can use IdleWeb, a nice little app that allows you to set up any webpage as your screensaver. Just make sure you set it up in “kiosk” mode within the screensaver options.
Stunning wooden bowls by switzerland based Christoph Finkel. The bowls are made out of wood that Christoph finds locally. He obviously pushes the limits of what is possible to create a perfect shaped bowl from a bulky pice of wood. Beautiful.
(thank you angelica)
Coffee table 20! Oh, the simplicity.
(via deedee9:14)
YES! Pop + Shorty’s Geek Love Continues!
Last week I featured talented Mikey Burton and I just discovered this “Thank You Illustration” he did. Caption: I was featured on SwissMiss! In honor of the occasion, I drew a little self-portrait with some Swiss stuff (and a few clouds too). Thanks so much!
You are so welcome. And thank you for making me smile.
Our speaker at the January 2010 CreativeMornings was Michael Bierut of Pentagram hosted at the fabulous Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn. It was our biggest CreativeMornings audience yet with 300 (!) NYC creatives attending. Enjoy Michael’s insightful presentation in the video below. It’s a brand new talk on the subject of “Clients”. A big giant thank you to Roland Lazarte who once again has been generously offering his video and editing skills.
These Gullshrooms by Amy Ross are part of Booooooom’s Haiti Fundraiser. They made me smile.
