Matte Stephens @ Urban Outfitters
Ok, so in my inbox today was the Urban Outfitters “It seems like I get one of these everyday” newsletter, featuring all of their new stuff, including these awesome pillows designed by the one and only Matte Stephens! I freakin’ love his design work, and once (or if) these go on sale, they maybe made...
John Updike
As some of you may know, the great American writer John Updike passed away recently, but I can’t really say anything about him that hasn’t already been said about his greatness. Updike, over the past few years, has became one of my favorite writers, and after reading the short story A&P in a literature class...
Aunty Vanya on Flickr
So, I was trying to find a CC photo of a lab flask to use for a work promo, when I came across this Flickr set of abandoned buildings, and just had to share. This set by Aunty Vanya is just fantastic, with great colors and textures. I just love pictures of abandoned buildings…. Cheers!...
Moustache Me
A few years ago, my roommate in college went to study in Russia for a semester, and when she came back, we both developed a love for old Soviet Communists, really just for the fun of it. So for that Christmas, she got me stick-on Lenin facial hair (ie gottee and moustache), and after another...
I LEGO N.Y.
I unfortunately do not live in New York, though I’ve visited and found it to be totally awesome. But in honor of America’s coolest city, here’s a whole series of NY finest in LEGOS. Everything from train tickets to the Empire State Building to a map of Manhattan. Awesome!
Breadline Design Naming Machine
Breadline Design has a fantabulous Design Company Naming Machine, that takes strict scientific data to give you the name you’ve been stratching your head to come up with. Cheers!
Illustration: Aesthetic Apparatus
Aesthetic Apparatus is a design due out of Minneapolis curning out great pieces in identity, printed posters, mostly of the band persuasion, including Cake, Spoon, the Hold Steady, and more. Awesome work. Check it out! PS: There will not be a “HOW TO Friday” this week. I am going out-o-town beginning at 3EST today, and...
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Illustration Thursday:
“I Can Read Movies” Book Series
Mitch over at SpaceSick has created a whole series of AWESOME “novelizations” of movies in vintage book cover style, and they are just great. Everything from Space Jam to Mean Girls to Temple of Doom, these book covers convey the film and a certain quality that you only though you’d find on an old Penguin...
Stuff White People Like
Ok, so in college, my good friend always said that I was the “whitest” person she knew. I always laughed, because yes, I am pretty Caucasian. I don’t tan (because I can’t). I watch more home improvement shows on PBS then I’m really willing to admit, and I can’t dance, not even a little. But...
Anyone Can Swiss
Anyone Can Swiss is a genius idea that gives kudos to international style type and design while at the same time ripping it a new one. Using the technology of “swissification,” the site takes your text and transforms it into something that the Bauhaus would be proud of, and then hangs your poster (mine is...
My Dear Blog Friends…
Dear Friends (And by ‘friends,’ of course, i mean all of the people who come to my blog accidentally, looking for Karl Marx pictures or a how-to about 3D glasses): Pictured above is a super cute tote that won my heart over at House Industries. They are also fine markers of font collections, children’s toys,...