To the Cinema! What Dreams are Made of Edition : Fantastic Mr. Fox
We all knew that one day, two of the greatest things in film making–stop motion animation and Wes Anderson–would come together, and the result would be so awesome that the universe of awesome would explode into a million awesome pieces, like stars of greatness, like that scene in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when...
Pretty Blog Design : Smashing Magazine
For your design enjoyment and inspiration, Smashing Magazine has 50 New Beautiful Blog Designs that really are, beautiful. Some are simple, some full of rich textures and collage elements, and some that gracefully achieve a pretty design. Check them out for sure! PS: Additionally, most of these blogs serve to inspire or share on their...
Have ever told you about the time I saw Chris Merritt?
I haven’t? Well, I have, but let me tell you a little more: I had never heard of Chris Merritt before I went to one of his shows instead of roller skating like 10 sec before I graduated from college. I went because all my guy friends were going, and he came highly recommended by...
Illustration Thursday : ShareSomeCandy
(marc johns) Share Some Candy is a little online space for artists and illustrators; its “a curated collective of inspiring design finds and art. the content is appropriate for all audiences – 9-99. criteria for inclusion are finds that are universally inspiring, beautiful and thought provoking.” They have all types of gooey art goodness, all...
WOW : Typographic Paris Linocut
This is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. Over at Design You Trust, Mark Webber has spent 6 months planning and creating this linocut of the city of Paris. AMAZING: Look how humongous this thing is! My sort of emphasis in college was printing making, and I’m just saying, this is some...
To the Cinema! : Whip It
Ok, here’s the deal: it would be super easy for me to automatically take the low road and make fun of this movie like a lot of people because of the obvious ‘trite movie flaws’ it may have: Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore, Austin Texas, Weezer in the trailer, etc. But I won’t, because this movie...
Red French Press
Hello, Little Red Press…You are very cute. You should come live at my house and make me coffee. That would be amazing.
Family Meeting : I’m selfish, but I’m trying not to be
(or, why I really don’t shop at Wal-Mart)
As you know, I usually don’t write a lot about my personal life, really for no reason other than this is a place for cool links of pretty things and not my Diaryland page from 2001. BUT, I came across an article at GOOD about Wal-Mart and it made me think of something I thought...
Etsy Tuesday : the blimp by brokesy
This laptop case is the tops! Found over at Brokesy’s shop on Etsy, this case features just enought room for your Macbook, a super felted blimp on the cover and even little elastics inside that hold your case to your computer. Awesome! She also has a bunch of other super cute electonic-case related items in...