Alexander Girard @ Urban Outfitters
Look what in my mailbox today: Alexander Girard home furnishing can now be found over at Urban Outfitters. How classy!
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There goes your afternoon : Paul-Rand.com
Paul Rand, who is probably my most favorite modern designer (well, apart from the Eames), left a legacy of work, theory, and methology that matches no other. He gracefully and bravely changed the way we think about idenity and design, advertising and convention. Basically, he’s the boss. He’s the Charles in Charge. (what?!) Paul-Rand.com is...
Etsy Tuesday : Petit Collage
An awesome shopped filled with super cute decorations and kids-type stuff, I would even mind hanging some of these things from Petit Collage in my own house. Featuring silkscreen posters, mobiles, and laser-cut wood pieces, this shop is precious and available over on Etsy. Here’s some more that are just precious: Bamboo Mobile Deer Friends...
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Speaking of UP…
Lou Romano, who did some of the development and early production elements of UP, has a great post about the design process for the film, including early lighting tests, sketches, and scene mock-ups. Amazing! (Check out the site for some great scans/photos of all of the artwork. Amazing!)
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Illustration Thursday:
6 Vintage Illustration Sets on Flickr
I ran out of time putting this together yesterday, so here’s this week’s Illustration Thursday: Vintage Illustrations, especially that from the 1950s-early 1970s, are some of my favorite things. The style, the use of line work, the color, printing process-it’s just all awesome. Anyways, I’ve put together a list of some of my favorite vintage...
Monsters by Mail : The Supervillain
I haven’t been this jealous of someone in a long time. Here’s a video of Len Peralta illustrating the world’s more super of villains. I know this video is in double-time, but come on! How’s he going to just whip this character up?! I can barely draw anything, let alone illustrate something awesome of my...
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Skinny Ships, Things I Like
I’m going to have to agree with Richard Perez here, the man behind Skinny Ships, and say that these are Things I Like too. This great self-promo poster was a series of hand-screened 5 color posters and were for awhile sold over on Etsy. (I hope they will be again soon, Rich… hook me up!). ...
Rockin’ Robin DTV Music Video
As a small child, I always loved the DTV (Disney TV) music video specials they would show on ABC or around the holidays. So many pop songs, so many random mashups! Anyways, I was bumming around on BestWeekEver today, and they had this DTV Video to the song Rockin’ Robin, and it’s actually very intertaining....
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Maija Louekari, Illustration
Maija Louekari is a Finnish designer that has a great collection of both illustration and textile design in her portfolio. Combining lovely colors, line illustration, and bold shapes, her work is amazing. She also has a whole set of textile work for sale over at Marimekko (no online store), a “leading Finnish textile and clothing...
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UPPERCASE Magazine
The lovely people up at the UPPERCASE Gallery in Calgary, O’Canada have put together and released their very first magazine, and it looks just awesome. It’s a quarterly issue magazine filled with awesome reading and design inspiration. Oh, how I wished I lived in Canada…. You can subscribe online, with the price a little deep...
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Illustration : Ward Jenkins
Warm, fun, and great illustration and animation work by Ward Jenkins out of Portland. Ward has been doing animation and illustration for a long time, working in both Atlanta and Portland. I just love his style. It’s very mid-century style illustration but with a warmth and personality that I really dig. Definitely check out the...
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Poster Cabaret
Poster Cabaret wheels and deals awesome show posters screened and printed by some of today’s coolest artists and designers. With a steep collection of everyone from Billy Idol to The Decemberists, the prices range from cheap to deep, with a huge selection of bands and styles. They also sell art prints that are non-band related....