Inspiration in the (sometimes) unexpected.
Things have been a little bananas around here. Tomorrow’s amazing menu should get me revved up and back to regular posting. Meanwhile, check out my tour and photographs of ceramicist Asya Palatova’s beautiful loft. Her work is lovely, shop for it here.
Yes, that does say gizzard & whiskey gravy, suckers!!
Some miscellaneous and slightly strange printed goods are now in my etsy shop.
Matthew Barney meets the Fifth Element and a whole lot of other weirdo awesomeness.
My high school boyfriend had a serious thing for Nabokov, which left me feeling lukewarm to clammy about him (true, sorry). Kinda rethinking that now, seeing these fantasticallyamazinggorgeous shadowbox cover designs art directed by John Gall and designed (from top to bottom) by Gall, Rodrigo Corral, Martin Venezky, Chip Kidd, and others. See the whole set at Design Observer.
I wrote about 3 super easy diy Thank You card ideas today on Apartment Therapy. I don’t know about you, but the holidays bring out the sicko crafter in me that is in hibernation for the other 11 months of the year.
Lately, life has been kind of a challenge, but for the most rewarding reasons. Here is one of them: my hubby’s menu at the new AS220 restaurant. Get on down there. It’s really, really, really good. Menu design by Arley-Rose Torsone. That greasy fingerprint is all me.
This is that good. Abecederia, a graphic novella detective story by French cartoonist Blexbolex is now available in English from Nobrow Press. I just ordered mine and you best order yours tout suite!
My identity design for Deanna Kizis was included in the book, Typeface: Classic Typography for Contemporary Design. The book is actually very cool in that it organizes projects by the typeface that was used. It’s a different way to look at work and shows the versatility of some classic typefaces … while confirming my dislike for a few others (Optima?). I used Avenir for Deanna’s project and my identity for John Demerritt Bookbinding (using Akzidenz Grotesque) made it into the book as well.
Normally I am a hardcore pumpkin carver, but this year things just did not work in my favor (the pumpkin patch was out of pumpkins?! what, what?!?). I did manage to gain some inspiration for next year from the INSANE pumpkin carving displays at the RWP Zoo here in PVD. Wowsa.
Large prints of plates from Harmonia Macrocosmica available from Transmission Atelier for 49 buckaroos. For something slightly spookier, read my post on Apartment Therapy about their antique anatomical prints.
