Hello, June! Summertime may mean more relaxed schedules, but you might want to dress up your desktop with our calendar just in case. Otherwise how will know when it’s time to hit the pool?!
I’ve maybe never been so ready for the month of May in my entire life! Things are finally greening up in the great outdoors and I’m ready for. Make sure your desktop is all set with our minimal calendar download.
It says April on the calendar, but somehow the northeast was blanketed in snow overnight. I don’t write the rules, I only supply you with your monthly desktop calendar!
I’m really excited to share the work of Pittsburgh-based artist Haylee Ebersole with you because she uses an unusual material – dehydrated gelatin. Four years ago she bought 100 pounds of the stuff, learned about its chemistry, and has been using that same quantity to create her sculptures over and over again. Different additives create different textures.
Vanessa German, sometimes. we. cannot. be. with. our. bodies., 2017
This past weekend I visited the Mattress Factory here in Pittsburgh for the first time in years. The non-traditional museum was founded in 1977 in an old mattress factory by artists to support artists, working in residence to create site-specific installations. Since then the museum has presented and commissioned new installation and performance works by more than 750 artists, and grown to take up three buildings in the city’s Mexican War Streets neighborhood. The museum supports established and emerging artists through a residency program that provides leadership, guidance, resources, and opportunities to create artwork that is unconventional, challenging and thought-provoking. The flexibility and inventiveness offered allows artists to respond to developments in technology, explore audience interaction, and challenge traditional artistic ideals and practices.
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Dennis Maher, A Second Home, 2016
Vanessa German, sometimes. we. cannot. be. with. our. bodies., 2017
Vanessa German, sometimes. we. cannot. be. with. our. bodies., 2017
David Pohl, furniture music, 2017
David Pohl, furniture music, 2017
David Pohl, furniture music, 2017
William Anastasi, Untitled (Calisthenic Series), 1997
Vanessa Sica and Chris Kasabach, Unbrella, 2009
Allan Wexler, Bed Sitting Rooms for an Artist in Residence, 1988
David Ellis, Summer Quintet #17, 2017
Jene Highstein, Untitled, 1986
Bill Woodrow, Ship of Fools: Discovery of Time, 1986
Sarah Oppenheimer, 610-3356, 2008
Meg Webster, Solar Grow Room, 2017
Meg Webster, Solar Grow Room, 2017
Allan Wexler, Sculpting Gravity, 2017
Allan Wexler, Sculpting Gravity, 2017
Allan Wexler, Sculpting Gravity, 2017
Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Dots, 1996
Yayoi Kusama, Repetitive Vision, 1996
James Turrell, Catso, Red, 1994
Rolf Julius, Red, 1996
Posted In behind the scenes, create, installation, pittsburgh
Victoria Bradley is a Pittsburgh-based illustrator and painter, as well as editor-in-chief of Table magazine. Her focus on the female form is powerful, sensual, and at times voyeuristic. The way Victoria mixes mediums and styles effortlessly always leaves me waiting to see what she creates next.
Oh, hi March. I was so busy keeping my head down through January and February that almost missed your big arrival. I’m looking forward to a few warmer days here and there, maybe some daffodils, and definitely one less layer.
Everyone in my house eats grain-free, including me most of the time, so having healthy foods on hand is a must. And just like my own diet, I like to approach my pets’ diets with a little variety. They may not notice the time and care I put into their food choices, but I know they’re healthier for it and that goes a long way towards my ultimate plan of owning the first immortal cats and dogs. (Mwahahaha!)
A new addition to my cats’ food plans is Purely Fancy Feast Filets. They’re 100% natural filets of real seafood or chicken with no preservatives that can be fed any number of ways. I recruited my cat Rainey to try out all three types of filets – salmon, white meat chicken, and tuna. We opened the salmon first and flaked a bit of it over her everyday kibble, a healthy way to change up the same thing she’s eaten twice a day for the past four years. I knew it was a hit before she even tasted it because her little paws hit the stairs and she came running down before I even called her name!
Next up was what turned out to be Rainey’s favorite, the white meat chicken. I simply broke up the little filet into pieces she could nibble on and set it out for her to discover – which didn’t take long. This option even received her patented “prey shake” before each bite (she reserves it for the foods she approves of most).
The last taste test was the tuna. I set out the entire filet to see what she would do, and I wasn’t sure if Rainey would grab it and run to enjoy elsewhere or just eat off the plate I had set out. Turns out it was a little of both! After licking it all over she took a few bites and then carried it over to her food bowl to enjoy.
Purely Fancy Feast Filets couldn’t have been a bigger hit! I love that you can tell exactly what you’re getting before even opening the package – real food, no by-products, no preservatives. I’m looking forward to introducing them to my two seniors diets as well because I know they’re going to love them just as much.
This post sponsored by Purely Fancy Feast Filets. All words and opinions are my own, as always. Thank you for supporting the brands that help Design Crush create fresh content!
If you follow Design Crush on Instagram you may have noticed our on-going quote project, where I’ve hand-written one a day for the past several years. Quotes are something that I’ve collected, first written in a journal and then on Pinterest board, since junior high school because when someone is able to capture a thought or feeling that I haven’t been able to put into words myself I like to hang onto it.
If you’re also into the smart words of others, you’re likely to enjoy Everything Grows with Love as much as me. This squat little book from Workman Publishing is edited by the co-founders and creative directors of Flow Magazine, Irene Smit and Astrid Van der Hulst. If you’re not familiar with the wonderful-ness that is Flow, it’s a magazine that celebrates creativity, imperfection, and life’s little pleasures.
Similarly, the pages of Everything Grows with Love are full of hand-lettered and illustrated graphics by twenty contributing artists covering musings on life, love, and friendship. The affirmations, motivational sayings, and quotes will remind you to appreciate the small moments, be present, think happy, and appreciate the people around you.
Valentine’s Day is known for being *the* day for romantic love, but it’s also the perfect day for reminding others just how much they mean to you. Everything Grows with Love makes a great little gift or alternative to a traditional card. It’s a book you’ll want to keep around and return to whenever you need a smile or a bit of inspiration in your day.
Take out your favorite pages to frame or hang on the fridge. Mail one off to your long distance BFF. Or play Secret Saint Valentine and drop a few copies in the mailboxes of unsuspecting neighbors. Everything Grows with Love is just one of those gift that’s good to have handy for birthdays, engagements, or just someone who just needs a little pick me up.
This post sponsored by Workman Publishing. All words and opinions are my own, as always. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep Design Crush creating fresh content!
Posted In behind the scenes, create, holidays, living, read up, sponsored post, valentine's day
January felt extra cold and long this year, so welcoming February feels oh so good. Update your desktop for the second month of 2018 with our calendar download!