Elizabeth Mayville’s Top Knot series might as well be entitled Design Bloggers. I mean, top knots and striped shirts are practically our unspoken uniform! So it goes without saying that we should all be required to own one of her prints. (via The Daily Spark)
1. Rifle Paper Co.’s 2013 Cities Calendar 2. Linda & Harriett’s 2013 Letterpress Calendar
3. 2013 365 Fonts Page-a-Day Calendar 4. Rifle Paper Co.’s 2013 Fruit Calendar
5. onecanoetwo’s Wood Stump Calendar 6. DC Studio’s Harvest 2013 Calendar
7. Rob Ryan’s 2013 Calendar 8. Violet May’s 2013 Animal Collective Mini Calendar
9. Naomi Leeman’s 2013 Midwest Harvest Calendar 10. Miriam Bereson’s 2013 Yearly Planner
Have you signed up for the 2013 Calendar Swap yet? You know you wanna.
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You’ve heard of Public, yes? The San Francisco-based bike company recently invited 27 designer-types to create a poster that reflected on what the idea of “public” means to them, with a focus on reclaiming urban streets, sidewalks, and other spaces in the Public Works project. The series turned out great (big surprise) and now you can make them your own. Which one is your favorite?
I’m off to Italy for Design Lab a week from today! International travel always feels way different than domestic to me. Of course there’s the extended time in the air and the time change to contend with. But for me it’s always a matter of what to do while in-flight. My usual go-tos are reading, writing, and attempting to catch a few Zs. There’s also the small matter of making sure all of my immediate necessities are within arms reach, I never pack anything I can’t go without for at least 12 hours after arrival (blame that on one too many lost bags). Throw in a tote to carry it all and we’re airborne!
Clockwise from top left: Sally Passport Holder from Lisa Stickley, Smith’s Rosebud Salve, F1 Go Clean Set, Holly GoNightly Sleep Mask, BAGGU Zipper Bag Set, Scratch Travel Journal, Aztec Print Shopper Tote, Berry Tree Notebook from nollison
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I love the work of Quill and Fox, their illustrations always seem to make me smile. And so being the Halloween lover that I am, their Monster Postcards are right up my alley. These four creatures might be scary if they weren’t so adorable.
As the holidays edge ever closer, the DIY gods smile down upon us ever often. Or such is the case so far this month. There have been more creative DIYs than I can keep track of, but these ten have stuck in my mind. Have you seen any great projects lately?
Click on the image to be take to the tutorial.
A fantastic trio of graphic-driven City Maps from Owen Gatley. They were originally designed for the ‘Luck’ issue of Ideas Illustrated, but now you can purchase your own right here. I wish more than New York, Paris, and London were in existence but them’s the breaks.
These geometric prints from Lumadeesa are part of the Flora Fauna: Canines collection (ALSO SEE Flora Fauna: Birds and Flora Fauna: Mammals) and a perfect fit for the modern dog lover. Choose from six breeds – Beagle, Bernese Mountain Dog, Dachshund, German Shepherd, Jack Russell Terrier, and Pug. Sign me up for the Jack Russell, Piper is half!
A poster that actually tells time. Another that illuminates like a lamp. And a third that delivers sound. It’s safe to say that artist Finn Magee knows how to think outside the box and execute. The Flat Time and Flat Light posters function with the use of LED lights, while Flat Sound employs the thinnest speaker commercially available.
01/ Why Tea Is So Very Magical.
02/ World’s Best Father!
03/ NYC’s Hamburger Alley all mapped out.
04/ Love these Bad Girls Throughout History postcards.
05/ Bath Boat!
06/ Wonderful Life with the Elements, an illustrated book about chemistry.
07/ This glass sculpture looks like cotton candy.
08/ Geometric painted walls.
09/ Tree Ring Lights.
10/ What do you measure? Measuring the Universe.