June 17, 2011
The Geometry of Pasta
If I had to dream up a graphic designer’s ideal cookbook The Geometry of Pasta
May 25, 2011
A Print Handbook For Designers
Being a designer is one thing, taking what you’ve created on screen and successfully translating it to print is another. There are so many rules and regulations (and opinions) that it can sometimes be overwhelming to remember it all. I love that A Print Handbook For Designers puts all of these little bits and pieces in one place, in fact I think it’s the best reference source of this type that I’ve seen in nine years of designing. It only costs about $10 which includes delivery, so if you’re a designer you really have no excuse left to not have your production spot on every single time. (via notcot)
Posted In graphic design, read up
May 24, 2011
Summer Reading
My Summer Reading List:
Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
A Visit from the Goon Squad
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis
The Happiness Project
If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This: Fiction
What’s on yours?
Posted In read up
May 13, 2011
Happy Weekend
PHOTO: via this we heart it post (not traceable)
01. this vintage trophy coatrack project is quite brilliant
02. HEY! you suck at parking
03. I like this idea of drawing my own shower curtain
04. a nice article on the evolution of the disposable coffee cup lid
05. definitely picking up this – Stories I’ve Only Told My Mom
06. I want to make a few of these skewer sculptures in neon yellow
07. so looking forward to Miranda July’s film The Future
08. spirograph cake decorating
May 5, 2011
Happy {Mother’s Day} Weekend
PHOTO: The Edge of Love, the vamoose
I’m calling it an early week so that I can head off and celebrate the marriage of two good friends. Have a superb weekend and Happy Mother’s Day to all of you out there!
01. is this the future of the paper bag?
02. the rare film gift pack, for the camera lover in your life
03. Adam Goldberg has a new band, The Goldberg Sisters
04. A DIY update on the classic rope bracelet
05. pretty, pretty, pretty illustrated maps
06. a bazillion (okay, 30) desktop wallpapers for the month of May
07. The Beastie Boys, Annotated
08. love these candy colored pushpins
09. ropes walls? yes!
10. Jane has a new shop, Coterie
April 27, 2011
Pulled: A Catalogue of Screen Printing
Being a huge fan of Mike Perry and a lover of screen printing, Pulled: A Catalog of Screen Printing
April 18, 2011
Sunday-ness
PHOTO: via Audrey Hepburn Complex, no photographer source
I read this short editorial last week in The New York Times about the melancholy of Sunday, and thought there’s no better time to share than a Monday afternoon. It’s something I feel nearly every single week and could never hope to put into such beautiful prose. My favorite excerpt:
Posted In read upBut Sunday evening brings a feeling completely unlike, say, Tuesday evening. The slower pace on the sidewalks feels like reluctance. The traffic seems almost melancholy. You suspect that the dogs, out for the last walk of the night, can smell the Sunday-ness of it all.
April 18, 2011
Uncommonly Beautiful
PHOTO: not martha
Promo for Karen Walrond’s book The Beauty of Different
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April 8, 2011
Happy Weekend
PHOTO: Teresa Q
01. audio made visual as soundwave art
02. I’m pumped for the Royal Wedding
03. how to make the world’s five best sandwiches
04. The Hipster’s Eulogy
05. an archive of photos deemed Too Hard to Keep
06. an infographic about infographics – genius
07. chandeliers built out of bike parts
08. I really like these paper flower corsages
09. and I can’t wait to try this cyanotype scarf project
10. I’m a cereal-holic, check out seven recipes to make your own
April 4, 2011
Live Now
I was lucky enough to win a copy of the book Live Now: Artful Messages of Hope, Happiness & Healing