Annie Kevans is a master of minimal portrait paintings, and everyone seems to know it. Kevans has sold a series of 30 paintings of dictators to Charles Saatchi, collaborated with Jean Paul Gaultier on a series of 32 muses, and created a series of presidents’ mistresses among others. Her latest is Women and the History of Art, which I very much appreciate.
(via The Jealous Curator)
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1. Teller Ring 2. Project Social T Hero Tee 3. Beatrice Valenzuela Slip On (Cobalt) 4. Basic Wallet
The weather has finally jumped above freezing for more than a day, and I’m ready to say sayonara to winter. My spring wish list is admittedly a bit optimistic, I’m sure I’ll be layering plenty of pieces and still wearing tights – but a girl can hope!
5. Olympia Shirt Dress 6. Fingers Crossed Pin 7. Vans Washed Authentic Slim 8. Calm Pants
9. Double-Cloth Motorcycle Jacket 10. Cultured Freshwater Pearl Cabochon Stud Earrings 11. Weekends Are For Waffles Crewneck 12. Sevan Cape
Posted In accessories, jewelry, shoes, wear it
I’ll never tire of seeing this world through other people’s eyes. Today that world belongs to Pat Perry, an artist from Michigan whose view is careful, cautious, and observant. He’s wildly skilled at the balance of intricate detail and blank space. Prints available here.
01/ Addicted to Glamour shows us a different view of the fashion industry.
02/ The Swirl Faucet creates an amazing pattern and saves on water usage.
03/ Take a walk on this meandering green suspended balcony path.
04/ Would you wear a Crayon dress if it were made by a famous designer?
05/ The B&O Play bluetooth speaker looks made for summer entertaining.
06/ I really love this – eco-friendly burial pods will turn loved ones into trees.
07/ Photographer/dancer Mickael Jou leaps through everyday life situations.
08/ Barbara Wildenboer turns old books into papercut masterpieces.
09/ A Japanese island where cats outnumber humans six to one. (Let’s go now.)
10/ I’d love to ride Sky Bike through the Andean Cloud Forest!
This week on Design Crush:
Eight new pieces of art to mix up your wall game in Print Edition: March.
Maker & Mineral‘s screen-printed pouches make me want to organize my bag.
Caroline Larsen does oil paintings like you’ve never seen before.
Backyard workspace inspiration for the outdoor office space I hope to create.
I’d open my mail way faster if it looked anything like Do Not Open.
Meet your go-to modern jewelry shop – Adorn Milk.
Completely inspired by the work of Hiroyuki Izutsu.
Check out Woven Pear for the best patterned socks!
Design Crush elsewhere:
I love matching the perfect rug + room when decorating.
I talked to Martha Stewart about empowering yourself and growing your business.
The Marketplace is carrying an exclusive print from Duealberi! Grab yours.
ReCheng Tsang creates these incredible site-specific installations and sculptures from hundreds (sometimes thousands) of thin porcelain pieces. Each piece is manipulated any number of ways by hand before being added to the predetermined gridded structure. Some works appear to be in motion while others seem so delicate they might crumble at any moment.
(via The Jealous Curator)
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One of the best parts about being in a circle of creative people is that they never. stop. creating. When they hit the pillow at night their minds are still going, thinking about the next thing they just have to make. Designers Melanie Burk and Alma Loveland are the friends and minds behind Woven Pear, a shop that designs socks for women literally down to the soles (check out the cute sayings on each pair). I have the Foxy Lady pair above and they’ve made many dreary winter days brighter.
Tokyo’s Hiroyuki Izutsu is a trained illustrator, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at his paintings. The most grabbing series is entitled Don’t Give Up Japan. Hiroyuki put brush to canvas after the tsunami and ensuing struggles as a tribute to his country.
I’ve been keeping my mouth shut and waiting for months as my good friend, Jaime Derringer of Design Milk, pulled together what was sure to instantly become my go-to jewelry shop. And at long last Adorn Milk is here!
If modern art and design for your body is your thing, you’ll love Jaime’s handpicked selection of independent and emerging jewelry designers. Each one is focused on architectural, high-quality exclusive and custom pieces by independent artists and designers from around the world. And yeah, I basically want it all.
San Francisco-based designer and letterer Erik Marinovich’s Do Not Open project shows how even the most basic thing – mail! – can be elevated to art-level status. In fact, you can even commission your own. I think one of Erik’s pieces would make a great gift for new homeowners or any letter lover.
Remember the feeling you’d get when a letter arrived from a pen pal or that girl you met at summer camp? Those were the good ole’ days, right? Lately, all you come home to is a pile of Bed Bath and Beyond coupons. If a nice hand lettered envelope is missing from your life than you’ve come to the right place.
I have this shed in my backyard. It’s shaped like a barn and there may or may not be (happily co-existing) families of raccoons and skunks living underneath. I’m lucky enough to have a basement with direct outdoor access that houses all of the things that a shed would hold, so my wheels have been turning. I don’t want to tear the thing down when nothing is wrong with it, so what are my options?
I’ve fallen in love with the daydream of having a little backyard workspace oasis. Because I live in Pennsylvania and I’m not about to install any sort of heating/cooling system I’d only be able to use it successfully for about half of the year, but I’m already sort of sold on the idea. It would be nothing to paint the interior, add a desk, floor rug, and some other accessories and enjoy! The dogs would get to spend extra time outside (which is totally okay by them, we’ve already talked it out) and so would I, which falls right into my plan of getting the most out of the leafy green oasis I plan on creating.
Would you add a backyard workspace to your home?
