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July 24, 2015

Happy Weekend

This week on Design Crush:
Alex Garant, aka The Queen of Double-Eyes, charmed us with her paintings.
Thinking about going back to school and back to the grind with these rad notebooks.
The studies in shadow and light from Kumi Yamashita are brilliant.
You can just fill up my kitchen with Kähler right this instant.
Horyon Lee captures powerful yet fetishized women in paint.
Try burgers 10 ways that are sure to be new.
Tiny portraits in unexpected mediums from Elvira Johanna Duives.
Looks like chambray is making a fashion comeback!
Gorgeous geometric murals from Trek Matthews.

Posted In create, food, happy weekend, illustration, installation, living, paper, photography, sculpture, series, travel

July 24, 2015

Trek Matthews

Trek Matthews is a painter, illustrator, and maker from Milwaukee who’s currently based in Atlanta. His interior and exterior murals are full of perspective and geometric goodness, usually in lovely muted tones though he sometimes opts for bright boldness.

Posted In create, installation, painting

July 23, 2015

Chambray

Rachel Craven Textiles

Chambray a trend that I flirted with in the 90s in the form of a Canadian tuxedo – sleeveless button-up and cuffed jean shorts (I know you know.) – then never thought twice about again. Now with 90s influences showing up everywhere I turn it’s back on my radar. Last fall I purchased a greyish-blue button-down that I love, but now I’m toying with the idea of summer pieces. The material is just about as perfect as can be for high temps, light and breathable and dare I say it effortlessly chic.

Loft // Gap // Holding Horses

Gap // Merona // Dream Monstar

Sole Society // Whistles // Brooks Brothers

Posted In round up, series, style, wear it

July 23, 2015

Elvira Johanna Duives

Elvira Johanna Duives‘ portraits are beautifully deceptive. Not only are they very small in scale (4 x 5.5 cm each), but they’re also not paintings. Rather a combination of Copic markers for the larger areas and colored pencil for the minute details. Art knows no scale!

(via The Jealous Curator)

Posted In create, illustration

July 22, 2015

Burgers 10 Ways

Burgers.

Burgers, burgers, burgers.

My summer seems to be almost revolving around them. Cookouts at my mom and stepdad’s, hanging out with my dad and his girlfriend, and of course plenty of porch time with friends and paper plates balanced on laps. Now if I could only get in gear and have my propane tank refilled I could try these ten recipes that I’ve got bookmarked!

Click on each image to go to the recipe.
All photos copyright of their respective sites unless otherwise noted.

Posted In food, living, recipes, round up, series

July 22, 2015

Horyon Lee

Horyon Lee creates fetishized images revealed through lifted dresses and skirts. The women in the paintings, the objects of desire, are presented as exhibitionists who are confident in themselves and their femininity. The overlapping imagery creates a dynamic impression, as if Lee has caught them mid-act.

Posted In create, painting

July 21, 2015

Kähler

Kähler was family-run for four generations, from the foundation of the Kähler workshop in 1893 until 1974 when the last generation left the company. Since then the company’s focus has been on following trends and adjusting to them, which they’re remarkably good at. I can’t get enough of their homewares and hope to add some to my own collection soon.

Posted In accessories, house and home, kitchen, living

July 21, 2015

Kumi Yamashita

The study of shadow and light is one that is never-ending. Japan born, NYC dwelling Kumi Yamashita has made a career out of it through his sculptures. Each object or series of objects relies on a single light source, the result being comprised of the material (the solid objects) and the immaterial (the light or shadow).

(via My Modern Met)

Posted In create, sculpture

July 20, 2015

Back to the Grind

A new notebook is my equivalent of a bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils, in other words a sure sign of August and the promise of fall. A well-designed place to take notes, dream big, and layout plans only serves to spur my creativity further – how about you?

ROW 1: Soft Cover White Embossed 3-Pack // Oil Pastel Notepad // Color Pop Medium Notebook
ROW 2: Refillable Brown Leather Notebook // Font Family Notebook
ROW 3: A5 Luxe Notebook // Mini City Notebook Set // Canvas White Monogram Notebook

Posted In notebooks + journals, paper goods, round up, series

July 20, 2015

Alex Garant

Alex Garant, aka The Queen of Double Eyes, manages to combine traditional portrait techniques with a very graphic style. She relies on patterns, duplication of elements, and symmetry as a way to pull the viewer into her vibrating world.

Posted In create, painting