You know those sometimes rare moments in life that remind you there’s beauty everywhere? Rob Forbes has brought us a book that celebrates just that – See for Yourself: A Visual Guide to Everyday Beauty
My love affair with hair continues, this time by the brush of Sang the Swallow. Elizabeth Becker creates original watercolor paintings, most of women cozied up in tribal-printed sweaters, that are both mysterious and comforting at the same time.
01/ I’m fascinated by these 12 healing crystals and their meanings and uses.
02/ One of these 100% Sand vases would be perfect for displaying flowers this spring.
03/ Of course I want this wool cat head to be more than a student project so I can buy one. DUH.
04/ Alex Robson has asked over 500 people what freedom means to them.
05/ You knew this was coming, a Hillary Clinton logo typeface.
06/ Passport Index let’s you browse the world’s passports by color, country, and more.
07/ Mordi Levi has created some Game of Thrones portrait art in a polygon style.
08/ Hasan Kale paints teeny tiny things on random teeny tiny objects.
09/ This lavender shortbread looks like an edible version of spring!
10/ Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams has created a line based on Matisse’s Cut-Outs, the Color Collection.
This week on Design Crush:
Chemicals meet photographic materials in the work of Meghann Riepenhoff.
Have you entered for a chance to win $150 to spend at Artifact Uprising?!
Dark and twisty art from the Instagram account of Helene Comeositos AKA Monochrome.
Quality means much more than quantity, especially when it comes to these beautiful wears.
Alison Foshee is the queen of incredible art created from office supplies.
Check out 10 April DIYs to flex your creative muscles this month.
Just what’s so great about black + white art? Everything.
Chatbooks + #365quotes have teamed up to make a book!
Das Kreative Haus combines the alphabet and the inner-workings of houses.
Design Crush elsewhere:
Sometimes the gap between a great piece of art and an amazing floor rug isn’t that big.
I’ve been busy adding new pieces to Design Crush: The Marketplace – take a peek.
Das Kreative House is the combined creative talents of illustrator Florian Schommer and the animations of Thorben Ehlers and Leon Friedrich. Travel through an alphabet’s worth of buildings, each containing the animated inner-workings of creatives’ lives.
There’s something simple yet striking about black and white art. Whatever form the subject matter takes – illustration, photograph, sculpture – the end result tends to be graphic and attention grabbing. Now that’s a theme I can back 100%.
Clockwise: Deep Space by Samantha Hahn // Black Cat with White Whiskers by Corella Design //
Hexagon by Melinda Wood Designs // Diamonds and Monsters by The Adventures Of
LOVE Set of 4 Typographic Posters by Black and White Posters
Clockwise: New York Typographic Art Print by Yantree // Phases of the Moon by The Adventures Of //
It’s Good to Be Home by Spell and Tell // Crystal Palace No. 4 by Kristina Sostarko
Alison Foshee works with materials such as staples, pushpins, and office labels in an exploration of everyday objects. In her hands they become wild floral arrangements, fireworks mid-explosion, and plant life. The stapled flora are my absolute favorite.
Helene Comeositos‘ – aka Monochrome‘s – black and white illustrations are posted daily on her Instagram account, and damn are they fantastic. Her specialty is creepy girls, with a dollop of cats thrown in for good measure.
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Atlanta-born, San Francisco-residing Meghann Riepenhoff is a photographic artist, and her series Littoral Drift has me feeling all of the things. It’s inspired by our relationship with the landscapes that surround us. Each work is made from camera-less cyanotypes made in collaboration with the landscape and the ocean as they interact with the photographic materials.
01/ Szymon Swietochowski used holi powder to create staff portraits for his agency.
02/ Lego creations know no bounds, Agabag uses them for purse exteriors.
03/ An app controlled stove knob provides the right amount of heat for the right amount of time? That’s Meld.
04/ Ice Cream That Understands PMS is a student project, but I’d totally buy it.
05/ Want to keep your glasses from sliding off your nose? Nosewax is where it’s at.
06/ Travis Rice has a way with shredded paper.
07/ Sophie and Sarah are two beautiful models, who happen to be sheepdogs.
08/ Ben Brucker used 8.024 Post-Its to create superheroes on his office walls.
09/ The lunar cycle made out of Nilla Wafers looks incredibly delicious.
10/ How to break in a t-shirt and make it feel vintage.
This week on Design Crush:
Eight prints that make owning great art insanely affordable.
Have you entered our Moulton giveaway??
I love Laura Carlin‘s animal collage on tiles.
If you’re thinking spring take a look at these structural plant walls.
Creepy cool illustrations from Swan Bones.
Annie McLaughlin captures pattern and light so well.
Nest is saving me money in my 115 year old home one degree at a time.
Crazy sexy manipulated imagery from Eli Craven.
Saucy and seductive, Eli Craven‘s Screen Lovers manipulate imagery from a photo book to create the twisted end result. Beautiful, iconic screen stars get reworked for a new take on some of Hollywood’s most classic love stories.
