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January 6, 2015

Amyisla McCombie

Amyisla McCombie is a freelance illustrator from the UK with a special style. The most defining characteristic to me is the way she deliberately gives the people in her mixed media pieces detailed faces, while all but ignoring all other present objects. If you act fast she has a special going on in her shop – but two prints and get a third free.

Horse and Cactus // Tower of Chairs // Horse Riding // Boats // Buffalos in the Wild

Posted In create, mixed media

January 5, 2015

Print Edition: January

We Love Your Work by Wasted Rita // Bouquet by Alexandra Dzh //
Home is Where the Pants Aren’t by Jenna Kutcher // Let Me Entertain You by Variety Show

I Love October by Mateja Kovač // Single Ladies by Draw Me a Song //
Botanicals No. 1 by Mia Carameros // Girl with Glasses by Lindsay Letters

Posted In create, graphics, illustration, painting, paper goods, prints

January 2, 2015

Happy Weekend

01/ A beautiful (not Photoshopped) half male, half female cardinal, called a gynandromorph.
02/ The Camping Doughnut makes me want to be outdoorsy all of a sudden.
04/ The What Color Is It? clock app translates time into the corresponding hex color.
05/ New York Subway Conductors captures subway operators lost in thought.
06/ Shannon Holt‘s extreme body painting turns humans into animals.
07/ The Sound of Power is a collection of desktop speakers in the likes of five world leaders.
08/ This bride who was left at the altar is my hero!!
09/ The Pedestrian Self Hypnosis Station was recently installed on a Sydney street.
10/ Love this Samsung ad campaign of classic artists photographing their self portraits.

This week on Design Crush:
An amazing photography project that turned models into actual living dolls.
HausCraft spell kits to get you ready for the new year and all that entails.
Pretty illustrations by Katy Smail.
A collection of camp blankets to keep you warm on cold days.
Somber and dimensional illustrations from RJ Gemmell.
I’d love a fistful of these Silhouette Rings.
Let’s do this, twenty fifteen!
Crushing on the animal pottery of Barruntando.

Posted In ads, create, grand design, happy weekend, installation, outdoors, painting, photography, street, technology, weddings

January 2, 2015

Barruntando

The original, modern pottery of Spain’s Barruntando initially caught my eye with the colorful little bears above. What I found when I dug a little deeper only made me more excited. Little clay creatures with tons of personality, unique and functional household pieces, and combinations of the two.

Ceramic White Bear Figurine // Ceramic Cat Miniature // Glazed Spherical Earthenware Planter //
Ceramic Fox Yarn Bowl // Ceramic Arctic Fox Figurine

Posted In create, sculpture

January 1, 2015

Twenty Fifteen

Tasting Stars print by Danielle Kroll

Sayonara 2014, aloha 2015! Last year was full of much success on both personal and business levels, but it was also filled with turmoil and challenge. Some good, some bad. I’m looking forward to grabbing the new year with everything I have and squeezing every last drop of potential out of its 365 days. Here’s to a good one!

Posted In holidays, new years, paper goods, prints

December 31, 2014

RJ Gemmell

RJ Gemmell‘s somber illustrations seem perfect for late December, where grey days abound and the days are still short while the nights are long. I love the offbeat perspective each one exhibits because they take me back to how my mind as a child translated dimensions.

Posted In create, illustration

December 30, 2014

Katy Smail

Scotland-born, Brooklyn-based Katy Smail has a portfolio full of pieces that exhibit her modern illustration chops. I especially love the way she handles hair on the ladies that grace her work as well as her tendency to show great detail in some features, while keeping others as stark as possible.

Posted In create, illustration

December 29, 2014

Living Dolls

Italian photographer Giampaolo Sgura staged supermodels Magdalena Frackowiak and Elisabeth Erm as packaged living dolls for Vogue Paris’ December ’14/January ’15 issue. Major labels such as Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, and Valentino (among others) are represented in perfectly curated sets. Each one going so far as to include accessories, shoes, and bags attached the “walls” as an ode to Barbie.

(via designboom)

Posted In create, photography

December 27, 2014

Happy Weekend

01/ This floating greenhouse is powered by solar, wind, and tidal energy.
02/ Tara Donovan creates incredible paper towers.
03/ Here’s to 2014!, and illustrated mashup of pop culture events from the past year.
04/ The prettiest confections from Nectar & Stone.
05/ The captivating beauty of libraries around the world.
06/ If I owned this beautiful Hock Design Fitness Equipment there’s a tiny chance I might workout.
07/ Intricate paper animals crafted by elaborate origami techniques.
08/ Support the #FreeTheNipple campaign with a Tit Tee.
09/ Mirage Pavillion is a mind-bending installation made up of of 1,200 small mirrors.
10/ Bottom Feeders depicts tea set pieces that appear to have been dredged up from the sea bottom.

This week on Design Crush:
Colorful tropical birds by Pete Cromer.
My go-to planner for every year – the Day Designer.
Fabric and paper animal masks by Abigail Brown.
Lovely fabric accessories by Anna Joyce.
The crazy/quirky art of Kelly Puissegur.
I hope you had a very Merry Christmas!
You’re invited to New Year’s Eve.

Posted In create, food, happy weekend, installation, paper, wear it

December 24, 2014

Kelly Puissegur

It’s been awhile since I’ve come across some seriously quirky art, and leave it to a fellow Kelly to provide. Los Angeles-based Kelly Puissegur is inspired by random funny and/or interesting oddities in everyday life. And in case you were wondering, her main objective is always to make you laugh.

(via The Jealous Curator)

Posted In create, mixed media