There’s definitely a trend of state-based projects making the circuit lately, and I have to say I love it. The latest is Kelly Pratt’s Stately Sandwiches. She and a group of friends around the country will be noshing on sandwiches from all 50 states, then Pratt will create a poster for each deconstructed sammie. She’s eleven states in, so stay tuned if yours hasn’t shown up just yet! (via Laughing Squid)
Decorated with some eucalyptus.
Created my own golden menagerie.
Started reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson and could barely put it down.
Planted a kitchen window herb garden.
Bought pretty flowers for my mom on Mother’s Day.
Created some DIY neon color blocked planters for my herbs. (Similar to these.)
Accidentally did some nail art with gold spray paint.
Reacquainted myself with Banana Bread Beer.
Dined at OKC’s newest hot spot – Flint.
Did a little rearranging in the house.
Bathed Piper. Several times, much to her chagrin.
Took advantage of some blooms.
Artist Kent Rogowski’s Everything I Wish I Could Be is an exploration of language, emotions and the desire to change and improve. Self help books run the gamet, from relationships to death and every topic in between. Rogowski’s photographs these tomes arranged by theme, creating an image of emotions and lives lived through title pages and spines.
In the artist’s own words, “I had been thinking about how people deal with moments of pain and change in their lives and knew that I wanted to explore this in my work. I started collecting self help books and realized that there was literally a book for every moment in life: from relationship advice to dealing with a midlife crisis. I liked the idea that I could create images that would represent individual moments in life using the books that were written to soothe and help with those moments.”
Picture it. You’re sitting in your cubicle on another boring (snore) conference call. You’re daydreaming of what you want to be doing instead. You know you have the creative skills to pay the bills, but you’re maybe not so sure about how to get from point A to point B. Enter the Create + Connect Project!
I’m thrilled to be teaming up with a handful of incredibly talented and inspiring peers who have all gone through the transition themselves. The Create + Connect Project is specially tailored for for creative types who want nothing more than to follow their passion. There’s no better time than right now to go for it – trust me when I say no one else is going to do it for you. (Now I sounds like a faux motivational speaker!) You can take the first step and sign up right here*! The first module starts Wednesday, June 6th and program registration if open through May 31st. You’ll find me during the last module on Creating a Community of Raving Fans. Let us help you turn your passion into profit!
* Should you click and sign up, I will receive a small fee. It all keeps Design Crush going.
I love that feeling of falling head over heels for a brand. A company that has their shit together on all levels, and who are nothing less than a pleasure to work with. That’s Plywerk. I started talking to Garrett about a collaboration on my gallery wall tutorial about three months ago. His attention to detail and premeditating problems was a step above, and his excitement for the project was beyond cool. These were my thoughts before I ever laid eyes on Plywerk’s bamboo frames. Afterwards I basically lost the ability to describe my love for these Portlanders and their product.
I swear I could have hung the blanks on my wall as art in their own right, the sustainable wood is some of the prettiest I’ve ever seen. It’s easy to see which ones they are, I love the dimension they lend to my gallery wall. And they’re just as nice to look at in profile as straight on. Seriously, compliments one after another on these bad boys.
I used blanks with adhesive, but that’s not their biggest and best product. Plywerk actually prints your photo or image onto the panels themselves. Crazy, right? You can read more about both option right here. It was such a great adventure getting to work with these guys, they definitely have the Design Crush seal of approval!
What appears to be one continuously burning house photographed throughout the seasons is actually a series of 15 small structures built and documented by Carrie Schneider over the course of two years. Burning House is blowing my mind.
