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01/ paper city Paris
02/ Jurassic Park infographics
03/ rad cartoon art tattoos
04/ behold, the fauxdenza
05/ I like these doorstops
06/ these spliced genetic portraits are everywhere this week!
07/ a bloody mary popsicle
08/ exploded flowers
I’m all kinds of in love with Nicole Meyer’s Branding 10,000 Lakes project for two reason.
1. I had the honor to be a Minnesotan for about a year and a half in the early aughts and loved it.
2. I adore design projects that tackle the same thing over and over again in various forms.
One Minnesota lake gets a logo every day, it’s simple. And if Meyer keeps it up she’ll have them all tackled in a mere 27 years.
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Andy Gilmore’s kaleidoscopic art sucks me in with a glance, and where I can see some people finding it too intense I find it rather relaxing.
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There is no greater design terror than being charged with creating something specifically for your boss’s personal use.
Enter the Nina Garcia Day-to-Night Challenge and my least favorite judge. The garment we were creating needed to be something that would easily transition from day to night wear.
Turns out Nina was a nightmare client (shocking) and started by immediately rambling off a long list of what she does not like – pattern, color, basically anything of interest. Luckily, each contestant was treated to a one-on-one consultation with Ms. Garcia after the sketch phase. To which she showed up wearing a bright orange blouse with patterned sweater vest. Oh, the hypocrisy! Nina then proceeded to lead each and every designer down a path of wrong direction.
After making notes and sketches while watching the episode, I got to work on the HP Touch Smart 610. This is the first week where my final garment ended up diverting from my sketch fairly drastically. I blame some of this on the overly opinionated eye of my naked assistant who was heavy with the over the shoulder critiques.
I started off with a sort of A-line shift, fitted on top and created out of heavy black canvas. A risqué and edgy choice of material perhaps, but I’ve played it fairly safe so far. I then lined the piece in gold silk and added a one inch wide zipper about four inches off-center to the entire length of the piece. When zipped the dress remains corporate, yet sassy. And when unzipped slightly the neckline folds over to reveal the gold lining and play up a little sex appeal.
I kept things neutral at the Piperlime accessories wall and choose Nine West Gracious booties in toasted taupe, Hive & Honey’s hammered metal cuff bracelet, and Juicy Couture’s antique openwork ring.
If you haven’t caught episode 4 you can watch it right here.
Full Disclosure: HP provided me with a TouchSmart 610 for use. All content and opinions are mine. I have not been financially compensated by HP or Project Runway.
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From the artist, Kris Atomic:
Posted In monday goodness, paper goods, printsJust doing my bit to spread awareness for this common, but little understood condition. Thousands around the world are affected by chronic bitchface, with sufferers having to endure being told to “SMILE” and “cheer up” by well meaning, but irritating strangers. There is no known cure.
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01/ homemade gumdrops!
02/ talk about colorful – love this paper installation
03/ I need these chocolate chip cookies in my mouth hole NOW
04/ photo printed hair ribbons
05/ muesli sounds like the best summer breakfast ever
06/ Miranda July + art = incredibleamazingawesome
07/ striped shirt portraits (RE: the blogger uniform)
08/ beer mac n cheese
I’ve been meaning to order a pair of Warby Parker glasses since they came out. Then since they opened a showroom at Shop Good. Then when they debuted their line of sunglasses. You get the picture. So when my two year eye appointment rolled around this month I knew it was really time. Lucky for me, Oklahoma City is one of four locations in the U.S. that have physical showrooms – it’s located inside Shop Good. I swear I’d been in there trying on frames no fewer than three times over the past year. The owners, Justin and Audrey, are sweethearts who I’ve been lucky enough to know for about a year and a half. After about thirty minutes I settled on the Beckett frames and my order was complete in less than five minutes. Monday I got the email saying my glasses had shipped, and yesterday they were waiting on my doorstep when I got home from work. They showed up in the best box with a case lined in electric blue. Oh! And a pair of their glasses went to someone in need when I purchased mine, all for a very affordable $95 total.
Then I immediately took my contacts out and tried them on. After ten hours at the office. Just for you.
PS: This is not a sponsored post, I’m just a big fan of the company and their products.
Posted In accessories, do good, oklahoma, wear itThe Happy Film Titles from {group theory} on Vimeo.
Stefan Sagmeister is at it again. The Happy Film is a feature-length documentary in which he undergoes a series of self-experiments to test if it’s possible for a person to have an impact on their own happiness. To say I’m interested in the results would be quite the understatement.
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