I’ve seen quite a few artists reaching out and donating proceeds from heartfelt goods being sold since last Friday’s disaster in Japan. This is the first piece of jewelry I’ve come across. wsake created this spray painted copper pendant hung from silk, reminiscent of the country’s rising sun emblem.
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I’m completely enthralled by this installation by Spencer Finch, 366 (Emily Dickinson’s Miraculous Year). I love the juxtaposition of the exciting, brightly colored candles against the slow burn of the project. {via ali loves curtis}
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Let’s face it, Target has changed the way stores of its ilk work. One of the very biggest changes is fashion. As in I can now afford these huge designer labels. This month marks five years of their GO International Designer Collective, featuring every single name you see above. To celebrate they’ve brought back all the best-sellers for (of course) a limited time. I have no shame in admitting that I spent a solid half hour in the dressing room yesterday trying on no less than ten frocks. And at the end of that half hour I emerged triumphant, with this dress that I’ll be wearing to one of three weddings this summer – and it only set me back $40!
When one icon teams up with another amazing things are bound to happen. Such is the case when the legendary Higgins Studio created these amazing handmade enamel-fused glass mobiles for Jonathan Adler. One of the best displays of mid-century modern design I’ve seen in recent memory. {via Cool Hunting}
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Nancy McCabe created this beautiful letterpress typographic world map with blind longitude and latitude lines. There’s also an additional option for custom watercolor. A nice reminder that world is larger that just you when so much is going on around us.
Posted In create, graphics, paper goods, printsLike a lot of you I’ve been engrossed with the tragedy in Japan these past few days. It’s easy to feel helpless when you’re halfway around the world, but you don’t have to. Lots of people have jumped into action, creating beautiful pieces that are both creative and heartbreaking. All of the proceeds from the following prints go directly to Japan and their rescue/rebuilding efforts. You can also donate through several more traditional means right here.
Help Japan by W+K Studios
Designed by Max Erdenberger
Printed by Steve Denekas and Walker Cahall
Print 070/365 by The Living Conspiracy
PHOTO: Elise Rasmussen
+ Stellar DIY clamp lamp!
+ Gotta say I’m a fan of the pared down Starbuck’s identity.
+ Check out IKEA’s The Art of Cooking videos by Carl Kleiner.
+ There is such a thing as an awesome St. Patrick’s Day card!
+ This sculpture was made out of 31,010 coins.
+ Loving this bold, straight-forward, type-heavy brunch.
Artist Candy Chang has put up a great installation at 900 Marigny Street in her neighborhood in New Orleans. During the course of one month and seven hours she turned the side of an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard to help people remember what’s important in life. If you’re in the area stop by and add your two cents to the Before I die… piece (she even provides the chalk!). {via The Bedlam of Beefy}
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Sapling Press has teamed up with Jared Wunsch to make the site dearblankpleaseblank.com into a stationery collection, Dear Blank. Hilariously awesome genius.
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