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January 22, 2016

Lorena Marañon

Something about January makes me feel like I should be hunkered down embroidering next to a roaring fire. The problem is I haven’t done so much as cross-stitch since elementary school, so the end results would be nothing as spectacular as the work of Lorena Marañon. The Cuban-born artist is inspired by the landscapes of her youth – northeastern coastlines, rivers, and plants – and the colors that surrounded her. The result is a beautiful body of work that’s full of embroidery, patchwork, and jewelry.

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January 21, 2016

Lui Ferreyra

The works of Chuck Close, Egon Schiele, Paul Klee, and Richard Diebenkorn are obvious influences in Lui Ferreyra‘s work, but he also cites hi-tech imaging, such as satellite photography, medical CAT scans, and vector graphics as having impact. Whatever inspiration lies behind it, I love Lui’s web-like style that comes across as distinctly his own.

(via this isn’t happiness)

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January 20, 2016

Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood‘s paintings are wonderfully quirky, making them all the more slice of life. My favorite just might be the last one below, with its stack of pet carriers in the basement or garage. Now that one really hits close to home!

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January 19, 2016

Sideshow Press

Designer-owners Amy Pastre and Courtney Rowson are creating amazing things for desktop, tabletop, and travel. Within the past year or so I’ve become a massive fan of these ladies and what they’re doing over at Sideshow Press. Amy and Courtney believe in great design and craftsmanship for everyday products and are dedicated to working with remarkable materials and like-minded American manufacturers. All things I stand behind wholeheartedly. It doesn’t hurt that they know their way around a letterpress machine like a couple of bosses either.

Leatherette Postcard // Cocktail Tray // Note Pad // 5-Inch Drink Stirrer //
Lapel Pin // Napkin Coaster

Posted In accessories, cocktails, create, entertaining, house and home, living, office, paper goods, style, wear it

January 19, 2016

Rachel Denti / Everyday Thoughts On Everyday Things

Everyday Thoughts On Everyday Things is a really fantastic duotone series of illustrations Rachel Denti created for a zine. You can pick up the zine, along with a few other things, in her shop! I’m really looking forward to checking and seeing where she is another year or so.

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January 18, 2016

Kelsey Garrity-Riley

Kelsey Garrity-Riley‘s lovely illustrations somehow manage to feel both modern and vintage all at the same time. It wasn’t until I dug in a bit further that I realized her work also graces the covers of some of my favorites over at Red Cap Cards! Kelsey’s also a talent at hand-lettering, really her entire portfolio is a treat.

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January 15, 2016

Ilot

Ilot is one of those projects that I got really excited about and then was immediately crushed, because it’s a concept and not available for purchase. Ilot, French for island, was created by Marine Hunot during a residency in Fay Billot, a village in the French countryside. Hunot used two unlikely materials – felt and wicker – to create one amazing rug.

(via Design Milk)

Posted In concept, create, floors, house and home, living

January 15, 2016

Santiago Salvador Ascui

Chilean-born Santiago Salvador Ascui creates massive, colorful, bold paintings of nondescript figures. Some of my favorites are those in which the figures are so numerous that they take on the appearance of being a pattern. (I also secretly love that there aren’t any with lone characters.)

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January 14, 2016

Ashley Eliza Williams

Otherworldly is the first word that came to mind after seeing Ashley Eliza Williams‘ paintings for the first time. The Boulder, Colorado-based artist’s paintings reveal glimpses of a complex internal world influenced by dreams and phenomenological experiences in nature.

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January 13, 2016

Advice From My 80-Year-Old Self

I doubt there exists a better book to start off a new year than Susan O’Malley’s Advice From My 80-Year-Old Self. O’Malley asked ordinary people of every age and walk of life just that question, and this book collects their responses. The result is a collection of words of encouragement, truth, and generosity.

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