Sweet Kimberly of Ruthie Designs emailed to let me know about her newly opened Etsy shop. Her illustration gamut ranges from creepy-cool to stunningly beautiful and are available as eco-friendly prints and pillows. Even better (almost) is that they’re extremely affordable if you’re looking to add to your art collection!
I had a bit of a reality check last Friday in the time department. As in we don’t really have all that much of it to our name. Makes me love this Time Will Destroy You woodblock print that much more.
I adore these Something Good is Going to Happen prints from Valentina Design. I want to put them right in front of me so I can stare 24/7 to remind myself that it is, in fact, true.
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I’m semi-obsessed with this Missed Connections print from Very Small Array. I think I probably need it. The entire print is revamped each week with the latest fifty Craigslist Missed Connections posts per state.
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I couldn’t have more love for Erin of Design for Mankind if I tried, so I’m thrilled to announce Win It: Design for Mankind!
dfm’s Inspiration e-zines have taken the design blog community by storm and spawned a much coveted poster in the process. (Check out Issues 1, 2 and 3 here if you’ve missed them!) Thanks to Erin’s generosity, one lucky Design Crush reader will be the proud owner of one of her awesome posters!
The rules are simple. Playing off the idea of inspiration, comment to this post telling me what in everyday life is your biggest inspiration. I’ll choose my favorite answer. You have until Friday, April 25th, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. CST to enter. Make sure to check back at the end of the week to see if you’re the lucky entry. Good Luck!
This is something that I remind myself of daily, in so many different arenas of life. Leave it to Lisa Congdon to put it down on paper so beautifully!
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Every big fan of The Royal Tennebaum’s won’t be able to resist this two-print set of Margot and Richie Tennebaum. They’re fabulous looking and would be a phenomenal conversation piece. Each piece is 8 x 11″ with a white border and signed by the artist. The $17.50 cost includes shipping from Canada.
I fell in utter like with Strawberry Luna before finding out the company is based in Pittsburgh – my old stomping grounds for eighteen and a half years. Something about that endears them even more to me. I’m a sucker for a good concert poster and at Strawberry Luna I had a tough time finding one I didn’t like, in fact I couldn’t. Here are just a few of my favorites.
DKim is an artist working and playing in New York because she couldn’t make it as a ninja. She said so, I didn’t! I’m really glad that the ninja gig didn’t work out for her because her illustrations are beautiful and she has fantastic names for each one like ‘le sigh’ and ‘the stranger.’ Her work is available on Etsy and most pieces are around $30 with one exceptional $275 piece. Here are a few that I’d love to own.
Starshaped Press is a design and letterpress studio located in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood. The inherent charm of this method lies in the imperfections and hand-printed nature of each piece. At Starshaped Press, stationery, concert posters, invitations and business cards are custom-designed for each client and all projects are printed on antique presses using metal & wood typefaces, most of which are 50 to 100 years old. Here are some sweet examples.
