The Bees Knees, creates lively larger than life murals. These fun paintings are sure to brighten your days. Founded by local artist and our close friend, Anna-Lisa Notter. Blank Space was happy to collaborate with Anna-Lisa and create a website to showcase her new artistic adventure. Learn more at MindYourBeesKnees.com.
Author: Mindi Raker
Alfstad Capital Brand Identity Design, Part 2
Alfstad Capital, is a boutique investment firm who works with community banks to manage their fixed-income portfolios. They hired Blank Space to create a new brand identity design system. Our identity design process is outlined in part one of this post. We have applied the identity design to their new website, pictured below. The photography … Continued
Dear Pablo Picasso, Thanks for visiting Seattle.
I enjoyed seeing your personal collection as it made its U.S. debut here in Seattle. Over 400,000 lucky people experienced this thoughtfully curated show at the SAM, which showcased Picasso’s explorations of visual art and what it meant to be a modern artist. Here is a very small sampling from one decade of his life. … Continued
My favorite art walk of the year.
December’s First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square is tomorrow. Local artists have worked hard to showcase their best works. People are cheerful and in the giving spirit. It’s opportunity to support local artists, find unique gifts, and support local charities and non-profits. Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find this Thursday, December 2nd. Ryan … Continued
Just another day at the office.
Feta, our office manager, hard at work.
Tree of Codes—A Fusion of Visual Arts and Literature by Jonathan Safran Foer
Book printers said Jonathan Safran Foer’s new interactive book was “unmakeable.” Thankfully, Belgian publishing house Die Keure proved them wrong. Trees of Codes is an interactive sculptural book, reminiscent to the cut-up technique popularized by author William S. Burroughs. Foer and his collaborators at Die Keure in Belgium took the pages of another book, Bruno … Continued
350.org Launches the World’s First Art Exhibit Large Enough to be Seen from Outer Space
eARTh 350 is exploring how art can affect social change. From Nov. 20–27, the week before this year’s UN Climate Meetings, 350.org is coordinating over a dozen public art installations about climate change across the globe. Will this planetary scale exhibit achieve a new perspective on the planetary challenge of global warming? A satellite company, … Continued
Prevents Tea Bags from Entering the Abyss
This Tie Tea Cup cleverly designed by George Lee. Via Swiss Miss
Manifold Motion’s Under—Immersive Art Inspired by Lichens, Fungi, Moss and Mold.
Descend into a dark and beguiling re-imagination of natural growth, decay, disease, and perseverance. Spanning three rooms of Inscape, Under combines interactive installation, video, dance, sculptural costuming, and original music. Journey through this mysterious world, explore, and engage with the environment, and witness performances by Under’s unusual inhabitants. Under is collaboratively conceived of and created … Continued
New Website Design for the National Park Service
We are happy to see the launch of NPS’s Technical Preservation Services (TPS) new website. TPS is an amazing public resource for all things regarding preserving our nation’s historic buildings. Blank Space developed the UI design, HTML and CSS code, and the graphic illustrations. Case studies highlighting successful tax incentives projects and projects that combined historic rehabilitation and green building … Continued