Jessica Hagy’s new book How to Be Interesting: (In 10 Simple Steps), is less of a guide on how to be interesting and more of a way to push yourself to live at the intersection of wonder, awe, and curiosity. Hagy’s simple life lessons, paired down to a few sentences and a fun hand drawn graph shows us how to lead a richer life. This reads as dose of inspiration and would make a great graduation gift.
Author: Mindi Raker
Logo Design: Golden Tree Hostel
We had the privilege of working with Golden Tree Hostel, a brand new hostel on Orcas Island. Blank Space and Golden Tree collaborated to create their new iconic logo design. Below you will see the final logo design and preferred colors we landed upon, as well as some of the icon design concepts presented in … Continued
Embrace your inner three-year-old.
My niece Sara Jo at age three:) I watched this Neil Pasricha’s TED Talk a few days ago and it has really stuck with me. According to Neil the key to living a rich meaningful life is all about the 3 A’s of Awesome: Attitude, Awareness, and Authenticity. Attitude is having the courage to face … Continued
New Seattle Street Art Book—A Time Capsule of Urban Aesthetics
Awhile back we posted about a Snapshot of Seattle Street Art. Since then A. Tarantino has been busy documenting the ever evolving street art in Seattle. He is following up his original book with Seattle Street Art: A Visual Time Capsule Beyond Graffiti (Volume 2), and is in the process of publishing Seattle Street Art (Volume 3) due … Continued
Simplicity Home Energy—Brand Identity Design
Simplicity Home Energy, specializes in residential energy efficiency in the Pacific Northwest. Simplicity hired Blank Space to do design their identity system and website. See the final logo and our computer sketches below. The trademark, although the most important key element, can never tell the whole story. At best it conveys one or two notions … Continued
Vacuum Cleaners Made from Salvaged Ocean Trash
Electrolux introduces its Vac from the Sea initiative: vacuum cleaners constructed with pieces of ocean debris. Each of the five vacuum cleaners pictured above represents the ocean or sea where the plastics originated. They are fully functional, and built with the same core as the Ultra One Green-model vacuum cleaners. This Swedish company has scavenged … Continued
The most colorful, fun, and playful glass exhibition, all designed by kids!
“Flower Turtle” designed by Olivia Gamache, age 7 My turtles shell is made out of colorful flowers. Some grow on top of her shell. Everyone likes to pick her up and smell her pretty flowers. —Olivia “SHARK ATTACK” designed by Erica Hankins, age 8 It’s Scary —Erica The Museum of Glass in Tacoma has the most … Continued
A celebration of 25 years of Montessori Education
Pacific Crest School is celebrating 25 years of excellence in Montessori education! This is the logo we created for the occasion. The layering of simple shapes captures the fun and dynamic energy of Pacific Crest. It can stand alone, or work along side with the School’s logo (as pictured above). The festivities kick-off on September … Continued
Installation art prompts a reflection on the duality between what we know and what we see.
Did you know there is an International Garden Festival? In fact there has been 22nd of them! And one is happening right now in France. I came across this beautiful public art garden installation by French architects Meir Lobaton Corona and Ulli Heckmann, titled Outside-in. Outside-in is a garden within a garden, a “micro-universe” where … Continued
Literary Jukebox: A daily dose of music and literary inspiration.
A daily quote from a favorite book, thematically paired with a song. This is a side project from one of my favorite bloggers Maria Popova. “Every living thing is, from the cosmic perspective, incredibly lucky simply to be alive. Most, 90 percent and more, of all the organisms that have ever lived have died without viable … Continued