From fashion to beloved pets to portraiture these collages magnificently exude character and wit. English artist Peter Clark creates three dimensional images out of his collection of old stamps, maps, buttons, love letters, sewing patterns, playing cards, and more. Peter first draws the outline, then carefully chooses from his collection of found ‘things’ to find the right texture … Continued
“. . .follow where the quiet voices lead you close your eyes and they will know the way watch for where the broken people lead you and longing not to go will come to stay . . .” I love the emotional honesty that exudes from Hannalee, a new Seattle folk band. Blank Space had … Continued
Dutch artist Marjan Teeuwen proves that even clutter and destruction can be beautiful. She eviscerates the walls of abandoned Amsterdam buildings, conjoining rooms with massive holes, and uses leftover fragments to create densely textured walls and surfaces. Countless objects are crammed into small rooms. The objects are combined according to function, texture and colour, and ordered in … Continued
Our beloved Helvetica is now featured with Swiss typographic style on a deck of cards. For the gambler and the typophile on your list, Helveticards are a beautiful, usable alternative to today’s ubiquitous French sets. Both master type designer Max Miedinger (who gave us this famous font) and Poker Hall of Famer Doyle Brunson would be happy to deal this deck. Discounted to $7.50 … Continued
Feeling inspired today by this quote by Paola Antonelli about the role of designers in the world. Antonelli is a Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art.
The Crystal Towers were by far my favorite installation on the Chihuly Bridge of Glass in Tacoma. The two towers rise forty feet above the bridge deck with the intention to serve as beacons of light for the bridge and city. All of the glass installations around and in the Museum of Glass and inside the old … Continued
We went out and did a quick survey of our local Quality Food Center to see what products looked pretty in pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month(BCAM). Pink is my favorite color, so I love October at the grocery store. I really thought there would be more products rockin the pink, but we still found … Continued
Seeing that October is breast cancer awareness month, we thought it would be appropriate to feature a very special theme for our second guest fight. For this bout we are featuring two close friends portraying letters plastered in pink and polished with pretty. Yes, they are doing pink P’s. Laura Schwamman and Michelle Pais might seem like good friends, but pin … Continued
Online kerning game. Quite nerdy, quite fun:) I hope they expand upon the first 10 words. Anything typography related, especially kerning always makes me think of my ole’ swiss design professor Peter Megert, wonder if he would approve? I think he would. KernType is part of Method of Action, an online course to help programmers learn design.
An excerpt from the Stanford Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and … Continued