Loving this typology wallpaper from Wall & Decò. What designer doesn’t want a wall made of type blocks? I know I do. This beautiful letterpress pattern delivers an optical allusion of tactile and three-dimensional joy. Certainly a wall I want to touch. Via The Style Files
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Do you get enough pillow talk?
Make your Valentine smile! BoldLoft’s signature series, Boy Meets Girl brings the complex joy of everyday love to life. This unique gift will lead to playful pillow talk all year long. Remember laughing in bed is awesome! I found these adorable pillow cases via Shoebox Dwelling (Thanks for posting!) Happy Valentine’s Day!!
Canoeing in Everglades National Park
Ahhh, what a beautiful view. Our camping trip in Everglades National Park was phenomenal. I had never been canoe camping, navigated with a nautical map, or even to the Everglades. The combination of trying something completely new while being immersed in subtropical wilderness was quite refreshing. It’s an experience that cannot be described. As A.Adams … Continued
CGI Empire
Boardwalk Empire is a great show. The writing, acting, and direction are all superb. I love almost anything (Michael Bay exception applies) with Steve Buscemi. What I didn’t fully appreciate until I saw the following video is that the CGI is just as perfectly seamless as everything else. Brainstorm Digital knows their stuff: And as … Continued
Seattle artist Anna-Lisa Notter is the bees knees.
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.
This Renoir says, “The Packers are goin’ down!”
Apparently, our museums have a gambling problem. For the second year in a row, two rival art museums have conjured up the year’s most entertaining Super Bowl bet. From ArtInfo: The Carnegie Museum of Art has wagered Pierre Renoir’s playful, fleshy Bathers with a Crab on a Pittsburgh Steelers victory. The Milwaukee Art Museum has … Continued
Piezo Pad Power
If cool motion graphics could generate power, this video could power a mid-sized American city. Enjoy. NY Times – Turbine-Free Wind Power from Antfood on Vimeo.
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
Just the Fax, Ma’am
Our December was busy busy busy. Of course it was, holidays and all. We did a lot of work too. And we paddled 35 miles through Everglades National Park. Quite the ending to 2010. One thing I did in December was enroll Blank Space in the Apple iOS Developer Program. The process went smooth as … Continued