Happy Weekend and Updates
Hope everyone has a great fourth of July. I’ll be at Yankee Stadium tomorrow cheering on the Red Sox. (Yeah yeah, I know, I live in New York. But Boston’s my hometown so I’ve been a Red Sox fan since…
Courtney is the founder of Design Work Life and Seamless Creative, a small design studio she runs with her husband Brian. She now splits her time between developing brand identities for small businesses and soaking up (and passing along) as much inspiration as she possibly can.
Hope everyone has a great fourth of July. I’ll be at Yankee Stadium tomorrow cheering on the Red Sox. (Yeah yeah, I know, I live in New York. But Boston’s my hometown so I’ve been a Red Sox fan since…
I’ve mentioned before how much I love pattern art, so naturally I’m drawn to patterned fabrics. I’m definitely not an expert, but one of my favorite things to do when I have free time (which isn’t often) is sew. And…
Freight Display by Joshua Darden (Love the italic forms in particular, shown below.) Omnes also by Joshua Darden (I’m especially a fan of these ultra thin weights, more available in the family.)
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This is not entirely design-related but this past weekend I got to see the Broadway show, “In the Heights”, which just won four Tony Awards (out of the 13 they were nominated for). All I have to say is: Go…
I couldn’t decide on just two this week… Field Study, $20 at Threadless Le Romantique, $20 at Threadless colorstorm, $20 at Design By Humans
I had such a good experience at the HOW Conference this year, that I’d like to try to attend conferences more often. And I recently read about a couple that I wasn’t familiar with in the current issue of STEP…
While driving up to Napa and looking for something to eat we stumbled upon Cornerstone Place in Sonoma. It turned out that their cafe was undergoing renovations, but we were pleasantly surprised with everything else we found there. Aside from…
One of the HOW Conference presentations I really enjoyed was “Write More Good: Copywriting for Visual Thinkers” with Wayne Geyer. A designer-turned-copywriter, Wayne gave a great presentation about how we can improve our writing skills as designers. Aside from providing…
Check it out here.
I’ve seen these letterpress Dish of the Day cards from Present & Correct around quite a bit lately, especially in the National Stationery Show coverage. I love their graphic simplicity, and packaging is awesome. (How can you not love those…
Murals found in the Mission District off of Valencia Street.
I realize that’s a bold statement to make; and I’m sure quite a few people wouldn’t agree with me. But ever since I read about Scrap on design*sponge, I was dying to get there. And I wasn’t disappointed. A warehouse…
Not sure if I have the patience to hand sew all those birds (or anywhere to hang it), but I really love the look of the final product. More about the project here. Bird template. Via How About Orange
I noticed Fizzy Lizzy on the vendor list for the Renegade Craft Fair but I didn’t actually see them there. Love the design and packaging.
While in San Francisco, we took the requisite tour of Alcatraz. I actually wasn’t really that into it initially, but it turned out to be pretty amazing. Aside from the history of it all, I was really impressed by the…
When I went out to San Francisco I had a list of shops I wanted to visit, and Heath Ceramics was at the top. Luckily, we spent one day out in Sausalito—which is beautiful, by the way—so I got to…
If you’re in the New York area or plan on visiting in the next few months, I definitely recommend checking out the New York City waterfalls, the latest project from Olafur Eliasson and the Public Art Fund. Opening today and…