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…
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Murals found in the Mission District off of Valencia Street.
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…
I first came across the illustration work of Jordon Domont in the current issue of HOW. I noticed his portraits in the table of contents and immediately went searching to find more. The layering of colors and dripping technique he…
I must admit that sometimes I’m a complete sucker for cute. And this Threadless shirt (while I’m not sure I’d actually wear it) is ridiculously so. Cooking with Friends, $20 at Threadless And another type tee… Punctuation, $25 at Turn…
I really love the style of this work. A Moscow-based illustrator, Parfenov uses a highly stylized technique that still lends itself to pretty realistic portraits. Had to throw John Locke in there since I’m a huge LOST fan Parfenov also…
There isn’t really any background information on this visual blog so I’m not entirely sure about the thought behind it; but the work is really beautiful to look at. Love the color and typography.
Now you have to understand, I was one of those girls who grew up with Strawberry Shortcake in the 80’s. I had a Strawberry Shortcake sleeping bag, and I can still clearly remember the sweet, powdery scent of the dolls.…
I love pattern art. I use it A LOT in my work—probably too much according to some people. But it’s one aspect of design that I really enjoy playing around with. I have not, however, mastered an easy way to…
I’ve been following the work of San Francisco-based Lab Partners for a few months now. Their style is both modern and retro at the same time, which I love. They recently set up an etsy shop where they’ve been selling…
I’m not sure how I came across Leesa Leva’s work initially, but I was recently reintroduced to it through Behance. She primarily works in watercolor and pencil which is something I haven’t seen very much of, especially not used in…
Let’s start Monday off with the fun and colorful work of artist and illustrator Stephen Crowhurst. See more work at Hello Hello. via Design*Sponge
I am coveting this newly-released set of James Bond novels. Not that I’m a particularly big James Bond fan, but the cover art alone is worth the purchase. I’m also obsessively drawn to things designed in sets or collections that…
I was disappointed to learn that the new season of Flight of the Conchords will be delayed until the fall because of the writers’ strike, but these new posters may tide me over. (Click the image for a larger view.)…
This book—the first monograph on artist Lulu de Kwiatkowski—looks gorgeous. de Kwiatkowski is more well-known for her designer textile line, LULU DK; but this book features her colorful multimedia collages. See more of the book and/or purchase here or here.
These fun typographic illustrations from INVDR made the blog rounds a couple of weeks ago but I thought they’re still worth mentioning. I love the playful simplicity. He screenprinted some t-shirts which may or may not still be available. And…
Designer and Illustrator Stefan Bucher, of Daily Monster fame, gave a talk along with John Foster called “Arriving at Creativity”. The most entertaining part of the talk was the video played at the end of Bucher’s monster created specifically for…
