For the month of August, a series of guest posters will be filling in on DWL with daily posts. This week’s posts come to you from the talented folks of Studio 254: designer and illustrator Will Bryant, illustrator and educator Kate Bingaman-Burt, designer Clifton Burt, designer Tina Snow Le and artist, designer and educator Jason Sturgill. Enjoy!
![The Cat at Night](http://designworklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_5546-e1376034448262.jpg)
Vintage children’s books are a constant source of inspiration for me. I love discovering the works of sometimes overlooked illustrators.
Dahlov Ipcar is one of those people for me.
I discovered her work at a thrift store through her book “The Cat at Night”. I especially love my original scholastic paperback version with the saturated colors on the construction like paper.
![Where do you think he is now?](http://designworklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_5548-e1376034570776.jpg)
![In a land of amazing colors.](http://designworklife.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_5549-e1376034612899.jpg)
I predict that she will see a similar wave of attention that Charley Harper received after it was long overdue.
![Bug City](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2735/4350835351_58492262c4.jpg)
![Woodcut Print](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-yQo9VZtns4/THbSouNFY3I/AAAAAAAAAz0/tnUs2UiIw1o/s1600/Fox+%26+Geese_sm.jpg)
![the artist in her studio](http://www.exitfive.com/dahlov/images/Dahlov&MrD.jpg)
![Can't drag me away.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xFmi5OBBPgU/ThCb4-9BVdI/AAAAAAAAGpU/p7XZt7BAXJM/s640/5+dahlov+ipcar+world+full+of+horses+1955+SurrednnrDorothy.jpg)