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Stephen Campbell
I’m starting off the week by sharing a new obsession: the work of Stephen Campbell, who is known for his hand-stitched and drawn illustrations. In an interview with Architects + Artisans last year, he...
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Max Dalton
With the Oscars happening this weekend, I’ve had cinema-themed art on my mind—like the work of Max Dalton, a Buenos Aires-based graphic artist whose portfolio includes a number of pieces based on...
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Nick Albertson
Photographer Nick Albertson creates textures out of the mundane that beg for a closer look. See that? Those are clothes hangers contorted into shapes to form a pattern. Paper plates suddenly play with...
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Bella Foster
I first heard about artist Bella Foster back in 2009, when she collaborated with Kate Spade on a number of projects. Then a couple of years ago, I spotted her work in Wayne Pate’s shop, and was...
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ANONA
Looking for inspiration? I’m talkin’ intense color combinations, superb styling, and amazing photography. Look no further than ANONA. Simply put, ANONA is a Philadelphia-based boutique print design...
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‘RED’ Hong Yi’s Instagram Art
Are you as obsessed with Instagram as I am? No matter what I’m doing, the Internet needs to know about it. Out to brunch? Use the Rise filter. Having a good hair day? The X-pro filter will totally...
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The Working Proof
{ “Flying Geese” by Sharon Montrose } Meg and I were just reminiscing yesterday about Issue No. 1. One of the articles in our inaugural issue featured The Working Proof, and I realized that it had...
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Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar
For a number of years now, my calendar of choice has been Noa Bembibre’s annual creations. The 12 pages of the ”Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar” calendar each feature a phrase, with the name of the...
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Ben the Illustrator
With a hint of nostalgia and plenty of whimsy, the designs by Ben the Illustrator bring to mind happy days full of child-like glee and open-eyed wonder. The patterns achieve the perfect balance of...
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Pen and the Pixel
Mind your manners when checking out these plates by Pen and the Pixel! London-based illustrator and designer Emma Houlston created these plates as an homage to scenes from the Harrow Ladies Luncheon...
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Hand-Cut Paper Maps by Karen O’Leary
The second day of design school, I used an X-acto knife for the first time—and promptly had to call the campus paramedics. Ever since that moment, I have had incredible amounts of respect for artists...
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Badges from Hammerpress
I am one of those people who still believes in the magic of snail mail. While I use social media to keep up with the day-to-day occurrences of my far-scattered friends, there is just something so...
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Artwork from HYSJ
Comprised of graphic designers Hilde Mork and Jeanette Lunde, HYSJ is a new print shop featuring stunningly beautiful nature-inspired artwork. While each piece is striking and lovely, there is...
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Pantone Project by Paul Octavious
Pantone 18-4525/Caribbean Sea Happy Fourth of July! Instead of sharing photos of hot dogs and apple pie with you today, I’m posting a few snapshots in red and blue hues from Paul Octavious’ Pantone...
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Kinska Ceramics
London-based ceramist and artist Kinska simply makes me giggle. There is something so charming and quirky about each of her pieces. I can picture conversations between the two ‘totem’ planters below,...
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Wayne Pate’s World
As much as I love the written word, some days, I just want to look at pretty pictures with a minimal amount of text. Where to go? Artist Wayne Pate’s online journal. His posts often include snapshots...
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Typography with a Sense of Humor
Every once in a while, I crave silly, grin-inducing pieces of artwork. You know, something to balance out all of the thrift store art and cat portraits gracing my walls. What better way than a piece...
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Jaime Derringer
You may be familiar with Jaime Derringer as the founder and executive editor of Design Milk, a blog I have followed since I was in design school. More recently, I started to follow Jaime on...
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Moment to Moment
Leave it to an unconventional quarterly like The Thing, which is a periodical in the form of an object, to collaborate on an unconventional art project with Levi’s Made & Crafted. Recently in San...
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Portraits by Lisa Krannichfeld
Haunting and ethereal, these portraits are part of The Glass Menagerie series by painter Lisa Krannichfeld. When I discovered these pieces by Krannichfeld, I simply could not look away. Each portrait...
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