April 7th, 2008 | by admin | published in art, design, shopping
I have enough of my own weird obsessions to appreciate the fact that other people can get really into random things. Lately, I’ve been seeing moleskine notebooks everywhere on the internet. On Etsy, you can purchase customized moleskines for not much more than the original notebook themselves.
Shoofly offers gocco-printed covers.
Keykalou has even designed some pretty […]
April 1st, 2008 | by admin | published in etsy, shopping
Work by Bloom Studios, $64
I was browsing Flickr for cherry blossom photos (it is peak cherry blossom weather here in DC) and came across Bloom Studios’ Flickr page. This is my favorite piece, the Sakura ring, wrought out of sterling silver and 14K gold. I love the way the blossom shape of the ring sits; […]
April 1st, 2008 | by admin | published in art, cities, design, home, interior, shopping
Blackbooks is a Florida-based print shop and design firm that has been a frequent contributor to the Miami arts scene. This past December, they sponsored Primary Flight, a public arts graffitti installation at Miami Beach.
(Photo via http://www.thecoolhunter.net/)
Blackbooks offers stencils to enable you to get started on your own murals. While some of the designs are […]
March 31st, 2008 | by admin | published in etsy, paper, shopping
Work by DKim, $30
The strengths of this print are in its wit and its use of easily recognizable objects. I will post later other examples of “clever illustrations” that are successful for these reasons.
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10662322
March 31st, 2008 | by admin | published in etsy, paper, shopping
Work by Bowerbox, $15
Great retro-inspired pattern. Of course, the metallic silver ink is a nice accent (remember I’m like a raven and attracted to the the bling). I have never done letterpress myself and wonder if it is as difficult to print with metallic inks in letterpress as it is in say a lithography […]
