Thursday, October 1, 2009

Thirsty for Typography Thursday #12 – Daily Drop Cap

Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische, that consists of daily posts of hand-crafted decorative initial cap.




:: Discovered via Black*Eiffel

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Jewelry to Live By

For those of you who live and breathe design, why not wear it? Jewelry by plastique*.




:: Discovered via NOTCOT.ORG

Coarsetoys

coarse is a Hong Kong based brand that creates vinyl statues that have gained an increasing worldwide presence amongst art toy and fine arts collectors. The German artist duo behind the brand are Mark Landwehr and Sven Waschk. Their work includes photography, prints and objects, combining all aspects to create holistic pieces of art that convey an alternate reality. A fiction brand.





:: Discovered via Lovely Package

Monday, September 28, 2009

Tribute to Where The Wild Things Are

Tribute pieces for Where The Wild Things Are by artists Cory Godbey and Alberto Cerriteno. The movie hits the theaters October 16th, I'm sure it'll be worth checking out...





:: Discovered via freshly{blended}

Friday, September 25, 2009

Details of Life

CableDrop Multi-Purpose Cable Clip, purchasing mine next month.


:: Discovered via Delight.com

Vince Contarino

Vince Contarino is a Brooklyn-based artist who explores the possibilities of abstraction through drawing, painting and collage. His work is concerned with developing a visual language through ambiguous gestures and informed decision-making, while his color palettes are as expressive as his brush strokes.



:: Discovered via but does it float

The Beauty of Unemployment

Charts, graphs, and timelines can be difficult to design, however this installation by ART+COM is a far cry from ordinary, it is a piece of interactive and educational art.






:: Discovered via FFFFOUND!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Slide

The new font called Slide by Alexander Nedelev is fresh, elegant, and classy. I hope to find it for sale soon, as it will translate well for web and print work. I'm also crossing my fingers for weight variations :)






:: Discovered via Behance

For a Dreary Day...

Friday, September 18, 2009

Eating with Bugs

Wonderful china with biological illustration of insects and plants designed by Laura Zindel, available to purchase here.


Eco Warrior to the Rescue

Eco friendly and makes you a hero? Great way to show you're an environment activist. Must have one... Created by Rezon, click here to purchase.


:: Discovered via It's Nice That

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Pumpkin Decorating

October is just around the corner, which means I need to start thinking about Halloween decorations for my new home. Below are some wonderful pumpkin decorations I found that don't require any carving.