I’ve had the honor to be a judge in the Type Directors Club Competition in the past and am excited to see what this year’s competition will bring forward. If you’re a type snob and have created beautiful typography driven designs or even a typeface then don’t miss the Type Directors Club Competition Entry Deadline on January 12th!
Long Live Typography!
#matteomademedothis
Today’s 20×200 edition by Wendy MacNaughton made me smile: The Universe and Forever.
The Raumgestalt Woodtower is a nice take on storing your fireplace wood in your living room. I love its sculptural quality.
Here’s an overview of the upcoming January CreativeMornings in New York, Zurich and LosAngeles.
N E W Y O R K
Date: January 13, 2011 (yes, it’s a Thursday!)
Speaker: Design Legend Milton Glaser
Host: School of Visual Arts Theater
Sponsors: Mailchimp and Freshbooks
More info and rsvp at creativemornings.eventbrite.com
Z U R I C H
Date: January 14, 201
Speaker: Mischa Gubler of Massloss (Amboss-Bier and Café Noir)
Host: Amboss Rampe
Sponsor: Amboss-Bier and Café Noir
More info and rsvp at zurichcreativemornings.eventbrite.com
L O S A N G E L E S
Date: January 14, 2011
Speaker: Andrew Gibbs, Founder of The Dieline
Host: Ford&Ching
Sponsor: proxart
More info and rsvp at losangelescreativemornings.eventbrite.com
Exciting News: Starting February 2011 we will have a S A N F R A N C I S C O chapter, which will be led by Greg Storey, the force behind Happy Cog SF and Airbagindustries. Follow Greg on Twitter @brilliantcrank.
Fundamentally I teach because it makes me feel good. It helped me certainly clarify my own objectives. There’s nothing more exciting than seeing someone’s life affected in a positive way by something you’ve said.
— Milton Glaser on why he teaches
I still can hardly believe it but Milton Glaser will indeed be our January NewYork/CreativeMornings speaker. This documentary about Milton is by Hillman Curtis. Check out his entire Artist Series here.
Are you in the market for a 2 bedroom in BoCoCa, Brooklyn? You should read on, as we are selling our place.
With the birth of our second child Tilo Red we realized that we will be outgrowing our wonderful 2 bedroom within a year or so. The time has come. We are heartbroken, but if we only had one child, we would never leave this place. The view is killer, the location couldn’t be any more perfect and the walk-in-closet and master bathroom makes every woman’s heart beat faster.
The apartment is in a designy new construction (3 years old). With many design-focused readers based in Brooklyn, it only makes sense for me to share this on my blog. So, please, bear with me.
Here are the facts:
Our apartment is a generous 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom with a super-awesome walk-in-closet (Currently Tilo’s bedroom) and a huge master bathroom. (The separate shower in there is to die for.)
We live on the 8th floor on the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street. As I mentioned, it’s a new construction and we are the first owners.
We are south facing which means our apartment is extremely bright. We see over the brownstones of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens and even see the Verrazano bridge. And if you peek out the window, to the right, you can also get a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty.
Some of you might have seen pictures of our lovely Brooklyn home in last year’s DesignSponge feature or in Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small Spaces.
If you have visitors and don’t feel like having them stay with you, just tell them to stay in the design/boutique Hotel NU below. (Floors 1-4 are Hotel, floors 5-12 are condos) It has proven incredibly practical to have a hotel right underneath us. And if you’re into working out, you can pay the hotel $60 a month and they let you use their always empty gym. And you don’t even need to go outside, all you need to do is take the elevator to the C level.
And then, of course, there’s Smith Street right outside your door. That means, lots (!) of wonderful restaurants and shops in close proximity.
If you have kids, you might want to know that we’re in a fantastic school district and zoned for PS 261. (literally one block away, in fact you can see the school from the living room)
There’s literally every Subway line you can think of in a 2-3 block radius, which makes this location so desirable. No matter where you need to go in the city, there will be a train closeby that will take you there. (In fact, we love this location so much that our new place is a whopping one block away!)
If you like you can see photos of our place over on Flickr.
If you’re interested in adopting our beloved home, check out the real estate listing and get in touch with our lovely broker Terry Naini.
Katie Thompson is the force behind REcreate, a furniture line made from upcycled objects. Totally charming, no?
(via Brainpickings)
My loyal readers might know by now that I am quite fond of Skip Hop. Every day, our little Ella walks off to school with her adorable Skip Hop Owl Backpack. Makes me smile every single time. I just learned that Skip Hop came out with tableware and bookends in that same design. A possible Owl Obsession in the making?
Here’s a post for my Swiss readers:
Are you into Typography and live near Basel? Then don’t miss the first installment of Typo Stammtisch Basel – a recurring, informal event to bring together makers, users, and lovers of type. This first Typo Stammtisch will take place January 22, 7pm, at Stellwerk Basel, Vogesenplatz 1 (directly at Bahnhof St. Johann).
Yes, I wish I could go.
ps: Stammtisch is one of my alltime favorite German expressions.
(via Roland Stieger)
Do you like surprises and believe in the uniqueness of vintage mugs? Then you’ll love OrderOfMug.com.
Request a mug, send them $20 and they’ll send you a unique, MUG, certified and all. Check out the archives!
The MUG USERS GUILD advocates the glorified wielding of reusable beverage receptacles, shunning the feckless use of disposable cups. MUG also encourages coffee establishments globally to adopt a responsible code of conduct to discontinue the mass distribution of wasteful to-go cups, offering reusable mugs as the only option to thirsty patrons.
Gasp-for-air-fantastic: Illegal Rainbow. (No, don’t do this at home!)
(Thank you Liz)
“One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness — simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain.”
— George Sand
(via the Happiness Project Newsletter)
