‘She rides above it‘ is a lovely screen-print that reminds us that it is best to ride above all of the strains of modern life. It is much more fun up in the clouds!
She Rides Above It by Chase and Wonder
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Method & Craft
Are you a designer? Are you familiar with Method & Craft? If not, I would suggest you check out their site.
Method & Craft is run by a crazy talented bunch of designers (one of them is my studiomate) and features Articles, Interviews, Videos, and Notes. The Method & Craft articles focus on process and workflow of designers. Their interviews let designers discuss their approach & perspective in their own words. And their videos show the designer at work, sharing application-specific techniques. Needless to say, those are my favorites!
I just thoroughly enjoyed this video covering Vintage Effects in Illustrator:
(kind of via chris glass)
Rainbowparade & Holesale
Do you remember my studiomate Jessi’s Rainbowbirthday last year? Well, her birthday is just around the corner and she has another fabulous birthday plan: She is organizing a rainbow parade plus a birthday-good-cause-fleamarket in the beautiful Manhattan Bridge Arch (or Bridge Hole, as we call it) in DUMBO. Hence it’s called HOLESALE!
G, Tilo, I and our little rainbow princess Ella will all march proudly in the parade (which will be ordered chromaticly!) You’re into colors? Join us! Dress in one color and be to the DUMBO Bridge Hole by 4:30 on saturday april 16th. It would be great to come earlier so you can be photographed! The rainbow parade will kick off at 5:00.
Speaking of parade: Do you know of a marching band in NYC? Have them get in touch with Jessi! (Click here for her email) She is hoping to find a marching band that will lead the parade. (I will blog the video afterwards and will advertise the heck out of the band!)
Also, if you buy anything from the fleamarket the money will go to support Willie Mae’s Rock Camp.
Are you not sure if you should attend? Well, let this flowchart help your decision making:
See you at the Holesale/Rainbowparade on saturday april 16th! For more info, go to holesale.org.
Desktime
Sam Rosen of the Post Family visited the studio yesterday and told me about his brand new site called Desktime!
Desktime is a beautifully designed site that helps you rent out extra desks or find a desk to work for a day, week or month. Think of it as the AirBnB for the workspace. I am obviously a huge fan of the co-working concept (hence Studiomates).
I am thrilled to see more sites like this (remember my Loosecubes post?) pop up that make the dream of the mobile office a reality. As I mentioned they just launched. I can’t wait to see this grow!
Giant Wooden Xylophone
This giant wooden xylophone just made my day. I want to hug every single person that was involved in making this happen.
(via Paul Octavious)
Apple Logo Rainbow Sticker
Seeing the old treatment of the Apple Logo (on a new MacBook Pro) just now gave me an instant sense of nostalgia. I will most definitely order one of these raised, awesome, stickers to put on my iPad or Laptop.
(thanks for the nostalgia, sam)
CreativeMornings Video: Mike Monteiro
Our speaker at the *second* San Francisco CreativeMornings was Mike Monteiro, Design Director, and co-founder of Mule Design Studio. This event took place on March 25, 2011 and was generously sponsored by Happy Cog and Typekit (who also hosted the event at their office in the Mission).
A big giant thank you to Chris Whitmore for offering to shoot and edit the video. Photos were graciously provided by Rawle Anders.
See who’s upcoming and watch recorded talks over on creativemornings.com.
Champion Pigeons
I agree with my studiomate Raul, these portraits of champion pigeons on the National Pigeon Association site are compellingly beautiful! It reminds me of one of my favorite books: The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens.
Winy Maas on the Balancing Barn
In this short film made by Dezeen and Oliver Manzi of WopFilms, architect Winy Maas of Rotterdam firm MVRDV talks about Balancing Barn, a house in Sussex Suffolk, England, completed late last year.
At some point in my life, I want to live in a house like the Balancing Barn and own a real Calder Mobile.
Modern Simplex Wall Clock
Oh, Etsy! (Again!) I can’t buy everything so I just post it here, that way I feel like I own it a little bit. This Modern Simplex Wall Clock is making me swoon.
Skillshare
Skillshare just launched and I am excited for them. Skillshare’s mission is to flip the notion of traditional education on its head and democratize learning. They believe that anyone can be a teacher, and everyone has valuable knowledge and skills to share. I couldn’t agree more!
I think I might take this class on How To Make Chinese Dumplings or should I take Game Mechanics for Social Apps?
Suspended Staircase
photo credit: Rainer Detzlaff
How stunning looking is this suspended staircase? It is part of a home designed by SoHo Architektur.
(via trendir)
WhatFont Bookmarklet
Do you ever visit a website and wonder what font they’re using? Yes? You’ll love this: WhatFont launched a bookmarklet that tells you what font is being used on text you hover over. This is crazy amazing! (Yup, I am *that* excited) Thank you WhatFont!
(via JasonSantaMaria)
Eulogy of stuff
When an item is in dispute (meaning I want to sell, toss, or recycle it and the kids need to keep it), we take a photo and stick the photo in a book, where they get to write a small eulogy about it. Then it goes out. You’d be amazed how this small project has taught them to view what is special and what is not.
From a comment on an Apartment Therapy post, by slocumnavigator
(Thank you Monica)
MStars
If you’ve traveled to Switzerland, you most likely know what the ubiquitous uppercase orange M stands for you see everywhere. It’s Migros, one of the biggest supermarket chains in Switzerland. (Well, at this point, it’s way more than a supermarket, they own banks, schools, amusement parks and so on.) Living abroad has amplified my fascination with products that remind me of my childhood. Whenever I go back, one of my first stops is indeed a trip to Migros. Knowing that, it’s clear that I get quite a kick out of Migros’ m-stars.ch site on which they sell all kinds of apparel and accessories with their store branding or products. Pictured above are the classic Milk packaging water bottle, the classic Midor strawberry ice cream packaging translated into a shopping bag, the M logo big and bold on a t-shirt and an M jumper.
I guess you have to be a Migros-Nostalgic like me to really appreciate this: m-stars.ch
Ownership as Burden…
The graphic above and the quote below totally hit home for me. “Ownership as a Burden” is a term that I have been thinking about a lot recently. Especially now, with a pending move ahead of us, I go through my stuff and ask myself ‘what’s really active’?
“As quickly as a new laptop becomes yesterday’s technology in a brittle plastic shell, or a power tool idly collects dust in the garage, it seems that material possessions are changing from treasure into junk, from security into liability, from freedom into burden, and from personal to communal.”
From an article by Rich Radka for Sharable. Found over on Uncomsumption.
Duo Felted Wrist Pod
I admit it, I have a thing for felt. So it comes to no surprise that these Felted Wrist Pods made me look.
Double Side Chair
This Chair/Table is by French designer Matali Crasset and is called Double Side Chair. The piece holds a double function, with one easy movement it can be transformed into a small desk, that can hold your laptop, writing paraphernalia, lunch, etc. Lovely.
Bakelite Kodak Brownie Hawkeye
Oh, Etsy! You keep making me stumble upon all these magnificient looking vintage photo cameras. Check out this Kodak beauty! Someboy please buy it or I will.
On Clutter
When your environment is cluttered, the chaos restricts your ability to focus. The clutter also limits your brain’s ability to process information. Clutter makes you distracted and unable to process information as well as you do in an uncluttered, organized, and serene environment.
Scientists find physical clutter negatively affects your ability to focus, process information | Unclutterer
(via unconsumption / PSFK)
