Whenever we go for a ride in the NYC suburbs I get a total kick out of seeing what people store in their garages. There is hardly ever a garage that actually can hold a car. Garages around here *always* end up being storage. We are talking crazy-packed-storage. I was laughing when I saw my daughter’s Fisher Price House Garage used the same way.
(This is a photo I took a year ago and shared on Instragram. Thank you Timehop for reminding me and making me smile.)
Is life good? Wallpaper available for your computer, iphone or ipad. Two swissmiss thumbs up!
(Thank you Gustavo)
We are all back at the studio and just launched 4 new Tattlys that will help you tackle the new year: Now Or Never by Christoph Niemann, Ok, Let’s Do This by Marc Johns, Oh, Hello There by Mike Lowery and Thinking of a Master Plan by Arianna Orland.
(Photos: Iwan Baan & Alan Tansey)
This picNYC TABLE by Haiko Cornelissen would definitely make it easier to get through the cold NYC winter months.
This dish rack by Veronika Paluchova made me chuckle. Check out more of her projects over on Designeast.
(via shoeboxdwelling)
This Short Order Design Notepad by Adam Oreste made me chuckle.
Japanese design studio Microworks created a wearable Farfelle Bowtie. Made from bright acrylic, the clip-on tie is an imitation of the pasta shape, for an amusing twist on men’s party attire. #mademesmile
(thank you Jeannie)
Check out this Tutorial to make Ice Cream Clouds, illustrated by Melinda Josie. Download the recipe as a PDF here.
(Thank you Nate)
A few weeks ago I traveled to Atlanta to see Ben Chestnut, co-founder of Mailchimp speak at CreativeMornings/Atlanta. That was the best money I’ve ever spent on an airplane ticket. Ben talked about the history of the company and what he does as a manager to cultivate the infamous Mailchimp culture. If you are running a creative business do yourself a favor and watch the talk!
A little background info: Ben Chestnut is the CEO and co-founder of MailChimp.com, one of the most successful e-mail marketing companies around, with over 1.2 million users. They were recently featured in “Fast Company” for their non-traditional corporate culture and creative environment. Ben is one of my all-time personal rolemodels when it comes to running a creative business. Meeting him was my highlight in 2011. (Yes, I am a fan!)
A big giant thank you for the CreativeMornings/Atlanta team, especially Blake Howard, for organizing the morning and Dare Dreamer Media for taping and editing the talk.
At tuesday’s AIGA winter bash one of the raffle gifts was a huge knitted pigeon. The lovely couple that won it let me hug it and I experienced my first case of SPE (Serious Pigeon Envy).
The stuffed pigeon is from Various Projects and hand-knit from alpaca wool — a soft, cuddly version of New York’s native street bird. #wishlisted
If I had walls for artwork in my kitchen, I would order these typographic prints right now.
Le chef a toujours raison = The chef is always right
Pasta, Ti Amo! = Pasta, I love you
If you’re really serious about a White Christmas, this is how you do about it: Build your on DIY Snow Machine with this step-by-step guide over at Instructables.
(via LifeHacker)
I wrote about Punchfork before and was thrilled to learn that they just introduced an iphone and iPad app. I am in heaven!
It’s a fantastic way to discover the latest recipes and dishes that are trending on popular food blogs like Smitten Kitchen, Simply Recipes, 101 Cookbooks and more.
Also, check out punchfork.com. (Makes me want to get rid of all my cooking books.)
This Vilac Car Garage gets my thumbs up for being beautifully designed, made out of wood and for the fact that you can fold it away. Awesome, right?
Earlier today, I opened an envelope that entailed “The Postiche Collection” – a Limited Edition catalogue designed by Hampus Jageland.
I don’t think I have ever come across a more surprising and in some strange way fascinating imagery than this. Men with quilt-beards? It was created by Julian Wolkenstein and Paul Sharp.
I still don’t fully understand it, but consider me intrigued.
I find this Las Escaleras (Ladders) game simply beautiful. #wishlisted
Who can resist a product that has the word cloud and happy in it? I can’t: Happy Cloud Coasters.
(Thank you Crystal)
RBG6 is a film and graphic design studio based in Stockholm. I agree with Melissa Easton, pure visual delight!
Tattly from Made by Hand on Vimeo.
The incredibly talented and hardworking folks of Made By Hand are the forces behind our brand-new Tattly Promo. Yes, team Tattly has watched it numerous times and we all have big smiles on our faces.
A big thank you to Keith “keef” Ehrlich, the producer and director as well Elias Ressegatti the director and editor for their vision. And an extra special thank you goes to Nathan Rosenberg, the composer. We are blown away and *happy*!
You can see photos of the 10h video shoot right here. And you can get all the Tattlys you see in the video here.
Watch the video on the Tattly site.
