Wallpaper is daunting for a few reasons, one of them being the peeling off part. Design Milk features a great solution for this with Znak’s tear-off wallpaper. You can custom the design to your liking by tearing off pieces. I particularly dig how you or your small fry can create a mural over it, then […]
Salon.com has a post up from Imprint, detailing some of the outstanding pieces in the Morgan Library and Museum’s current show, “Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumerations.” I will confess to being a compulsive note scribbler. Sometimes they help me stay organized and on track, but mostly they just serve as […]
We’ve talked about how to make sunprints on paper here before. But this sunprint wedding cake from Once Wed is absolutely stunning. To be fair, though, it’s not an actual sunprint – the chemicals involved would of course be inedible. Instead, it’s blue coloring airbrushed over foliage for the same effect. Could you imagine a […]
UK-based textile designer Claire-Anne O’Brien loves playing with the textural elements of knitting stitches. Here, she’s used a combination of hand and machine knitting to create dramatically oversized patterns as upholstery. On her website, you can also see interesting examples of her Modular Stitch concept, which plays on the most basic element of knitting – […]
Jay at Public School points us to this amazing collection of vintage sugar cube packets from Flickr user, ussiwojima. It’s incredible to think of so much design going in to such small packaging. If you’re a typography buff like me, prepare to swoon.
My adoration for my canine companions rivals the deepest love affairs in history, and I am always looking for new ways to celebrate how amazing they are. In keeping with this month’s Design & Photography theme, in today’s video I show you how to create your own custom silhouette piece using Adobe Illustrator and a […]
Mitra Fabian reminds us art and beauty can be created with even the most mundane items in her work. her imagination and creativity are boundless even when using supplies like pipette tips, rubber bands and office clips in these incredible works B9, Compliance and Cling. Rad pieces, and a real reminder to keep your eyes […]
