Today kicks off our CRAFT Design Space Q+A which will take you inside the creative minds and studios of four design mavens based in San Francisco. We loved getting a glimpse behind the scenes of each person’s creative process, as well as drool over their collection of design books, tools, and knick-knacks. In this digital […]
By Diane Gilleland We bloggers are so lucky – no matter what blogging platform we’re using, we have thousands of design templates to choose from. Not only that, an increasing number of them are customizable. Still, it’s easy to get bogged down in all those visual options. What kind of header should we use? How […]
I’ve been a huge fan of typemakers House Industries ever since, well since I was a graphic designer, which was a long time ago. I not only love their font families, mainly “atomic age” retro-modern designs, but a lot of the swag and type-inspired products they increasingly design and sell. Case in point are the […]
By Andrew Lewis Sometimes I have a great idea for a textile project, but I get put off by the thought of trawling through the seemingly endless bolts of fabric at the store. Then I think about the hassle of haggling over the price and ending up with three times as much fabric as I […]
The New Domestic shows you how you can easily create your own modern large scale painting for non-artists. With some painter’s tape and acrylic paint, you can easy make a colorful and bold piece of art for your home. [via How About Orange]
Heidi Adnum gives some fantastic photography pointers in her two part series on Etsy. Learn to use backgrounds, props, and scale in part 2, and color, light, and reflection in part 1.
Over on Coroflot, Alexandra Peters writes: This project was a collaboration between Herman Miller and Pratt students. Students were asked to design a product that demonstrated a deep understanding of a culture. They call this comfy Celtic knot “Knot Lounge,” but I can’t help from referring to it as a “noodle chair.” [via the CRAFT […]
