Posted: September 3rd, 2010 | Filed under: art, paperfinger, places, travel, weddings | 2 Comments »
I flew up to Rochester last night for a friend’s wedding this weekend, in an effort to dodge any possible trouble with Mr. Earl. The drawing above is the illustration I created for their wedding invitation, which I’ll share with you sometime soon as well. I’m excited to be here, in the places I’ve only seen through Google Images so far!
Enjoy your holiday weekend all! I’ll be back on the blog on Tuesday.
Posted: September 2nd, 2010 | Filed under: art, weddings | 0 Comments »
I spent the afternoon yesterday with Jen Huang in her studio shooting new pieces for my portfolio (stay tuned!) and it was such a pleasure. Jen is super talented and it reminded me to cruise through her blog again which is chock full of images all in a luxurious wide layout. You should take a browse and I definitely recommend her for wedding and portrait photography. She’s awesome all around. Here are a few of my favorites…
All photographs by Jen Huang Photography.
www.jenhuangphotography.com
www.jenhuangblog.com
Posted: September 1st, 2010 | Filed under: apparel, art, design, things | 0 Comments »
Forget Me Knot silk scarves are the product of hand-drawn illustrations by French artist/designer Coco, in a collaboration with Yazmin Rizvi.
It’s cool to see how the design translates once it’s tied up in scarf-mode!
Available online for purchase at a hefty $257 (€ 178.00).
Posted: August 24th, 2010 | Filed under: art, places | 1 Comment »
I’ve had this photo flagged for a while and felt like today was a good day to share it — with all this grey, cool weather in NYC, it makes me want to spend an afternoon cruising bookstores with my sister. And taking breaks for treats. Not sure where this was taken, but it sure feels like The Strand.
If you don’t know about the genius that is the blog Bookshelf Porn, please go there now.
(*via Bookshelf Porn)
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 | Filed under: art, places | 0 Comments »
Kottke.org put me onto the work and blog of Christoph Neimann, specifically a post of his various Google-maps-inspired set of graphics. They’re funny and observant. Check out more here and see a few of my favorites below.
Posted: August 20th, 2010 | Filed under: art, brooklyn, handmade, paper, places, things, travel | 2 Comments »
Here’s how The Sketchbook Project works:
Anyone can sign up (until October 31st) and for $25, you receive a blank moleskin sketchbook with a bar code and a particular assigned theme. You have until January 15th to fill it with doodles, drawings, paintings, collages, whatever you want. Then you send it back and all the sketchbooks go on tour across the country in galleries and museums!
You can track where your book is at all times and even view it on display at one of the above scheduled tour locations. At the end of the tour, the books will all be cataloged as a permanent collection at The Brooklyn Art Library. For an extra twenty bucks, they will scan and digitize your book so that you can have an electronic record of all your hard work.
This is the first I’m hearing about it, thanks to The Donut Project, but Art House Co-op has been running this for five years now.
I am excited to get started! Join my sketchbook on tour and sign up here.
Posted: August 16th, 2010 | Filed under: art, handmade, places | 0 Comments »
On a Monday morning I want to share something that’s energizing and fun and helps to kickstart your week. For today, it is Aakash Nihalani and his geometric artwork with tape. In each of these images, Aakash has applied actual tape to the object pictured, such as the wheels of this ice cream truck above or the building front pictured below.
From his statement online:
I selectively place these graphics around New York to highlight the unexpected contours and elegant geometry of the city itself. All execution of a piece is done on site with little to no planning…We all need the opportunity to see the city more playfully…I try to create a new space within the existing space of our everyday world for people to enter freely, and unexpectedly ‘disconnect’ from their reality…I work instinctively, trying to follow my gut about the sensation of color and space, and have fun doing it…I’m just connecting the dots differently to make my own picture. Others need to see that they can create too, connecting their own dots, in their own places.
(*via Hard Feelings; All images via aakashnihalani.com)
Posted: August 12th, 2010 | Filed under: art, things | 1 Comment »
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“On June 17th every year, my family goes through a private ritual: we photograph ourselves to stop, for a fleeting moment, the arrow of time passing by.”
Diego Goldberg
Buenos Aires, Argentina
(*via Snippet & Ink)
Posted: August 10th, 2010 | Filed under: art, brooklyn, places | 1 Comment »
I’ve been looking for this! Photographer Nathan Kensinger was granted access to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a year and posted a fantastic collection of images to his blog.
I bike past this restricted zone of Brooklyn every day, curious and intrigued by the history and current state of the buildings and grounds within. Finally, a glimpse.
All images courtesy of Nathan Kensinger.
Posted: August 5th, 2010 | Filed under: art, paper, places, travel | Tags: gifts | 0 Comments »
Ingo Giezendanner, a painter and installation artist from Zurich, traveled by land from Zurich to Baku, Azerbaijan. His illustrative journal drawn with pen and ink, Baku & Back, documents that journey.
Ingo’s statement:
“The drawings capture the gradual change of scenes from Switzerland through the former Yugoslavian states, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia before finally arriving in Azerbaijan (to travel back again just see the book backwards). This is my statement to go out, see the world and avoid airplanes. Take your time and enjoy the view on your train ride.”
It is astounding. You can purchase a copy online for $28 from the publisher, Nieves.
(*via {paper & type})
