My plan is: to use this blog to keep track of styling ideas. At least that's what I'm telling myself these days to get me motivated to blog. I'm starting off with the artist Helga Steppan. These images are from her work called "See Through" which is a series of twelve photographs where she audited her personal belongings and divided them into a full spectrum of colour groupings. Definitely some ideas in styling to be found here.
I wish I could afford these pieces! Such a beautiful take on scientific glassware by Esque.
I also love the logo, which I think is new(ish)--reminds me of the logic behind Vignelli's design of the Bloomingdale's logo which takes advantage of the circular forms of the letters.
Klas Fahlen is one of my favorite illustrators. These magazine holders are from his portfolio at the Art Department. The building-scape is totally genius, especially the second image with the plaza perspective illustration.
(And yes, I'm trying to post more these days. I know, a blog with daily posts?? What a concept.)
With the Stationery Show coming up, it's been pretty busy over here and blog neglect has totally set in. But I did want to post about Greg Lamarche, a collage artist, whose work I saw on White Walls, an urban art gallery, in San Francisco. I can't believe I haven't been to this gallery yet. And I'm bummed I missed the Ian M. Johnson show back in February. I'd love to get one of his pieces for my home.
On a happy note, I was able to get tickets to the Flight of the Conchords show in SF. Thank goodness they added another date.
I've been eyeing this Marimekko wall hanging at CB2 for sometime and I haven't quite pressed the order button yet. Of course, I love the primary colors.
Then I saw Joy's post on Maija Louekari, so I had to check to see if this piece was made by her. And indeed, it was. Damn that girl is talented!
I'm nutty about sculptural wire, so I've had Antonino Sciortino bookmarked for a while now ever since I discovered him through HFHA. His work is so architectural, it's just like having a mini-Calatrava in your hand. If you love sculptural wire, his website is full of inspirational stuff.
I was hoping to post more this week, but I've had my hands full with the kids. Mom (aka. the babysitter) went on a 2-week vacation starting this week so I've been playing a ton of Candyland and Crazy 8's with my daughter and launching missile attacks on Lego fortresses with my son instead of doing some real work! (Let me say, I've been kicking ass in Candyland.) Luckily, I get a tiny bit of a vacation myself starting today as my husband takes over kid-watching duties. I'm leaving for Portland with some friends this morning and meeting up with a few more friends over there. Fun, fun, fun. If only it wasn't 35 degrees-ish over there. In any case, I can't wait to visit Canoe and the Ace Hotel. Have a great weekend!
Call me a nerd: I'm a fan of mathematical signs, symbols, and drawings. (Though I sucked at calculus in high school AND college.) So naturally I was in awe of artist Tomoko Kataoka's stamps called "After Rain Arithmetics" (above). She has an art business called Hassak Rubber Stamp where she hand carves fine lines and incredible details in rubber stamps. I just can't stop looking at her work! [Discovered via PingMag.]
Just saw Julia Pfaller's work in the latest issue of Dwell magazine! I love the textures of her collage-style, mixed media illustrations. Here are some images from her online portfolio.
I love walking away (virtually speaking) from a blog with bits of visual inspiration, and even better, some future plans. On a recent visit to Smart and Crafts (Curiosity Shoppe's blog), I learned of two things. One, Cilla Ramnek's absurdly beautiful glass mosaic floor. The way the tilework looks like woven textile patterns is too gorgeous for words.
And two, I learned of Mortified: a show where folks share their most pathetic writings from their teen years. (There are two shows in SF in September.) I can only imagine how friggin hilarious it must be! Man, I know I wrote a crapload of letters when I was a teen. I'm sure that every letter I wrote circa 1988 started off this way: Hey gurl! Whassup? How's life treatin' ya? For realz dude? Dats cool. As for meeh? Nothing much, just kickin' it in class. And ended likely like this: I bes' jet for now! Love ya like a sis, Meg
Yes, meeh used to talkee like dat--probably with my head/neck zig-zagging from side to side. Seriously, I used to mentally cut-and-paste the beginning and end of every letter regardless of the content. Honestly, sometimes I don't know how I became a writer.
And in case you're wondering what else I wrote to my Contempo Casuals-clad compadres, I'm sure the rest of the letter was about some guy (who was cute then but not cute now) and the beeatch he was going out with OR how I needed more hairspray to enhance my deep-fried permed hair OR what song from Love Lines I was going to record on my cassette player. Gosh, life was so simple...and crunchy back then. Sigh...
In other news, I recently did an interview with Victoria E. on her blog. (Thank you Victoria.) Check it out if you have time on your hands--it's 90% serious and 10% goofy.
