Kite Hill by Paul Octavious
Beautiful. A welcome vision on another rainy Portland day.
Prints of Paul Octavious’s Kite Hill are available at 20×200.
(via swissmiss)
Archive for the ‘image’ Category
June 2nd, 2010
May 28th, 2010
Oregon Transfer Co.
I recently discovered iPhoneography through my cousin (thanks Cis!) and have been loving trying out new photo apps.
This is one of my first shots—taken while walking back home in the rain after a haircut, and treated with the Format126 app. I’m gonna have to track down more painted building signs. Some great typography out there and I find the weathering and fading charming. A hint of the past.
May 28th, 2010
Bad Postcards
Hilarious, and often strange collection of vintage American postcards from the 50s-70s, otherwise known as BAD POSTCARDS.
This one is an advertisement for those embrace-ready mannequins.
A taste of what the back reads: “They wave and point their arms…They Talk. Comes complete with special deluxe uniform in a variety of colors, and your choice of lettering.” Read more here.
Can we say Vitameatavegamin? These gals look a little toasty.
May 28th, 2010
Music Philosophy typographic song quotes
The Beatles
The Moldy Peaches
I adore these. UK designer Mico Toledo combines song lyrics and typography for “Your weekly dose of song quotes” in his project called Music Philosophy. Get your favorite on a shirt, or rotate a couple as your iPhone wallpaper.
(via Holiday Matinee)
May 13th, 2010
You Can’t Keep a Good Town Down – Nashville Flood Relief Poster
You Can’t Keep a Good Town Down is a commemorative poster with a positive message, produced and sold by WedCandy and Alex Pearson to raise money for those affected by the floods in Nashville.
(via ShareSomeCandy)
May 10th, 2010
Confections by Amy Stevens
As a response to turning 30 Amy decided to make cakes and photograph them, learning simultaneously about studio photography and cake decoration.
“It was a celebration of birthdays, cake, color, pattern and obsessive absurdity”
…she says of the project.
Four years later her latest crazy confections continue to grace gallery walls with mouthwatering explosions of color.
See more Amy Stevens art here.
(via @erinloechner)
May 10th, 2010
Sunshine by tinaylin
day 38 – sunshine (02.07.2009) by tinaylin
Feeling like this today. Let’s keep these vibes all week! Thanks for the inspiration, Tina.
November 18th, 2009
Rebecca Ward’s freaking amazing tape installations
Rebecca Ward’s freaking amazing installations made with tape—duct tape, electrical tape, masking tape. amazing. said that already. doesn’t matter. they are.
(via Oh Joy!)
November 15th, 2009
Anna Wolf Photography
Anna’s photos feel like now. There’s a familiarity when you see them. She’s got a diverse portfolio of mostly fashion photography that I so enjoy looking through. Been meaning to post this one for a while…
November 5th, 2009
Geordie Wood hand painted photographs for Susan Woo
Love at first sight.
Geordie Wood hand painted photographs for Susan Woo’s Spring 2010 Collection.
(via oh joy!)
November 3rd, 2009
Kaidannoie (Stairs House)
Fell in love with the Stairs House today—a beach-side home in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. See Spoon & Tamago for more deets and pics.
Isn’t this interior with bookshelves along the stairs incredible?
(via @Poketo)
October 24th, 2009
September 27th, 2009
Adam Hancher on Kitsune Noir
I’m feelin you autumn. Just made this wallpaper from Kitsune Noir my iPhone background.
September 14th, 2009
September 11th, 2009
Leslie Mutchler Collage with Catalogs
Black Storage (Pottery Barn Spring 2006)
White Storage (West Elm Spring 2006)
Untitled (Manufactured Utopia II: High Density Housing). 2008. (Constructed from a single shelving unit from the Pottery Barn furniture collection).
Very interesting collages by Leslie Mutchler using cut pieces from catalogs e.g. Crate and Barrel, West Elm, Pottery Barn…
(via dwell)
September 10th, 2009
Illustrations by Minni Havas
Freaking amazing fashion-inspired illustrations by Minni Havas.
(via Need Supply Co.)
September 8th, 2009
Hometta Modern Home Plans
A novel resource for people who’d love to build their own modern home. (As in, it actually could happen and this site could help make it possible.)
Hometta provides home plans by nationally recognized, sought-after architects. The plans are available for purchase and a subscription service offers how-to tools and access to a builder database.
See the blog for more about what they’re up to with the site.
(via GrassrootsModern)
August 31st, 2009
Summer in the City
Photos from Summer in the City.
Sucked in by photos…Couldn’t help it. Scrolling through them is like going on a mini vacation. Alright, now back to work ;)
(via lillieinthecity)
August 24th, 2009
Stackable Refrigerator Concept
Cool Stackable Refrigerator Concept
Seems smart, efficient and fun.
(via Toxel)
August 24th, 2009
Portraits by Benjamin Shine
I received an email a couple weeks ago from Peter, a reader who had seen the post about Simon Schubert, and he was recommending I take a look at Benjamin Shine‘s portraits. I’d peeked at them, and now I’m finally posting. They’re amazing! He essentially “paints with fabric”.
The pieces are big—around 4×5 feet or so—and they’re most impressive when you see the detail shots.
One that’s received quite a bit of attention is a large portrait of President Obama made of a single retired American flag woven through nylon mesh.
Probably the most striking pieces is the portrait you see at the top of 17th century painter, Rembrandt. Sort of an homage to Rembrandt’s use of light and shadow, this piece looks like it might be a charcoal drawing when in fact its is constructed out of one piece of tulle pleated and pressed between sheets of plexiglass. Unbelievable.
MoCo Loco picked up the story and has some terrific large images of the Rembrandt portrait. Go see!
August 23rd, 2009
Chapel to residence
Stunning chapel-to-residence renovation designed by Zecc Architecten, a Dutch architecture firm. The colors cast by the stained glass onto the white surfaces are wonderful.
Before
After
( learn more about the building via Next Modern Home)
August 22nd, 2009
Sarah Applebaum
I want to live in a Sarah Applebaum world.
Years ago my grandmother tried to teach me how to crochet. A couple times. I thought I didn’t have the patience for it. Maybe I didn’t have the imagination.
Geometric Felt Fabric
Phantasmagoria
June 19th, 2009
Self Portraits by Laurence on Flickr
Really great self portraits by Laurence.
oh to be a teenage girl with a camera again. well sort of. anyway, these are really creative.
(via Yellow Goat’s Favorites)
June 15th, 2009
Happy birthday to me
Happy birthday to me! My gift to myself is this collection of prints from Will Bryant’s Etsy shop. I’m so excited and can’t wait for them to get here. It’s true, I do love nice people who make cool things.
Will is one of those nice people. And he makes lots of cool things.
June 14th, 2009
May 27th, 2009
Jackie Bos Illustration + Design
Donut with Rainbow Sprinkles
Day Glo Waffles
Looking at Jackie Bos’s blog for some smiles this morning. And some breakfast.
May 26th, 2009
Sarah Spitler Artwork
Inveterate Detritus (Something Forgotten Known Only To Ourselves)
This piece by Sarah Spitler seems the perfect expression of my creative struggle today. Bursts of bright beautiful color that trickle, drip, shift, spread and desaturate. Then some details, big brush strokes. And then another burst…and desaturation… You get the idea.
(via BOOOOOOOM!)
May 21st, 2009
Simon Schubert Artwork
Simon Schubert‘s work is un.real.
His creased paper art is stunning. Just really… wow.
And I’m enthralled with this image of one of his sculpture pieces:
(via @jasonfried)
May 10th, 2009
Mark Andrew Webber
I love the future
Admiring the crazy-detailed work of Mark Andrew Webber. Whether it’s a linocut printed, or not, or perhaps hand carved then filmed and animated, and then there’s one of his line drawings—they all pretty much rock.
May 7th, 2009
Kate Bernauer Photography
The Stairwell
The Sea
The Balloon
Kate I heart your lighting!
Brisbane gal Kate Bernauer sets and props scenes for her photographs with theatrical lighting and imaginative compositions.
The photos above are from a series called ‘I’ll be home for dinner’.
The series explores the ridiculous and often tragic nature of human experience through the staging of people engaged in strange and often futile activities. The work has been inspired by dreams and ‘strange, but true’ columns – the weird and absurd true stories often found in the back pages of newspapers.
Such inspiration provides some crazy content for sure, but it’s her creative interpretation and awesome execution with the exposure that makes these super rad. I’m a fan.
(via Lost At E Minor)
