Dive into the archives.
- The Bees Knees
It’s simple, Horacio Salinas’s fashion photographs featured on The New York Times are stunning. The pairing of beautiful women’s accessories, all in a warm honey-gold color, with killer bees is brilliant — a Dior bag standing in for a hive, Tom Ford sunglasses dripping with honey, a Christian Louboutin shoe swarmed by bees (just to […]
- Lagom Greeting Cards
Happy May Day!
Within the last few weeks, I’ve had a few occasions that needed to be celebrated with a card (Congratulations, Mike and Anne! and Good luck, Michelle!). As a designer, I often have a love/hate relationship with cards — “I could make one, why would I buy one?” and “I really like the design, […]
- Flavor Paper
That’s right: More wallpaper!!!
The handscreened wallcoverings from New Orleans-based Flavor Paper are incredible! (Thanks for the link, Michelle!) Every roll is hand printed and the designs can even be customized. The designs range in feel from contemporary (b-a-n-a-n-a-s! — visually Warhol/playfully Gwen Stefani) to floral (dauphine — a modern nod to Art Deco) to vintage […]
- Xenia Taler Tiles
If I wasn’t a graphic designer and could be anything, anywhere, what would I be? The answer is easy: I’d design tiles. Hey, I couldn’t NOT design! (I’d also live in a Caribbean paradise, but that’s a different story.)
The tiles by Xenia Taler make me smile every time I look at them. They express everything […]
- Oh, Nevada…
This month, I visited Las Vegas for the first time: It was ridiculous. It’s another world and in many ways a designer’s playground. The signage, the decor, the public art, the architecture — All of it spot on and true to the specific theme each is intended for: Paris, New York, Italy and the old […]
