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We’re pleased to share, Design des Troy cards will soon be available in two more stores. One is San Francisco-via-Brooklyn handmade supershop Rare Device, and the other is Portland, Oregon shop Pigeon Toe Ceramics. Lisa Jones of Pigeon Toe makes deliciously exquisite planters and pots (you can buy them at Rare Device, among other shops, and one is featured here in the bottom row), which helped inspired this week’s Schmetsy about the mysterious beauty of succulents and air plants.
Row 1: DarriellesClayArt; weegreenspot; TortoiseLovesDonkey  Leave a comment Tags: etsy, Pigeon Toe Ceramics, plants, Rare Device, succulents | Category: Etsy Schmetsy, Things we like
There are days when writing a blog is a little tough — days when it seems like there isn’t anything new or cool out there. And then there are days when you see something like this, and it is so cool that it more than makes up for the days that were less than inspiring. It is a collaboration between the fantastic Canadian band Arcade Fire and artist Chris Milk, and built with the help of some of the minds at Google. I don’t want to ruin it by talking about it too much, just take a look. After you watch it, you can learn more about the project here. Thanks Chrissy for sending the link! Leave a comment Tags: amazing websites, Arcade Fire, chris milk, google, nostalgia, The Wilderness Downtown | Category: Things we like My sister’s friend needed recommendations for prints for her baby girl’s room. I thought that sounded like an excellent idea for an Etsy Schmetsy, so, here you go Lisa.
Row 1: KidsHaus; darlingclementine; JasonHillDesign We know it can be difficult to sort through the huge selection of handmade stuff on Etsy, so if like Lisa you’d like our help selecting, or if there is a Schmetsy you’d like to see, please let us know. you can comment below, or send us an email. Click here to see all of the past Schmetsy.
You’ve most likely seen Coralie Bickford-Smith’s lovely Penguin clothbound classics. And while they are beautiful, I think Ms. Bickford-Smith has outdone herself with the new covers for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s books. Spend some time at her site looking around at some more of her work; she has a real knack for creating covers that work really well in a series and are desirable art objects individually. Hers are the sort of book covers that make you want to own the book regardless of the content.
via Ace Jet 170 Leave a comment Tags: book cover design, Books, Coralie Bickford-Smith | Category: Graphic Design, Things we like Project 33 is an amazing collection of vintage album covers whose design relies solely on graphic shapes. Some of them are really awesome.
If you’re looking for more fabulous album art, check out David’s other site Stereo Stack for an amazing, and growing, collection of vintage LP stereo banners. via quipsologies Leave a comment Tags: design, Graphic Design, inspiration, Music | Category: Graphic Design, Things we like
I am in love with Matthias Henderich’s Color Berlin photo series — it was so hard to pick only these few to feature. Aren’t they lovely? Such great color and composition. Check out more of Matthias Henderich’s work on behance or flickr.
via share some candy Tonight marks the fifth in a six-week French class that Jessica and I are taking. As you might expect, five weeks has not been enough time to become fluent, but we are enjoying learning something new. So in honor of French class, and of Bastille Day — which was last week — we bring you a little French-flavored Schmetsy. Voilà !
Row 1: StoriesDivinations; MacaronParlour; plastique We’re particularly partial to triangles this week. “Why?” you ask. Well, we spent the fourth of July weekend gocco’ing our latest cards and we’re pretty darned pleased with them. Check out out our new cards below this week’s schmetsy.
Row 1: lisacongdon; spinthread; whitemetal And, on to our cards: on white it’s a birthday card primary-upbeat enough for your nephew or designy-sophisticated enough for your BFF. On chipboard it’s an all-occasions card with a shimmering layer of triangles, brimming with positivity.
One comment Tags: Design des Troy, etsy, handmade, triangles | Category: Art, Crafty things, Etsy Schmetsy, Things we like, What we're working on Thanks to one of my new favorite blogs, The Jealous Curator, I just discovered TypArchive, an amazing collection of images of hand-painted, neon and dimensional signage. Aside from being really nice to look at, I think it could be a great resource if you are looking for a little typographic inspiration. When Owen and I travel, we are constantly snapping pictures of cool typography; perhaps we’ll need to submit a few images.
Leave a comment Tags: hand lettering, Signage, TypArchive, typography | Category: Graphic Design, TypograFriday
I’ve been toying around with buying a few things from Photojojo! for a while now; mainly this, and this, and this. But the Dreamy Diana Lens seems so cool, I think I may need to take the plunge and make my first Photojojo! purchase. Basically, it allows you to take dreamy, soft-focus photos like the original Diana, with your DSLR. So cool! It is available with an adapter for either a Canon or Nikon DSLR, or if you are lucky enough to own this, you can purchase the DSLR adapter on its own without the lens. 
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