October 7th, 2009 by samanthatroy
October 1st, 2009 by samanthatroy 
We’re so excited for our friend Ron Marvin who has a great feature on his work in the brand-new online magazine Lonny. The magazine looks lovely — it was started by two Domino Magazine alumni — and is full of fabulous products and interior design. One very cool feature afforded by the digital format is that you can hover over a product within an article and click on a link to its retailer. Some of our other faves featured in this issue are Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge and Eddie Ross (who was on Bravo’s Top Design). We definitely recommend checking it out.
Here’s what the editors of Lonny have to say:
In a time when shelter publications are turning their last pages…
OUR MISSION is to reopen the doors of accessible design. By embracing an online platform we provide inspiration at the click of a finger, directly connecting our readers to their favorite products and resources. Our freedom from page limits means that we can share more content in each issue, delivering an intimate look into the way people really live.
At Lonny, we value independent thinking and believe not in following trends but rather in making choices that lead to happiness. We believe that good design and affordable design can coexist and that true inspiration can be found in the teeniest of homes or in the grandest of spaces.


October 1st, 2009 by samanthatroy 
We’ve posted some of Frank Chimero’s work in the past, but, his work is consistently pretty great and this print made me smile.
September 30th, 2009 by samanthatroy We’re big in to books. We make books, read books, buy books; there are very few things we don’t like about books. Here are some awesome books and book-related items from Etsy.
  
 
  
 
  
Row 1: My Little Diary ring from MoonFaces; Burst journal by paintedfishstudio; Old Spines fine art print weberphoto
Row 2: Bookshelf 32 print by janemount; White Geometric Handbound Photo Album by brooklynbookbinder
Row 3: Book Mobile by theshophouse; Sepia Books from jillruthandco; Antique leather book necklace TheBlackSpotBooks
Row 4: Coptic-bound blank journal by anybodyinthere; Books print from theblackapple
Row 5: Custom Book Art by BookOfArt; Engraveable open book charm TheSCOOPatBOOPS; The Library by NestaHome.etsy.com
September 29th, 2009 by samanthatroy 
As a tape lover, I’m pretty excited about this Good Advice tape from Swiss Legacy. It features advice from Adrian Shaughnessy, Tony Brook, Wim Crouwel, Michael C. Place, Ben Stott, Mark Farrow, Storm Thorgerson, Daniel Eatock and Hamish Muir, and was designed by James Greenfield. It is available for purchase here.
 
via Swiss Legacy
September 24th, 2009 by samanthatroy 
Well, actually 9 red embroidered balloons from Kimberly Scola of chez sucre chez. I think they are just darling, and she is donating the money from the sale of her balloons to her mother who is doing a bike ride to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Read more about the project here, and get your embroidered balloon here.

via Scoutie Girl
September 23rd, 2009 by samanthatroy
September 17th, 2009 by samanthatroy 
A while back we posted about the Vai Com Deus, the amazing typographic facade done by R2 Design in Portugal. Well, it looks like R2 has done it again, but this time it’s newspaper headlines set in Neutra Slab with the addition of photo-luminescent ink. I think prefer the white-on-white color scheme of Vai Com Deus, but Dois Tempos looks pretty rad too. View more images of Dois Tempos here, or go to Portugal and see it for yourself before January 31, 2010.

Photos by Fernando Guerra
Continue reading Dois Tempos
September 15th, 2009 by samanthatroy 
I am so excited that I’ve discovered Slinkachu, a UK-based street artist. I guess I am a little late to the party — he’s been working on his fantastic Little People project since 2006 — but it is really awesome. I recommend looking in the archives of his blog so that you can see the evolution of the project.
My ‘Little People Project’ started in 2006. It involves the remodeling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which I then place and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of my work plays with the notion of surprise and I aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes I set up, more evident through the photography, and the titles I give these scenes aim to reflect the loneliness and melancholy of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed. But underneath this, there is always some humour. I want people to be able to empathise with the tiny people in my works.

See a few more of our favorites after the jump.
via It’s Nice That
Continue reading Slinkachu
September 8th, 2009 by samanthatroy 
There is a 48-hour Modern Economy Sample Sale starting tomorrow at 9 am (PST). This time it is online, so you don’t need to be in San Francisco to get deals on pieces from this impressive list of artists and designers.

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