10 things that made my week #13

Art, blog, design
  1. Saul Bass’s advice to design students.
  2. This custom Woody Ford Bronco is on my list of dream vehicles.
  3. For the design conscious home gym.
  4. This Bike in a Backpack.
  5. How to improve every part of your life: Celebrate!
  6. Google made a keyboard for iOS, its perfect for cat GIFs.
  7. This Modern HiFi Stereo Console.
  8. These Eight things you probably didn’t know about Ray Eames.
  9. This stunning Daily Overview website just got one new subscriber.
  10. This smokey little cabin in the middle of NYC.

10 things that made my week #12

Art, blog, design
  1. Rainbow margaritas? Yes, Please!
  2. This nose bandana is interesting.
  3. These neon sculptures by Artist Dan Lam are fascinating!
  4. This Artist, Li Xiaofeng, created some stunning clothes from traditional Chinese ceramics.
  5. You can have your Goat-Horn shaped coffee mug, and drink from it too.
  6. Creativity in 5 simple steps.
  7. This monthly photo essay series covers the creative communities of different cities.
  8. This looks like a fun book, Nanotecture.
  9. I’m such a sucker for a nice lunchbox.
  10. Yayoi Kusama’s installation of thousands of mirrored glass balls surrounding Philip Jonson’s ‘Glass House’.

10 things that made my week #11

Art, blog, design
  1. These 22 facts about Glamour Shots are fascinating.
  2. This inflatable “Bubble Hotel”, in Iceland, is perfect for stargazing.
  3. How to get over common creative fears, maybe… By Adamjk.
  4. This is Ikea’s first collaboration with a Fashion Designer, its so good.
  5. This animation answers Why Cats Act So Damn Weird.
  6. Celebrate Prince’s legacy with all of his album artwork in one place.
  7. I know this is old, but I’ve been on a Sia kick this week.
  8. This Nate Berkus gold stapler is everything.
  9. If I wanted a car, this 1974 Ford Escort, would be a strong contender.
  10. I really want a Pug.

10 things that made my week #10

Art, blog, design
  1. This animation of how an airplane flies is pretty cool.
  2. This Swedish designer built a bike that looks like a tiny car, and it’s perfect.
  3. These porcelain nose shaped glasses holders are just right.
  4. Dolce & Gabbana teamed up with Smeg, and some Sicilian Artists to design some limited edition refrigerators.
  5. This video of paint powder on a drum is fantastic.
  6. This Sesame Street and A Tribe Called Quest mashup is dope.
  7. This site-specific installataion by Artist Barbara Holmes, uses reclaimed wood from a San Fransico dump, its beautiful.
  8. This Artist drew up floor plans from famous TV shows.
  9. Rainbow latte? Yes, Please!
  10. This paper installation by Artist Nicki Crock is dreamy.

Bonus! Thank you for making the planet a little brighter, Prince. Also, this letter to 2016.

 

10 things that made my week #9

Art, blog, design
  1. This animation of a ‘Back to the Future’ hover board assembly line.
  2. This Bicycle Alphabet Typography is super nice to look at.
  3. This photographer’s haunting images of Soviet nuke sites are really beautiful.
  4. These portraits of bodies wrapped in flowers are gorgeous.
  5. These drone photos of Hong Kong covered in fog are wild.
  6. I’m just a little obsessed with this Instagram account right now.
  7. These Origami street art installations, by Mademoiselle Maurice, are pretty impressive.
  8. Ikea is set to launch a low-maintenance bicycle aimed at urban dwellers.
  9. This is a great article on ‘The Psychological Cost of Boring Buildings’.
  10. These Cat Bags are too much.

10 things that made my week #8

Art, blog, design
  1. This is a good read about the history of women in Cartography.
  2. This desk unfolds in ten seconds, and helps with your posture.
  3. Tattly temporary tattoos are already amazing, then they went and made this Philodenron Monstera tat.
  4. Two things that will forever go together: Artists + Motorcycles. This BMW is a work of art.
  5. The history of GM’s first all-female design team, The Damsels of Design. Should have had a better ending.
  6. This film showing the lost-wax technique of bronze casting. I miss my bronze casting days.
  7. This photographer put peacock feathers under a microscope, it’s pretty incredible.
  8. This is a nice quick read on designing happiness.
  9. This Italian church has been resurrected in wire mesh, and it’s stunning. Also, this church turned skatepark, in Spain, is beautiful.
  10. This artist mixes paint, oil, soap, and milk, then films it up-close. Zone out for a few minutes.

10 things that made my week #7

Art, blog, design
  1. This seriously made my morning brighter.
  2. These chopsticks solve my biggest issue with chopsticks.
  3. The Smithsonian’s annual Photo Contest just released the winning photographs.
  4. This Rokon Trail-Breaker dirt bike looks classic and fun.
  5. Ikea + Hydroponics = A chance I might be able to grow something. Added bonus, it looks nice!
  6. This Harvard library houses an enormous collection of rare pigments.
  7. How the makers of Super Mario Bros first designed the classic game.
  8. Great things happen when you let Architects design cat houses.
  9. By the end of 2016, Chicago will boast 24 100 year old moveable bridges.
  10. This website is all design facts, and is beautiful to boot.

10 things that made my week #6

Art, blog, design
  1. Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt will be releasing ‘The Complete Trio Collection‘ with 20 never released tracks, on September 9th. I. Can’t. Wait.
  2. This blog turned coffee table book about New York Pizzerias is beautiful.
  3. This Textile Butchery in Berlin is everything.
  4. This is a good read about Travel as Therapy.
  5. Nata Metlukh’s short animation asks us if our Fears are good or bad.
  6. I love a good percolator!
  7. I’m sold. This Dream Trailer comes with a boat. On the roof. I’ll take it!
  8. Chicago is one step closer to it’s first Cat Café, with an ordinance passed this week!
  9. I’m really enjoying this podcast Optimal Living Daily.
  10. This instagram account, @babyanimalstagram is too much.

If you’re in Chicago!

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If you’re in Chicago, come out and support Echoes of Chicago (and me!), along with many other Artists, musicians, makers, and others doing amazing work in Chicago! The event celebrates Chicago’s 179th Birthday, and everything that makes this city what it is.

Hope to see you all there!

Details below!

Happy Birthday Chicago 2016

10 things that made my week #5

Art, design
  1. This 1970’s condo is too great, I hope someone saves all the wallpaper!
  2. Start the discussion of mental health early with this Vincent Van Gogh doll, complete with detachable ear!
  3. Exercise wins when battling depression!
  4. This new mural in Glasgow is pretty wild.
  5. This instagrammer captures some beautifully elaborate interior shots of mosques in Iran.
  6. This is a nice article about Chicago’s thriving Chinatown.
  7. These Star Wars watches by Nixon are on point.
  8. This children’s book by Dallas Clayton ‘An Awesome Book’, also a great talk by Dallas sponsored by Creative Mornings Chicago on Kid Lessons.
  9. This Google Chrome extension reminds you to do your f**king work.
  10. These baby elephants that want to be lap dogs are too much!