10 things that made my week #57

Art, blog, design
  1. These gold scissors! ♥
  2. The Museum of Failure is a collection of interesting innovation failures!
  3. Life Is A Video Game – Here Are The Cheat Codes. (via Mark Manson)
  4. Master Doodler – Jon Burgerman
  5. Canopy, a curated amazon shop!
  6. These Rainbow playing cards! 
  7. This collection of kitschy plates are amazing! This Saint Dolly print is my favorite!
  8. The inaugural international bamboo biennale in China looks incredible!
  9. These geometric portraits made from reclaimed wood!
  10. This espresso machine tho!

10 things that made my week #52

Art, blog, design
  1. The Weird and Fascinating Story Behind Design’s Iridescence Craze.
  2. This photographer captured a series of church Pipe Organs.
  3. The vehicles from Mad Max: Fury Road are insane!
  4. Long Haul Disco – A video about the tricked out trucks of Japan! ♥
  5. Hug More.
  6. When Bookstore Employees Get Bored.
  7. Good read: You Aren’t Born An Artist, You Become One.
  8. The Libation Station is a beautiful wall mounted bar! I need this!
  9. These String shelving units are beautiful and timeless.
  10. If you haven’t started listening to the ‘Missing Richard Simmons‘ podcast, do it!

 

 

10 things that made my week #43

Art, blog, design
  1. This Rainbow Light Tunnel in Birmingham, Alabama.
  2. Chill out for a minute with Frozen Soap Bubbles.
  3. These Illustrations should remind you not to litter.
  4. This stairwell in Peru is gorgeous!
  5. These repurposed sanding disks turned into clocks.
  6. Auto Elasticity by Chris Labrooy.
  7. Artist Kate Zaremba creates beautifully illustrated wallpaper, like this avocado one!
  8. These giant Concrete Paintings by Roadsworth.
  9. I could upgrade my electric kettle for sure!
  10. This collection of Things Organized Neatly! (So satisfying)

10 things that made my week #41

Art, blog, design
  1. I really like this poster.
  2. I’m hoping this is a Christmas to Remember.
  3. Don’t worry, i’ve got Linda Ronstadt queued up!
  4. Sometimes you just need to Figure It Out.
  5. Yoga for Everyone.
  6. A Yale history professor’s powerful, 20-point guide to defending democracy under a Trump presidency.
  7. These photographic paintings by Fabian Oefner are beautiful!
  8. I feel obligated to share Mariah Carey’s new website and Christmas Party.
  9. This guerilla florist in Brussels. 
  10. Women Who Draw

 

10 things that made my week #40

Art, blog, design
  1. These Food Horoscopes for December are a real treat!
  2. I really want this ‘Today‘ calendar by Matthew Hoffman.
  3. This Book: ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck‘.
  4. This quote by Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
  5. Nature is pretty amazing-Check out this beautiful website. (not on mobile)
  6. Artist Benedetto Bufalino turned this Cement Truck into a giant disco ball!
  7. Be careful. America’s most common Christmas related injuries.
  8. This Spanish Artist: Javier de Riba creates beautiful ’tiled’ floors with spray paint!
  9. I Won’t Always Be Here‘ – by Ryan Hussey
  10. This Prince themed Christmas tree. *Check in with your loved ones*

10 things that made my week #39

Art, blog, design
  1. Good design always wins. Beautify your boxed wine with The Well!
  2. The Westworld soundtrack was released (includes the piano covers)!
  3. The 2016 Hater’s Guide To The Williams-Sonoma Catalog!
  4. Cat-Opoly!
  5. Because why not have a coffee maker that looks like a Jet Engine?!
  6. This list of Websites that will make you incredibly smarter.
  7. The reMarkable tablet looks beautiful.
  8. This RokBlok record player is perfect for a small space.
  9. This 10-year-old built a prosthetic arm(Project Unicorn) that shoots glitter!
  10. This essay by Toni Morrison – In times of dread, Artists must never choose to remain silent.

Also, my dreams came true last Saturday and I saw Stevie Nicks. Go. Just go see her!

10 things that made my week #38

Art, blog, design
  1. This Poopin’ Moose.
  2. These live animal cams were a pleasant distraction!
  3. I’m such a sucker for coffee gadgets, this Spinn coffeemaker looks great!
  4. This Naked Advent Calendar made me laugh, I don’t think its for sale any longer though.
  5. This Illustrator, @aarontheillustrator, check him out!
  6. Turn your face into a cookie with this custom made cookie cutter!
  7. This brief history of Polari.
  8. These Rainbow colored playing cards.
  9. This ‘ish’ Cake Topper might make an appearance soon…
  10. Stevie Nicks release an Deluxe version of her ‘Bella Donna‘ album, and it will continue to be on repeat for the next week forever.

10 things that made my week #37

Art, blog, design
  1. These new emojis from old master paintings are too good!
  2. This album by The Knocks is just what I needed!
  3. This pillow throws some mean shade.
  4. I like this Enormous Hug print.
  5. Google developed a really cool app to digitize old photos.
  6. We can all help spread a little more kindness.
  7. These are my kind of Sandcastles.
  8. These painting/collage works by Elizabeth Amento are beautiful.
  9. This Japanese museum of rocks that look like faces!
  10. Its not a good week unless there is some rainbow art involved!

10 things that made my week #34

Art, blog, design
  1. This Dad turns his 6-year old son’s drawings into hilarious ‘real life’ creations!
  2. The original Emoji set has been added to the Museum of Modern Art’s Collection. Pretty interesting piece of history!
  3. I know nothing of Physics, but this Pringles Ring is impressive!
  4. City dwellers don’t get to see many stars, this starry envelope looks fun.
  5. I’ve got a few people in mind that need this ‘Cat at Home’ sticker!
  6. This is an interesting post covering Susanne Langer’s views on the Purpose of Art(Only if you’re bored). 🙂
  7. These Modern Vintage Wooden Toys from Candylab are a breath of fresh mid-century designy air!
  8. I’m excited for this ‘How To Speak Midwestern‘ book to be published! (As if I need help!)
  9. This installation in Croatia uses shattered glass planes to create birds in the negative space.
  10. October 29th is National Cat Day. 😀   –  KITTENS  –  Catastrophically Unlucky Black Cats

Everyone is rooting for the Chicago Cubs this weekend. I’m rooting for Cats in the outfield!

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Go Cubs Go!

10 things that made my week #32

Art, blog, design
  1. This Doggo was voted the best news anchor in Japan!
  2. The Delightfully Campy “Love Hotels” of Brazil.
  3. This Poop themed café in Toronto! -“Look at all this shit!”
  4. Great design is everywhere, leave it to Simplehuman to create the perfect Toilet Brush.
  5. Covergirl announced it’s first male face! A million high-fives James Charles!
  6. FOIL is an installation commissioned by Braun, its pretty incredible!
  7. Another cool installation piece of a life-size graphite skeleton that will draw itself into oblivion.
  8. This Artist blends Anatomy and Embroidery to create some beautiful creations.
  9. ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Mi, was a blast! My favorite part was SiTE:LAB, a series of site-specific installations repurposing and breating life into some abandoned structures near downtown.
  10. Agreed, people food is not doggo food. But this 12 year old pup getting a BigMac for her birthday is too cute!

Michigan friends: I’ll be in Detroit Sunday-Wednesday! If you have any suggestions or would like to meet up, send me a message, I’d love to see you!