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10 things that made my week #33

Art, blog, design
  1. I had a blast in Detroit checking out Murals in the Market! Check my Instagram!
  2. Photographer Pete Thorne, is raising money for a coffee table book of FAT CATS!
  3. These Animal Sculptures made from rolled newspaper, are pretty incredible.
  4. This tattly temporary tattoo seems fitting.
  5. This little matchboxes are cute!
  6. Another beautiful Coffee making instrument, Gina.
  7. This lifehack from the Swissmiss herself!
  8. I just discovered this Artist Olimpia Zagnoli, check her out!
  9. This Artist, Makiko Azakami, uses paper to create hyperrealistic sculptures of everyday objects.
  10. This ‘All The President’s Cocktails‘ Coloring Book, creatively depicts oval office drinking habits!

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! 

10 things that made my week #31

Art, blog, design
  1. This Compliment Pencil Set made me smile.
  2. Andrew W.K. wrote an article on Pressure.
  3. Amazing people in Turkey erected a bronze statue of a beloved street cat.
  4. This brewery in Cincinnati was very impressive!
  5. This Interactive Dartboard Installation looks like a great way to interact with some art!
  6. This Artist travels the country painting pictures of Sears stores.
  7. How Ed Benguiat’s vintage font became the most hyped of the year – Think Stranger Things!
  8. Instagram got a new office. Jealous.
  9. Speaking of Instagram, follow me this weekend at Art Prize – the radically open international Art Competition in Grand Rapids, MI!
  10. These cats playing ping pong!

10 things that made my week #29

Art, blog, design
  1. This ‘Tell Me Your Anxieties‘ Tumblr page, by Jag Nagra.
  2. For the Potter fans – Find your Patronus.
  3. This comic on ‘How To Be Perfectly Unhappy‘ made me smile.
  4. This deck of Know Yourself cards look interesting!
  5. Just some Desk Porn from Artifox to get you through the week.
  6. I’m not in the market for Tea Towels, but this one is nice!
  7. Who’s up for a Hamdog?!
  8. These colorful crosswalks in Madrid are fun!
  9. This group bought up ad -space in the London Tube and temporarily replaced the ads with Cat Photos!
  10. This abandoned casino in Romania got Glitter-Bombed, its beautiful!

10 things that made my week #28

Art, blog, design
  1. The Harvard Art Museum put their Bauhaus collection online.
  2. This house hasn’t been decorated since the 70’s. This wallpaper though!
  3. This motorcyle belongs on a pedestal.
  4. These busts depict powerful people who played the world like instruments…Its also a speaker!
  5. Its important to talk to strangers.
  6. This espresso maker for two is adorable!
  7. Rainbow vision: This installation at the Bristol Biennial is beautiful.
  8. This Brooklyn House for cats is legit.
  9. This series of wearable architecture ‘Dress Tent’, combines shelter and fashion!
  10. These 7 things you might not know about L.A.’s Design history!

10 things that made my week #27

Art, blog, design
  1. This Generative Light Sculpture by 1024 Architecture.
  2. This house in Finland is covered in Pink Crochet!
  3. This is how kayaking should be done.
  4. I’m really into this minimalist Scale Clock.

  5. Finally: How Mayor McCheese Helps Explain a Plausible Theory of Time Travel.

  6. These Rainbow Wrenches.
  7. This company makes wigs for pets, they’re perfect.
  8. I would be so lost in this kitchen, but I love the disorderly order. 
  9. This 170 year old Japanese Scroll depicts the most epic Fart Battle. Hopefully this cat wasn’t harmed in the making. 
  10. Goat Yoga. 

10 things that made my week #26

Art, blog, design
  1. This time lapse video of Yellowstone at night is stunning.
  2. This simple Smiley Face mug.
  3. Kermit the Frog and The Electric Mayhem performing Talking Heads’ “Once in a lifetime”!
  4. Oh.My.God. This ‘McMansion Hell‘ website is the best thing EVER!
  5. These photographs by Julius Shulman, capturing California’s Modernist Architecture.
  6. This Colourscape Installation in England has been around for 26 years!
  7. Should I ever buy a candelabra, it will be this Combdelabra!
  8. These 50 reasons everyone should want more walkable streets!
  9. FRANK OCEAN
  10. I also can’t stop playing Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Emotion – Side B’!

10 things that made my week #25

Art, blog, design, Uncategorized
  1. This quote about creativity is exactly what I needed to hear this week.
  2. I made this Stranger Things inspired message for you! Also, this Font Generator!
  3. Someone finally figured out WHO Carmen Sandiego WAS!
  4. This footage of Vietnam from the skies is pretty incredible.
  5. There was a Cat Fashion Show in New York!
  6. This People-Pleaser’s Guide to Pleasing People.
  7. What to say about someone’s art when you have nothing nice to say.
  8. The Legendary Design Of Eero Aarnio.
  9. Gary Vaynerchuk’s 5-minute Plea to DO. (He has a potty mouth.)

  10. These Porcelain Vessels Pummeled in Unfortunate Accidents by Laurent Craste.

10 things that made my week #24

Art, blog, design
  1. This Carbon Steel Airplane Mobile is just what my desk needs!
  2. Where was this Beach Blanket at the beginning of summer?
  3. I like this classic Diamond Kite.
  4. This Modular Bookshelf system is perfect! The designers have been live streaming their process too!
  5. This Pinterest page will make you very uncomfortable.
  6. If you’re watching Stranger Things, you’ll appreciate these fan posters!
  7. Detroit is getting bike-share!
  8. As if I needed another reason to love Instagram – STORIES!
  9. Austin Kleon’s Advice to Support An Artist You Love.
  10. And finally, this pug in a tracksuit!

10 things that made my week #23

Art, blog, design
  1. This local Chicago Artist Rob Loukotka, illustrated all 69 items that went aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft in 1969.
  2. These 3-D Geometrical paintings by Kate Matthews.
  3. The We Love You Project. Please share and spread the love!
  4. I love these old Car Advertisements.
  5. The Alpha Tiny House is just perfect!
  6. This Digital Art Installation in Tokyo looks incredible!
  7. I love these tables made from dyed acrylic resin.
  8. This Modular Artist Studio looks so bright and inspiring!
  9. This App: Skyscraper, looks gorgeous and fun!
  10. This letter from Hunter S. Thompson on living a meaningful life.