- This! The Gift Of Presence, The Perils of Advice. I needed to hear this today. ♥
- An imagined Conversation Between The Couple Jogging Together In The Park.
- This little animation of a library book going to ‘work’. ♥
- These balloon animals are insane!
- Illustrator Michael George Haddad. You can find him on Instagram here.
- This is gross but kind of captivating, Man vs. Gut!
- The Newton Espresso Machine. Gorgeous!
- These miniature balsa wood mobile homes.
- The Double Rainbow Plate!
- A Corgi And Chicken Square Off In The Least Brutal Fight You’ll Ever See. ♥
sculpture
10 things that made my week #74
Art, blog, design- The Koda Moveable Home!
- Panobook, a smarter notebook!
- This Wall Grid! ♥
- Ikea made instructions to turn a rug into a Jon Snow fur cape, because winter is coming!
- We should all be thankful the Mullet happened. ♥
- The sketchbook of design legend Ettore Sottsass. ♥
- Auto Mechanics Recreate Renaissance Paintings. ♥
- The origin of the weird floppy inflatable man.
- This massive rainbow yarn installation by HOTTEA. ♥
- BULLSHIT! <—–Worth the watch, by author Harry Frankfurt.
10 things that made my week #73
Art, blog, design- (CHICAGO) The iconic water tower in Andersonville is back on top of the Swedish American Museum this week!
- And God Created Millennial Earth.
- What I Wish I Knew At Every Age – Advice from some of my favorite designers.
- The Story Behind The World’s Most Famous Desktop Background. Interesting even though i’m a mac guy 😉
- I don’t know what this is, but it’s fabulous! Milky Shot.
- ‘Cuttemporary Art‘ by Sakir Gökçebag
- Interesting video about the color Purple!
- Stiletto-Skates. Brilliantly Terrifying.
- Gloopy Ice Cream Paint Brushes! ♥
- Here’s a little color inspo for the weekend: Unicorn Dreams by Ruslan Khasanov.
Omg, you guys… Kesha’s album dropped. It’s really good! Promise! Give her another shot! Dolly Parton even did a song with her! DOLLY! Check it out!
10 things that made my week #72
Art, blog, design- People looking at Alexander Calder’s Mobiles.
- These concrete modular sculptures by David Umemoto.
- This Honest Cover Letter is so perfect! 🙂
- Some local high school kids created a pretty dope 3-D Chicago flag mural!
- This new music video for ‘Boys‘ by Charli XCX!
- I love these Surreal Collages by Eugenia Loli! ♥
- This animated short ‘In a Heartbeat‘! ♥♥♥
- This Vertical Garden is the largest in the world and covers an entire building in Bogota!
- The Pessimist’s Umbrella. #wompwomp
- Cindy Sherman has made her private Instagram public!
10 things that made my week #71
Art, blog, design- Send a text to SFMOMA and they’ll text you back an artwork!
- This ultimate guide to Meal Prep! 😉
- Photographer Maria Svarbova has been creating a series Swimming Pool photos!♥
- This short film by Director Fernando Livschitz, ‘Perspective‘.
- The Bossa Moonraker speakers!
- These giant trash sculptures by Bordalo II.
- This Twitter account: Correct Names!
- I love these artworks by Laurent Eisler!
- Because the obsession isn’t wavering, here’s an extended cut of Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Cut to the Feeling‘! ♥
- It’s Finally Friday!
10 things that made my week #69
Art, blog, design- Glitch yo’ self. Warning: Time suck!
- The Fascinating History of the Pen. ♥
- This new summer jam by Superfruit: ‘Imaginary Parties‘. ♥
- Also, Kesha(I know, I know) released a new song and video for ‘Praying’, its worth a watch! ♥ This is her new album art!
- If this Macklemore video doesn’t give you all the feels, you might be dead. ♥
- People Are Sharing Photos of Real-Life Places That Belong in a Wes Anderson Film.
- 8 Artists created some amazing sculptures/installations out of paper! ♥
- This Photoshop magic.
- These cheeky little vases!
- The origin of the 80’s aesthetic! ♥
10 things that made my week #60
Art, design- Don’t Ask – Austin Kleon ♥
- Elbow is the sleekest cassette player I’ve ever seen!
- Speaking of cassette tapes, Mixtape!
- Shining a light on the positive impact Immigrants have on the world. ♥
- I feel Great. Tattly tattoo by Adam J. Kurtz ♥
- Lucy Sherston’s energetic illustrations!
- The Guggenheim shared over 200 Art books for free on the Internet Archive!
- Pizza Dress. ♥
- Silver Linings.
- Headline of the week: Crayfish get drunk faster when they’ve been hanging out with friends. Science.
10 things that made my week #58
Art, blog, design- The Solar Do-Nothing Machine by Charles and Ray Eames
- I love a good
IkeaBalenciaga bag! - This Dolly Parton death metal rendition of ‘Jolene‘.
- Sorry, haters. CATS ARE NICE!
- The Henry Floor Lamp.
- This Ikea “Relationship Saving Station” is so wonderfully perfect! 🙂
- James Curran’s Amusing 30-Day Gifathon Project In Tokyo.
- This is a quick read on setting daily intentions, not goals.
- Seven Magic Mountains with my friends! ♥
- The Case For Bad Coffee. ♥
10 things that made my week #55
Art, design- These ceramic smashed can sculptures by Lei Xue.
- This simple lamp that requires no hardware!
- Someone took a 360° video of dominos falling!
- Burly Men At Sea.
- These miniature buildings by Joshua Smith are incredible!
- These creative paper cutouts!
- I love this sketchbook idea – ‘Take a line for a walk‘.
- Leah Ball gave a talk to the Creative Mornings Chicago chapter, check out her project Feminist As Fuck!
- Take a look inside a Danish textile factory!
- This little girl hugging a
water heaterrobot. ♥
10 things that made my week # 50
Art, blog, design- This interview with Amos Kennedy Jr, and how he transitioned from corporate analyst to “Someone who makes stuff”.
- This 6-year-old’s Selena themed birthday party!♥
- These Retro Taco Bell interior photographs by Phil Donohue are everything!
- These ‘Fallon’ ‘Falloff’ bowls by Hayden Martis are absolutely beautiful.
- If you can stomach a 13-minute video about coffee, ‘This is Coffee!’ is a great little nugget of coffee history from 1961!
- This orange aluminum ladder is a thing of beauty!
- This morning I attended a Creative Mornings(search for your local chapter here) event and listened to Cheryl Pope talk about her art!♥
- This installation by Federico Picci is just gorgeous!
- Yet another perfect coffee making device by Stagg.♥
- These Pixelated Wood Sculptures by Hsu Tung Han!