Graphic designer + artist Francisca Prieto marries a mathematical view of the world with the etheral in her latest project, Between the Folds: Butterflies. The 34×51″ piece (pictured above) showcases, in one panel, all of the plates from the Rev. F.O. Morris book, A History of British Butterflies (1870). Prieto’s intricate folds nicely juxtapose with […]
Gifty goodness from Frausto & Co. The Gentleman’s Deck + The Spy Deck are chock-full of info ranging from spy vocabulary to deciphering codes to how to tie a Windsor knot. (I think my buddy needs these: info that he’ll like, and presentation that I love.) Rounding out the trio is a Gardener’s Deck to […]
If you’ve flipped through a magazine or perused the blogosphere recently, no doubt you’ve come across press for San Francisco shop March, and rightly so: owner Sam Hamilton redesigned her shop in 2011, turning the focus from antiques to kitchens and housewares. The space is cheery, bright and full of stylish and craveable product. (I […]
To mark the 20th anniversary of SMS texting, Moleskine has launched an SMS notebook for analog texting. Introduced at Milan’s Design Week, Pietro Corraini’s idea is simple and appeals to the kid in all of us: choose from 56 messages (“I love you”/”Call Me”), select the desired distance from markings on the cover (up to […]
I’ve been obsessed with Scalamandre’s Zebra print forever, so I was thrilled to find J. Falkner’s Leaping Zebra notecard set. The cards come with vellum envelopes which allow the zebra to shine. Perfect. scalamandre photo via morrison polkinghorne; notecards image from jfalkner.com ↬ real simple magazine, may 2012
