Category Archives: design

Echo and Narcissus/Anna Betts

Fantastic color in Anna Betts‘ latest project, Echo and Narcissus. Inspired by the Greek tale, Anna used lino printing for Echo and flat perfect colour for Narcissus. The result is simply glorious. What a series they’d make framed and displayed. You can see the full set of work at Flickr, and read a bit more […]

Show Us Your Scout Book!

A serendipitous Flickr discovery: members of The Post Family, a group of seven Chicago creatives, have done a bang up job personalizing Scout notebooks. Click on over to Flickr and see for yourself, read more about it at the Scout blog, and get inspired to fill your own book! (I’m especially loving the work of […]

Thomas O’Brien: American Modern

I was so inspired by Thomas O’Brien’s keynote address at the Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair on Friday. I adore his new book, American Modern, full of beautiful homes, including his beyond gorgeous NYC apartment, that I have multiple tear pages of. It was a treat to have a “behind the scenes” narration of the […]

The Institute of You

The Institute of You, developed by Trish Papadakos, is a service designed to help you maximize career satisfaction. An eight week program, it consists of mailings, emails and text which break down the difficult work of achieving career goals (and figuring out what those goals are) into practical exercises and tasks. Trish developed the program […]

McKenna Kemp Graphic Design

Fantastic design work from McKenna Kemp. Just my style (love the Virgina Woolf book covers: they’re so clean) and another subliminal reminder that I need to visit Serenbe. See more deliciousness at McKenna’s website and blog, Odds x Ends. images courtesy of mckenna kemp