Category Archives: living

Illustrate Your Spending!

Melbourne artist and graphic design student, Daniella Germain, is hoping to rein in her spending by illustrating her purchases. Her blog, i bought a pair of Camper boots and now i am broke, is an endearing chronicle of expenditures. Have a look. images are from daniella’s blog/used with permission

Snippets from London: Tate Modern

Art museums are a favorite destination of mine because they are a sublime combination of serenity and inspiration. Shown here are three works that inspired me during our walk through the Tate Modern. The Tate Modern has a fantastic search feature for its online collection. However, I am uncertain which Agnes Martin work I photographed. […]

Labor Day Letterpress Fun

Happy Labor Day! To celebrate, I’m giving away one copy of Charlotte Rivers’ Little Book of Letterpress. It’s full of photos from a wide variety of letterpress designers, including Egg Press, Simplesong, and Austin Press (too many favorites to mention them all), and I’d love to send it to you! To enter, simply leave a comment […]

Snippets from Paris: Poilâne

Thank goodness Poilâne stays open in Paris during August! I am enchanted with the elegant “Poilâne” script, and I yearn to someday have a lifestyle which incorporates a proper bakery, with bread, and truth be told, yummy cookies like punitions (read more about the story behind their name at Smitten Kitchen). Thankfully, Poilâne’s punitions have […]

Wedding Style Guide Spring 2010

Wedding Style Guide’s Spring 2010 issue goes on sale in Australia next week. Judging the book by its cover, I think I’m going to like it! image from styleguide.com.au email announcing the issue