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    Alice in Wonderland     Disney     art     characters     exhibits     illustration     cute    
    illustration     art     Alice In Wonderland    
    imaginative illustrations by Yuko Furusho, above is ink and acrylic on watercolor paper for “The Pool of Tears/Caucus-race and a Long Tale” scenes from Alice in Wonderland.

    imaginative illustrations by Yuko Furusho, above is ink and acrylic on watercolor paper for “The Pool of Tears/Caucus-race and a Long Tale” scenes from Alice in Wonderland.

    art     design     photography     architecture    
    bobulate:

[Image: Title: HWY 66, New Mexico, 2007, 5 ft x 5 ft, archival digital print, via] “The best advice I ever got: walk directly up to a piece that moves you in a museum. Don’t follow the movement of people. Don’t walk right or left. Just go for the piece you’re attracted to. Chances are, it’s the most interesting.” Paraphrasing advice from Freeman Craw, designer of Craw Clarendon and Craw Modern, as told to me by Paul Shaw, expert looker.

    bobulate:

    [Image: Title: HWY 66, New Mexico, 2007, 5 ft x 5 ft, archival digital print, via] “The best advice I ever got: walk directly up to a piece that moves you in a museum. Don’t follow the movement of people. Don’t walk right or left. Just go for the piece you’re attracted to. Chances are, it’s the most interesting.” Paraphrasing advice from Freeman Crawdesigner of Craw Clarendon and Craw Modern, as told to me by Paul Shaw, expert looker.

    billboards     exhibition     urban     art     environment     visual noise    
    “Los Angeles Swaps 21 Billboards With Art”(via Fast Company, above artwork by Kenneth Anger, more info about The MAK Center for Art and Architecture exhibition via howmanybillboards.org)

    “Los Angeles Swaps 21 Billboards With Art”
    (via Fast Company, above artwork by Kenneth Anger, more info about The MAK Center for Art and Architecture exhibition via howmanybillboards.org)

    art     design     paper    
    cute     mail     design     art    
    art     design     GOOD     infographics     money    
    new GOOD Transparency: “The 10 Most Expensive Pieces of Art Ever Sold”(via GOOD, collaboration with KarlssonWilker)

    new GOOD Transparency: “The 10 Most Expensive Pieces of Art Ever Sold”
    (via GOOD, collaboration with KarlssonWilker)

    art    
    shadow art by Kumi Yamashita(discovered via Scene 360)

    shadow art by Kumi Yamashita
    (discovered via Scene 360)

    ads     art     signage     design    
    Josef Schulz: Sign Out
“…As with his previous “sachliches + formen” [material + form] studies, the Polish artist digitally manipulated his images, meticulously stripping the American signs of all purpose or identity. The now-blank signs, rather than empty speech bubbles ready for filling in with thought or action, suggest a more dystopian vision of loss…”

(discovered via Cool Hunting)

    Josef Schulz: Sign Out

    “…As with his previous “sachliches + formen” [material + form] studies, the Polish artist digitally manipulated his images, meticulously stripping the American signs of all purpose or identity. The now-blank signs, rather than empty speech bubbles ready for filling in with thought or action, suggest a more dystopian vision of loss…”

    (discovered via Cool Hunting)

    art     design     papercuts     paper    
    Grammys     album     art     cds     design     music     Sagmeister    
    “Best Recording Package + Best Boxed/Ltd Ed Package Grammy Noms”(discovered via Frolab, above design by Stefan Sagmeister)

    “Best Recording Package + Best Boxed/Ltd Ed Package Grammy Noms”
    (discovered via Frolab, above design by Stefan Sagmeister)

    art     design     nature     weird    
    packaging     food     design     art     vintage    
    redesignrelated:

“Australia’s DiDonato created this series of vintage themed bottles inspired by the history of the Schweppes brand…” (via TheDieline.com)

    redesignrelated:

    “Australia’s DiDonato created this series of vintage themed bottles inspired by the history of the Schweppes brand…” (via TheDieline.com)

    Penguin     books     covers     paperbacks     design     art    
    Peter Blake’s 1950s Penguins in the UK for the Penguin Decades series honoring Penguin’s 75th anniversary.(discovered via Caustic Cover Critic)

    Peter Blake’s 1950s Penguins in the UK for the Penguin Decades
    series honoring Penguin’s 75th anniversary.
    (discovered via Caustic Cover Critic)

    art     blogs     design     ebay     etsy     ffffound     owls     products     Jessica Hische    
    Jessica Hische has started a new blog:
“…It’s like my own personal ffffound (goddamn ffffound and their invite-only-ness), but only for things you can actually purchase…” — Mostly Useless Things I Want
(The above Bird Crystal Glass set is just one of the random finds you’ll find on the new site curated with a designer’s eye)
found out about the new site via a tweet by swissmiss

    Jessica Hische has started a new blog:

    “…It’s like my own personal ffffound (goddamn ffffound and their invite-only-ness), but only for things you can actually purchase…” — Mostly Useless Things I Want

    (The above Bird Crystal Glass set is just one of the random finds you’ll find on the new site curated with a designer’s eye)

    found out about the new site via a tweet by swissmiss

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