I can usually spot a gentleman a mile away, but I’m not entirely sure what a “gentlewoman” looks like. If the contents of the first issue of biannual magazine The Gentlewoman can be accepted as the exemplar, a gentlewoman is extremely well dressed, a master at old-fashioned etiquette and a doyenne of culture and the [...]
1) Julianne Moore for the 2010/2011 BVLGARI Collection: Julianne Moore playing with lion cubs, would more could you ask for? 2) Japanese Owl Transistor Radio: This thing is way too amazing. He should live on my shelves. 3) Frank Espinosa: His take on Spider-Man and his villains are grade A genius. Such brilliant colors! 4) [...]
Making this Monday more enjoyable is Remed, an artist whose work adorns the streets in cities all over the globe, including his hometown: Lille, France. Remed describes his work as follows: “I make rhymes with colors, shapes and sounds in order to express a feeling, the evolution of a thought, with the recurring themes of [...]
Taking an old standby and giving it a new twist is always a great design exercise and this rethink of the Holga by Saikat Biswas is quite a gem. I bought my first Holga about 7 years ago after hearing that people really enjoyed it for it’s inaccuracy and light leaks which in turn gave [...]
Ben Kirchner is a UK based illustrator who’s art definitely made my morning. I think I came across his work on Flickr and was totally enamored with the way he used color and textures in his illustrations. Two of my favorite illustrations of his were these fake book covers that are in the same vein [...]
If Spanish artist Ana Montiel’s short biography is anything to go by, she is quite the multi-tasker. Not content to run her design bureau Alan the Gallant, to create “neo-ornamental wallcoverings” for her brand Pattern Tales and to work on her solo artworks, she also bakes vegan cookies. Oh, and did I mention that she [...]
