16 posts tagged “design”
Keri Smith is an amazing illustrator w/tons of great ideas
Wish Jar Journal (her blog)
a work in progress.
1. Go for a walk. Draw or list things you find on the the sidewalk. 2. Write a letter to yourself in the future. 3. Buy something inexpensive as a symbol for your need to create, (new pen, a tea cup, journal). Use it everyday. 4. Draw your dinner. 5. Find a piece of poetry you respond to. Rewrite it and glue it into your journal. 6. Glue an envelope into your journal. For one week collect items you find on the street. 7. Expose yourself to a new artist, (go to a gallery, or in a book.) Write about what moves you about it. 8. Find a photo of a person you do not know. Write a brief bio about them. 9. Spend a day drawing only red things. 10. Draw your bike. 11. Make a list of everything you buy in the next week. 12. Make a map of everywhere you went in one day. 13. Draw a map of the creases on your hand, (knuckles, palm) 14. Trace your footsteps with chalk. 15. Record an overheard conversation. 16. Trace the path of the moon in relation to where you live. 17. Go to a paint store. Collect 'chips' of all your favorite colors. 18. Draw your favorite tree. 19. Take 15 minutes to eat an orange. 20. Write a haiku. 21. Hang upside down for five minutes. 22. Hang found objects from tree branches. 23. Make a puppet. 24. Create an outdoor room from things you find in nature. 25. Read a book in one day. 26. Illustrate your grocery list. 27. Read a story out loud to a friend. 28. Write a letter to someone you admire. 29. Study the face of someone you do not like. 30. Make a meal based on a color theme. (i.e. all white). 31. Creat a museum of very small things. 32. List the smells in your neighborhood. 33. List 100 uses for a tin can. 34. Fill an entire page in your jounral with small circles. Color them in. 35. Give away something you love. 36. Choose an object, draw the side you can't see. 37. List all of the places you've ever lived. 38. Describe your favourite room in detail. 39. Write about your relationship with your washing machine. 40. Draw all of the things in your purse/bag. 41. Make a mini book based on the theme, "my grocery list". 42. Create a character based on someone you know. Write a list of personality traits. 43. Recall your favorite childhood game. 44. Put postcards of art pieces/painting on the inside of your kitchen cupboard doors, so you can see them everyday (but not become deaf to them.) 45. Draw the same object every day for a week. 46. Write in your journal using a different medium (brush & ink, charcoal, old typewriter, crayons, fat markers. 47. Draw the individual items of your favorite outfit. 48. Make a useful item using only paper & tape. 49. Research a celebration or ritual from another culture. 50. Do a temporary art installation using a pad of post it notes & a pen. 51. Draw a map of your favorite sitting spots in your town/city. (photocopy it and give it to someone you like.) 52. Record all of the sounds you hear in the course of one hours. 53. Using a grid, collect various textures from magazine and play them off of each other. 54. Cut out all media for one day. Write about the effects. 55. Make pencil rubbings of six different surfaces. 56. Draw your garbage. 57. Do a morning collage. 58. List your ten most important things, (not including animals or people.) 59. List ten things you would like to do every day. 60. Glue a photo of yourself as a child into your journal. 61. Trasform some garbage. 62. Write an entry in your journal in really LARGE letters. 63. Collect some 'flat' things in nature (leaves, flowers). Glue or tape them into your journal. 64. Physically alter a page. (i.e. cut a hole, pour tea on it, burn it, fold it, etc.) 65. Find several color combinations you respond to in public. Document them using swatches, write where you found them. 66. Write a journal entry describing something "secret". Cut it up into several pieces and glue them back in scrambled. 67. Record descriptions or definitions of subjects or words you are interested in, found in encyclopedias or dictionaries. 68. Draw the outline of an object without looking at the page. (contour drawing). 69. What were you thinking just now? write it down. 70. Do nothing. 71. Write a list of ten things you could to do. Do the last thing on the list. 72. Create an image using dots. 73. Do 3 drawings at different speeds. 74. Put a small object in your left pocket (or in a bag), Put your left hand in the pocket. Draw it by feel. 75. Create a graph documenting or measuring something in your life. 76. Draw the sun. 77. Create instructions for a simple everyday task. 78. Make prints using food. (fruit and vegetables cut in half, fish, etc.) 79. Find a photo. Alter it by drawing over it. 80. Write a letter using an unconventional medium. 81. Draw one object for twenty minutes. 82. Combine two activities that have not been combined before. 83. Write about your day in an encyclopedic fashion. (i.e. organize by subject.) 84. Write a list of all the things you do to escape. 85. Cut a random shape out of several layers of a magazine. Make a collage out of the results. 86. Write an entry in code. 87. Make a painting using tools from the bathroom. 88. Work with a medium that is subtractive. 89. Write about or draw some of the doors in your life. 90. Make a postcard that has some kind of activity on it. 91. Divise a journal entry using "layers". 92. Divise an entry using "layers". 93. Write your own definition of one of the following concepts, sitting, waiting, sleeping (without using the actual word.) 94. List 10 of your habits. 95. Illustrate the concept of "simplicity".
just some random schtuff me likes...
new jonathan adler bedding
pretty journals
pretty wallpaper
Monsterism by Pete Fowler
art/sculpture/furniture by Brent Comber
Well it turns out the one I picked is sold out, but I got an email from the seller and she sent me a link of the new batch she'll be posting next week. They're even cooler than the 1st ones...
I'm getting the 1st one called Mt. Fuji - it's absolutely perfect! I think the colors will really pop off the teal walls. (or the sage wall if i put it in the little room) I do really love the 2nd one too...tough decision.
Cute stuff from one of my favorite sites - Design Public
notNeutral Birch Veneer Placemat set
Inhabit Wall Flats - Inhabit's Embossed Wall Flats are designed to expand in any direction.
With peel-and-stick adhesive tabs and an automatic pattern repeat these
wall tiles are simple, modern, versatile and goof-proof. You can cover
an existing wall, help disguise a not-so-smooth wall or add a modern
pattern to any room setting.
I love the Mibo lamps
Area Four duvets and cases
love the palette
from SproutHome
from Urban Outfitters
New uses for wine glasses, picture frames, ribbon...
one example from the article:
Display Photos with Binder Clips
Aha! Use: Displaying photos, postcards, or recipe cards. Attach two 3/4-inch clips to the lower corners (or use a 1 1/4-inch one in the center) and place on your desk.
Reward: A high-visibility, low-commitment photo display (swap it in a week).
These guys make gorgeous letterpress stationery & cards.... I ended up buying both of the blue & green prints. I don't even have any room for them, although I'm considering moving the Mark Ryden, Graffitti Bunny & Camilla Engman prints somewhere else since I'm not that happy with the arrangement of them.
Anyways, thanks to everyone that voted on the prints!
Here's some more beautiful notecards/prints/stationery, etc. from Elum
aren't these a cute idea - they're quarterly updates for baby
thank you all, by the way, on all your great comments on my massive postings last night - i know i keep complaining about the comments on here, but i soooo wish i could reply specifically to each of you, and that it would notify you so that you knew i had... ok. rant over.
i have no room or need for that matter to add anymore art to ava's room - seriously. i don't know where i would put this..but i just saw these limited edition letterpress prints (for $28) and saw the colors and i have to have one of them....
which do you like better?
Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge writes an article for House & Garden - in this article she lists her favorite design blogs. Read the article here
I have an enormous folder of design/shopping blog bookmarks but these are some of my favorites:
decor8 (my very favorite)
mizu tamago
designer's library
awesome
hostess with the mostess
happy mundane
mighty goods
outblush
