More from Hidden Art

I've fallen in love with egg cups, and these from Yoyo Ceramics are my new favorites! Don't get me wrong, I love my birch ones from Broadway Panhandler, but these are so functional with their plate attached. I'll bet they're easier to clean too. The ceramic egg holders are especially cute too. You can purchase both at Hidden Art.

Ruth Taylor lamps

Why does London get all the cool stuff? I was rummaging around Hidden Art today looking for some cool inspiration for my thesis and came upon Ruth Taylor's lamps. She's created a series of handpainted, ceramic lamps that are absolutely beautiful. She works mostly in black and white from what I saw on the website, but she does have 2 great lamps in red and yellow. I love how graphic they are...these would look great up against any color room. You can buy them online at Hidden Art, but I dont think they ship to the US just yet. I'll have to get my friend Claire in London to pick one up for me.

India Mahdavi at Vivre

I found these stools by India Mahdavi at Vivre. They were originally featured in a past issue of InStyle Home, but after flipping through some old issues, I found them again and had to get more info. They're very reminiscent of the Eames walnut stools, but these are ceramic and come in beautifully fun colors (Vivre only sells the turquoise and white, but they come in yellow, green, etc). In case you haven't heard of India Mahdavi, she's the interior designer of the rooms at the Hotel on Rivington, in addition to a few other hotels, stores, and such. You can find the stools here, and more of India's work here.

We Luv Gocco!

The Wurst Gallery has put up a new exhibit/shop where 14 artists have submitted gocco'd art for sale (at REALLY reasonable prices!!). How exciting! I purchased the 2 you see above, so I'm excited to start my gocco collection. I bought my very own gocco in December if you've all been keeping up, but I'm sad to say that I haven't gotten any ideas of what to gocco yet, and I hate to waste my meager supply of screens on something that isn't fabulous. Hopefully the ideas will start flowing soon.

Snow day

Woke up Sunday morning to the windows of our 11th floor apartment caked in snow.


As per childhood tradition, I had to go out and get a bowl of fresh snow to eat with some molasses drizzled on top. My mom had taught me this trick YEARS ago, and I still do it because it reminds me of home and being a kid.


Then Chad went and made us some softboiled eggs with toast. Its our new obsession since we tried them at Le Pain Quotidien yesterday. (and it finally gave me an excuse to get cute little birch eggcups from Broadway Panhandler.) I love snowdays!

Emma Gardner Design

How had I not heard about Emma Gardner Design before? I do research for interior design firms all the time!! Finally, I've found some really fun carpets in patterns I haven't seen lately, great for whimsical settings, or just for people who like taking chances with lots of color. I've been obsessed with chocolate brown lately, so I focused on those, but check out her other stuff here.

Birds

My bird fetish is growing. Thanks to Mav at p2p
for sending me my limited edition Bird print for January! its so beautiful, and will look great with my other prints. I also recently received my bird cards from Paper Monkey Press. Even the baby blue envelopes have the bird letterpressed on them.

Tagged

I took Nebo Peklo's open tag invitation, and decided to make my list.


four jobs i've had -
1. Interior Design assistant at Deborah Berke and Partners, Architects.
2. Design assistant at Ghislaine Vinas Interior Design
3. Intern at Ruby Inc. (another interior design firm)
4. Crate and Barrel!!

four movies i could watch over and over -
1. Napoleon Dynamite
2. Teen Witch...classic 80's, too funny
3. Most vampire movies
4. Any movie that takes place in space or under the sea.

four places i've lived -
1. Istanbul, Turkey
2. Paramus, NJ
3. Saratoga Springs, NY
4. Brooklyn, NY

four TV shows i love -
1. Project Runway
2. LOST
3. Law and Order (all of them!)
4. Scrubs, ER, House.....any doctor shows.

four places i've vacationed -
1. Italy
2. France
3. Austria
4. Dominican Republic

four of my favorite dishes -
1. Mom's tuna spaghetti
2. Crawfish boil at Mara's Homemade
3. Beet and goat cheese salad on a bed of greens, yumm.
4. Good ole cheeseburger.

four sites i visit daily (i have a morning ritual of these sites, but there are PLENTY more)
1. Myspace
2. Designsponge
3. Apartment Therapy
4. Curbed

four places i'd rather be right now –
1. Europe
2. Barnes and Noble
3. A sidewalk cafe in France with Chad sipping on lattes
4. In a bigger apartment

Ted Muehling vs. Jessica Hicks

The above pair of earrings are by famed designer, Ted Muehling. Love him, love everything about him, but come on, they're WAY too expensive for a grad student like me. I've searched far and wide for a similar pair at half the cost, and now, I've found it. Jessica Hicks is a fabulous jewelry designer in Nantucket, and sells her pair for $240. She's got plenty of other stuff too, like rings, bracelets and necklaces. Check her out.

Must...have....this...

Will someone please buy this for me? Anyone? Everyone has become so obsessed with online rolodex's like Plaxo or Outlook, but why not go back to the basics and have something pretty to hold your contacts in? Grab all this good stuff and more at Lovely Design.

Ghislaine Vinas, Interior Designer extraordinaire!

Hurray for Ghislaine! My boss was featured in this week's issue of New York Magazine, and I couldn't be happier! She does the most incredible stuff, full of color and innovation. Check out her site, and definitely take a look at the rest of the article.

Design It Yourself

D.I.Y Design It Yourself is a great new book by Ellen Lupton and the students at the Maryland Institute College of Art. I just picked it up at the MOMA bookstore downtown and can't put it down. It covers designing for blogs, books, cd's, stationery, posters, tshirts, wall graphics, and a lot more. There are case studies and great ideas all throughout, including resources for supplies and extra help. They also have a website that supplements the book.

Anyone who wants to get in on the DIY movement, this book is a must!

Cute!

Anyone who knows me KNOWS that I am obsessed with great stationery. I'll buy cards and hang them up or frame them, rather than write in them. Tiny pieces of art. I just found this cute stationery from Ink & Wit. Tara Hogan in Syracuse NY prints these out of her studio, and they are absolutely precious.

Hurricane Poster Project

The Hurricane Poster Project is a great way to contribute money to help those dealing with Hurricane Katrina down south, and an even better way to get some art up on those walls. I'm hoping Chad gets us the silhouette poster, my favorite!

Past projects

This was a box I made with decoupaged images taken from an old issue of Real Simple magazine. Back in high school, I used to make many of these boxes using pictures from magazines, but now with grad school, time isn't my friend. This box was always my favorite.





These postcards were made with fabrics I ordered from Reprodepot back in college, as part of my final project in Textiles class. I ended up making journals as well, with silkscreened inner covers, but I can't seem to find them around here.

sunny saturday in dumbo

PRINT GOCCO!!

Hurray! I just received my new Print Gocco B6 today in the mail!

here's the secret: i found it at Etchworld. They've altered the kit to include etching creme for etching glass, so all i need to get is paper and inks and i'm set to go! all for my $149.99. fighting it out on ebay was looking too expensive (over $200), and this ended up being a lot easier and a lot quicker....i can't wait to start goccoing!

how beautiful are these ribbons?

so tired

after being on holiday for the past 2 weeks, with 2 weeks ahead of me, i'm exhaused from doing pretty much nothing. chad's finally back at work, so at least now i'll have the TV...football free at last!!

i'm still trying to find some inspiration for my portfolio. i received my sample books from French Press Paper, and they are absolutely beautiful! if only i had access to die cutters, letterpresses, and all the fun stuff i had in college printmaking class. i'll be visiting my graphic designer cousin tomorrow to get some advice, and hopefully she'll see the vision i have for this project.

starting out

Instead of working on my portfolio all day, I've been obsessing over craft and design blogs. Typepad, Moveable Type, blah blah, too many options. Blogger at least is free, especially since I'm just starting out.

I guess more to come soon.