I've always been a fan of the Colour Lovers site, so I found it extra exciting to see that they found my slow growing flickr collection of vintage stamps (all courtesy of my mother) and added color swatches for some of them.
Link: Vintage Color & Design: Israeli Postage Stamps on Colour Lovers
An incredibly beautiful and expansive collection of pre-inflationary German currency (Notgeld) are being added to flickr. Each note is unique from the other, and it was impossible for me to decide on a favorite.
"Each town hired artists and craftsmen to design this money, which reflects the aesthetic and concerns of the time..."
Thanks to design observer for sharing a link on their site for this welcomed new archive.
I'm amazed at the intricacies found in the artist Hina Aoyama's paper cut artwork. Her finishied pieces look like they required painstaking meticulousness. But when you observe her working in one her online videos, with just a pair of scissors, she fools the viewer to think this is an easy task.
Link: Le site d'Hina Aoyama
UPDATED on 4/19/09 with video of Paul Sahre's talk:
Paul Sahre: A Designer And His Problems from AIGA/NY on Vimeo.
The Paul Sahre talk, A Designer and His Problems (or Problmes) was really humorous, inspiring and overall not a bad way to spend a Friday evening. And, we all got lovely misspelled souvenirs to take home. For those who missed the talk, click through Sahre's Regrets archive on his site. I always appreciate when designers own up to their mistakes (or should I say opportunities to learn) and share their experiences.
Below are a few of my pretty awful iphone photos (sorry):
Hand painting signs for a car dealership was on of Sahre's first jobs
We all took home flags like the one seen on the bottom right
a letter by Silas Rhodes
Link: Office of Paul Sahre
Rokuro Taniuchi (1921–1981)
I'm excited to discover the wonderfully imaginative
illustration work of Rokuro Taniuchi. On first glance the work
of Dalí and Mary Blair come to mind.
I came across the work of the Japanese illustrator
Rokuro Taniuchi via A Journey Round My Skull's newly
added flickr images. Unfortunately, there is little information
on the artist online (atleast in english), but maybe
that makes the find even more special.
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everything but what I should be doing. - Listening to:
pandora - Reading:
"Perfection" by Julie Metz - Watching:
old episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
