Yesterday was cold, rainy and basically blustery; today, highs are hoving near 80 and the sun is shining. We are so ready for some summer weather. I’ve been catching popsicles popping up all over the place – art featuring them, stationery modeled after them, recipes for making them – and with today’s abrupt summer feel […]
Category Archives: Art + Design
Over the weekend, Jack and I stopped by the Cyberarts Gallery on a whim, and caught the interactive projection art of John Carpenter. dandelion clock uses data mapping techniques (with which Jack is much more well-versed) and a sensor to allow the viewer to interact with the glowing sparks that resemble familiar dandelion seeds: an […]
There’s something really soothing and vernal about Julie Lee’s food collages. What started as a playful showcase for farmers’ market ingredients has grown into a series of stunning arrangements photographed in Lee’s self-described “teeny” kitchen (the light in which is envy-inspiring).
From time to time, particularly at networking events just after I’ve explained that we both run Union Jack Creative and have day jobs, someone will ask what our typical day looks like: frankly, not especially exciting. Our typical days involve logging a lot of computer time, for better or worse, and since we don’t live […]
Welcome, May! (How did that happen?) Just in time for National Bike Month, I happened upon new-to-me blog Bicycle Graphic Design, and from there, a series of sleek bike safety posters from Thomas Yang of 100copies.
Thank goodness for codeine. (I finally got a full night of no-barking-cough sleep last night.) Also a small miracle, is the unlikely friendship that Zoe Spawton has developed with Ali, documented in What Ali Wore. Apparently, Ali (a retired doctor turned tailor) walks past Zoe’s place of work in Berlin every morning, dressed to the nines; despite their […]
Sometimes, a shift in perspective can make a world of difference; I think we can all benefit from a challenge to our point of view from time to time. This weekend, photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze caught my eye with his Vertical Horizon series.
Once upon a time, Jack was in an interview for a co-op position, and his foot fell asleep. When he stood to shake hands at the end of the meeting, he fell straight onto the interviewer’s desk. Oh, how they laughed! This morning, I did the same thing. In a meeting. With coffee. It’s been […]
Simple things seem best this week – especially simple things stacked and organized. For your Thursday, enjoy Zeger Reyers’ stacked-but-precarious dishes, Edmund De Waal’s monochromatic shelves of ceramics and Peter Wüthrich’s corner book stack, apparently translated to grayscale from the original at some point courtesy the interwebs.
Jack and I headed to the South End Athletic Company last night for a group run and meditation: three laps around the Boston Common, for the three confirmed fatalities in Monday’s attack. It was a beautiful group, and it felt good to run. We were also honored to be featured in a “Love from Boston” […]