Rena turned me on the other day to Ork Posters, the brainchild of designer Jenny Beorkrem. Ork Posters is offering a new line of modern, typographic neighborhood posters, including the areas of Chicago, Brooklyn, Manhattan…and soon to be San Francisco and Boston. We LOVE these posters and are chomping at the bit till the San…
I love this noteboard by Stash, designed by Caroline Löwgren, available at Funktion Ally of the UK.
i’m so thrilled to welcome sf artist and designer lisa congdon to the d*s guest blog! we’re switching gears a bit after several weeks of (fantastic) interview-based posts to something a little bit more visual. lisa will be focusing on color, arranging posts by the following schedule: monday: red tuesday: blue wednesday: yellow friday: green…
I stumbled on the site for this Munich, Germany store Serie A and was completely smitten with the photos of the store’s design and their use of the color red. Rena and I are always looking for inspiration for well-designed shops, and this provided a bounty. I wish I could zip into a jet and…
I have recently fallen in love with the work of British photographer Jason Oddy. Jason manages to capture in his interior shots what I have struggled to capture in my own photography for years: the vast emptiness of space and perfect color saturation and balance. For more information on Oddy’s point of view, you can…
San Francisco furniture designer, Rosie Hanna creates exquisite furniture from wood laminate and glue. Rosie builds a “log” through a series of laminations of wood and red-dyed glue and then sculpts two cubes from one log. Her process grew from experimenting with sanding and carving wood laminations over curved surfaces. “My process is a little…
About a month ago my business partner, Rena, and I, went to an advance screening of Helvetica. A movie about a font? I was both excited and a bit dubious. But the film was magical. I was reminded by the film of how much I love Helvetica and the stories behind graphic design and typography….
Hi there, my name is Lisa Congdon. I am an artist and illustrator living and working in San Francisco and co-owner (with the amazing Rena Tom) and gallery director of a design-led retail shop called Rare Device, also in San Francisco. I maintain a blog about my life in art and design and am very…
hi, i’m not sure if we’ve met before- my name is grace, and i am a chair-a-holic. for some reason (i’m convinced it’s biological) i find myself physically and emotionally drawn to chairs. i’m not sure what it is, but when i find the perfect one, i find it nearly impossible to resist, even though…
it’s been a chilly but fun week here in chicago- i just wanted to thank everyone who came out last night to the biz ladies meetup (we counted at least 150 ladies, yowza!) and all of our speakers, stephanie waddell of agnes and hoss, amy oliver from smith barney, abbe and caroline of jayson home…
textile designer and illustrator, lena corwin, is certainly not new to design*sponge, but her pumpkin cranberry bread is! in addition to creating patterns for fashion and home, lena also creates wonderful dishes in the kitchen. when we asked lena for her favorite recipe, she shared a family ‘heirloom’. just click here (or click “read more”…
there are few things i love more than a fresh stack of magazines. despite how easy (and earth-friendly) my favorite blogs and websites are, nothing beats a beautiful glossy shelter magazine with lots of full-sized pictures to inspire. the problem is, my love of magazines leads to stacks (and stacks and stacks…) around the house….
i’m a little beat from last night’s meetup (thank you to everyone who came!) but i’m up and posting. before i post today’s big magazine storage guide i wanted to post a reminder that emily’s incredible guest blog posts are still in full swing. she’s got a wonderful interview with artist dolan geiman up right…
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit of a groupie when it comes to the work of Chicago artist, Dolan Geiman… We first met back in 2005, when both Dolan and OrangeBeautiful were exhibiting as Emerging Artists at the One of a Kind Show & Sale that’s held at the Merchandise Mart…
limited edition print from Kennedy Prints It’s a bit presumptuous, I know, for anyone to say, “hey, here’s a step by step on how you should run your business”… whenever I’m asked for advice on running a company or interviewed about how I got everything started, well, it’s kind of blur. There’s not one single…
just a reminder that tonight is the biz ladies meetup in chicago! we’re meeting tonight from 7-9pm at jayson home and garden. it’s going to be a packed house (we have more rsvp’s than ever!) so please be sure to come on time, we’re going to need all two hours. also, be sure to bring…
i get so excited every year to see what maria at port2port is going to sell for the holidays. this year she’s releasing a beautiful (and i mean beautiful) hand-cranked letterpress calendar. each 6.5″ square calendar is printed using hand-mixed, one-of-a-kind inks and recycled cotton paper. this year maria is printing a small, limited-edition run…
i’m really loving jen bekman’s 20×20 series of affordable artwork. the shop’s motto of “great art $20. really” is a such a fun one. this week’s print is a beautiful 18×24 print by aili schmeltz called “radar“. you can pick up an 8.5″ x11″ for $20 right here. i love the geological aspects of this…
if you’re in the los angeles area today i highly suggest you hop on over to reform school for meg mateo ilasco‘s fantastic LA book party! to celebrate meg’s latest book “craft, inc.: turn your creative hobby into a business“, reform school will be hosting a meet-the-author party from 6-9pm. there will be over 25…
i’m out of town, so i’m sure i’m a little late to the party on this one but i just wanted to congratulate rose + radish on another gorgeous show. their newest collection’s theme is (modern) folk and includes a wonderful array of objects like matriochka prints, sewn mushrooms, ceramics and a beautiful new print…
