we love living in san francisco. this city is just chock-full of fun, talented, and friendly folks. one of them is our pal lorena siminovich, the artist and proprietress behind the oh-so-lovely petit collage. lorena’s got a great eye for color, and we’re big fans of her bold, graphic work. this week, we were the…
today’s second diy project comes from designer julie reed. in addition to crocheted and sewing some beautiful pieces for her etsy shop, julie also knows her way around a mean crocheted bath rug. and since i’ve still got affordable bath decor on the brain from last week, i thought this would be the perfect project…
last weekend ac and i scooted up to williamsburg for burgers at dumont burger (yum) and some quick book browsing at spoonbill and sugartown (where i always end up buying a handful of new pancake and franks cards). while looking sifting through a table of incredible penguin books (and drooling over their covers), i looked…
i’m a big, big fan of artist alice stevenson. i first saw her work a few years back and immediately ordered some of her incredible illustrations. i was thrilled when i was able to hire her to create the design*sponge shop logo and i’m even more thrilled now to hear that her fabric for st….
…scenes from the incredible collaboration between camilla engman and karin eriksson. their first series together is available online at manos and will be on exhibition at the shop in stockholm through june 7th.
d*s guest blogger (and all-around incredible artist) jeana sohn has shared some seriously fantastic posts already this week. we’ve seen some beautiful homes and galleries and today jeana’s sharing the lovely LA home and shop of annie crowninshield and michael towey of empiric studio. between jeana’s first two sneak peeks and today’s i’m seriously ready…
I’m so excited to show Annie and Michael’s (the owners of Empiric) house. Their house is located above their design studio in Culver City. I was very inspired by their small (960 sq ft) but amazing space — I hope you love it as much as I do! more photos Q – First of all,…
*Store: Empiric *Owners: Annie Crowninshield and Michael Towey Ever since I saw Heather‘s twin mirrors from Empiric, I was curious about the store. I finally checked out their store and It was like Disneyland to me. I went to Empiric just to photograph the store, but couldn’t resist buying this beautiful plywood chair. If you…
if you’re lucky enough to be in london next week, maxine sutton‘s new show is a must-see. open to the public (admission is free), maxine’s exhibition is comprised of a series of paper collages, stitched wall pieces and 3D objects- some of which have details taken from embroidery transfers of the 1920s through the 1960s….
today is the first of a three-part product roundup dedicated to rugs. over the next three weeks i’ll be rounding up a large selection of rugs divided into the following categories: runners, patterned rugs and solid/basic rugs. today we’re kicking things off with runners- my favorite way to add color to dark hallways. i’ve been…
last week we introduced the new d*s “regional roundup” column with part 1, so i thought it only fair to explain a bit about why i chose iceland to start. i must admit, i knew very little about iceland except it was an island in the north atlantic. then, essentially on a whim, i took…
last friday i decided to rent a zipcar and head over to van brunt street, the main drag of brooklyn’s red hook neighborhood. i wanted to visit two of my favorite shops, saipua and erie basin, and grab some sweets at baked to take home for the weekend. eric, sarah and russell, kindly invited me…
today jeana sohn has two fantastic posts on the d*s guest blog: a sneak peek into the (wonderfully sunny) home and gallery of her friends heather and alex. the home tour is really lovely- click here to check out both posts. thanks to jeana for the incredible posts this week!
So the second post of today is about Heather and Alex‘s beautiful house in hollywood. it’s a 3 bedroom 2 bath bungalow. they were kind enough to answer some questions for today’s posts. For more pictures click here Q: What’s your favorite thing about being a gallery owner? A: The best thing about this business…
Heather (Taylor) and Alex (De Cordoba) own one of the most exciting new galleries in Los Angeles. The gallery is called Taylor De Cordoba and is located on La Cienega in Culver City. Every opening at Taylor De Cordoba has been awesome– Heather and Alex have a real talent for finding great emerging artists. Today…
as promised, it’s part two of the Hello!Lucky sneak peek: sabrina. sabrina and her husband julian have been in the glen park [san fran] victorian house (with quirky, open floor plan, thanks to a renovation by previous owners) for a year now, but it only seems fitting as she and sister/co-business owner, eunice, “joke that…
today we have a special double feature sneak peek with the dynamic duo behind Hello!Lucky. in 2003 sisters eunice and sabrina moyle merged their strengths (eunice as creative director/girl genius and sabrina as ceo/grand poobah) and co-found the san francisco (and london) based letterpress studio Hello!Lucky to showcase their custom invitations and greeting cards. as…
just a reminder: this week is the last week to enter the 2008 d*s scholarship. if you (or anyone you know) is currently enrolled in an undergraduate program studying art or design, please take a moment to fill out this year’s application and send in your portfolio. there is over $11,000 in financial awards (thanks…
i have a real thing for faceted shapes (my obsession still hasn’t waned since last year) so i’m loving this beautiful from from artist tony bevilacqua. ‘drowsy‘ is an intaglio print (8.5″ x 9.75″ image on 13.5″ x 15″ paper) and is available at tony’s etsy shop for $75 right here. [thanks, tony!]
today i’m beyond thrilled to welcome artist jeana sohn to the d*s guest blog! i’ve been a fan of jeana’s work for some time and i was so excited to meet her (albeit briefly) at the biz ladies meetup in los angeles this month. jeana is kicking things off with a mini sneak peek of…
