speaking of southern homes, on may 8th and may 9th, alumni and faculty from the savannah college of art and design will open their homes for a full day of tours. i would have given anything to stay in town and extra week to see these homes, so if you’re anywhere vaguely near savannah, be…
sue daly of timber! (and founder of renegade craft fair) is a city dweller but most of her inspiration for her work comes from the great outdoors, so it’s only appropriate that she and her husband mat (also an artist) find themselves living in a home that feels like living in a treehouse. their third…
in keeping with last week’s national stationery show coverage, our latest sneak peek comes to us from letter press designer olivia san mateo of olive-route. her 1950s bungalow is located in walnut creek, about 20 minutes east of berkeley, ca. besides being a charming place they love that the house is surrounded by lots of…
i’m loving these sweet little gift tags from breck and matt at sesame letterpress. i still can’t get enough silhouettes these days- especially if they’re done in a simple, clean way.
(Fifi, one of the American Visionary Art Museum’s Kinetic Sculptures and a true Baltimore icon, all lit up for the Preakness Parade of Lights.) It has been a pleasure to be with everyone this week. I have a whole new deeper and more profound respect for Grace and all the other editors who work this…
one of the things i love most about working on the sneak peeks is showcasing so many different styles and how they each fit with their keepers. today we’re transported to the “partridge house” in vermont – an old farm house built in 1778. it’s one of the oldest homes in their town, and it’s…
Kyle VanHorn, letterpress printer extraordinaire, wonderful neighbor and good friend. I love walking in to Kyle’s apartment, seeing stacks of whatever his most recent project is neatly placed around the room, sitting down at his kitchen table, immediately being offered a cup of tea or beer (depending on the time of day) and brainstorming about…
Bruce and Nolen began thinking about Post Typography, (a design studio and graphic design/illustration/conceptual lettering/musical collaboration) as undergraduates and few years later quit their desk jobs to work together full time—graphic designers by day, post-punk rock musicians by night or vice versa. Bruce and Nolen enjoy blurring lines and turning heads, but always in a…
Last week we enjoyed Eunice Moyle’s recipe for Eton Mess. This week, her sister, Sabrina (together they form Hello!Lucky) gives us an entertaining “vintage” red velvet cake recipe with wonderfully styled photos to fit the vintage grandmother imagery. No, you’re not going crazy, we featured Amy Butler’s favorite red velvet cake recipe, too! They differ…
Peony: Take 1 You say Peony, I say Paeony – either way – the Greek myth goes down like this: Asclepius was the god of healing and medicine. Peaon was his wingman. Peaon got so talented that Asclepius got all jealous. To save Peaon from Asclepius’ wrath, Zeus turned him into a flower; the Peony….
d*s reader dawn buscher sent in this great before & after. her husband purchased 4 metal barrister bookcases (designed to protect books and documents from fire) from the 40s and 50s and dawn decided to use one of them for a little makeover project. dawn refinished the bookcase unit, built a wooden top (painted to…
jill crawford is a los angeles-based interior designer and graphic artist, and while typically she’s off working on amazing homes, hotels, pads or post-production facilities, today we have a special sneak peek into her own home. her current specialty is in large-scale graphic design for walls which are a fun and unique element in her…
designer laura hoyer of open face sandwich sent in this simple but beautiful before & after. laura explained that her “blah” kitchen needed some TLC, but because she lives in a rental, her options were limited. so she decided to take inspiration from a new haven ikea store and print one of her designs, hang…
dana d’amico has been designing for almost ten years now. her latest fulltime gig was with calvin klein home where her personal style and CK aesthetic really meshed – clean, modern, minimal and textural. and today we’re excited to share a sneak peek into dana’s beautiful home. definitely keep an eye out for for all…
this project may look simple, but the result is really fantastic. we’ve all had those cruddy hollow doors in our homes before, and today d*s reader amanda is helping us fix them up with her door-redo project. amanda lives in a 50+ year old ranch style home in connecticut and needed to redo over 12…
When I met Mary Mashburn of Typecast Press it felt immediately like reuniting with an old friend. After we began talking and kept getting off topic and knowing all of these people and places in common, besides sharing a healthy love and respect for letterpress and a small obsession for good paper—we just kept saying…
the super talented ann wood was sweet enough to share a special diy project with us, but now she’s back with an incredible sneak peek into her brooklyn home/studio near prospect park. ann typically works with vintage or salvaged materials for her work, describing the certain tenderness in the re-use and re-purposing of things that…
In 2006 I started making cardboard horses. They were a self imposed assignment, a daily creative task intended to motivate and loosen me up, little experiments, paralysis prevention. My plan was to make a cardboard horse everyday, Monday through Friday until I had 100. I did and exhibited the group at Tinlark in Los Angeles…
we first got a look inside the savannah, georgia home of the lovely liz demos of @home in one of katie runnels’ guest blog posts and it was a huge hit. today liz opens up even more of her gorgeous place (photographed about a year since the last images we saw). between architectural salvage finds…
(Jean Reece Wilkey, Julie Nelson) When I was first brainstorming about what I wanted to feature during my week of guest blogging, I sent out an e-mail to some of my favorite artists and designer friends. The first person I heard back from is my uber-talented and sweet cousin, Josh Keller. He is just finishing…
