when it came to registering design*sponge as a trademark and all the other legal details that come with it, i put it off for years, assuming i would be fine because i’d used the name for years. man, do i wish i had just gotten off my behind and registered it- now that i have…
today’s city guide is devoted to sunny palm springs, california- which seems lightyears away from grey brooklyn today. jaime curtis of prudent baby created this fantastic guide to eating, shopping, site-seeing and staying in this fun desert city. jaime grew up playing tennis and golf with her mother at their palm springs condo and now…
i’ll never forget stumbling upon an old family tree when rummaging through my grandfather’s above-garage storage space one day. i was really young, but remember staring at all the bonney names listed and marveling at the types of names people had and the elegant handwriting that wrote each one. ever since i’ve been dying to…
yesterday i shared with you a new house construction on an infill lot here in portland, today we’ll explore an old warehouse building recent converted into a charming urban live/work space for a young family and their business. pinball publishing began with the purchase and refurbishment of an old warehouse building in the industrial southeast…
good morning! i wanted to start today off with these sweet, simple framed prints from coulson macleod. the team at coulson macleod prints each piece onto wood and then frames them in rough-saw solid oak. i love the worn-in feel to each of them, and the lovey-dovey text. because sometimes it’s nice to have something…
i can’t believe that it’s already november (where has this year gone?) but that means it’s time for a new d*s desktop wallpaper! this month designer/artist camilla engman is our guest artist and she’s created a truly beautiful series of wallpaper designs with and without dates. i love the way the dates run across the…
artist and design blogger (from the right bank to the left coast) ally has moved so frequently - two overseas moves, several times across the country and many moves across cities – that she’s been dubbed the modern-day nomad by friends. a self-identified design junkie, each move gives ally the opportunity to decorate a new…
over the past decade, husband and wife team, adam mccauley and cynthia wigginton have collaborated on a number of children’s book projects with adam handling the drawing and cynthia working on the design (titles include my friend chicken and the monsterologist). and when they’re not drawing and designing together, they play and write music for…
earlier this fall i was lucky enough to meet talented uk-based illustrator trina dalziel over a fresh croissant and chocolat chaud at a local parisian cafe. it was so fun talking design with her and seeing some of her new work. as soon as she sent over her sneak peek, i thought to myself, i…
question: i have a ton of awesome 13″ x 20″ prints i’ve collected over the years that i’ve been trying to find low-cost framing for- at one point I thought clip frames would provide the perfect solution, but oh woe is me, it turns out that 13″ x 20″ is not a standard size. there…
after a long working weekend i’m waking up to a grey and cold morning here in brooklyn. i opened the windows for a quick second to let turk meow at a bird on our fire escape and felt a cold gust of wind that made it quite clear winter is here. even though christmas is…
hello! i’m jill bliss, an artist and designer in portland, oregon. you can see my art and design work on my website, catch glimpses of my daily life and projects on my blog, see my custom house portraits on flickr, and take a sneak peek of my current house here on design sponge. i’m excited…
