"vintage" posters

fro, a graphic designer from la, designs amazing posters and prints. a lot of his work is inspired by films, but he recently did a really cool mario bros set.

all posters are for sale on his blog and are about $25 to $45 each.

black apples

i fell in love with emily winfield of the black apple many years ago when they were just simple portraits of big-eyed girls. but it's been nice to see her grow! today she does all sort of stuff including notebooks, postcards, pins, recipe cards, and her prints.

store: the black apple

prices: $5 pins - $30 prints

(previously posted here)

Infographics!

I love the infographics done by Danish designer PETER ORNTOFT. They are so unique and not overly done.

cargo collective

i love beautiful things. seriously. anything that i find "pretty" or whatever, i love. postcards, knick-knacks, ephemera, jewelry, art, photography, fashion, music, color, packaging, typography, architecture, infographics, prints, everything. that's probably why i have so much damn stuff.

anyway, i've recently re-found cargocollective. which is a " is a web publishing CMS and community-building platform" kind of like flavors, but expanded and catering to those who have lots of photos and such.

a few of my favorites using cargo (and yes, this is a bit heavy on graphic design):

alconic,  rob clark,  joe bauldoff,  always with honor,  mark weaver,  frank chimero,  milika favre,  jungeun kim,  elr*y

Art in Action

Oren Lavie's new music video for "Her Morning Elegance" strikes a beautiful chord with its simplicity (one set) and complexity (watch it).

Oleg Dou

Oleg Dou takes surrealism to new heights in his eerily beautiful photographs.

Eric Carle for Google

Eric Carle, of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" fame, designed the incredibly cute first day of spring commemoratory logo for Google.

Art-Hungry

We've all heard of life imitating art, but what does art imitate? In Carl Warner's mind, it's food. The British photographer uses edible goods to depict surreal landscapes. Once exposed to his scenes, viewers will look at their plates in an entirely different light.

To accomplish such a complicated photo, Warner begins with a traditional sketch. He then chooses his food carefully, and then builds the scene in parts, which are then photographed. This is so the food does not discolor or wilt under the lights as the rest of the landscape is under construction.

Each photograph takes days to finish. Recurring subjects include broccoli trees, potato-rock hills, cheese houses and bread-loaf mountains. In "Salmon Sea," pictured above, a pea-pod boat floats in a salmon sea (duh), which appears to ripple against a sugary beach.

A Thousand Words: Eloquence

The latest cover of The New Yorker, illustrated by Bob Staake. More of his New Yorker covers.