I mean, come on! How friggin’ cool is this! I love a clean work-space and have been pining for a light-table. Wonderful!

Commonhumans made this desk by taking a vintage X-ray backlight that he found at a university surplus store. To DIY this desk yourself, you’ll need wall brackets to mount the x-ray light perpendicular to the wall. Commonhumans says the light is helpful when he does tracing for graphic and interior design.

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Very neat, but I don’t think I could do it myself… it would turn my stomach a little to cut up all that money!

As our financial markets continue to meltdown and our currency is in flux (I recently found myself staring blankly at a $14 Whopper at the Zurich International Airport), Mark Wagner seems to be having the time of his life.

Wagner, a collage artist, has been busy cutting up thousands of U.S. one dollar bills and reshuffling the pieces into fantastic works of art. The meticulousness of these collages is awe-inspiring.

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Tags: art, bills, collage, creative, currency, dollar, money
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Even though I got a little sick this weekend, it was a very very nice one. I woke up Saturday and went through old sketches I had scanned in high school and college for any untapped ideas and thought I should get back in the habit of having a sketchbook/journal again. So, I picked up a ruled Van Gogh Moleskine at a nearby stationary store. Also, while out, this book caught my eye, and I couldn’t put it back on the shelf (which is so bizarre, cuz business and job books usually turn me off so thoroughly)!

What also made this weekend great was early Sunday morning, while we were asleep, we made our first sales! Holy cow! We have a series of ACEO cards (the cardinal, owl, peacock and cardinal) up in the shop, made from the watercolor birds I did a little while back. Here’s to many more sales in the future!

Tags: birds, book, cardinal, creative, Etsy, flamingo, journal, moleskine, owl, peacock, reading, sale, sketchbook
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Project Runway’s first winner, Jay McCarroll has just released a new collection of retro-beauty fabrics! I would love a dress, skirt, pants, bag, purse or any piece of furniture to be made out of or covered by his patterns!
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P.S. Just caught the season finale of this season’s Project Runway and I must say “hats off” to Korto and Leanne! Both of them created stunning collections. Kenley’s show looked like a child put her outfits together next to theirs. Tim Gunn deserves a medal for putting up with her crap.

Tags: creative, entertainment, fabrics, fashion, jay mccarroll, project runway, tv
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Just coming up for a few minutes and a quick post…

After being tipped off by OnePlusInfinity that infamous artist Banksy had painted a mural downtown, in SOHO (Wooster and Grand), Jack and I tracked it down last night. Very, very cool.

P.S. Jack, feel free to expand upon this, if you wish.
P.P.S. Now, back to work, for me!

Tags: art, banksy, creative, grafitti, mural, New York, rat, soho, street
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Lee Meszaros makes me want to pull out my old Girl Scout sash and add some of these to it!
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Tags: badges, creative, girl scout, handmade, merit
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The one the middle-top-left, with the pompadour, reminds me a little of Jack, hehe!
From Jublin Flickr

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I’m still on a fashion high from Marc Jacobs’ show last week. So I’m working on fashion illustration / digital collages inspired by the collection. Think of it as fashion fan art. I’m considering doing a few more and selling some prints… how easy is an etsy shop to get started? More latas!

Tags: creative, Etsy, fashion, illustration, marc jacobs, shop
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It’s rare that you get such a detailed and honest account of logo design and branding from the clients point of view. Cute story about the development of the MailChimp mascot over the years. (The final design was created by Jon Hicks, designer of the Firefox logo.)

Anyway, our beloved mascot has gone through a bunch of iterations over the years, each one slightly less clumsy than the preceding version, but I’ve never been happy with it.

Until now. That’s because this time, we went out and hired an expert.

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Tags: branding, creative, design, firefox, john hicks, logo, mailchimp, mascot
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The above business card made me smile so much. I think it’s such a smart idea for a painting company and a great re-use of materials!

Hope everyone is enjoying their loooong weekend!
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