My mom found this box of chocolate with my name written all over it. How apropos! I thought the logo and the package design was pretty and reminded me of the Tom Waits song, “Chocolate Jesus”. Now, if only someone like Tom would write a song about me…
I remember my childhood being filled with the lovely design of the typical Danish mailbox. I even had a cardboard one as a toy. EveryDay Design celebrates the experience of common design all over the world. I love the idea that you do not have to a design background or be a whiz at Photoshop to really enjoy the everyday beauty that is all around us. I try to think of a world without design and it would be pretty dull.
I recently went a little ga-ga over this elegant vintage bedding from West Elm. Lately I have been looking at doing some designs (Etsy banners, polymer jewelry) using birds and simple black and white sketches. Lucky little West Elm has beaten me to the punch, but has also given me some ideas…
…which is beautifully designed, white and clean. However, I will have to stop getting my green tea latte in it and get it in a “here” cup instead. The ubiquitous Starbucks cup is only made of 10% consumer waste, but cannot be recycled because of the plastic lining. Beautiful design to catch the eye and soothe the soul is not enough anymore, designers are now thinking differently on how to design for the future, rather than for 15 minutes of caffeine indulgence.
I came up with some lovely, little word clouds of my all-time favorite places in the world using Wordle, I had a hard time deciding which one I liked best, so I chose two of them. You will notice that Lake and Mountain locations seem to be the most popular on my list. Thanks to cool hunter for the link.
The Cibo Naturals sausage ravioli from Costco is some of the tastiest, lightest and most beautiful pasta I have ever had. Like most bland ravioli, they don’t need any sauce. I just mix up some garlic, olive oil and italian parsley and add it to the hot pasta. Every person who has seen me eating it, has commented on the heavenly smell. Lunch. Que bella!
The furniture at Target is usually not up to caliber with anything of quality, but this little table (a little rustic Eames inspired) was a nice suprise. It is made in India and actually looks like it is put together very well with hidden hardware and nice lines. It is $80 now, but I may wait for it to go down to the inevitable 40% off before buying it.
Thanks to materialicious for posting the prettiest little shed I have ever seen…and it’s for rent on my favorite island in the world, of course. In the past, I have lived in one room cabins or studios and with careful planning and plenty of storage, I would not mind trying it again in the future.
Ugly, but cute, things seem to be very popular now. What with Ugly Dolls and Ugly Betty, the dweeb mentality is starting to infiltrate and hopefully take over this nation’s fixation with unattainable beauty and perfection. I happen to love using old, castoff items to make new friends like the Plush-O-Rama toys and the Stupid Sock Creatures. I am planning on spending some downtime making an ugly little friend of my own…just like chemgrrl.
As I was perusing the Farmgirl Fare blog, I came across her review for the book Comfort Food. The lovely cover design struck me as so dark, juicy and sensual, that I nearly licked my monitor. That would be one of my dream jobs: to design cookbook covers.