I have been watching V for Vendetta again on cable this week, and the images and colors really are striking. The red of the logo and the black and white of V’s mask lend themselves to a stark, brutal propraganda style that can be eye-catching in the movie posters. I am going to take a stab (no pun intended) at designing a red scare type poster for Christmas or another holiday. Halloween?
Last night I went all giggly and cuddly over the Organic Cotton Joobles Collection from Fair Indigo. I love the giraffe sweater with the little green horns. I don’t have children, but I want one of the little stuffed animals to sit next to my computer and smile at me all day.
Tonight I am going to visit the West Street Market and then try to view the photos of Franz Szony at his gallery downtown. I love his style of freakish photography and Photoshopness. It would be great if he could do his version of portraits of all the famous faces in town. This woman above is definitely a wine walker.
The lovely Michelle Kaufmann has a nice blog about creating beautiful green items for your home. I have admired this very cool woman for several years now and her business has really taken off. I still dream about visiting (and living in) a Glidehouse or the Lotus.
The beauty of design does not always have to be visual. The beauty of words can have an even stronger effect. Leo of Zen Habits has written a glorious post on the way the work world is changing and evolving. Many of his rules for work have become part of my life instantly, like a religion. His prose flows like a musical river of comprehension, and the ideas we have all had, but have never put on paper (or digitally), come together succinctly.
While shopping for my soon-to-be new car, I have been enamored of the colors and curves of some of my choices. The new sub-compacts (Fit, Yaris, Mini) are like little pieces of delicious candy, ready to be unwrapped. Color will be a big part of my choice.
Yesterday I stopped by the fun and funky clothing exchange and antique shop, Junkee, on S. Virginia Street. It’s such a great place to shop, it’s very burlesque, full of colorful drapes, tassles, painting and poufy chairs. I really hope that Reno decides to block off this part of Virginia and make it the “funk neighborhood” with all the cool murals, tattoo parlors, artsy shops and restaurants. They could delineate the hood with a recycled bicycle sculpture like I saw at Burning Man 2007.
I took a wire jewelry class and made a messy little bird’s nest pin with beads for eggs. The class and even my professor gushed over it so much that I have decided to make them for Christmas and birthday gifts. I did one for my friend Heather for her birthday with a few eggs and a baby bunny.
I really love the illustrations and color of The Fat Finch. Check out the iBride items. Tweet!
I would feel bad wiping my muddy shoes off on this gorgeous door mat featuring my favorite little birds. This mat comes from one of my favorite catalogs, Acacia (A sheltering tree and a source of healing materials and essential oils. Isn’t that beautiful?) which sells natural handmade products for the home and body.
