OLDER: LETTRASET
May 17th, 2012
Remember the days of Lettraset? Here’s a great article on the type we used to rub onto our work. [via Swiss Miss]
 INSPIRATION: How to Build Your Creative Confidence, a TED Talk with David Kelley
May 17th, 2012
David Kelley has some advice: BOOKS: Not Just for Reading Anymore?
May 2nd, 2012
This is an unusual take on upcycling: buildings made of books. What do you think?
Check out more here [via hyperallergenic] FURNITURE: Painted Pianos
April 27th, 2012
Is it okay to paint a piano? What do you think?
This rebel, the fabulous Neko Case, didn’t paint her piano, but she did shove it into the kitchen of her farmhouse, which is where she composes the music we love the hear!
KEYHOLE: Byun
April 18th, 2012
Another great short by the duo known as This Must be the Place, exploring where we live and work. Enjoy! Design Guide, Chicago on DesignSponge
April 18th, 2012
DesignSponge has posted a Chicago Design (and food) Guide, this week, curated by resident Jessica Herman. Check it out, here. Do you think anything’s missing?
[photo by Stephanie Todaro] DAY TO DAY: EVERYDAY OBJECTS
April 17th, 2012
Artist Nina Katchadourian wastes no time while traveling. She found a way to make art in airplane lavatories, in fact. This week, these photos, based on Flemish paintings, circulated on various websites. Her medium? Toilet paper. Tech in Tiny Offices
April 6th, 2012
Apartment Therapy ran a great post on useful tech gadgets if you’re short on office space. Do you have a favorite space-saving device? MATTER: One for One
April 2nd, 2012
Tom’s Shoes was the first to make the move: buy one pair of shoes and the company gives a pair to someone in a developing country. Now, the amazing Warby Parker eyeglasses does the same: buy one pair of these stylish eyeglasses, and they’ll give one pair away. The frames are all based on vintage designs. MATTER: Patches
March 25th, 2012
Today’s New York Times features David Foxley’s company, Jack Foxley, which makes leather, suede, and wax cotton elbow patches. I love the array of patches on his work table. Check out the site, here for your own personal professor costume!
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