These are some great handmade birdhouses made by Jeff Canham (one of my favorites) and Luke Bartels, as part of their “For the Birds” show at the Curiosity Shoppe. A great example how copy can literally make a product. via @andyincolor

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The year was 1972. Moon walks were recent history and space exploration was all the rage. (And glory of glories, Tang was still sold at the grocery store.) NASA sent out the unmanned Pioneer 10 as a sort of calling card to the universe. It was the first spacecraft to leave the solar system. This [...]

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I saw Peter Callesen’s work in a book in the Subtext pop-up book store at the #fiestamovement party hosted by Holiday Matinee and Sezio. Being a lifetime orgami practitioneer, I’m always amazed to see what people can do with a single piece of paper. But not only are the paper cut-out sculptures amazing, Peter also [...]

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How many times when concpeting media placement as the thought of putting a message on wrappers for cups of Starbucks coffee. Well, USSA Bank did just that and bought the wrapper on independent coffee shops. Kinda fun. From Bread on Market in the East Village.

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One of my favorites, Mike Perry, artist, illustrator and curator of books like Hand Job and Over and Over, has an exhibition entitled Lost in the Discovery of What Shapes the Mind at MCAD in Minneapolis. I’m drawn to his work because his hand-drawn type adds a human touch that is lacking in much of [...]

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The pop-up store is a retail trend that makes sense around the holidays. Hit all the shoppers while they’re out on the town buying up a storm. Breathe Architecture and Lulamae teamed up to create a pop-up boutique out of cardboard in Melbourne, Australia. All recycled of course. Photographs by Andrew Wuttke.

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Pantone, the esteemed purveyor of color released new color trends for 2010. All I can ask is, who names this stuff? (I always thought it would be fun to name lipsticks and fingernail polish shades.) Greenmarket The need for healthier and more artisanal foods has grown from traditional farmers’ markets to greenmarkets. Gatherings Inspired primarily [...]

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John Hendrix is featured is this months Comm Arts (one of the few magazines I subscribe to.) In addition to working as an illustrator for a host of magazines, he worked as an Art Director on the New York op-ed page. Some pretty thought provoking pieces. I love the banners on each of the pages [...]

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A fun video with flying type by El Cuarteto de Nos out of Montevideo, Uruguay. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9LlnLTH87U&color1=0xcccccc&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bpP9sI72bM&hl=en&fs=1&] Never saw the movie, but the title sequences sure do rock.

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