SAUL BASS

from sam rosen over at the post family, this is the legendary saul bass discussing aesthetics vs. making money.

the pitch-perfect pull quote:
"it's worth it to me. it's the way I want to live my life. i want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares."

amen.

MARIN VAN UHM

this gorgeous letterage alphabet is by designer marin van uhm.



found over at joe bauldoff's hello bauldoff

CODY HUDSON

just found this great piece by chicago designer/artist cody hudson over at the bedlam of beefy. find more of his cool work at struggle inc.

VINTAGE HEART STAMPS

these have always been my favorite love stamps.
i'm cuckoo for them.
how perfect is it that they used the heart as the V instead of as the O?

looking around ebay for them today, i also found these cool ones.
just in time for los valentinos...

1972 portugal


1970 netherlands


just some pretty chicago heart association seals.

BELLA FIGURA

thanks to papercrave for highlighting some of the 2010 additions to the gorgeous bella figura wedding invitation collection. the talented folks at bella figura do a super job of curating and producing work from various designers, giving their portfolio depth and variety that single-designer lines often lack.

WHAT TYPE ARE YOU?

this is currently making the rounds -- i found it over at felt & wire.

turns out, i'm perpetua titling light.
confession: i did this 3x until i got a face that was a favorite.
had to use fake names and everything! cheaterpants...

visit pentagram to play.
[password: character]

BLUE POOL ROAD

day off.

wishing my week was as serene and lovely as everything over at blue pool road. be it peggy wong's 'polaroids', her custom wedding invitations, her blog posts, or her stationery line, it's always a nice, calming break to wander around her sites.

and what a sucker i am for a fellow typeophile (typophile? er, a lover of type, not of typos...).

HANNA KONOLA

i like to use the new year's downtime to revisit work the holiday season makes it impossible to concentrate on. i keep coming back to finland's hanna konola. you guys might know her from rare device or lines&shapes.

what i like most about her work is, to me, it's immediately apparent that it's not american. does that make sense? her color palette, her shapes, her composition -- it's all quite pretty and simply feels different and new.



check out her blog.
check out her flickr.
check out her li'l shop.

MORRIS & ESSEX

already looking forward to valentine's day. some people love halloween, some people love new year's eve, i love st. valentine.

this cute card from morris & essex will make the list this year.

DARLING CLEMENTINE

around for a couple of years already, i predict that this charming little line from norway will finally hit big in american paper shops this year. who can resist how cute it all is? go, darling clementine, go!

MOSCOT!

just bought my husband these cards over at power and light press.


have you seen my husband?


right?

get his moscot nebbs here, hipsters.

¡OLÉ!

i'm absolutely bonkers for illustrator happy menocal's matador series, and wish the prints were magically made into a box of 10 notecards sitting on my desk right this minute.

SCISSORS

two pretty pieces found (i think?) through ohjoy and design*sponge respectively.




check out the talented artists eva juliet in montreal and amanda in d.c. enjoy!

NIGHT AND DAY

warm, pretty orange tones from the perfect blanca gómez to contrast the winter chill in new york right now.

HERZOG AND THE MONSTERS

british animator lesley barnes knocked my socks off with this short film.

THE STATIONERY POSITION

fun personalized folded notes to start off the year.
check 'em out at the stationery position.

POLSKA!

despite the cool kids having spilled over to greenpoint from williamsburg long ago, i still love its old polish feel.

these vintage book covers from a journey round my skull are great.

POSTAL PRESS

kick off the new year with this beautiful specimen calendar from portland's postal press.


resolution to keep a journal in 2010?
take a peek at their cutey farm animals. cheers!

2010 CORRESPONDENCE

happy new year!
one of my resolutions, like many i suspect, is to stay in better touch with my fave raves. looking back, 2009 inadvertently become the year of my job, and before i knew it, zach and i had been back in brooklyn for a whole year already. i was too far out of touch.

time flies. one way to slow it down is to make/take time to send a missive or two or ten to the important peeps. pancake & franks makes it easy.

the only hard part is deciding which to start with -- her everyday box or the gourmet box? both are very darling.

to a great 2010!
be good; keep in touch...