Graphic jewelry

Made by Brevity.

Ok, she wears good dresses.

Even though Twilight failed to pass the low, low expectations I'd set for it, Kristen Stewart has been wearing some good dresses on the promotional tour.

Move over, Chrisperogative

Neko Case album art

From Pitchfork

John and Cynthia

From Wikipedia, 1959.

OMG CUTE!

Sold on Etsy by hansigurumi.

Boots/Socks/Stockings

New Blog on the Block

I created a new blog where we can all share our bus stories. Let me know if you'd like to be added as a contributor. Otherwise, subscribe and enjoy!

busodyssey.blogspot.com

The Women of Twin Peaks

Personal Style

Award goes to Lil Wayne

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I like the colors on this one best.

I tried anyway!

My versions!

Mushroom underside

I was trying to create an awesome pattern with the underside of a mushroom as well. Marimekko beat me to it. Oh well, I can still make something awesome. It'll be hard not to emulate! (fancy word for steal).

Goddammit, Marimekko Part II

"Kulkue", "Aarre", and "Aarni", by Maija Louekari. At Marimekko.

Goddammit, Marimekko Part I

"Valmuska" by Erja Hirvi. At Marimekko. Wish I'd made it!

Couldn't help braggin'

My first foray into surface design! Available at REI.

The Gossip Cover Art

I found this image playful and striking and hot.

Lykke Li

Listening to her album Youth Novels.

The Knife

They put on strange masked shows as well that I would give my [insert bodily part here, except not literally, ew] to see.

<3 #2

I was looking for images of Bjork to put into my iTunes library for album art. I was reminded anew of how much I love her and her work.

<3

Elegant / Simple Interface

http://www.jamiejoseph.com/diamondsgold.html

Murakami Quote

"If it hadn't been for the increased height of the grass since my last visit, I might have believed that time had stopped in this one particular place. Thanks to the long days of rain, the blades of grass glowed with a deep-green luster, and they gave off the smell of wildness unique to things that sink their roots into the earth."

- p. 59, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Haruki Murakami

Michael Hughes' Souvenir Optical Illusions

From Telegraph.co.uk
From Telegraph.co.uk

It's clear that I should make something like this

From Facehunter. Last one, I promise.

More from Facehunter

This jacket speaks to me. Missing button intentional?


I am enamored of this kimono! Pants a little baggy.

Both images from Facehunter

Elaborate Folds

I love love love these colors. I also love that there is an envelope lurking between her pockets and scarf. From Facehunter.

Marathon Lore

According to Wikipedia,

"The name marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon.^[2] It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming "Νενικήκαμεν" (Nenikékamen, 'We have won.') before collapsing and dying.^[3] The account of the run from Marathon to Athens first appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD who quotes from Heraclides Ponticus's lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles.^[4] Lucian of Samosata (2nd century AD) also gives the story but names the runner Philippides (not Pheidippides).^[5]

There is debate about the historical accuracy of this legend.^[1][6] The Greek historian Herodotus, the main source for the Greco-Persian Wars, mentions Pheidippides as the messenger who ran from Athens to Sparta asking for help, and then ran back, a distance of over 240 kilometres^[7] each way.^[8] In some Herodotus manuscripts the name of the runner between Athens and Sparta is given as Philippides. Herodotus makes no mention of a messenger sent from Marathon to Athens, and relates that the main part of the Athenian army, having already fought and won the grueling battle, and fearing a naval raid by the Persian fleet against an undefended Athens, marched quickly back from the battle to Athens, arriving the same day.

In 1876, Robert Browning wrote the poem "Pheidippides". Browning's poem, his composite story, became part of late-19th century popular culture and was accepted as a historic legend."

Acme Made

Maybe the economic turmoil is making me crave useful durable items.... Here's a bag by Acme Made with all kinds of awesome storage.

A woman at work today had one that perfectly held all of her papers and notebooks.

Urban Farming

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/365448_urbanfarming02.html

More Words

"By age 3, a child of professionals hears about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements. A child of parents on welfare hears almost the exact opposite: just 80,000 encouragements and 200,000 discouragements."

--Paul Tough, This American Life

Words

"A pair of psychologists did a close-up study of two sets of families. One group in which the parents were on welfare, and another in which the parents held professional jobs. It turned out that the biggest difference between the two sets of homes was language. The kids with the professional parents heard 20 million more words in the first three years of their lives than the kids on welfare - mostly just the regular jibber-jabber of parents talking to their children. And those extra words had a huge effect on their verbal ability. It was stunning news, that the biggest factor in determining a kid's later success in school wasn't any of the things we always assume to be true - it wasn't money, it wasn't parental education, it wasn't race - it was the sheer number of words that your parents spoke to you as a child.

Among scholars who study inequality, there is more and more evidence out there that the divide between the kids who make it and the kids who don't, starts in the very first years of life."

--Paul Tough, This American Life

Dress Shape

I like the shape of this dress. Also from Hel-Looks.com.

Shirt Dress/Tunic

From Hel-Looks.com. I wonder if my mom could make me something like this?

Quote from Psychology Today

"Style is optimism made visible. Style presumes that you are a person of interest, that the world is a place of interest, that life is worth making the effort for. True style, in addition to being irrevocably social, is even morally responsible. Consumption isn't promiscuous or random, at the whim of the marketplace, or the urging of marketers. Rather, it is focused on what is personally suitable and expressive."

"The Style Imperative", Hara Estroff Marano, Sept / Oct 2008, Psychology Today.

Floral Chair

Cool print, love vertical lines. From Anthropologie.

Birfday <3

I didn't want this fine piece of work to disappear after the evite died.

Fresh Addiction

Just started Disc 1, Season 1. It really is that good.

Eyes

How cool is this?! Repeated patterns of eyes are an obsession of mine. Found this on designsponge - it's a display from Hable Construction.

Coolest Pattern Ever

I saw these yesterday at Anthropologie, and the one on the right is pretty much the coolest thing I have ever seen. I wish I'd drawn it myself! Their site: www.nantakajoy.com

Naked and Angry

www.nakedandangry.com: A continual surface design contest a la Threadless (and also run by Skinnycorp). This design is called Heavenly Scales and designed by Richard Lee.

Neko Case will be at Bumbershoot!

I'm totally repeating myself but I am too excited to see her next Saturday not to!

Speedo LZR suit

I miss swimming. Aside from Michael Phelps, these new suits by Speedo seem to the be talk of the games. I do love the Comme des Garcons graphics on the legs.

Circles

Anyone who knows me knows I love clusters of circles. These are also on style.com, by Taher Chemerik.

Sweet ring

Cool ring featured on style.com by Delfina Delettrez.

The Scene Yesterday

Words don't do Radiohead's White River show justice except that it was exactly what I was hoping for. These pics are from The Stranger's Lineout section.

Tree Print

Is blogging content from another blog tacky? Because I'm doing it here's a cool print by Melissa Moss I found scouring Design*Sponge on their guest blog.

I like how it shows the relationship between roots and tentacles. So many repeated patterns in nature, like brachia, roots, branches, tributaries - designed to cast a wider net for resources.

Bulletproof by Radiohead

Limb by limb and tooth by tooth
Tearing up inside of me
Every day every hour
I wish that I was bullet proof

Wax me, mould me
Heat the pins and stab them in
You have turned me into this
Just wish that it was bullet proof

So pay the money and take a shot
Leadfill the hole in me
I could burst a million bubbles
All surrogate and bullet proof

Bulletproof, by Radiohead, from The Bends

Ronsons as Tennebaums

A shot from Harper's Bazaar photoshoot with the Ronsons, using the Royal Tennenbaums as inspiration. Accompanying article.

More More Marimekko

The colors in this print reminds me of fabric my grandma used (that I loved) in the early 80's. It's missing the crocodile/Monte Carlo/convertible graphics, however.