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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