Alice’s Adventure’s: Funstuff and Pretty Things

in a hilarious post by Meowza Katz over at the Aviary, he redesigns our nation for the 2.0 (presumably that Obama will be ushering in)

Unfortunately our money is as worthless as this picture makes it look! The era of fat-cat corporate culture is taking a hit, and I am not sad to see it go. Quite the Fight-Club-esque […]

 
 
WHITE KITCHEN SHELVES, originally uploaded by dityfleur.

Clean, open, minimalist. so simple. All the stocked dry goods… my dream kitchen

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focal enlarging chart, originally uploaded by maraid.

good to know! cute flickr set, retro photo stuff

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buy it here (if you have one of those rare successful hedge funds)
via: designsponge

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the FFF blogger comments:
The things you can do with rolls of tape, Styrofoam cups, paper plates, napkins… 
Lovely work. Kind of reminds me of tripe though!

I have love the beef noodle bowls that are tucked away in perfectly hidden little vietnamese joints (i.e. not the glossy Pho Van in the middle of hipster town) but I can’t […]

found this over at cursive design
prints on etsy
had to dedicate these incredibly detailed prints to some of my favorite people….
 
for Dad! 

 
for my artistic and nature lovin Mom

sister Cat

 
my distinguished chica amiga, Kimmy

 
P Knuckle, the only bunny I would follow down a rabbit hole

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integration of technology and enviroment, i love how these images capture our transforming landscape.

photo from here, via wrongdistance.com

dustin shrum

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great colors here

i am so ready to get into a house that I can paint, wallpaper, smash and garden in!

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via: Katogi Mari
her work is decidedly 2-dimensional, and her acrylic canvas work is almost identical to her Adobe Illustrator work! Beautiful eye for design, composition and whimsical proportions.
Obviously inspired by tales such as Alice in Wonderland, her attention to dreams, lovelies, and flowers is right up my alley.
 

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a quote from mitch hedberg.
this is a lovely poster by Chicago artist Ian Dingman.  Ian’s work can be seen in about a million magazines, plus he designed the packaging for the upcoming Criterion release of Wes Anderson’s Bottle Rocket.
via OMG Posters!

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are you registered to vote???

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via wolda.org
not sure what the name of this gem was:

 
northpine

a belgian fashion designer:

and this was just too cute!

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1960s Advertising - Poster - DNI 1967 (Poland), originally uploaded by Pink Ponk.
interesting flickr set, 1950s - 1960s advertising.

i love how italian design can look so modern and fresh

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i like. from linda & harriet
even their website gives me spasms of pattern love. kinda like this 

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this is it!
and this is the company that does it.
they won’t break a single branch or drive a single nail into the tree during construction.
i love how this first image is perched right over the ocean. what a beautiful home, the ocean breeze flowing right in through your windows. ok maybe that is just a […]

I think I have decided that “N” is my favorite letter right now. Although g and K are a close second. I am obsessed with analyzing the points of the character. Futura, a lovely but coldy precise font always has a beautiful N.

Speaking of Futura, I came across a lovely reinterpretation of Futura that warms up its […]

a pretty for friday!

 
Multicolor Filter, originally uploaded by Piero Gentili.

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Loving the new logo treatment for the Museum of Art and Design in NYC.

They recently changed the name from American Craft Museum and the new signage lends its self to numerous possibilities, while engaging with a simple, easy to remember acronym.

 Read more from the Pentagram blog, about the new identity for the recently re-opened Museum of Art […]

 
 
 Ed, originally uploaded by dailypoetics.
 super awesome business card set from flickr.

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A capital FI lig is rarely a good idea:

via i love typography

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