I adore letterpress for paper goods as much as stop-motion for videos. And to use it in such a restrained way for something so cute – aw!
To my from SideShowPress, $5.
Month: November 2009
If Caravan is great for houses, Rent the Runway is great for clothes. According to the New York Times, it’s the Netflix for haute couture, and makes “high-end fashions much more accessible and almost as easy as renting a movie from Netflix.”
It’s invite-only at the moment, but when I get a peek inside, I’ll let you know all about it.
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Craigslist for Creatives
This is so awesome. I’m ready to travel. Right. Now.
Caravan is a free house swap and sublet resource for creative people only – they call themselves the craigslist for creatives! It’s for commercial creatives and those working in the advertising/media/fashion/art and design industries. From California to Brooklyn, Paris to Sydney…
If you’re an art director relocating internationally for a new job, you can find sublets for far less than the price of a hotel. If you’re a photo assistant wanting to try New York on for size, you could post a ‘house sitter available’ ad and have no accommodation costs at all. And if you want to do some marketing in Paris, maybe someone in Le Marais has a vacant apartment you could rent very cheaply for a few days in exchange for walking their little Bouledogues Français. A room in LA for a bedsit in New York? A harbourside Sydney apartment for a Collingwood terrace?
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Belgrade Wind
I love the way this photo harkens back to another time but still has a modern day sultry to it.
By Nemanja Knezevic via Booooooom!
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Gen Y is cool, Gen X agrees
Photo via FFFFOUND!
I so knew this.
A new research report revealed that two-thirds of Gen X women chose Gen Y women as the most influential age group when it comes to defining trends in popular culture. Gen Y women, in turn, are discovering new brands and getting most of their style inspiration and product recommendations from blogs and social media…
The survey found that 92% of Gen Y women consider themselves to be the trend leaders, while 67% of Gen X women identified Gen Y as trend leaders too. Gen X women cited reasons such as, “This age group tends to discover things first” and “They’re more creative in terms of selection in fashion, pop culture and cuisine.”
Why Y Women on Media Post (h/t Sam Davidson).
My favorite thoughts from a recent interview with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman:
When you pursue an academic path, you basically write books that only 50 people will read. I wanted to have a much broader impact on the world, which you can do through software entrepreneurship. If you can create a piece of software that improves people’s lives, it’s infinitely replicable…
But one thing I learned in ’97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it’s much better to start during an economic downturn. Partnerships are easier; hiring is easier; and the competition starts later…
One of my theses is that every individual is now a small business; how you manage your own personal career is the exact way you manage a small business. Your brand matters. That is how LinkedIn operates.
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Incorporeal Energy
I couldn’t resist posting more of Valero Doval‘s work.
From top: Drawers, Incorporeal Energy, Hidden Compositions.
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White Teeth
White Teeth
The story covers a cadre of characters that are all peculiarly connected in a story that spans race, class, sex, politics… name a hot-button and Smith has pressed it. But pressed it in such a way as if you were walking down the street and you overheard these amusing families and smiled to yourself. And in those brief moments, you want everything for them.
Via Amazon
A collection of my favorites:
1. Paulo Nutini – Crazy, Gnarls Barkley Cover
2. Ray LaMontagne – Crazy, Gnarls Barkley Cover
3. Violent Femmes – Crazy, Gnarls Barkley Cover
4. Gnarls Barkley – The Original
It’s turning to Winter here in Wisconsin, but this video transports me directly back to Summer. It’s probably one of the most delightfully charming three minutes I’ve ever seen. I’m bookmarking it for when it’s 30 below.
I’m a big fan of anything that you can attach to the wall to make your life easier. I love clean surfaces (like counters or desks), and the idea that everything can have it’s place off of your table is just so beautiful to me. Hence, why this light switch rack is so great. It carries your mail and keys. I wish my light-switches weren’t double-plated… sigh.
$25 at Moma, via Unclutterer.
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Irina Gumenyuk
One of the trends in photography these days seems to be the hipster vibe- a distinct isolation characterized by not really caring. So I really liked the simple honesty that emanates from Ukranian photographer Irina Gumenyuk. I don’t get the sense that she’s trying too hard.
Self-Portrait by Irina Gumenyuk (via Feaverish Photography).