Alice in Wonderland 10:38 AM

*squealllll in excitement*

All my clients drive me crazy, never show no guts at all. For the peanuts that they pay me they get logos 10 feet tall 8:38 AM

I stumbled across this today after checking out some design related videos on YouTube. Stefan Sagmeister never ceases to amaze me with the stuff he comes up with.


Can anyone get me the full lyrics?

A tree house affair 1:41 PM

Christmas was yesterday and a family member of ours got a really cool book about AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL tree houses. Both Ian and I thought we would find our favorite one (although it's a restaurant) and we were sadly disappointed.

Yellow Tree House Restaurant is found in Auckland on private land. The only way you can find yourself dining at this restaurant is by getting really lucky. Also once you go on the site, you'll see a yellow bar on the bottom of the page and "day 66". It's a timeline of the construction of the amazing restaurant. Drag along the line and you'll be amazed to see how much was accomplished in 66 days.

And I think that the website design for the restaurant is also pretty damn cool. I've been inspired!








the architecture drawings

Minimalist Ads-- I'm in love 2:14 PM

Yes, I love color and layers and information BUT at the very same time I'm a sucker for clean, straight to the open, white background (aka Minimalist Ads). I stumbled across a collection of some of these ads and I'm in love... it has actually made me look back at my work and had me thinking on how to simplify my own stuff.

Barcodes i'd like to collect 9:06 AM

Japanese barcode that I would love to see here in the states. I would certainly start collecting the packaging that these barcodes are found in.

(via swissmiss and Fast Company)

Alice in the eyes of an illustrator 9:29 PM

I may have found my new favorite illustrator and her name is Jill Lin. I do not know much about her, all i know is that I've been on her website for the past hour trying to pick my favorite pieces and still can't decide-- Alice in Wonderland series above is a top contender. Make sure to check out her collaboration with Ban.do -- that is how I found her work.

I mustache, you mustache, we all mustache 7:56 AM

Yes, I sort of, kind of have an obsession with all that is mustache related. Well actually everything but having an actual mustache. I've been seeing a lot more designers and people in general incorporating it into a lot of stuff in clever ways. It's time that I bring all my findings together.

Let's start of with mustache band-aids--- SOOO CLEVER.





As expected, they're being sold at Urban Outfitters where you can find any other mustache inspired object.

And then there's the baby clothes with a mustache print you can find over at Handsome Howard



I wish I had a baby just so that I can buy it.

We live in a city where it gets bitter cold and windy in the winter.. well thanks to American Apparel, you can combat the harsh feeling on your face with a mustache mask.




I will end my post with the mustache pencils that can be found at Atypyk



I have lots more mustache related items that I've found on the web-- there's enough material for at least 3 more blog posts that will come at a later time. Thank you Swissmiss for feeding my "interest" in all that is mustache related. If you're wondering when this all started for me, ask Monica over at Lobese-- she's responsible for it =)