skills

beautiful typeface created by design student olga balina from russia. http://olgabalina.co.uk

inventory

if you're a boy and you like looking good. this is a great blog to go for some inspiration to impress your dates and potential ex-wives. inventory is a magazine based out of vancouver and these guys definitely know style.

www.inventorymagazine.com

feeling the love?

love. i love it. i hate it. but mostly i love it. these super sweet prints are from theloveshop on etsy. you feeling the love? 

gooooolllllllldddd

gold. seriously when did gold take off like this? i know its been hot and all but i remember a time when women would deny jewelry in gold and swear to never wear it or like it... all i have to say is that this gold come-back is serious. gold flatware? looks good to me: brushed gold, elegant with sleek contemporary lines, i like it a lot. made in italy, by the design house MEPRA. truly glamourous.

i got these images from my daily read of ohjoyblogs.com and this bike is seriously off the chain, maybe over the top but seriously decadent... designed by arumania, known for a no-limit attitude for gold and the un-practical, this bike is 1 of 10 track bikes produced and is plated in 24k gold and adorned with swarovski crystals and at a mere 80,000 euros or (21,000 euros for the un-adorned version), you can get this hand delivered to you by a man in a tuxedo wearing white gloves.

packaging love

i totally geek out when it comes to beautiful packaging. i've been known to buy $10 bottles of evian and have never drank the water. i've brought beautifully designed cereal boxes on a 15 hour flight home as a souvenir for myself. i've done some extreme things in the name of packaging love so as you can imagine trips across the border will find me at the the usual stops: the whole foods, the local co-op and other beautiful grocery stores like the metropolitan market in seattle. what's more about these grocery stores in the states is that they sell alcohol as well and i will tell you flat out, i have bought many many many bottles of wine without having any idea what it would taste like. so this amazingly packaged beer from portland brewery full sail, was such a knock out, super detailed down to the super cute and witty bottle cap messages underneath. i loved the robins egg blue label and the typography is so sweet. so great. super bonus, the beer was super tasty as well.

heading to point roberts to pick up some books across the border next week and i can't wait to see what that little ghetto marketplace has in store.

20x200: today's specials

1. contact sheets: parsley stenwiess

2. west nineteenth street (yellow dress): joseph holmes

3. to live with you alone, red boiling springs tennessee: taj forer

4. elvind: michelle arcilla

beautiful and affordable prints from the jen bekman gallery's project 20x200.

love these so much.

nice...

been a fan of jeff (ng) staple's vision and ideas for a while, although a lot of their clothing hasn't really moved me, this, i really like... combine a hand drawn typeface with a really sweet message equals love for me... i think im going to have to buy this online, anyone know if any vancouver retailers carry staple design?

i heart ed kwong

"its kind of like an out of body experience" is how i describe what it feels like to see ed's work. different parts of my imagination that are usually blanketed over, are awakened and brought to life. ed is amazing and on top of that a super gentle and down to earth guy. sublimely talented. he is in vietnam right now, so im hoping he's gonna have some more beauties like these in his sketchbook. check him out, you will be a better person for it. www.edkwong.com

insanely gorgeous!

monday mornings need some serious kick starting for me but my favourite blogs usually do the trick... this monday was no exception (even though with daylight savings, i technically had an extra hour.) via the super fantastic, www.swiss-miss.com these are some insanely detailed paper cut outs of maps of new york city by karen o'leary. im getting dizzy just thinking about keeping track of all the white spaces and all the cut out spaces. so crazy! awe-inspiring... just what i needed...