I love this cool (and educational) stop motion about the history of typography.

video by ben barrett-forrest, found via frankie mag newsletter

This quarter at SCAD I’m taking a 3-D design class. That means I’m creating models out of different 3-D materials, like clay and wire and foam board and such, (aka nothing I’ve done in my life, ever.) This wire sculpture was my first project.

The purpose of the project was to study the different types and functions of line and construct a 3-D sea creature out of two types of wire: 1 thick for the primary – or exterior – contours, and 1 thin for the secondary – or interior – contours.

We were given a hypothetical scenario: The client (the owner of a regional aquarium) is opening a new exhibit titled “Creatures of the Deep Blue Sea.” As a part of the installation, they would like to have a large-scale sea creature underwater as the focal point for the exhibit. While they want to have a signature structure that catches the patron’s eye, they do not want something that interferes with the viewer’s engagement with the actual exhibit. Therefore, they would like a composition that uses line to depict the underwater creature.

I chose to construct a whale and have it hang from the ceiling, as if it was leaping out of the water. (if you want to have a bit of a laugh, this was how the whale looked when I first started)

I know this isn’t really the type of stuff I blog about, but I’ve spent so much time working on this little whale guy… err girl (I’m calling her Orla), I thought she deserved some recognition here on the blog.

This project was alllll about taking our knowledge of 2-D drawing and translating it to 3-D. Since I like to do a lot of crosshatching and mark-making when I draw, I depicted the whale with wire loosely, trying to mimic the same style of my drawings and to create texture.

This project was really challenging and stretched my imagination, but that’s what learning’s all about, right? All I know is after working with wire for two weeks straight, my hands and fingers are definitely feelin it.

I’m not sure what I’m going to do with Ms. Orla now that she’s all said and done… perhaps I’ll hang her in my room. If I keep it up with these sculptures, after my 3-D art class, I’m sure my room will look like a hoarder’s!

How pretty are these floral arrangements by Yasmine Floral Design?

In another life, I think I might want to be a floral designer. It seems like such a relaxing, soothing job. For now, looking at these pretty pictures will suffice.

Have you ever seen doghouses or mailboxes that are modeled after the original home? I can never get over their cuteness.

These house portraits by Rebekka Seale kind of remind me of that. This would make the perfect housewarming gift for a newly married couple (or any family, for that matter!), don’t you think? Or maybe you could get a few to serve as an archive of all the houses you’ve lived in!

I happened upon this alternative poster contest hosted by Focus Features for Moonrise Kingdom. Did you see the movie?

Although I didn’t like the movie all thaaat much (I know, I know, unpopular opinion), I DID love the aesthetic and the clothing and I agree that it was beautifully filmed and all that. Here are some of my favorite poster entries (as well as a few non-entries that were created by fans just for the fun of it):

one: bethany radloff, two: ashley bennett, three: ibraheem youssef, four: ioana urma

I really really love that first one… it was actually one of the 7 winning entries! Which one is YOUR favorite?

Hajin Bae‘s cute little designs:

Even though these are all greeting cards, I can totally picture them as phone/desktop wallpapers as well. They made me smile today. Majorly.

Were you into clubs in school? I was never one for clubs in school. Perhaps you weren’t either… or maybe you were? My freshman year of high school I tried, I really tried to get into the whole club scene, but alas, it wasn’t for me.

BUT if I had to join a club, this would be the one. As the title suggests, Stay Home Club is a club for girls who love cats (…or in my case dogs) and like to stay home (which probably accounts for 99.9% of bloggers these days…). Umm hello where do I sign up??!!

Run by Olivia Mew, Stay Home Club provides a venue for artists and illustrators (including some of my favorites Caitlin Shearer and Meera Lee Patel) to sell their work as printed textiles. On the site you can buy stuff like bedding and club merch for your perfect night home alone or with your animal of choice. Ahh I love it ♥

found via a dirty shame