Tatte Cookies and Cakes

This cute little place is in Brookline Mass. The menu is a mix of mediterranean and middle eastern inspired pastries. I would love to decorate my kitchen and dining room like this. 

Mas Info Graphics

The possibilities are endless! Check out this web site as well.

Info Graphics Galore

Info Graphics are a fun way to spice up otherwise dull information. Check out this web site for inspiration!

Quirky collections

I found this article about what drives people to collect, when collecting is a healthy hobby, and when it becomes extreme. I wonder if any of us would run around the city wearing an orange cape and calling ourselves Captain Beany? :)

52 cupcakes by the Cupcake Queen

The Cupcake Queen started this blog when she embarked on a mission to bake one cupcake a week for a year. The hitch was that she had never baked before. Through her blog she narrates her failures and successes and lets her audience in on how the cupcakes tie in with what's going on in her life. Birthdays, new jobs, sports championships. And her photography is beautiful. Check out her blog at 52cupcakes.blogspot.com

D.C. Tourism

I have been doing a bunch of research for my booklet project and came across two great D.C. tourism sites. Washington.org is really user friendly and easy to navigate depending on what interests you. For example, if you were, say, a foodie, the page would be filled with current and relevant foodie events, restaurants to visit, etc. Cultural Tourism D.C. is another great site. It points you to D.C.'s historic and cultural attractions. When you're looking for something to fill all those free Saturdays you have coming up, check them out!

Fondation Maeght

Check out this link to the Fondation Maeght. This is the modern art museum in Southern France where I picked up those two illustrated books from class. They house work from Chagall, Miro, Braque and Giacometti. The outside of the museum is even more beautiful than the galleries within. The image at left is from the back of the museum. There are some even better images at this web site.

Louise Fili

Louise Fili has designed some of the most beautiful food packaging and restaurant identities. I can't imagine a more amazing career than one that combines food and design!  Check out her web site to see her portfolio gallery. 

Sex Advice Column

Savage love is more of a column, but the writing is fantastic so I had to share. Dan Savage writes this weekly column in response to letters and calls from his readers. The letters are usually hilarious. He tells tells them how it is, with a lot of sarcasm and humor, and his advice is usually spot on. 

101 Cookbooks

101 Cookbooks is one of my favorite blogs. Not surprisingly, it is about food:) Heidi Swanson started the blog when she realized that she had accrued over 100 cookbooks and had better start trying some recipes before she bought any more. 

She is also an amazing photographer so the images are always beautiful. I love her recipes as well. They are mostly, if not all vegetarian, and she experiments with a lot of whole grains, natural sugars, and seasonal vegetables. I also have her book: Super Natural Cooking, and every recipe has been delicious. 

I think I might make this dish ravioli dish for dinner tonight. yum. 

Designer Toys

Kidrobot produces and sells limited edition, collectible toys for adults. The toys range from smoking bunnies to crazy alien creatures. They have a huge following and have developed some great marketing strategies to keep demand for Kidrobot toys at a maximum. They will do thing like send people on their listserve an email saying that they have something like 10 minutes to get to a certain spot in New York for a chance to purchase one of the newly released toys. 

Check out this web site for news on other designer toys.

how to survival guide

These books will either make you laugh or make you paranoid. They give you step by step instructions on how to survive in disastrous situations like "how to survive if you are stranded on an iceberg" and "how to survive a two way hold down".  

Stimudent

I found this old packet of stimudents in my linen closet. They have explicit instructions detailing that you need to place them between your teeth and how to move them back and forth gently. As if you would ever want to jam those wooden skewers in there. yikes. The image of the mustache man is there just because i thought it was yucky:)

Stop Motion movies by Pes

My coworker showed me this web site the other day. The movies are all done in stop motion. I am thinking of making my movie in the same style, although they won't be quite as sophisticated as these are:)

Planet Unicorn

You have to check out these short movies on You Tube. The story line follows three unicorns: Cadillac, Feathers, and Tom Cruise. They were wished into being by a little boy named Shannon. Hilarious. 

Harry

Ha. Couldn't resist putting a picture up of my doggy, Harry. 

Hirshhorn paper contest

In light of the construction paper workshop which the class worked on this past weekend, I wanted to share these amazing entries for a contest at the Hirshhorn. The only rule was that the contestants use just one sheet of paper. It is amazing what people were able to come up with. This link also has other interesting images of art, but the ones at the top are all from the contest. 

Peep Show

If not Day of the Dead, than why not something equally as silly as creating scenes out of peeps or gummy bears? Our office submitted a peep diorama to the Washington Post Peep Contest this year. Our submission was clearly the best, so I'm not sure why it didn't make it into the top 100...(By the way, this is not a pic of our diorama, ours was much cooler)

Day of the Dead

It has been really difficult to come up with a good narrative for the imovie assignment. My latest idea involves using art from the Day of the Dead. It's quirky and humorous style could be a great source for story ideas. Just imagine: how did these two get together? And will their relationship last?

Soul'd but not out- April 8 @ 7:00

I also wanted to let you all know about an AIGA event, which I was in charge of putting together. It is at the new-ish restaurant Marvin downtown and will feature a panel of indie/DIY designers/artists/musicians/gallery owners. Each speaker has pushed the bounds of what it means to be a designer and an artist.  Check out the website for more info!