Category Archives: art/design
Ellie Snow
It’s been a while since I’ve added anything here, but when I found this invite to my friends Jason and Erin’s wedding in the mailbox today I was reminded of what talented friends I have. This little lovely was created … Continue reading
You know what’s cool about Charlotte?
Nothing. Zero. Nada. The place is a craphole. The traffic is terrible. Which makes me wonder why Karen O’ Leary, being the talented artist she is, would want to live there? Meh, I don’t really care where she lives, as … Continue reading
valentine’s day cards that don’t suck
I spotted the image below on Ellie’s shithot blog, Mint, and followed it to Julie’s Etsy page, where I spotted these Valentine’s cards that made me lol. At $3.00 a piece, you’d have to be about to break up with … Continue reading
inspired!
Time spent in Atlanta catching up with my friends Matt Haffner and Laura Bell has me more inspired than I’ve been in years; touring their home and studios, meeting their daughter and just being around two of the most talented … Continue reading
Well, here’s something I haven’t done in a while….
update the mufuckin blog. I saw, in a car magazine of all places, these RAD typography based city posters from orkposters.com. You know I bought some (at $22 for a poster and $27 for a screenprint, who wouldn’t?!); I picked … Continue reading
Darwyn Cooke
has released his adaptation of ‘The Hunter’, the first in a series of graphic novels based on the Parker novels by Donald Westlake. Westlake wrote the novels under the pen name Richard Stark. Being a huge fan of both the … Continue reading
Benedict Radcliffe
Ok, so the first time I saw this on Spike Jonze’s blog ‘We Love You So’, I thought that Benedict Radcliffe had Photoshopped a CAD drawing of a Lamborghini Countach into a photo shoot image; I thought “That’s brilliant, that … Continue reading
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
is one of the greatest books I’ve ever read. I saw this post on Spike Jonze’s blog ‘We Love You So’ … so I pinched the whole thing. “In 1993 Roddy Doyle wrote one of the best books about childhood … Continue reading
Ruins
I’ve been fascinated by derelict buildings for as long as I can remember. Given the opportunity, I’ll scale a fence or crawl through a briar patch to get a look inside one. I recently stumbled on Yves Marchand & Romain … Continue reading
How can something this cool be a crime?
NC State student Joseph Carnevale, the artist behind the Traffic Barrel Monster, has been arrested for stealing the barrels and “cutting and screwing them together to make a statue,” which apparently is a misdemeanor in North Carolina. Carnevale goes by … Continue reading