Caroline Hwang

I first learned of Caroline Hwang and her lovely artwork during my time as an intern at Art Prostitute. Take a look at her intimate narratives made of cloth and paint. That's my poetic line of the day. She keeps a blog, too where I came across a link to Spoonflower, an online custom fabric shop. You can design your very own fabrics!

Space Alphabet!

Take a look through this awesome children's book from 1964. Why oh why aren't there fantastic books like this for kids anymore?

Crafty gift ideas

This afternoon is devoted to making Justin's birthday present. Its super top-secret, but I'll share images after he gets it on Saturday. For now though, in the spirit of crafty gifts for men, I found this on etsy and it made me laugh out loud. Made by Spamberly, who describes herself in these words: Pixilation fascinates me. Easy algebra problems get me hot. Needles and thread send me over the edge.

Books on Design

I'm pretty excited about the release of the book Women of Design co-authored by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit (also co-founders of underconsideration.com) that's been in the works for about a year.

Take a look at the mini-website they made for the book and you'll find this at the top:
The immense body of work produced by graphic designers around the world is astoundingly varied, rich and widely celebrated. Yet in publications, conferences and other public realms, women designers tend to be outnumbered by their male counterparts whose appearances, work and achievements are constantly in the spotlight. Luckily, it’s a reversing trend. While this book does not attempt to relieve the imbalance, it does bring full attention to the wonderful work, careers and contributions of women designers, writers, teachers and entrepreneurs around the world.

Another nerd-tastic item on my Christmas list (thanks for the suggestion, Amazon!): 79 Essays on Design, by Michael Bierut

On Community

These are a few random pictures from flickr that popped up when I searched "community".


I'm feeling an intense desire for community right now and I think it stemmed from one of my daily trips to Crooked Tree and a couple of articles I read in the latest issue of Paste magazine...which is sort of a strange way for that to happen. Apparently Paste named Denton, TX the best music scene of the year. The article talked about the hard work of artists and music enthusiasts who work together to make this fertile music community. Justin and I were part of the community for a brief summer in 2005 when we were the lowly interns of the Art Prostitute gallery. So I think that planted the seed. Then I read the article about The Welcome Wagon, a husband-wife/pastor-mom duo who love Jesus and the community that makes up their Presbyterian church in Brooklyn and who also happen to be on the Asthmatic Kitty record label with Sufjan Stevens as their producer. In the interview they talk about their community and its clear that the music is born from a love for Christ rather than a desire for recognition.

I want for us to find a church. I'm excited about one we visited a couple of weeks ago and I hope it works out. Church visiting is kind of like dating, don't you think? I guess we'll just know it when we find it. Seems like everyone we've met lately is Presbyterian though. Maybe its a sign....