Just a few snapshots of this gorgeous vintage map of London found within this hollow book print from The Hollow Book Company. There are plenty more beautiful books if you are looking to get a hollow book over at Etsy.
Stuck Together in Distill of Water
Sep 15, ’11
9:12 PM
So recently I’ve been working on my off computer design skills, and have been using powered glues which require them to be mixed with water. Which is a semi-new experience for me because I’ve not touched glue since I graduated from school. Since more and more work done on computers are done on computers. However the handcrafted world is still done best by hand. A graphic designer’s world is left so flat and simulated on the computer. Even with all the magic of limitless undos, and cleanest of cutting that didn’t leave little pieces of dust, scraps and little round circles on the floor. Photoshop lacks the ability to capture human mistakes that can become part of the art. The art of plop, the spill, the drip. The rusty nail, damage from water, burnt to a crisp, edges gone wild due to temperatures of the room. The natural habitat of the artist/ designer has to be remembered, simulated in the mechanical workings of Photoshop.
Items That Cannot Be Returned
Jul 8, ’11
3:36 PM
So I’ve been having a blast with my new found iPad2. Though surprisingly, I don’t use it for games as much as I thought I would have, as I did with my iPhone. My iPad is mostly for reading books or browsing the web. I would probably even use it more for email, except I’ve decided to share my iPad amongst many people, so in order to keep my email privacy, I do not use it for my personal email. [...]
Back to the Future 4
Jan 3, ’11
2:29 PM
This vintage poster set gives our current modern day internet technology networks a humorous spin into our past. Like stepping into the 1950s of the DeLorean time machine and seeing how things once were. However, these posters do not stray too far from the truth, in how these online giants portray themselves to their online communities.