the fabulous maira kalman
Saw Maira Kalman show at Skirball. I love her eye…and her way with words. Below is a portrait of the artist from Inspiration Boards – here’s a link to the interview.
All posts tagged: art
fashion: rodarte – perfect ruin
These self-taught fashion designers and sisters, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, intrigue me. Check out a film on their work and their Quicktake show at Cooper Hewitt. I missed the show (ended March 14) but the video is really interesting.
art: maps
I love a good map and Raven seems to have a handle on what makes a map so very good. Clean, simple, graphic. The detail above is from their world map at night. Via Remodelista.
film: banksy
Banksy is a genius – no two ways about it. I love his work and his wit. He’s even got a film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, at Sundance (airs on Sunday). Via Kitsune Noir.
a small small world
It’s a tiny world – truly it is. I interviewed a woman yesterday – Dee Adams – for the Herman Miller blog and it turns out she worked with my husband at Yahoo in Australia. She now lives in a very cool loft in Oakland. Dee also knows my dear friend Sal. And she often comes to LA…we will definitely be catching up for a drink. See Dee’s work here. And her loft here.
object: signs
I love this Library sign from Threepotatofour. It appeals to the book geek in me…and would make a lovely Christmas present.
shop: new online gallery
OK – I know I’m doing a lot on art right now. My husband and I give each other art for Christmas so I’m doing a bit of research. Although we’ve got 3 things that need to be framed right now so maybe we’ll hold off. I still like doing the research though. Check out this new online gallery – a supermarket for art lovers! They focus on prints – hence the name Print Society. I like Robert Hanson’s work above. And the work of Rochefort below.
gift guide? nah
I had grand plans to do a gift guide – it’s that time of year and all but I’m just not organised enough to pull a whole list together. So I will post bits and bobs and tag them all ‘gift’ so you can search and make it yourself! I love these little books on the arctic by Jackie Peppermint (is that her real name?) They’re $12 and this is the 2nd edition.
object: framed
West Elm is having a sale on their already inexpensive picture frames. I like the black ones but they also come in white and silver. They’d make a cute Christmas present with some kid’s art in them. They start now at $9.
book: the days
I found this blog a few years ago – two women, good friends, who live 3191 miles apart and post photos every day of their lives. It’s really beautiful – a visually stunning blog that is somehow very quiet and peaceful. Two books have now been published of their morning and evening photos and they are as lovely as the blog.
this is a design blog 