Category Archives: Offline Design

Rooms Inspired by Websites

12-Nov-09

Moving is a bitch, but the upside is picking out new home-furnishings and decorating. A few months ago I wrote a post on another blog about how bubble chairs helped to inspire a web design I worked on for a Scandinavian hotel Chain. As I have been scouring the internet for fun new home [...]

My Posters & The Posters that Influenced Them

04-Aug-09

My bedrooms were always plastered with the most badass posters in College & High School. Sure some of them glowed when the black lights were turned on, but many were beautifully crafted pieces of art. Like many folks going into the design field, I had lofty dreams of being a hip gig poster designer with [...]

Gifts for Designers ‘08 Edition

30-Nov-08

Get the Designer in your life something they will LOVE.
Uppercase Scarf

Wallets made of Artsy Photographs by DB clay

Univers & Helvetica Ts

Beautiful Typography Calender (via heartfish)

Pantone Bags, Mugs & Wallets

Freitag Bags (via Doug Avery)

Pillows with Typography

Frank Chimero Inspirational Design Posters
The Store has been down for a few days, but prints hopefully will be available again soon.
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DIY from Guerrilla Art to Design

05-Aug-08

When I was in college I had an insane art instructor who challenged the class to go sneak out late at night unto the hip streets of Harrisonburg Va and engage in politically charged guerrilla art. While extra credit was an incentive, in my college years there were no motives for me to spray paint [...]

The Best Peep Show in Town

31-May-08

Upon my most recent visit to Art-O-Matic I found myself enchanted by a single exhibit… the Washington Post Peep Show. The 2nd annual contest happened back in March, but the exhibit is currently on display at Art-O-Matic . It is a spectacular celebration of wit, creativity, and craft. Not only was each little box [...]