David Montgomery | Photographer
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in promo shots for The Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers My wife’s business has recently made connections for her with a young industrious English woman by the name of Marissa Montgomery, who creates a clothing line of very nice things if you’re in the market for some beauties for your beautiful [...]
Zak Smith | Artist Snapshot
Sasha, Acrylic and metallic ink Primarily known for his portraiture, Zak Smith’s abstract pattern work is what I find most fascinating about his paintings. Like the above portrait and the few others scattered through the below abstract pieces, he has a gift for successfully creating such complex pattern among detailed backgrounds and shadows. The pieces [...]
Japan Blue | Japanese Indigo Patterns
Definitely one of my favorite pattern reference books in my collection is Japan Blue. I found it some years ago at Hennessey & Ingalls in Santa Monica. Besides being a great historical reference of Japanese indigo printing and dying techniques over the past couple centuries, I love the patterns and natural indigo shades- and it [...]
Guest Post | Pitch Design Union
I’d like to welcome our guest, designer and writer Margot Harrington of Pitch Design Union. I am a big fan of her work and very much appreciate her taking the time to share her creative eye and insight in the post below. Enjoy!
Ponoko | Laser-Cut Design Manufacturing
Wooden bank by WoodMarvels Hailed by some as the future of manufacturing, laser-cut manufacturing is being made accessible to the masses by the guys at Ponoko via the convenience of your own computer. Although Ponoko is based in Wellington New Zealand (with an outpost in California), by uploading one’s own product designs to the Ponoko [...]
Lemon Twist | Graphic and Fashion Dynamic Duo
One of the great pleasures of my job with Mavi Jeans has been participating in collaborative projects with different artists. One project in particular was with the Lemon Twist Studio, a San Francisco-based design studio and fashion retailer. Owned and operated by Eric and Danette Scheib, Lemon Twist is part graphic art and photography springboard [...]
Happy 10th Birthday to the Tate Modern
Kidrobot Collaborations
Paul Smith Kidrobot, the great collaborative hub, has always done a great job reaching out and working with creative types not usually associated with designer “toys” such as Kidrobot’s menagerie of Japanese-style vinyls. The relationships are certainly mutually-beneficial as the coolness factor goes both ways.
Istanbul | Textures and Tastes
The view from my hotel room window at the Marmara Pera- a great angle from which to see the waterway called the Golden Horn.
Photoshop? Great Art Direction | The New York Times
Again with the theme of “quality art being all around us”, sometimes it’s actually thrown into our driveways (or piled in a stack at the newsstand). Published first in 2004 (approx. 14 times per year), The New York Times Style Magazine is always adorned with a cover that stops you in your tracks. Most magazine [...]
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