Amazing Things I Want, But Will Probably Never Buy: Part 1

Okay so I've been collecting things that I absolutely love but I will probably never buy. But never the less one can certainly "admire" beautiful things. This is definitely a rather large collection so I'm only going to show the best and present them in a two part series. I hope you enjoy!

Type is Hilarious

When your a graphic designer you find yourself in many conversations when looked at from a third party seems like a ridiculous nerd fest. But seriously when conversation about type come up its seriously hilarious. And I'll prove it to you. Warm up those Jazz hands.

Anything Can Be Art

Look like my title says, anything can be art. Art is what YOU think it is,it's like the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Well to me art is too. I don't believe because art is in a museum that it's art. I believe the way my mom mows the grass in less then 2.5 hours and plans out every vacation to a tee is an art...but you don't. I also believe that poop in a can is art, and yes its been done (look up Piero Manzoni), the cans actually started exploding. Priceless!

Today however I'm going to show you some magnificent works of art. Some are easily agreeable some not so much. But over the last couple of days of collecting and perusing I've started to think. Would my mom think this was art? Would she look at this and be inspired? Thus my conclusion and title ANYTHING can be art. Get your jazz hands ready.























So what do you think? What's art and what's not?

For the Love of Patterns

I love patterns and every once in awhile I get in a mood to create some jazzy new patterns. This weekend has been one of those FANTASTIC weekends. I created a couple patterns out of watercolor washes that I created and found which I then cut into or placed a flat color object over. I do have to say I really liked what came out and I will probably be experimenting with this technique a little more. This idea was inspired by one of my favorite artists Stina Persson. If you haven't seen her stuff you NEED to check it out at . I also got the idea for the dot pattern from the ever so lovely Dannielle Goodrich, who decorated her sisters wedding party with these colorful dots that she cut out of magazines and pasted to plain white Bristol board. I fell in love! I hope you like what you see!

Package Design

Hello there!

So I've been doing a lot of package design lately. I've been adding things to my portfolio. Therefore, the past week I've had a steady obsession with all things that are beautifully and creatively packaged. I believe package design is a lot different from normal print design. You really have to think 3 dimensionally and how elements of your design work in the round effectively. You have to think about your design on shelf and what it will look like placed next to similar products. I am constantly staring at products at the grocery and taking random pictures of cool packaging. For instance take a look at spaghetti sauce the next time you make your trip to your local grocer. Spaghetti sauce is all the SAME, same colors (red, yellow, greens), same bottle shape, similar Italian names (Ragu, Prego, ect...) ITS CRAZY! Here are some designs that I truly love and fell would stand out against their competitors.