Incredible time lapse project Yosemite HD by Sheldon Neill and Colin Delehanty showcases the wonder of the sights/sites at Yosemite National Park. Wish we could to the way-out-there more often.

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Very cool toothpick holder for your tabltop by John Brauer, available at Moma

New print release! Andrea Hornick’s work centers around the addition of animal spirit guides to old masters’ portraits of women. Bound and Protected features Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres’ portrait of Betty de Rothschild. Andrea altered Ingres’ painting to include Betty’s spirit guides – a pair of blessbucks.

These blessbucks help her to be in two places at once; she is hosting a safari and must be present with her guests, so one animal helps her to do this. In addition, she has offered to find each of her guests a power animal, so the other animal takes her on these quests. She gets on the back of the blessbuck, whom she rides on a journey to be shown the power animal of each guest, returns to report her findings, and then goes out again to quest for the next guest. This approximates a self-portrait, as she takes on my role as shaman, is Jewish, and wants to be in many places at once.

15% of each print sold will be donated to Victory Junction, who provide a fun and safe camping experience for children with serious illnesses. Andrea chose Victory Junction because she believes that spending time in nature can be incredibly restorative and healing. Read our interview with Andrea here, and buy the print here.

Andrea’s process drawings.

I’ve been noticing a lot of non-square grid note/sketchbooks lately.  Check out the XYZ Note by KAMKAM and get your isometrics-on.

Lladró has been putting out some great collections recently, like the Metropolis, and now - The Guest by Jaime Hayón - with Tim Biskup and Devilrobot.  Check out more images and the story at Dezeen.

How pretty are these Yö metsässä textiles by Saana ja Olli? I love the pixelated graphics.

Everybody’s got a toe shoe model now. I kinda like how ninja these Adidas adiPURE Trainers look.

After launching the Calligraphy Necklace in November of last year, calligrapher Crystal Kluge and I wanted to come out with some ready-to-wear designs. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, the Endearments necklaces seemed like the natural next step, allowing you to memorialize the endearment you’ve given to your favorite person. Now they can keep the love token close to their heart in the form of a sweet, hand-calligraphed necklace. Current designs include Love, Sweetheart, Babe, and Honey. We’ll be adding more endearments later, so suggestions are welcome!

I’ll take the Sincol x MT wall tapes over pre-cut wall decals. They are far more flexible and fun – you can play with diy graphics, shapes, patterns – start layering and take advantage of its translucency. They come in various widths, colors, and patterns. Plus, how cool is it that all MT tapes are rice paper based?

Very cool scientific illustration plates from the NYPL Digital Archive for Classic Illustrated Zoologies and Related Works, 1550-1900.