Best of New York, Vinyl Wall Lettering
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
New York Magazine's "Best of New York" issue has just been released and this year, like in the past, the magazine has invited several artists/designers to submit proposals for the special edition of this cover. This year's proposed artists included Brooklyn-based street artist KAWS, book-jacket designer Evan Gaffney, Stefanie Barth and Julie Hirschfeld, from Stiletto NYC, Mother Design, from the ad agency Mother, and magazine and book designer Tom Brown.Eventually, the Kaws cover got green-lighted.
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Construction slated to begin in 2010, the Federal Aviation Administration has approved the expenditure of funds from airline passenger ticket taxes to pay for the design and engineering drawings of the first phase of the planned modernization project at Chicago's O'Hare Airport (ORD).
O'Hare Modernization Project includes replacing four runways, decommissioning three runways, and extending two runways. The reconfiguration of the airport is estimated to increase the airport's capacity to over 3800 operations daily and cut delays by 79%, according to Airport-Technology reports.
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Anna Holdaway is an interior designer who specializes in creative home decor, and often times uses vinyl lettering, sometimes referred to as wall words, to achieve breathtaking designs for her clients.
Some may be asking, Why add wall words, or wall lettering to the walls our home or apartment? The answer is simple; Wall Words can create an inspiring, calming, or uplifting effect to any room in your home. They also give your home a touch of personality, and can bring your own personal charm into your decorating.
Once you've seen some examples of how wall words can enhance the look and atmosphere of your home, you'll be hooked! You can see examples of Wall Words at vinylwalllettering.com, or vinylcraftlettering.com.
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Lord of Design has some amusing clip art for you to grab up. These are all about hand gestures and yes my friends, some of them are crude.
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Please do not miss out on the downloads and freebies offered by LollyChops. Everything from tags to stationery and cut out decors are offered for those of you who enjoy paper crafty goodness.
Labels: architecture, clipart, interior design, magazine, paper art, typography, wall lettering
MyPrinties inspires creative children
Sunday, February 15, 2009Paper Art Creative has 16 pop-up card designs to share. The last set of creative animal paper craft, pop up card designs included: Sea Otter, monkey, teddy bear and sitting dog. Now that all the samples and designs are created they'll be working on sharing tutorials on how to make them.
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Printies(TM) toys are making their debut this week at the American International Toy Fair in New York City (February 15-18). Toy Fair attendees will be able to create their own custom Printies stuffed toys at Techno Source's hi-tech toy factory using home inkjet printers (Jacob Javits Center, Booth #3149). Printies Design Studio kits and refill packs will be available at retailers nationwide in fall 2009. The entire line will retail for under $20 and is appropriate for children ages 6 and up."What child wouldn't want to have the power to design their own toy and then watch it come to life exactly as they imagined it?" says Eric levin, president, Techno Source. "First, at MyPrinties.com, kids have access to powerful design tools that are simple to use, and completely kid-friendly. Then, thanks to our specially designed Printies fabric sheets, kids can print their creation right onto pre-sewn fabric templates that are ready to be stuffed. There is no cutting, no sewing, no gluing, and most importantly, no mess! The end result is a stuffed toy that looks amazing and is 100% created by the child."
The Printies online design studio at MyPrinties.com will offer kids an online experience that is simple, intuitive and entertaining. MyPrinties.com will offer children thousands of professional art assets and design tools like coloring, painting, and resizing effects. There, children will be able to start with a blank canvas or select from quick start templates that allow them to customize professional designs. Kids can customize everything from a Printies’ hair to its toes and can even add scanned photos and other images for truly limitless customization.
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If you think you can design Tennis Art for Ellessa's 50th Anniversary International Art & Design Competition, then head over to their contest page to download the packet and read up on the terms and conditions.
Labels: children, contest, myprinties, paper art, pop up cards
Roadside Project Paper Art
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Jayme McGowan is paper artist and illustrator working in Sacramento, California."My hope is to produce work in a variety of media, in large and small scale, that aim toward a high level of artistry and innovation while maintaining a spirit of roadside earnestness."
As you can see, her paper art is three dimensional and colorful. In some respects it reminds me of the Coraline illustrations. When you order a print of the art it comes on paper which is archival, moisture and scratch resistant, and has a luster finish (soft gloss) for vivid color that gives the 2D printed image as much life as the original 3D illustration.
She says having a shop, Roadside Projects, on Etsy (coming up on a year now) has helped with her inspiration.
"Etsy is a huge inspiration, just seeing what kind of creative things other folks dream up."
She has all her past artwork and projects photographed and shown on Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadside.
Labels: Etsy, paper art, roadside
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