The internets, for some inexplicable reason, are going gaga over Valentine's Day this year. It's like the holiday has been extended from just the one day to a month-long festival of feasting and orgies, without prior notice. There are hearts being shoved in my face every two seconds, and grade-school-esque cut-out-and-keep type downloadable cards ( Read more... )

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Tchaaa. Tchaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Here I was, thinking I was so clever in making my business displays all whimsical and breaking out the typography-fu. My payment disclaimer, especially.


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Back in November I worked on a whole bunch of hangtag designs for my hats as well as a fresh batch of business cards, and I must say they arrived very smartly. (Thank you to all who bore with me through my design existential angst.)


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Selvedge Magazine informs me that it is . . . WOOL WEEK, dun-dun-duhhh!

Which you should totally celebrate, because HRH The Prince of Wales gives it two thumbs up. And also because sheep+logo design = totally awesome.

A bit closer to home is Jared Flood's new line of 100% American-sourced wool, Shelter, which looks utterly delectable. I know I ( Read more... )

While watching Man Shops Globe's tour of Alessi kitchenware, I reflected at how often cooking implements are mistaken for sex toys. (This is of course particularly inherent in Italian design, but you would be amazed at what people assume when you buy a sturdy, well-made spatula or plane grater ( Read more... )

Possibly old news, but then again, what else is the internet for?

So you need a typeface.*The path to FF Din is particularly great ( Read more... )

Why my Ravelry account gained the OCTO-ATTACK! tag so much sooner than my blog did, I'll never understand. Lapse of judgement. Or maybe I was waiting until the zeitgeist arrow swung around to cephalopods again. Anyway.

How about a nice old-fashioned link dump of OCTO-ATTACK! goodness?

• The Rag & Bone blog, home of sundry wonderful paper creations ( Read more... )