too busy to post much lately... too busy to even look around and be inspired! all i'm doing is work, work, work... but exciting work... & it's good to be busy.

i found the link to photographer kanako sasaki's website via foxntheshow... and i really enjoyed looking through her work-- most of which has girls in dresses as the subject matter... foxnthesnow has a great sidebar of fashion links, including lots of my favorites, and some that were new to me.

i like these two new prints from topshop...

wish list: sandals from apc spring 07

designer ben loiz's website is updated with new projects, & i really liked seeing photos from the "experimental art and learning workshop" that he taught at an l.a. public school. the class included one of my favorite childhood projects-- vegetable printing! i also loved checking out the new site for the A+R store, that ben designed... and totally loved the jewelry by malin nyman (reminiscent of childhood projects too). top two photos from ben, bottom three from A+R.

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"angry flowers" printed fabric by karen gelardi... just beautiful! and in my favorite color too...

my new favorite book is olle eskell, swedish graphic designer. i'm so inspired by his work, the shapes, the colors... i bought the book at park life, in san francisco. more photos here...

gus with patterns

i was so excited that my trip to san francisco coincided with the ruth asawa exhibit at the de young museum. i've been interested in ruth's work for a while, but it's hard to find much about her on the internet. sadly, ruth's work has not always been given the attention that i think it deserves. some art critics considered her technique a craft and not an art form, because of it's similarity to knitting and crocheting. i found her retrospective to be so inspiring, not only her gorgeous sculptures, but her study of repeat patterns while she attended the black mountain college. all photos are from the scuptures of ruth asawa, contours in the air. more here.

new great things from nieves...

new online gallery shop, andyland, sells affordable contemporary art from scandinavian illustrators and photographers. i was excited to see the work of a favorite of mine: photographer louise enhorning, available to purchase. thanks alexandra and ulrika.

ohhh tsumori chisato... for someone fabric obsessed like me, these photos from surface to air are heavenly. i'm in love with them all, as i am with tsumori chisato's prints in general. i can't stare at them enough...

(top three: for spring/summer 06, middle three: for spring/summer 05, bottom three: for fall/winter 05)

little otsu goodies, from my visit there in december... top: otsu bookmark, middle: card by rachell sumpter, bottom: cards by ayumi piland

i love these posters by seripop! the color combinations are really inspiring.

i LOVE these textiles by eco friendly glasgow designer showpony. as she says on her etsy site: "bugs is a pattern with two personalities. at first it seams pretty and appealing, but part the folds to reveal what lurks underneath.... ants, beetles and spiders which feed on dead flowers and other insects amongst thorns and decay." i'm thinking about placing an order... (via micasa, thanks!)