thanks dear ada for the link to ace jet 170– a design blog that has some really wonderful photos of penguin poet books from the 50′s a 60′s. these books seriously make my heart flutter. i wish i could afford to start a collection. many of them were created by stephen russ, a textile designer i want to learn more about. this top one is my favorite…. ahhh, so incredibly inspiring.
i’m always kind of fascinated by cut paper sculptures. this one above (just a detail) is by christine buckton tillman. she has really great photos of her work on flickr. i’d love to have one of her ceramic logs. (via seamsters-- thanks!)
lisa wong 
i’ve FINALLY set up a flickr account. for now, it’s mostly photos/images i’ve already posted here… but i’ll be adding more soon.
thanks kathleen, for introducing me to the work of ceramicist toshiko takaezu. toshiko was a guest teacher when kathleen did a summer art program at skidmore in ’97. toshiko was born in hawaii in 1922, and has been working in clay for over 50 years. i really love the acorn shape, which seems to be her signature. beautiful photos kathleen! (more on kathleen’s blog: cake & pie).
i rediscovered this great story in japanese magazine casa brutus, from a couple years ago. it was a special issue called muji gorgeous, and various designers used muji products in creative ways… my favorite was this collage wallpaper by mintdesigns. here’s the photo above, and images of the mintdesigns line below…
i’ve been having a lot of problems uploading photos lately… i don’t know why, but it’s very frustrating!
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my friend allison gave me this great book on brazilian artist beatriz milhazes. beatriz “uses tropical fauna and flora, folk art, craft, jewellery, embroidery, lace, {and} carnival and colonial baroque as her major thematic sources”. here are some photos from the book, including one of beatriz’s studio.
i L–O–V–E these new pinecone cards from ferdinand, by karen gelardi. via hoping for happy accidents.