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Evelyn Kasikov's CMYK Alphabet is an amazing feat of embroidery, colour, form and typography.

See the alphabet and process here, but don't stop at that; her other projects and sketchbooks are wonders in and of themselves.

Major kudos.

Your New Favourite Blog

THERSIC, a collaboration between two of my favourite individuals, Kiersten Essenpreis and Wes Cox, fuses art, industrial design, fashion and funny into my new favourite blog. Kiersten and Wes have an endless amount of talent to share and, collectively, four of the best eyes in the biz. Read about their inspiration and the meaning behind THERSIC here.

After you visit, it'll be your new favourite blog too.

Bird Book

This catalogue of birds, courtesy of Andrew Zuckerman, is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen (the photographs especially).
Prepare to be amazed here.

Going Wild

Spike Jonze adaptation or not, I love this compendium of Wild Things tattoos...

Commend

The sheer talent of this artist is so totally mind-blowing...

See more of the work she did for the Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog here.

And here, I thought I couldn't be any more excited for Christmas!

thanks to Yulia Brodskaya for the inspiring work

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Beautiful short by Alexi Parizeau.
The Parishil Boys explain:

"Over the course of two days in July Alexi Parizeau captured the process of Adam Hilborn's first solo show "HOMEWARD BOUND" at the Barbershop Gallery. The camera was capturing images every 3 seconds with a Canon 5D Mk2 and 24mm 1.4F lens, tethered to a laptop.

The first night was a special invitation "Dinner with the Artist". The Dinner was prepared by Justine and Sara Wood of Les Louises. Friends and family were asked to attend the private viewing.

The following evening "HOMEWARD BOUND" was open to the public.

This is how it went..."

Homeward Bound from Alexi Parizeau on Vimeo.

Commend

To this day, one of my all-time favourite websites, Jonathan Harris' The Whale Hunt.
Begin the hunt here.

just beautiful.

Crave, Covet, Commend

I like things.
I want things.
I like to look at nice things and wish that I had them.
I like to come across interesting ideas and wish that I had come up with them.
Whether it be a fresh new illustrator, an innovative way to roast marshmallows, or a current favourite font, there is so much out there that deserves cred.
Thus Crave, Covet, Commend, a new feature I'm adding to the blog that will include a daily item that I crave, covet, ....well, er, you get it.