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I want to hold you book cover [Carlo Giovani]

Fern — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:21:44 +0000

This book cover is actually entirely digital, which bums me out a little because I would love to track down the nonexistent original and run my fingers over it. Texture and layers, how I love thee!

The colors are fantastic, the textures of the papers are fantastic, the edges and patterns created within each layer are fantastic, and yes, the typography… mmmm! faantastic!

Created by Carlo Giovani. See more at his site.

via I love typography

La Figa: Visions of Food and Form

Fern — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:46:08 +0000

The body is art. Food is art.
Who knew that combined, they’d make a landscape,
also art!

It’s beautiful, it’s playful.

Created by Tiberio Simone and Matt Freedman. Learn more at La Figa.

via Brainpickings
(learn much more there as well!)

earth rug [ParkeHarrison]

Fern — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:32:20 +0000

by Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison

via My Modern Metropolis

Red Head [Alex Stoddard]

Fern — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:40:54 +0000

by Alex Stoddard

I love this.

He’s still in the middle of his 365 project… much more on Flickr

via My Modern Metropolis

Regen-01 [Miloza Ma]

Fern — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:58:27 +0000

Saw this at a booth at one of Hangzhou’s Creative Expos and was quite charmed!
I’m a fan of the color and texture of the figure…

by Miloza Ma.
More Regen-01 at this blog post.

Forgotten Fairytales [Zhang Jingna]

Fern — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 11:26:10 +0000

Structure. Flow. Mood. Emotion.

Fan!

by Zhang Jingna

Facebook Photo Depth [Phillip Maisel]

Fern — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 10:40:50 +0000

“Inspired by a quote from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who famously said: “We’re going to change the world. I think we can make the world a more open place,” Phillip Maisel created a series which examines the fleeting nature of the massive amount of photos we electronically store.

To create “A More Open Place,” Maisel took long-exposure photographs of a computer screen while flipping through photo albums on Facebook.”

by Phillip Maisel

via thinkpositive at My Modern Metropolis

Lamp!

Fern — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 04:44:47 +0000

Glowing warmth, fluidity, and movement
all within a perfectly functional object.
Function and Beauty!

via Madeline’s blog: Circo DellArte: Ispirazione: e Ora Alcune Lampade

(Neither of us know the source/creator of this lamp, unfortunately.)

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Fern — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:05:34 +0000

I love going out of my way, beyond what I know, and finding my way back a few extra miles, by another trail, with a compass that argues with a map, with strangers’ contradictory anecdotal evidence. … Times when some architectural detail or vista that has escaped me these many years says to me that I never did know where I was, even when I was home. Stories that make the familiar strange again… Conversations that make everything around them disappear. Dreams that I forgot until I realize they have colored everything I felt and did that day. Getting lost like that seems like the beginning of finding your way or finding another way, though there are other ways of being lost.

Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost, 13