taki bibelas

i love the dreaminess of taki's photos and i love the format of his website since it looks like you are just flipping through his portfolio. very pretty work.

josef hoffman

i had no idea that one man designed so many tabletop items that i have been coveting for years. many of josef hoffman's classic designs are available at the neue galerie shop. if only it wasn't a recession...

sanna annukka

i love sanna's graphic illustrations and prints especially this cool gold foil screen print. check out her site for more images.

andrea russo

andrea russo is a paper folding genius. her work is mesmerizing and inspires me to work on my art projects more. check out her tons of beautiful designs on her flickr page.

vee speers

australian photographer, vee speers has a new series of photos titled "the birthday party". the series includes eerie and beautiful photos of children. very nice!

colette de barros

very pretty and laid-back fashion photos. you can tell that colette has a knack for styling too since all the shots on her website are cool and well edited.

birch gets me every time

i am super excited about christmas decorations already. oh joy! posted about the terrain store in pennsylvania last week and directed me to the velocity website to purchase these amazing roost birch veneer trees and ornaments. i have such a tough time resisting birch!

nice mailer

i rarely (if ever) get psyched to see an email from adbase in my inbox (especially the ones sent in the middle of the night. what are they thinking?), but this was a cute idea from a photo/illustration rep, snyder and company. very cute and it made me look.

elsa mora papercuts

wow! these are so lovely! elsa mora has a super cool blog devoted to her papercutting. she also has a store on etsy where you can buy prints of her amazing designs.

i love this one for grace and zac. so cute!

today is the day

wow. what a long election. i woke up very early this morning ready to vote and ready to win. my line wasn't too bad, but my co-workers came across many lines that were hours long. i can't stop reading the news online today even though we won't know anything until tonight.

here is a super cool graphic from the new york times that shows the current moods of democrats (in blue) and republicans (in red). very telling.

poladroid

this is the COOLEST thing in the whole world!

ok, maybe i was a little tipsy when i tried it last night, but it's seriously amazing. these are digital photos from my computer that i turned into awesome polaroids in just a few minutes.

the program is super fancy and makes all the right sounds and develops in front of you in real time and you can even shake it to make it go faster. you can stop developing if you like the way it looks or you can wait until it's fully "developed". insane!!

isn't baby grace the cutest?

click on the photos to see them large. the detail is super real.

rose and radish

this online store has some super cool chotskies. i especially love the boy candle since it reminds me of my nephew, zac and it's only $3.50.

design for obama

i ran across this amazing poster website when i was reading an article in the ny times by steven heller. the excitement that the obama campaign has created in the design community is very inspiring. you can also download the posters from the site and print them out for your nov 4th vote count party!

fall in ohio

we went to ohio this weekend to visit our lovely friends scott and gigi and it was amazing. here are a few pics from the trip- nature and still lives from their cute house. i love fall!

guido castagnoli

italian photographer, guido castagnoli documents the quietness of japanese life outside of the bustling metropolis of tokyo with his large format photos which are on display at sasha wolf gallery in tribeca.

abelardo morell

these beautiful camera obscura and cliche verre photographs by abelardo morrell are on display at bonni benrubi gallery in new york until december 6th. very nice!

leslie williamson

leslie is working on a project documenting the homes of lots of famous designers and architects. here are a few images from her website, but she has a ton more that are really inspiring and she is possibly producing a collection of the images in a book in the future. i will keep you posted on that. in the meantime, check out her website, it's very nice.

dan tobin smith

wow! these are seriously intense still lifes! how amazing!

alejandra laviada

alejandra's art explores the connection between photography and sculpture. in her recent series, she created sculptures from found objects and then documented them beautifully with her photographs. her images are truly beautiful in their simplicity and the colors and compositions remind me of morandi paintings. i still need to see that show at the met.

you can see her work in person through november 8th at danzinger projects in nyc.

color photographs

this beautiful tartan ribbon is the first color photograph from 1861. insane. the flower still life is from 1905. both are so contemporary. it blows my little mind how old they are.