More Letterpress

I found a LOVELY letterpress company called Pancake & Franks
and you should see how lovely their holiday line is.
Organic and creative, as well as simple.

Thanks to iloveletterpress.com

Speaking of Thank You cards, there is a line up ("showcase roundup") of photos and links of great thank you cards from letterpress companies on iloveletterpress.com, where I had been looking last week during my search for inspiring Xmas cards.

See below from that site... your birdies...

love birds

I thought you'd like these owls and appreciate the clever allusion to the "loves me, loves me not" with the flower pedals when I saw this silk screen poster for sale on Design Public.

Binth's Silk Screen Prints

Binth, the company where I got your letterpress notebook, also sells experimental, one-of-a-kind screen prints and this is a new one from them. This cute character, peeking out from the edge of the page, reminds me of your sensibility.

"People are like little machines, spitting out a variety of little products"

That quote above is Alexander Egger's first paragraph on his home page. He's a designer whose site I stumbled across today and I dig his collage art work - the ones that look like he used a xerox machine. The site is full of his recent projects (both art and commercial) and they're arranged like chapters in a book. (Though, not to be confused with the chapters of his actual book recently published, and viewable on the site.) Anyways. The above collage is from the section called "Scientists say until 1964 mankind will live permanently on the moon". Interesting stuff.
There's sooo much to look at on this site!

Egger's drawings are also wonderful on the section called "But the Sun Likes Me"


And more great collage art from "We have no scar to show from happiness"


His client work and layouts (such as the one below) show clear signs of being influenced by Swiss designer Josef Muller-Brockmann.
Here's Egger's piece...

Here are two examples of Muller-Brockmanm's work:

For more on Muller-Brockmann's work: click here for Image Now Gallery's online exhibition of his posters.

Lost in Translation

I got this Chinese waterproof bag to hold Turner's toys or as a handy tote for traveling. The little faces are so happy, and the little bee buzzing around makes me smile. It seemed like an innocent purchase until one day recently I noticed what the honey jar actually says...

Their intention was not this result, clearly!

Don't You Ove When Googe Screws Up?

Today, I felt like dropping my L's because Google dropped theirs! Rather than Google, it was Googe all day. Was it a mistake...intentional...or do I just don't know how to read chocolate fonts? Apparently I wasn't the only person to notice.