Found another typewriter at an estate sale. I swear I’m not obsessed with typewriters or estate sales. It’s just that the two sales I’ve been to both had a beautiful, irresistible machine. Maybe I’ll start collecting them? Besides stickers and erasers I’ve never collected anything and probably shouldn’t now (plus Ravi’s not fond of the idea) but these are just too good. From what I’ve discovered, this is an Underwood Noiseless 77, 1939 and was the same model that Hemingway used. Sweet.
I think I just spent an hour looking at this site (currencymuseum.net) so I had to share. It’s a collection of bank notes from all around the world. I know nothing about paper money except that the Chinese were the first to invent it around 900AD because they ran out of copper. So glad they did because pretty much all paper money is amazingly designed. My neighbor just told me that even famous architects were once the face on a bill. Must find out more!
It’s not easy choosing a favorite so I went with my country of birth. Plus, black and pink. How hot is that? These German notes are from the 1948 and 1964.
In 2003 I found a picture of an “Om” that I really liked and stuck it in my journal. I’ve always wanted one but I don’t like most of the ones I’ve seen. At least not for a tattoo. This one was almost right. I changed it a bit and finally, 6 years later, I got up the courage to go with two of my best friends and take the plunge. Ok, here’s the REALLY wacky part and I swear I’m not making this up… but… when I went back to find the journal entry to see how long ago it was exactly, I was shocked to see the date. August 17th, 2003. That’s today.
The very talented artist who gave me my tattoo: Dave Sanchez
is the name of the pretty little typewriter I picked up at an estate sale. Thank you to the man who left me this. It’s already brought me a couple fun hours away from the computer.
My friend Sylvina just returned from her trip to China and brought back the most thoughtful gifts. This one’s so pretty I had to share it. I love the inkwell. The ink itself is dense and mud-like. That along with the hand carved name on the stick gives this set a primitive feel. Thanks Sylvs!
With the economy in a freefall, more companies are pinching pennies by asking designers to work “on spec” — in other words, to produce completed creative work with no guarantee of being paid.
Spec work devalues the communication design profession. It reduces communication design to a commodity, rather than to a specialized service.
In response to the trend of working on spec, designers have bonded together as an organization called No!Spec. A grassroots effort, No!Spec formed three years ago after companies began soliciting work through design contests at an alarming rate.
To learn more: http://www.no-spec.com
Just got the Pantone 179C mug. I was psyched they had my favorite color. When I looked them up for this post I saw someone painted their stairs with pantone chips. Funny.
Knitted a baby blanket for my friend’s baby, June. I used a very soft organic cotton called Pakucho.
Our wedding was a year ago. Took me 6 months to make the albums. I had no clue what I was getting myself into. I wasn’t psyched about the digitally printed albums and wanted a more traditional book with real photos. Ended up going with this 9.5×12.5 in, 100 page leather album. I now understand why photographers charge so much for this type of album. Calculating the number of pictures needed to fill the all pages, choosing which ones would be blown up, making sure you covered every part of the wedding. Holy shit. It took forever. So worth it though. The gorgeous pictures are thanks to the wonderful Steven and Carmen Lam.
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