Good Design is Everywhere

Found on one of our go-to sites, Size Too Small, these fashion images paired with some architectural genius is pure harmonious magic.

Feeling These Hues

Apologies for being MIA. I am still trying to figure out how to fix our blog link so you lovely peeps can follow us! In the meantime, here is a post on some brown and yellow hues that go hand in hand with my current mood.

Wonderland

Found on Miss Moss

I can't tell you how much in awe of the blog Miss Moss I am. She did it again with this amazing post of  brilliant combinations of nature paintings and street style fashion. The joining of the two is pure magic! I feel like the fashion designers were inspired by a similar scene and then their completed looks are lucky enough to be transported to the beautiful imaginary world they came from. Talk about a home-coming.

Afton Hakes + Gretchen Jones

Gretchen Jones S/S 2012

Gretchen Jones A/W 2011

I discovered through Ilana Kohn's blog that Gretchen Jones (my favorite Project Runway winner) teamed up with graphic designer Afton Hakes for some of her textile designs for her S/S 12 and A/W 11 lines. Afton does a lot of art direction, so it was interesting to see her design prints for Gretchen's collections.

Ilana Kohn

These scarves are from Ilana Kohn, a designer that is based and produces all her product out of Brooklyn, NY. These prints, from her A/W 2011 collection were done by using a marbling technique that Ilana actually teaches classes on how to do it. Something fun to do next time we are in NY? Oh, and check out her blog. She has some great behind the scenes posts. I love the collections she listed for her Spring inspiration.

Japanese Textiles

I found this Japanese textile on pinterest. It had a great description of Katazome, a traditional Japanese dye technique using a stencil. Thought it would be something interesting to research more of and try out!

Water + Color

Found on my new obsession Tickled Pickle

I love the look of this condensation on the glass with the color in the background. Watercolor print maybe?

Scary but beautiful

If any of these were flying around my head, I would have a genuine freak-out. These images, however, are gorgeous. The natural patterns in the wings are very inspiring!

Spring Color

I found this Spring color palette and was really drawn to it. I've been posting a lot of darks and muted lately and thought a nice color pop was in order.

Greg Otto

Here are some inspiring drawings by Greg Otto. I love the last one. It looks like thousands of birds. I would be incredibly scared in real life!

Palette

Found on Design Seeds

I'm in love with the first palette! The second one, not as much, but was mesmerized by the image. The third one I really like, but not as much as the first! Follow me?

Mixing Textures

After reading that WWD article, I have been thinking a lot about mixing textures, whether it be actual 3D elements or just the look of them. Here are some interesting pairings I found on createthatstyle.com

Mark Rothko

The Mark Rothko painting that we saw at the MOMA still has me in awe. I liked placing it with design rule #10 because to me, the beauty of it is the simplicity of it. It's not over-done, but still well thought-out. 

Francesca Woodman

This immediately made me think of Francesca Woodman. Her photography wasn't trying to pretend to be anything else than what it was. It was raw and sometimes disturbing, but I love that it was real.