Street photography // Matt Stuart

If you haven't already seen Matt Stuarts street photography then I highly recommend spending some time looking through his website. His photographs are clever and insightful and will make you smile for certain. What a couple of curious eyes he has!



His advice to other photographers is great

"Buy a good pair of comfortable shoes, have a camera around your neck at all times, keep your elbows in, be patient, optimistic and don’t forget to smile."

Penguin Threads // Jillian Tamaki

The talent and patience of some people astounds me. I am someone who is too impatient to even sketch proper leaves on a drawing of a tree, so anything that looks like it's taken an age and is all the more amazing for it makes me gush. Embroidered by the talented hands of Jillian Tamaki, this new series of embroidered book covers for the Penguin Threads series are completely gush-worthy.



The final covers have french flaps and were embossed to retain the detail and feel of the embroidery. Can't wait to see them in the flesh! (I love the back of black beauty especially so)



(all images copyright & taken by Jillian Tamaki)

Le Creative Sweatshop // Viral paper greatness

French troupe Le Creative Sweatshop are just what they say on the packet. Hugely creative folks who make a whole lotta wonderful things... & almost all from paper no less! (Things that never imagined themselves ever being made in paper)



Their Viral Paper project is especially great... as far as I can deduce it was a project that began as an installation in Amsterdam... and spread to other participants throughout the world requesting and being sent their own colourful cones in return for their photographs.



A paper revolution... Andy Goldsworthy style!



Go to their behance site or website to see their full portfolio. (check out these window displays!)

Palettes of calm // Sol Linero

Tis a rainy old day today. These Beautiful illustrations and muted colour palettes by Argentinian artist and animator, Sol Linero are keeping me happy.



+ more on her flickr site here

BIG love to Japan

So very very horrible what's been happening in Japan. Sending big love and courage to everyone over there. Lots of great artists and designers are fundraising via their various talents which is a hugely wonderful thing to do. I have no such art but can support via others who do. Here are some if you too want to help in some way (every little helps)...

Help Japan poster by Signal Noise



Cards and prints by Hilda Grahnat (who I posted about here)



Posters by Wieden & Kennedy



Make City postcards via Upon a Fold



pdf of the gift wrapping zine by Hello Sandwich

Dear blank

I had many a chuckle over at the Dear Blank site when I discovered it awhile back... and today I was even happier to see that Sapling Press have converted some of those chuckles into real living letterpress letters.



(found via Design Crush & Design Work Life)

Yulia Brodskaya does emotion

Unless you've been hiding under a sheet of paper for the last few years you've most probably seen Yulia Brodskaya's incredible paper work around the place. I've always been an admirer of how she took a relatively nanna like artform of quilling to a whole new and exciting level.



Yulia wanted to raise the profile of paper craft even further to show it's ability to "convey meanings and emotion" This new artwork below is absolutely incredible both in size and in doing everything else she was seeking to do. It blew a little bit of my mind stumbling on it! Go here for a look at the work in process and more explanation.



... just because it'd be a wasted opportunity not to marvel at some more work... her are some of her commercial pieces that you might or might not have already seen before?! oooo aaaa. & in case if like me you can't get your head around how she makes them... check out this little video

Paper weather

Kurt Riedi has come up with a wonderful way of telling the weather forecase with these simple silhouettes and household objects. I love how moody they all are (This'd make even a cold and thunderstormy day an exciting one) & how the sunny sun is such a radiant lightness!



You can go and get your weather report with paper sculptures to boot from right here.