I’m really excited about today’s post on one of my favorite paper blogs, Oh So Beautiful Paper — about Paperfinger calligraphy! Have a look and check out all the other beautiful items she features.
It is awesome to see environmentally responsible and well-designed alternatives to plastic water packaging entering the market. There was significant excitement online about Boxed Water is Better For the Earth and I was happy to stumble upon Aquapax, offering a similar solution with beautiful design. SunHouse Creative created the packaging for this water company in the UK. The carton is made of wood from renewable sources plus the water itself has a nearly perfect pH balance, translating to an apparently fresh and pure taste.
(*via Lovely Package)
I am a new fan of the photo blog of Diti Kotecha of Mumbai, India — thanks to Uppercase‘s recent post. A series of photographs of antique typewriters by the Supreme Typewriter Company of Mumbai tugged on Paperfinger‘s heart strings.
The Evolution Store has a gorgeous array of botanical and zoological posters for sale online and in their Soho shop.
(*via Rifle)
A weekend at home
+ significant quantities of NCAA basketball on TV
= home organization plan.
It’s been my goal for March to establish a functioning organizational system for the desk area as well as for a few other sources of chaos in the apartment.
Concept: “A place for everything and everything in its place.”
This involves several phases: 1) List all the categories of things that need a place; 2) Define what type of storage is best suited to those objects and how will that storage will serve must functionally in our lives; 3) Research tools, products, supplies for storage items; 4) Buy selected products; 5) Setup.
Phase 3 took place this Saturday afternoon and resulted in the following documentation, thanks to the incredible Action Book and Action Pad by Behance. My organizational life on paper centers around these products.
My favorite feature in the Behance product line is the dot grid paper, which might be hard to detect in these images, but provides a light gray dotted graph grid background. Very freeing and incredibly useful. The colored tabs are small post-it notes, color coded for each store.
Check back on Paper Tastebuds for the photographs documenting the results of this project!
Item 1 of 2:
Chalkboard Mustache Napkin Rings
(*via Hostess with the Mostess)
Item 2 of 2:
(* via Stewart/Stand store)
This print, from the series titled “Commands,” comes out of the studio Atmostheory in Portland, Maine. I dedicate it to my momma because she loves her shortcut keys. Purchase one from My Little Underground.
(*via No Hidden Message)
Cherry blossom season is around the corner. It has me thinking of Japan. Japan, with its amazing aesthetic, so deeply ingrained in all design! Why is shopping there better than anywhere else? Exhibit A: FIVE FROM THE GROUND, a housewares, personal accessories and design shop that I came across in a post by You Are What You Love. Sorry, but it was nearly impossible not to post every single image from their site.
Turn off your lights tomorrow (Saturday) between 8:30 and 9:30 pm to join with others around the world to demonstrate our commitment to environmental policy and action.
Read about it: Earth Hour 2009
Occasionally, I forget about the daily dose of music from fellow Brooklyn residents, Alex Mejias and Chris Thomas — the folks behind music blog, left as rain. Today, I remembered. They are remarkably good about posting one song daily and they’ve introduced me to a few new artists that I like a lot, plus some gems from familiar ones.
My suggestion today is for you listen to the song from March 24th by Sufjan Stevens (You Are the Rake) for contemplative Friday happiness, followed by their selection from Passion Pit for today, which is sure to rev you up for some fun tonight.