HI + LOW

1935 DIARY

This Letts diary was purchased from the Strand. It was only a few dollars, but had inside the recorded travels of its previous owner from 21 June - 7 August. This person wrote as he/she travelled by boat from New York to Liverpool then on to cities including London, Brussels, Paris, and Munich.

OH, CANADA

In honour of my Canadian husband, I am posting this 1971 Canadian postage stamp design. I found this on a great flickr site by David McFarline (which has many more stamps from various countries).

LIST OF ERRORS

Paul Brians, Professor of English at Washington State University, put together Brians Errors, an online list of common usage errors found in the English language. An extremely useful site that has come in handy for all sorts of projects. Take a look. You may learn something.

COLORED PEOPLE

Colored People by Adrian Piper (1987) was produced for the traveling exhibition Coast-to-Coast: Women of Color National Artists’ Book Project. A group of 36 people were asked to take photos of themselves, each facially expressing the metaphor of color as mood.

RAINBOW VERSES

Found at a thrift store in Graeagle, Ca. 100 cards in a box which reads: "A verse a day to drive the clouds away. Suitable for use at your table or desk; also in the car, sick room, etc. Proceeds used entirely in Gospel Work." circa 1940.

THIS IS A BOOK

It is called Who I think I am. It is the 5th Compendium of the internet specific publication www.thisisamagazine.com with over 200 pages of new works, of which over 150 pages have been cut, sliced, diced, scored, folded and generally messed with then stitch-bound into a hard-cover.

RECEIPTS

In 1964 The Paris Review initiated a series of limited edition prints and posters by major contemporary artists to encourage works in the print medium while publicizing The Paris Review. Below is Andy Warhol's submission. Untitled. 1965. Silkscreen. 37" x 27". Edition of 150.

Below is an old receipt (for Nick Knight's Flora) from one of New York City's great establishment book stores, A Photographers Place, which no longer exists. I believe it is now Agent Provocateur. Here's to all of the Soho stores we used to love....

99 SENTENCES

99 web found sentences is a book by Izet Sheshivari from Geneva, Switzerland. Cool book and great idea.

YEAH, YALE!

The New College Beat is a new zine thought up and produced (with the help of friends) as a means to pay for Ryan Waller's entrance into Yale's School of Art (there are 1000 New College Packs available. If he were to sell each one, that would cover one year of tuition). So help the guy out and buy something.

ART DEPT.

This was my desk while I worked in Martha Stewart's art department. Here, I was working on the December 2004 Living issue (boxes and beaded letters below). Note: the dessert in the background from the Everyday Food test kitchen (a big perk).

RED + LIGHT

A great little red and white vintage, modern desk lamp. It stands 15 inches tall. 5 days left for bidding. I would like to buy this.

PHOTOGRAPHIE 1938

PHOTOGRAPHIE was an annual, special issue of the magazine Arts et Metiers Graphiques entirely dedicated to photography. Published under the direction of Charles Peignot. Peignot and his friends formed the Paris-based group Union des Artiste Moderne, a group "strongly against anything backward looking."

PLAY THIS

Here is a vintage Emerson record player found on ebay in working condition. Doesn't it look like it is in denim? There are 2 days left for bidding. A few other great record players also for sale on ebay: 1, 2, 3. I own an old elementary school Newcomb model similar to this one.

HERE + THERE

is a brilliant magazine series by Nakako Hayashi and published by Nakako Books in Japan. There are six issues.

READY STEADY GO!

or simply RSG! was one of the UK's first rock / pop music TV programmes. The show aired on Friday evenings and was introduced each week by Manfred Mann's "5-4-3-2-1". (J: thank you for this one.)

STILL LIFE

While at Design MW, my co-worker, Yael Eisele had a few torn pages from a World of Interiors magazine taped above her desk with Sivan Lewin's work. I was fortunate enough to work with Sivan on a photo shoot while I was at Kate Spade. Here is some of her work:

CUT + PASTE

I thought I had found an emtpy, old scrapbook with yellowed pages (while combing through a brooklyn thrift store) until I opened it and found a young person's documentation of various airplanes, jets, and machines of flight. Here are a few of the interior pages.

OFFICE SUPPLIES

I love office supplies. So, when I moved my work home, I celebrated by buying a few. First a stapler from Kiosk and then a tape dispenser from Uline. And soon, I will be moving into a real studio (with my friends at Default Office). Can't wait.

AN STORY

Book by Holly Stevenson titled A Mexican Love Story. Published in occasion of the exhibition “Haunted Hallway” at Riviera Gallery in Brooklyn July 27th to August 6th 2006.

SOUVENIR WRAPS

Whenever I travel, I end up buying postcards, candies, and other items to remember the places I've visited. I love that there are still vendors who wrap purchases in these graphic, printed papers. Here are a few I've kept:

52 CARDS, 52 POSES

I bought these body-building playing cards while on ebay one late night thinking they would be great inspiration for a future project. 52 cards, 52 poses. Made in China. I'm still waiting to use them.

HE SAID SHE SAID

This is the work of John Copeland. 56 x 50". Ink, gouache, acrylic and graphite on canvas. 2007

THONET CHAIR

This chair was part of an ebay auction for a set of four authentic, Thonet signed arm chairs with bentwood frames and caned seats. I love the look of the worn green paint.

WORLD GEO-GRAPHIC ATLAS

These 120 large physical/political maps are combined with 1200 charts, graphs & diagrams, and demonstrate Herbert Bayer's revolutionary approach to the expression of quantitative information. It was completed after four years of intensive work by Bayer and his studio team. I've been wanting a copy of this atlas for years.

UNTITLED

This piece by Peter Halley I found listed on the Wright auction house website. Side note: During Peter's formal training, he studied Albers's Interaction of Color which heavily influenced him throughout his career.

WORLD PAPERBACK DESIGN

I happened upon this book on a visit to Kinokuniya bookstore. The book, World Paperback Design, covers paperback design from 10 different countries from the 60s and 70s. It is entirely in Japanese (luckily, the captions are all you need to read).

A YELLOW CITATION

I came across this while perusing typewriters on ebay. It is a Brother Citation manual portable typewriter in yellow. 3 days left for bidding.

LISTEN TO THIS PICTURE

is a catalogue of an exhibition by the photographer Pierre Bailly consisting of portraits of twelve women, at home, while they are listening to their favorite music. Was sold at A.P.C. CD included.

FROM LES BOUQUINISTES

The paperbook, on the left, was purchased from one of the book sellers (or bouquinistes) on the left bank of the Seine river in Paris. There is an entire series of books by this author in many other colorways (which I found online).

FROM THE MERCADO

I purchased this for $1 at the central market in Recife, Brazil when I was visiting my parents. Some of the best vacation buys have been at the downtown "mercados" that can be found in most South American cities.

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

I came across this book, Thank You For The Music, a few months back about homemade CD and mix tape sleeves. It reminded me of those dual-cassette boomboxes that we all used back when to make mix tapes.

In 1983, my Grandma Clawson made me a mix tape with songs from Madonna, Michael Jackson, Dionne Warwick, and others. Below are just a few of the hundreds of tapes she made (note: her beautiful, cursive handwriting).

PATRIOTIC POSTAGE

Here are a few patriotic stamps from my philatelic collection. Some of the best stamps are the U.S. airmail designs from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. A friend and mentor, JP Williams, introduced me to vintage stamps about 8 years ago -- I've been collecting ever since. Happy 4th of July everyone.

10 MILLION MILES

This is an illustration assignment I did a few weeks ago for New York Magazine. The collage ran alongside a write-up for the off-broadway play 10 Million Miles.

FRENCH WINDOWS

This picture was taken on Rue Madame in Paris, France. The building appeared to be an apartment building just across from our hotel and this great cafe called "Bread and Roses". I just love the use of decals as window art.

MY DESKTOP

Check-out my profile on the kate spade "behind the curtain" site.

THE WORK OF MURRAY GUZIK

This is an old, Cooper Union sketchbook with work by Murray Guzik, circa 1949. I found and purchased this at the P.S. 321 Flea Market in Brooklyn, New York. Since then I have noticed a few other posts on blogs from others who also purchased Mr. Guzik's sketchbooks, paintings, and drawings. Have a look...