Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: local shopping, a live Nativity scene, carriage rides, and Cajun music this weekend, but let’s not forget that Hanukkah starts at sunset tonight! Cincinnati Inspired Design: VisuaLingual: aww, Becky in ATL has much love for VL! Cedric Michael Cox: Structured Soul: arts writer Geoffrey Dobbins reviews Soul within Structure, an exhibit of [...]

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Wild Edibles Prints by VisuaLingual

This new series of eight tiny Wild Edibles prints includes Persimmon, Morel, Salsify, Dandelion, Jerusalem Artichoke, Nettle, Pawpaw, and Spicebush — edible plants that can be found in wild places, backyards, or parks in the Midwest; many are also common throughout the United States. Each limited-edition print measures 4×4 inches and was printed in two [...]

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Tile at M&M in Downtown Cincinnati

Wowsa, right? This here glittery tiled wall is at 615 Main St. in downtown Cincinnati [apparently, it's the M&M Building]. How amazing is this ampersand?

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Tiny House Paintings by Lab Partners

Remember the cute Monseuir Boudin cards I wrote about this summer? San Francisco-based Lab Partners are continuing to bring on the cuteness, this time with their tiny house paintings, measuring 5×5 or 5×7 inches. These are so sweet that my teeth are starting to hurt!

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OTR Foundation 2nd Annual Neighborhood Holiday Party

On Thu 10 Dec, the OTR Foundation celebrates the 2nd Annual Neighborhood Holiday Party for old and new residents of OTR and its many friends and supporters. The event is 6-10pm at Mr. Pitifuls on Main Street, with live music, food, raffle items and a live auction. There will be specials on Christian Moerlein and [...]

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Midwest Seed Bombs in ReadyMade

Kind and gentle readers, I hope you’re not yet sick of hearing about our Midwest seed bombs, because the world doesn’t seem sick of talking about them. This time, they popped up in ReadyMade Magazine‘s Gift Guide Extravaganza.

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Paintings by Ryan Kapp

Born and raised in Columbus, artist and illustrator Ryan Kapp now makes Chicago his home, where he creates these geometric, flat-colored paintings of mostly suburban-looking homes.

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Elsewhere

Enjoy Your Weekend: shop till you drop! Annual Charley Harper Show: whether to shop or just to look, check out Fab Frames this Saturday. You’ll get a free print! 70 Years Later: Cincinnati Revisited spotlights the photography of Michael G. Smith, who has captured views identical to the Cincinnati photographs by his grandfather, Nelson RonSheim, [...]

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Coney Island Print in Typography Gift Guide

The always inspiring Design Work Life has just included our Coney Island print in its 2009 Typography Gift Guide. We’re so flattered to be featured alongside that hot ampersand pillow!

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Midwest Seed Bombs in Design*Sponge Gift Guide

The blog Design*Sponge just published its annual “under $25″ gift guide, which includes our humble Midwest seed bombs. Thank you, thank you!

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