Seed Bombs in Summerland

There is a magical place called Summerland… It’s a town of approximately 1500 people, located near Santa Barbara, and Summerland-based Blue Magnolia Floral & Event Design, at 2246 Lillie Ave., now carries our seed bombs.

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Star Wars Travel Posters by Justin Van Genderen

These minimalist travel posters for places like Endor and Tatooine make me laugh. Chicago-based designer Justin Van Genderen created an entire series of screenprinted destination posters for planets in the world of Star Wars; some are still available in his Etsy shop.

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Welcome to New Granada

You know what would be cool? A Film Studies/Urban Planning class whose screenings could include classics such as Metropolis and Weekend, and also little gems like 8 Mile, The Warriors and, of course, Over the Edge. A bit of trivia: Matt Dillon’s famous line, “A kid who tells on another kid is a dead kid” [...]

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VisuaLingual Guest Post on Hatch

It’s another Monday, and it’s time for another guest post, this time on the design blog Hatch, where I share some of my favorite art and architectural finds in Cincinnati. From City Hall to the Contemporary Arts Center, from Hannaford to Hadid, with a healthy dose of Rookwood tile… Check it out, and please add [...]

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Elsewhere

Grandma’s Doily Gas Station Placemats by VisuaLingual: we made MoCo Loco! Downtown Grocery Planned: downtown Cincinnati is getting a new corner store. Cambridge Parking Tickets Get Yogic Redesign: “Getting a parking ticket usually just stresses you out. But maybe it doesn’t have to. Maybe it’s even an opportunity for some existential reflection.” Spheres of Influence: [...]

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100 Acres: Stratum Pier by Kendall Buster

Stratum Pier by Richmond, VA-based Kendall Buster is an emerald green fiberglass and steel pier whose undulating, repeating forms seem to suggest a topographical map. It is one of the many public artworks on display at 100 Acres, the new sculpture park at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, along with Free Basket by Los Carpinteros, [...]

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The Divine Proportion of All Things by Tina Westerkamp

Amanda Checco’s Ice Cream Daydream has some competition from Tina Westerkamp’s The Divine Proportion of All Things for Maya’s Favorite ArtWorks Mural of 2010. Maybe I can have two favorites: Amanda’s in Cincinnati and Tina’s across the river in Covington.

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Highway Block Prints by Margaret Rankin

Margaret Rankin is an artist and landscape architect living in Toronto, who sells her prints on Etsy under the name Magprint. These block prints are from a series based on photographs by Toronto-based photographer Graham Iddon. I love the rich colors and bold geometry of these overpasses — they may be ugly in real life, [...]

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VisuaLingual Guest Post on Stacked

Good morning, dear readers! Please head on over to Stacked, to check out my guest post. Stacked is the blog of the Mercantile Library, a membership library located in downtown Cincinnati. Founded in 1835, it is one of the oldest cultural institutions in the Midwest. I was asked to write a guest post that relates [...]

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Elsewhere

Guerrilla Gardening: the inspiring blog Design Work Life likes our seed bombs! Little Wisconsin: Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York attempts to answer the question, “What will the city look like as Little Italy and Chinatown give way to Little Michigan and Ohiotown?” Man Builds Cat-Sized Village for Homeless Cats: no, really — this village has a [...]

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