VisuaLingual Seed Bombs in Audubon Magazine

We’re proud to announce that there’s an article about us in the online version of the current edition of Audubon Magazine, entitled “Grow a Garden with Seed Bombs” and featuring our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger.

VisuaLingual Seed Bombs for MudBuddy

Lightborne is a design studio, production company and editorial house right in our neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati that just released the storybook iPad app MudBuddy, and we produced a line of seed bombs to accompany the launch.

Elsewhere

Spring Handmade Wish List: Through the Eyes of the Mrs. likes our 10 Seed Bombs with Slinger!

Getaway to Cincinnati: this roundup includes Park+Vine in Over-the-Rhine and the Charley Harper mosaic mural downtown.

Miniature Rooms: a crazy-cool Cincinnati-based company that makes, wait for it… miniature rooms.

MoMA to Demolish Williams and Tsien Folk Art Museum: wow, bad news about a really interesting museum building in NYC.

New iPad App: Urban World: I don’t have an iPad, but I want this.

Abandoned, Ctd.: No Such Thing as Was shares beautiful photos of an old railroad bridge in DeKalb, IL.

New York Biotopes: just watch this lovely animation right now.

Abstract Paintings by Malcolm Montague Davis

Boston-based Malcolm Montague Davis trained as an architect whose paintings, which he considers to be abstract, are based on details of his buildings, sculptures and architectural models. Above is an example from his Chama Valley Series.

Sweet Sentiments Seed Bomb Kits by VisuaLingual

Now that Spring has sprung, we’re proud to present three brand-new seed bomb kits, each symbolizing the sweet sentiments you may feel for the special people in your life: your mother, a friend and favorite pair of lovers.

Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky

Mammoth Cave National Park is the world’s longest known cave system, with more than 400 miles explored. Located in central Kentucky [in CST, for anyone who's wondering; this really surprised us when we showed up an hour early for our reserved tour], it features several guided cave tours of varying difficulty.

Landscape With House by Maria Zaikina

Moscow-based Maria Zaikina has created a series entitled Landschaft Mit Haus, or Landscape With House. Using only flat color and the same basic composition, she has created a visual rhythm with great variety across the series.

Elsewhere

Mayor Mark Mallory on How Smart Growth Helped Turn Cincinnati Around: just that.

Valentine’s Gifts for Fine Fellows: Cincy Whimsy likes our Cincinnati-centric neck ties!

Legendary ‘Fritz the Cat’ Director Plans a Film about Coney Island: awesome; check out Ralph Bakshi’s Kickstarter campaign.

Is Building Luxury Housing on the Playgrounds of Public Housing the Worst Idea Ever? Yes. Yes It Is.: strange things are starting to happen in NYC.

For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off from All Human Contact, Unaware of WWII: extreme rural life in Siberia.

Vaguely Rude Place Names of the World: sophomoric and too much fun.

California for Beginners: another silly map.

Looking Back: Best VL Posts of 2012

2012 was an awesome year for us: VL work kept us busy, but we were able to take a few amazing trips. The Great American Road Trip was the highlight of the year, and it took us from Cincinnati through the Southwest, and all the way to San Diego. On the way, we camped in Joshua Tree National Park. Mind blown, and self humbled.

VisuaLingual in Domestica Magazine

Domestica is a Cincinnati-based shelter magazine, and we’re thrilled to have been included in its December issue in an article focusing on tips for the Modern holiday home, highlighting finds from the popular Over-the-Rhine boutique MiCA 12/v.