thoughts for a friday.

SWEET-PAUL-MAGAZINE

photographer yunhee kim. it’s been a rough week, people. it’s been heart-wrenching and maddening and i for one am glad it’s over. it’s only over in the sense that it’s finally friday, and i’m sure we all still have lots on our minds this weekend, but i think an escape is called for. at least from the news for a little while. i am going to... 
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thoughts for a friday.

gather-journal-print-mag

daniel fischbaeck print via typo/graphic posters. for a long time, i kept hearing ‘print is dead’ and i mourned that. i love print. for many years i was actually a print production manager, working in ad agencies producing print advertising for campaigns like these for levi’s 501′s and condé nast publications. it was fun, it was tactile and it was... 
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fab friday.

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vintage penguin classics from hannah ellen. i need to read more. and not on a kindle or an ipad. while those are very nice, i need the tactile feel of a real-live paper pages…beautiful book covers and bindings, the relaxing sound of flipping through a honest-to-goodness magazine. i like having the option to go back a few pages and check out things i want to understand... 
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cut & paste.

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i am an addict…magazines are my drug. i can’t get enough of design magazines. and with so many of out favorites disappearing (boo, hoo domino, i’ll never get over you), i am really glad i save them, and i tear my favorite pages out to paste into design journals. my little brother used to think i was mad – “what are you doing tearing up those stacks... 
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Foreign Correspondent: Elle Decor Italia.

I’m back with another edition of Foreign Correspondent, this time sharing with you the gorgeous February issue of Elle Decor Italia. The whole magazine is flooded with these amazing images of earth tones and neutrals that made me just want to gut my whole place. Many are stark rooms with little furniture, and I often crave living this way. But, who am I kidding, I’m... 
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