Good morning, Design for Mankind! It’s a new day and a new week, and I’ve got a new project for you! Crafters and seamstresses unite— you’ve got SEVEN days to embroider the above pattern (which is OH so adorable). Get to work, take a photo and the first person to finish within a week WINS!
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lazy soosan.
With e-zines popping up all over the place this year (stay tuned for INSPIRATION’S SECOND ISSUE RELEASE ON TUESDAY!), I wanted to shed some light onto a phenomenal project from gal-pal duo Laura and Lucy. The ladies refer to themselves as Lazy Soosan and have completed a fascinating project entitled The Alphabet Series. The series
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five for friday: lertsis postcards.
Woo hoo! New feature time! Check out Five for Friday at the end of every week— Design for Mankind will be featuring the thriftiest finds on the web— all under five bucks! Perfect for an early weekend mini-celebration, and won’t break the bank! Today’s Five for Friday is from Lertsis, available right here at Dawanda.
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elsita.
I met Elsa Mora (Elsita) through her lovely photos at Flickr and was instantly obsessed. Elsa has the most fabulous eye for all things beautiful, and I just love visiting her recent photos on a daily basis. Best part? She’s an INSANE artist. INSANE. And in my head, INSANE is sort of like calling someone
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illustration play.
Just wanted to send a HUGE congratulations to my dear friend Lisa Solomon on her upcoming excerpt from Illustration Play, a FANTASTIC book published by Victionary Press. I’ll let Lisa explain the deets: Illustration Play explores new trends in handcrafted illustration, each of which lends a welcome departure from digitally generated graphics. In a bold
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goodwill hunting.
Shelly Leer (a.k.a. Upholstery GODDESS) just sent me over her most recent DIY project and I am LOVING the result. A boring Goodwill coffee table was given the ultimate makeover and is now a decorator’s dream bench! She was kind enough to write out step-by-step instructions for the textile-deficient (read: me). Thank you, Shelly—- FANTASTIC
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print of the day: specimen 10.
“one little, two little, three little specimens…” $29 from Wondercabinet.
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plover organic.
Plover’s already made the rounds via Irene and Victoria, but I had to put in my two cents, for what it’s worth: It just hit me that I’ve been on such an art kick lately (you know, for like eight months) that I’ve been neglecting my love affair with textiles. It’s quite unwarranted, really; I