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color of the week: peach.

I’m having a spring fling with peach at the moment; it’s such an under-appreciated neutral, yes? Here are a few of my favorite peach-toned products I’m craving (and how great is peach when paired with salmon and blush?: 1. Essie nail polish ($8) at Zappos 2. Peach feather drop earrings ($13) at Miss Selfridge 3.

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MIXkind 02

Hey folks. I’m back with the soundtrack to your Monday. Don’t worry — no one will laugh if you chair dance in your cubicle. MIXkind 02: 01. Combat Baby — Metric 02. Know Me — Frankie Rose 03. Maybe Lately — Miracle Fortress 04. Hang on to Your Ego — The Beach Boys 05. So

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bookmark it.

Happy Friday, friends! Here’s what caught my eye this week: 1. Michelle Hartney’s geode jewelry is perfectly on trend. 2. Daniel Arsham and DIG (the architecture of excavation) is fascinating! 3. Elyse Graham’s gravity installation: confusing, but awesome. 4. The 11 best art/design books of last year (I concur!). 5. Karl Maughan’s paintings are now

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typo graphic.

When you start working with typography on a daily basis, it begins to become normal to swoon over pieces of type (yeah, it just got a little weird over here…). This week I’d like to call attention to the terminal — the end point for a stroke on a letterform. These are all examples of

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pattern play: scribbles!

We’ve got yet another awesome contributor to share today (you’re loving them so far, aren’t you?!!!)! Kimberly Stapleton will be joining us twice a month for a round-up on today’s trendiest, most unexpected patterns – and the products that sport them ever-so-wonderfully. Take it away, Kimberly! My trusty black sharpie and I have been inseparable

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wanderlust.

It’s time to announce another contributor to the site! Meet Joanna Hawley, who will be providing insanely amazing art+travel pairings. She killed it with this first post, didn’t she? Welcome, Joanna!!! Icy greenish blue is illuminated with ivory and jet black to make a lovely sea glass opaque indeed! LINKS: YELLOWSTONE PARK AND PROENZA SCHOULER

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