Miscellaneous

trend time: confections.

All things sweet and dessert-y are everywhere these days — from cake-vertisements to crazy jewelry, check out this week’s design trend: CONFECTIONS! Meringue rings Wedding cake dress Incredible eclairs The Lost cake Prison Break cake The Nikon cake Sweets Flickr collection Designing food Helvetica cake (is that called a Helveticake?)

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Miscellaneous

ciara phelan.

Ciara Phelan sent over a link to her work this weekend and I was pleasantly surprised to see some work that appeared in a back issue of Amelia’s Mag (my first real mag crush… ever, which is sadly no longer in print). Anyway, I love how Ciara manages to marry vintage pin-up collage with nature

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Miscellaneous

weekend mash-up.

Time for another weekend here at Design for Mankind! I’m headed to a mother/daughter banquet with my family tonight (perhaps I’ll write her a thank you note?) and will be cheering on my nephew at his baseball game tomorrow (with a picnic in cute summer sandals, maybe?)! What are your plans? Whatever it is, try

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elsewhere.

Oh, you know — the usual round-up of my work across the Internet this week: –Plush Palate Guest Post: Erin of Design For Mankind –Margaret Russell Talks About The New Elledecor.com –Bright Idea: Black Tape Details –Decor By Mood: Sunny –A Crayola-Inspired Landscape –Kitchen Stools and Sleeping With Bears (at The House that DFM Built)

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