Pattern Design

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Reading about pattern design, simple continuous pattern instructions for Illustrator

Loving Spoonflower to be able to test new designs on your own fabric, and their tutorial on making designs with leaves

More wants more

Just got back from seeing James Michener's collection of art based on The Floating World, Exquisite Visions of Japan.

Momiji Dolls seen at the University of Texas Blanton Museum's Gift Shop


Must revisit printmaking, specifically color woodblock printing, as well, I must have these dolls for my office. I heart them.

Wordle

To be in New York...

The Met Museum's special exhibit Fashion and Fantasy

Anything, for a year

Free font from Skull-a-Day via BoingBoing.net.


Maybe should seriously think about doing something, every day, for a month, a year, whatever, just to kind of force the production of work. Collage? Sewn art? Paper? Jewelry? All of the above in one kind of theme? Just to produce anything, something that can be started and finished in a day. thinking.

Portfolio

I have revamped and rebuilt my portfolio with the awesome help of GraphicsDFW and the line Pina Zangaro. I chose the frost line with the screwpost binding in landscape 11"x17" which ended up resulting in expensive printing of the pages, but it's worth it.



For my 'leave-behinds' I wanted to do a book as close to possible as my nice big expensive one. Unfortunately Kinko's didn't have the cover in frost, but I remembered that the quilting templates I'd used were frost, so I bought a bunch of these in 12"x18" and had kinko's cut them back to 11x17 and add a coil bind.

And the best thing is that I got to use craft supplies in my professional design portfolio. :)

I always wanted one of these...

The extent of my treehouse experience was a few cardboard boxes in a greenbelt near my house. But these take the cakeUltimate Treehouses

Wall Decor

Brilliant. I love marimekko, but also love DIY. Check it out: Marimekko Kits

Surfing... Design Sites

A friend of mine wrote a series of essays for this site, and i've been hooked ever since... Plinth & Chintz

Ideo

I love this company. I've read about it, interviewed the founder, and consistently visit the web site to find out what they're up to. If I had an appropriate level of confidence (and a stronger desire to leave my job) I'd totally apply to work there. And I want want want this for Christmas.