Hello? Anyone out there? It has been a looong time since my last post. I started this blog so I could keep a digital archive of all the cool, inspirational things I found online. And then this happened:



Pinterest. (Why didn't I think of this??)
Follow me here: http://pinterest.com/parisoh/

sky series

i am enamored with eric cahan's sky series - photographs initially captured as sunrises or sunsets. employing dozens of graduated filters traditionally used by filmmakers, he then produces chromium prints of each image numerous times until the end result is achieved. beautiful! (i'd love to have these as a series on a huge white wall!)

happy new year!

teresa wozniak's new year's resolutions. what are yours? i'd like to blog more, eat less candy, replace a few hours of hgtv per week with reading, experiment with new recipes, and break a sweat 2-3 times per week.

illustrated alphabet

amazing pencil-drawn illustrated alphabet by jakub konvica.

handy links for inspiration

everyday check-outs:
http://typeverything.com/
http://www.notcot.org/
http://www.theserved.com/
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/
http://www.architonic.com/nttre/design/7030002/1
http://designobserver.com/

pinterest:
http://pinterest.com/parisoh/

design aesthetic i'd like to try: paper!
http://www.petercallesen.com/paper/a4-papercuts/
http://pinterest.com/parisoh/paper-paper/

paper executed digitally:
http://www.siblingrivalrywine.ca/
http://www.efinterns.com/
http://www.designsponge.com/

actual photography:
http://pinterest.com/parisoh/infographics/

splashes

check out this beautiful high-speed photography of liquids by heinz maier:




(follow-up 11/07/11) this must be a trend! more along the same vein:
- water drops by markus reugels:


- aqueous by mark mawson:


- ink + water by alberto seveso:

blogtastic! typeverything.com

check out this great blog for some serious typographic inspirado: typeverything.com

the lost type co-op

this is so great! the lost type co-op is the first pay-what-you-want type foundry: users pay what they can, and 100% of the sales go directly to the font designers. some beautiful type faces, to boot!

culinary flags

how beautiful are these? created by whybin tbwa for the sydey international food festival, these culinary flags were created using iconic foods native to their homeland:


greece


japan


brazil


italy

(i'm hungry.)

50 fantastically clever logos

this collection of logos is incredibly inspiring! such thoughtful, clever, and simple solutions that make me say... why didn't i think of that?!

a brief history of title design

a beautiful compilation of movie title screens - set to "ghostwriter" by RJD2. (presentation video for the sxsw "excellence in title design" competition screening.)

the summer day

who made the world?
who made the swan, and the black bear?
who made the grasshopper?
this grasshopper, i mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
i don't know exactly what a prayer is.
i do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what i have been doing all day.
tell me, what else should i have done?
doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

- mary oliver

neighborhood posters

sweet work by ork posters!

'light shower' at salisbury cathedral

so amazingly pretty! installation by bruce munro - consists of 2, 000 shimmering teardrops set at the end of fiber optic threads.

tether inc. - packaging design

kudos to my friend dan (and tether inc.) whose gatorade g-series packaging design made it on thedieline.com! hot stuff! (ps - i like the blue flavor.)

correspondence with a mailman

an inspiring project about mail art, communication, and human connection. full story by jeshurun webb here.

the golden rule

well said! a lovely letterpress print from the amazing folks at studio on fire.

refraction - the alphabet

feast your eyes and ears! refraction - the alphabet by jesse zanzinger.

the desktop wallpaper project

check out this amazing collection of desktop wallpaper art by the fox is black. (i'm on my third wallpaper today - there are just too many great options!) enjoy!

movie title screens - 1900s-present

love old movies? love typography? check out christian annyas' website: "the movie titles stills collection," which beautifully captures movie title screens dating back to the 1900s. (some of my favorites posted above -- love the ones from the 1930s!) enjoy!