Source • Design is History is an online library that was created as a teaching tool for designers just beginning to explore graphic design and as a reference tool for all designers. It provides overviews of a wide range of topics rather than an in-depth study of only a few. • Do you struggle with success [...]

Exactly one week ago, we came, we saw and we conquered Disneyland. Though I’d been to Disney World three times in the past, I’d only been to Disneyland once previously (last February) and since it was during Spring Break and overly crowded, I didn’t feel like I’d gotten the full experience. This year, I was [...]

Maxfield is an upscale, slightly mysterious mini department store in LA that carries the absolute best selection of avant garde fashion. I picked up one of their business cards last week and was impressed with the very crisp, simple, minimal design. All of The Typofiles can be viewed here.

A few weeks ago, the brand new Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School website that represents all of the worldwide branches went live. Front Page, Dr. Sketchy’s Site Over the holidays last year when Molly Crabapple commissioned me to redesign her blog (which was coded by Star), I presented two separate ideas — one in a subtle [...]

It’s still toasty outside but Fall is already on my mind. While on vacation in Los Angeles earlier this week, I found the most perfect scarf at H&M. Black and white with a graphic print, to me it has a very Marimekko feel. New accessories are a great way to freshen up a mostly monochromatic [...]

The Travel Files: Part 01 I have returned from LA and now it’s time for the update I’ve been promising. The only trouble is where to start. These weren’t any ordinary four days — they were so action packed to the brim that I feel like I am in dire need of a vacation from [...]

• Did you know that a prototype for the world’s first digital camera was developed back in 1975?! • Zo joined us for some Disneyland madness earlier in the week and we spent the rest of the afternoon waxing poetic about Michael Jackson after watching Captain EO. Read her take on the 17 minute masterpiece [...]

Greetings from sunny Los Angeles! I’ve had an amazing time so far with my Virgo Partner in Crime™ Gala Darling. Highlights include trekking through the winding hills of Topanga Canyon to visit a vintage store housed in a crazy victorian manor, dining on smashed macaroons courtesy of Miss Mary Bee, walking along the beach in [...]

This is probably the most ridiculously bright Fashion Notebook page I’ve ever done. Blinding! View the full Fashion Notebook set on Flickr.

Sometimes, when you’re taking photos, something unexpected happens. In this case, I took one look at the outcome and started laughing when I realized that it looked like an early 80s catalog — Sears or JC Penney, perhaps? Hence, the title of this post. I am a huge fan of buffalo plaid and I recently scored [...]