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Finding Inspiration in 2014




Finding Inspiration Round Up 2014

Any artist will tell you it takes research, inspiration and drive to create something meaningful. Whether you have to leave to find yourself, create and recreate til it feels right, or surround yourself with likeminded makers, we all have our methods for production. Here are a few posts that triggered that for me. Enjoy!

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1. Beautiful color stories from Dubai.

2. Nigerian nostalgia and magnificent hair styles.

3. Summer sand and tire patterns at the beach.

4. Poking around Tel Aviv for inspiration.

5. Bergdorf’s accessory and window collaboration with the art world.

6. Singapore art fair pamphlet.

7. William Eggleston’s marker drawings.

8. Raquel Allegra’s dyed textile installation in Paris.

9. Organizing seeds to make lace.

10. Mirrors, neon and lucite with Autumn de wilde.

Street Finds: Urban Palettes




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May has arrived and flowers are in full bloom this spring season.  In an effort to mix things up a bit, we’ve decided to collect floral imagery representative of spring and create ad hock color palettes with the pixels provided.  As designers, we’re inspired by nearly everything we consume, so it’s quite natural to repurpose when given direction.   Here are four palettes that could easily translate to summer prints, inspired by wall stencils in Allston, weeds in Brooklyn, flowerpots in Gramercy and a home garden in San Francisco.

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For additional palettes that are strikingly beautiful and paired up with interesting photography, check out Kris’s Color Stripes.

Trend: Coworking within Color Palettes




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The idea of co-working can exist beyond office environments.  Kapitza’s latest publication, Geometric Book presents a visual menagerie of contrasting shapes and intersecting palettes.  The organized chaos within each page mirrors the energy independent workers bring to collaborative work environments.  “How can you create beautifully if you don’t surround yourself with beauty?” says Judy Prays, a freelance internet video producer living in Greenpoint.  Co-working spaces have popped up in every city and suburb around the world, proving that creatives will find each other if wifi’s involved.

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In Good Company, a collaborative work environment in Manhattan, caters to women entrepreneurs with small businesses. Reaching out to a more transient, non-committal group of innovators, Pretense, a workspace in Jerusalem, serves as a connector for creative clusters on the go.

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Fusing photography with Russian poster palettes, Lydia Burkhalter’s web portfolio presents harmonious contrasts of moving energy.  In spirit with last summer’s Olympic games, the NYTimes presented fashion’s take on gymnastics with this Pucci’s leotard of kaleidescope graphics.  Pixel Rumor, another personal project of mine displays contrasting stripes of unwavering color.

Tracking Repetitive + Awesome.
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