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Accessories: Patterns for your Paws




While many of you are enroute to Thanksgiving destinations, it seems only suitable to prepare for winter now that Christmas music is playing on every radio station. While none of these are as practical as MUJI and The Darkroom‘s touchscreen gloves, they are fun and festive and easy to wear from behind the steering wheel. What’s your favorite?

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1. Quilted Driving Gloves by Rag & Bone: $220; Barneys | 2. Deena & Ozzy Flecked Neon Convertible Glove: $19; Urban Outfitters | 3. Etro Print Knit Gloves: $360; My Theresa | 4. Mountain Peak Mittens: $60; Buisjes En Beugels

 

November 23, 2011 | By: Shayna Kulik

Trend: Cream & Cable




As winter stock trickles into our neighborhood stores and fills the pages of catalog mailers, artists and designers are finally watching the fruits of their summertime labors come to life. White and cream textures have become wearable masterpieces. This white sequined jacket from Flair magazine is as sculpturally appealing as this tubular dress from Dazed and Confused. Commercializing these trends for the masses, these textures are most appealing when applied to leather and knits. Secret Pon Pon of the UK and Urban Outfitters of the US remind us that cable can be anything but traditional.

October 25, 2010 | By: Shayna Kulik

Street Finds: Urban Palettes




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There’s no shortage of inspiration when you live in a city that celebrates beauty and revels the grotesque. Today’s highlight captures the natural colors around town that can be used as a source of inspiration.  From Vutera’s speakeasy neon lighting in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to this glass mosaic on New York City’s newest elevated park, The Highline, summer’s color combos are just as vibrant in nature as they are in city dwelling.

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This wall in Brooklyn speaks  to several months of messaging.  Once symbolic of a crumbling part of town, imagery such as this now serves as marketing inspiration for retailers such as Barneys and Urban Outfitters.  Veering away from the grunge factor, this doorbell and name plate from San Francisco’s Russian Hill district, is both an amusing display of typography and a beautiful combination of warm muted tones.

Additional contributions by: Emily Gup

July 28, 2009 | By: Shayna Kulik

Trend: Window Stories




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Windows are symbolic of many things.  For the poetic bunch, they emote hope and a one way ticket to the soul.  For the voyeuristic crowd, each window reveals a hidden story emerging at sunset.   In recent months, window patterns have been popping up throughout textile and home categories. UK designer James Nash conveys this through his t-shirt graphic entitled House, where type and structure become one.  Illustrating a curious overview of an apartment building at dusk, fellow Brit, Peter Jensen brilliantly merges upscale fashion with the banalities of daily life.

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Aino-Maija Metsola’s Mökki kitchenware patterns are an abstract snapshot of life along Finland’s Porvoo River while Wood Wood’s eco-graphics promote bare-bones living for the fashion forward. Collaging recyclable paper, The Sukie Journal recreates a Brighton city scape, while the MoMA store’s minimalist bird feeder takes luxurious shelter to another level.  This trend wouldn’t be complete without Matte Stephens‘ playful pillow illustrations that can be found at Urban Outfitters.
March 12, 2009 | By: Shayna Kulik

Street: Graffiti Snapshots from LA




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During a trending trip to Silverlake, I encountered a playful wall of Monsieura lollipop creepers along Hollywood Blvd.  This is a personal term I coined for these lanky, top-heavy, shoe-wearing graffiti characters.  At first glance these illustrations are quite mischievious, with their eerily toothy smiles and asymmetrical eyeballs.  The only neutralizing features are the energetic legs and accompanying footwear.  A parralleling and more commercial take on these long-legged strollers appears splashed across a whateverittakes bag at Urban Outfitters.  Another example of art imitating life.

February 5, 2009 | By: Shayna Kulik

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