Creative Chain: Connecting creatives one link at a time, week four

[Emily Potts] Last week we were inspired by three amazing artists: Henning Wagenbreth, Sophie Dutertre and Placid. In keeping with the French artist theme, I’m starting off this week’s Creative Chain with an illustrator I deeply admire and respect.

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05.16.12

Mohawk Show 12: Submit to Your Love Affair With Paper

[Kim Rogala] As the Mohawk Show 12 entry deadline approaches (May 31st, so hurry and enter!) we wanted to direct your attention to the Show’s materials that were created by the team at Tether. We asked Stanley Hainsworth, founder and chief creative officer of Tether, to tell us a little about his thoughts behind the designs.

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05.15.12

Sitting pretty with PLANEfurniture

[Alyson Kuhn] Michael Boyd, designer of the PLANEfurniture line, collects modernist furniture, art, architecture and design books, and ephemera. Last year, he decided to create a line of modernist-inspired furniture that “makes you think, holds your body, eases your mind, and sits well within your budget.” That’s a quote from the jacket flap of PLANEfurniture: types + prototypes, designed by Mick Hodgson of Ph.D, A Design Office. I recently sat in some of the furniture and can confirm that it is quite user-friendly.

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05.14.12

Leatrice Eiseman’s on a color mission

When Pantone selected the Color of the Year, they didn’t think of it as “the hot fashion color, but an expression of a mood, an attitude, on the part of the consumers.” So said Leatrice Eiseman today in the New York Times. Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute is the co-author of PANTONE: The 20th Century in Color. See Felt & Wire’s interview with her here. Take a look at Felt & Wire Shop’s curated collection in honor of Pantone’s Color of the Year. [MD]

01.5.12
  1. Posted by Christina on 01.5.12 at 7:54 pm

    Love it! But then again I’m a sucker for orange.

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