New Art by Rob Hann

I'm so excited for my two new prints. I bought them from Rob Hann himself, who is my East Village neighbor and lives a couple blocks away. It was a tough choice to pick just two (check out his site) but here is what I settled on:

They both shared a few dichotomies like isolation vs. sprawl, nature vs. man, desert vs. oasis, luxury vs. simplicity. I think they make a good pair. Can't wait to get them framed!

The Personal Stationary of Famous People

I have always been extremely fascinated by the personal stationary of powerful people. While I may be presumptuous to think that they choose selectively with intention and with great attention to detail... It simply provokes me to question why they chose what they chose. What were they thinking when they picked the maroon damask envelope lining? That being said, I stumbled upon Mark Zuckerberg's personal stationary online and it stayed with me all day. Take a look. Apply some of that Psychology you learned in PSYCHE 101 and it becomes pretty interesting. In one form or other, personal stationary is a projected manifestation of how one wishes to be perceived and presented.

Here's a quote from the designer: "Mark gets a lot of mail thanking him from people with amazing personal stories made possible because of Facebook. We wanted to make something a little more personal and special for him to respond."

By Ben Berry

Hilarious: Don't Fear the Internet!

"Are you a print designer, photographer, fine-artist, or general creative person? Do you have a shitty website that you slapped together yourself in Dreamweaver in that ONE web design class that you took in college? Do you not have a site at all because you’ve been waiting two years for your cousin to put it together for you? Well, We’re here to help. We know that you have little to no desire to do web design professionally, but that doesn’t mean that you want an ugly cookie-cutter site or to settle for one that hasn't been updated since Hackers was in theaters. Through short tutorial videos, you’ll learn how to take a basic wordpress blog and manipulate the css, html (and even some php!) to match your aesthetic. You’ll feel empowered rather than crippled by the internet and worst case scenario you’ll at least end up having a better idea of how professional web designers turn your design dreams into a reality on screen." - the basics

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Design Quote of the Month:

ITS FEBRUARY!

We should not underestimate the crucial importance of leadership and design joining forces. Our global future depends on it. We will either design our way through the deadly challenges of this century, or we won't make it. For our institutions - in truth, for our civilization - to survive and prosper, we must solve extremely complex problems and cope with many bewildering dilemmas. We cannot assume that, following our present path, we will simply evolve toward a better world. But we can design that better world. That is why designers need to become leaders, and why leaders need to become designers. —Richard Farson, Management by Design, 2000