This is beautiful.

Printzzz

"The road is life." My first ever broadside! I loved doing this. It's a quote from Jack Kerouac's On The Road.


"Shipwrecked." Polyester plate lithograph.

OU Site Re-Design: Not a Fan.

Ouch. It physically hurts me. It looked like Microsoft Paint threw up all over UO's homepage. Urban Outfitters, usually a haven for fun, hip, funky design, is using stretched and skewed type. Weird placements, awkward arches of type, questionable typeface choices--it's just awful. However, I recently came across an article that at least made the ugly explainable. Brand New had this little blurb that said that "UO’s new look feels purposely ugly. It’s hip-ugly without a wink."

Wha??? I don't get it.

It also gave a link to this excellent Michael Beirut article that further explained it. Apparently, Ugly is Back. But I agree with Beirut: "Dear God in heaven: at long last, is nothing sacred?"

Hopefully UO's site re-vamp comes sooner rather than later.

Into Lately #4.

1. This photostream.


2. Scott Avett's art, especially his woodcuts.


3. Lizzy Janssen.


4. J.Crew's website design. Simple, classy, and fun.


5. The Apache Relay.

Into Lately #3.

1. Billy Elliot.
An old favorite of mine, everything about this film is gorgeous. I'm in a film class right now, so I was way more aware of the quality of this movie than I have been in the past. It's perfect. Plus, I can't get over the accents, and the set. I want all the wallpaper from his house in mine!



2. Kid CuDi.

Okay, okay, I'm quite late to the game on this one, but he's fantastic. Plus, look at that album art. Sweeeeeeeeeeeet.

3. Dolan Geiman A mixed media artist I came across about, oh 10 minutes ago in my daily blog rifflings. "Contemporary art with a southern accent," gotta love it. His stuff is rad.

4. Modcloth I can't get over how much I love this company. Their clothes are pretty and I love their site. Every piece of cloth (EVERY PIECE) has a funny, clever title and a cute description next to it. Plus, they feature indie designers, so you're getting really unique pieces. Who doesn't love a little vintage flair?

5. This song by Neil Young. I wish the video was in sync, but at least the audio is pretty high quality. I love the lyrics!