A Salinger quote for Salinger

"Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It's never been anything but your religion."

Goodbye, J.D. Salinger.

Revenge

A good quote..and poster.

Live Good.

All kinds of fun.

Street art

In continuing sharing pictures from my trips, here are some pictures of the street art I saw while I was away.

Warrior

I kinda dig these Warrior sneakers—the Converse of China.
The first style is my favorite, but look at the cool green soles on the third style.
You can get them here.

Vanishing Point

How cool is this video? It's so pretty and fun to watch, and it hurts my head to think about how long it must have taken to make. Give it a watch...

Vanishing Point from Bonsajo on Vimeo.

(via ISO50)

The elephant in the room

Thank goodness we have the internet for things like this.



(via Sarah Hurwitz)

IAMPETH

There's some very pretty lettering here with lots of amazing detail. Oh, how I want to learn how to do this...

John Gall book covers

Beautiful book covers by John Gall over at Faceout Books, where he also shares a bit about his interesting design process for this series.

Wedding cake dress

Wow. This wedding dress by Lukka Sigurdardottir gives new meaning to a "sweet dress."

Rethink

This book and accompanying video by Rory O'Sullivan are utterly amazing. The video promotes the Rethink Scholarship at Langara College, and it's incredibly creative and well executed. Check it out below.

Rethink Scholarship at Langara 2010 Call for Entries from Rory O'Sullivan on Vimeo.

(via Kitsune Noir)

Bookbook

Amazingness: Bookbook is a hardback cover for your MacBook or MacBook Pro.

(via Swissmiss)

Switchcities

Check out this auction of awesome limited prints to raise money for Haiti relief.

Hugh Forte

Bonnie Tsang

Benj Haisch

Kristel Wyman

Red Leaf Studios

Indie band sterotypes

I'm a little late in posting this, but it made me laugh just the same: stereotyping people by their favorite indie bands.

Around the world

In Around the World with the Bodoni Family, Teresa Monachino uses the typeface Bodoni (one of my personal favorites) to create an alphabet of travels. For instance, she places a series of Bodoni A's to look like mountains in her depiction of the Alps; uses a leaning I to signify Italy; and places D's to look like mouse ears for Disneyland.
For more details, check Cool Hunting's post here.

TASCHEN sale

TASCHEN Books is having an online warehouse sale with 50-75% off the regular retail price. You can score some real goodies...they make absolutely beautiful books. Check it out here.

For those in NY or LA, they'll also be having "physical" warehouse sales:

TASCHEN Store Beverly Hills
354 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Friday, January 22nd, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, January 23rd, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, January 24th, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.

TASCHEN Store Hollywood
Farmers Market, 6333 W. 3rd Street, CT-10
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Friday, January 22nd, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, January 23rd, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, January 24th, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

TASCHEN Store New York
107 Greene Street, New York, NY 10012
Friday, January 22nd, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 23rd, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 24th, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Hang Tea

Hanger Tea by Yanko Design. Clever.




(via Swissmiss)

Bibliotecture.

Wonderful: the Kansas City library blew up readers' favorite books for a temporary installation.

(via Crew Design)

Victorian infographics

Oooh: Victorian infographics.
My mouth waters.

Hello again.

Why, hello.

After a month of world traveling, relaxing, and enjoying what's likely to be my last holiday break ever, I'm baaack. I'm trying to get organized and back into work mode (or really just normal life mode), which includes reading the copious blog posts and internet musings I missed while I was gone. While I'm doing that, I'll share some of the many, many pictures I took while I was gone. I thought it'd make things easier to group them into themes of sorts, so I'll start with windows and doorways.

It might sound odd, but I'm always intrigued by the details of brightly colored doorways or windows. It must run in the family, because on a trip to Vietnam a few years ago, my sister and I noticed the constant among all our pictures was a focus on pretty much any bright doorway. So, without further ado, here are some shots for you.