I was a little excited but mostly blorft. “Blorft” is an adjective I just made up that means ‘Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.’ I have been blorft every day for the past seven years. -from Bossypants, 2011
Category: Visual Research
O You My Wonderful Utopia
A series of fictional documents that riff on identity and bureaucracy. Beautifully concepted and executed, some of the best page layout I’ve seen in a long while. By the masterful & brilliant German studio, Deutsche & Japaner.
Heather L. Johnson
What this?! Two blog posts in one day? Baby is on fiiiiire. Aren’t these embroidered maps by Heather L. Johnson just a feast? Spotted at the NEXT Art Fair downtown. Can’t stop drooling over the typography.
Art for Cancer
I never get tired of getting emails from folks doing amazing projects, especially so when it jumps right out of the inbox into a blog post. I mean gorgeous illustration + bikes + a perfect cause? DING, fries are done. Anyway, a small group of Canadian artists (Jacqui Oakley, Jamie Lawson, Darren Booth, Marco Cibola,… Read more »
Friday Links
+ These Flatpack Globes are a nice twist on the vintage globe trend. You can even color them yourself if you so choose. Via Design for Mankind. + If you don’t know Lisa Congdon’s illustration work, you should. She’s just relaunched her site and it’s looking reaaaaaaally purty. Girlfriend is a rockstar. + Listen to… Read more »
