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'We all fall down' stencil. The Mantis Project UK.
Mantis is South African and now lives in London.

SMC Furnishings. NY.

Handcrafted furniture. Three students from the Art Institute of Chicago including owner Brandon Phillips started this company.
Almost all of the wood comes from waste/recycled sources/timber found in local woods and the mahogany is the waste from a national guitar manufacturer. The crew work in renovated/heat insulated early-19th century barns in the woods of upstate NY-being in the forest provides extra timber without the need of harmful commercial logging. They use their saw dust/scraps to heat their workspace, and have installed large windows to reduce the lighting (energy) needs. This sustainable process has reduced their production waste by about 90% compared to their Brooklyn shop.

Shannon Rankin. Maine.

Cut up maps and embroidery.
I've recently been obsessed with all things MAP and embroidery art-the brilliant combo of these themes in Shannons work is perfection to me.

Chip Kidd.

amazing.

Playing Cards.

Canadian Artists Collection playing cards. The images on the cards are of hand sewn tapestries by artists Winnie Tyya + Kuaa'naaq.




Gaspari playing cards. Printed in Belgium. Adapted from 18th century French textile.

I love the look+feel of cards more than I enjoy playing/ using them...I bought both sets at a garage sale in my hood for $3.

Salvation army GOODie.

Maira Kalman. Illustrator/poet. NYC.

Post-911 map of NYC. Maira has done numerous covers for the New Yorker.

Maira on TED.

Sophie T. Rauch. Chicoutimi Quebec.

Egg tempera on canvas. 2008.
I almost killed myself today when I stopped my bike suddenly to see these paintings in the HanArt gallery window. These works are so radical in real life! especially the larger ones (48/48 inch). If you live in MTL check it.

Mixko. Handmade rings.

Bone China.

Mixko= Nahoko Koyama+Alex Garnett. N. England husband-n-wife team...love design couples.