Put This On

A very fashion-savvy guy friend of ours alerted me to Put This On, an expertly edited men's fashion blog. Coming from LA, I've seen the gamut of "dudes who are into fashion," and these guys just get it right. From what I can tell, the blog, which reads a little bit like Esquire (from what I can remember from reading my roommate's Esquires back in Los Feliz), is a supplement to a video series they're developing on various aspects of men's fashion. There's only one out so far, and it focuses on premium denim.

Put This On, Episode 1: Denim from Put This On on Vimeo.

It feels a lot like the Billykirk video I saw on miel et cannelle recently (of course the boys at Put This On posted about it too). Great stuff.

--D

Girl Crush

The one and only, Charlotte Gainsbourg.

!!!!!!

So, Hema's webstore design may be the most awesome...ever. In stores like this, where there are about a grillion products available and most of them are easy to gloss over, I can't think of a better or more fun way to draw your attention to each one.



(Dont be confused; the picture is just filler. CLICK THE LINK! Prepare to smile.)



(via Dog-Eared)

School Daze

I've promised a few folks that I'd post some of the work I'm doing at school. Sharing it isn't the easiest thing for me to do; I'm so insanely new to the game (my first-ever attempt at learning Photoshop and Illustrator was 4-5 months ago) that anything I come up with now is not going to be anywhere near where I want to be when I graduate. So I'm going to keep that to a minimum. However, it's nice that people are interested, so I'll share a few bits and pieces from time to time.

Anyway, that having been said, our first big project was to create a poster. It could have been for anything- for example, one student chose a poster promoting safe sex; another was an ad for an exhibit at an aquarium. I chose to make an event poster for the Orange Holiday Social.

So, even though that lovely camping extravaganza happened way back in September, here is my poster for the Subterranean Country Club's first event:







--Dara

Kareena Zerefos

I couldn't even begin to tell you how I first came across Kareena Zerefos. I first posted about her back in January (our little blog is over a year old and we TOTALLY let it pass us by! Hooray for us). She's an Australian-based illustrator, and I'm just in love with her style.




I so wish that t-shirt were in my po' student price range, but this great poster is just as lovely:


--Dara

Supermarket sweep

I can see already that discovering Supermarket (thanks to Uniform Studio) is going to be a dangerous thing for me. Here's another awesome vendor; Cicada Studio (based in Dirty Jerz! hearts) sells beautiful printed fabrics and tea towel wall calendars.





It's a shame the calendar's a little above the price limit (slash out of my budget) for the Design Crush calendar swap...I'm sure it would make my swap partner's day.

--Dara

Geometrically Minded

I guess I have polygons on the brain....these Dorit candle holders by Jean Pelle are looking pretty sweet to me right about now.



--Dara