covering the classics

Shayna recently introduced me to Creative Action Network, "a marketplace for original, visual, meaningful work, crowdsourced from a passionate community of artists & designers around the world." She just finished a Muir Woods poster for their See America campaign.

They also have a Covering the Classics campaign, wherein designers can submit their cover interpretations of classic books; you can buy the book (printed by Harvard Bookstore) in paperback with the design you like, or buy it as a poster. Here are some standout choices:

Jack London's Call of the Wild; cover by Michael van Kekem

Bram Stoker's Dracula; cover by Steve St. Pierre

Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; cover by Darrell Stevens

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes; cover by Ioannis Fetanis

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels; cover by Naomi Sloman

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter; cover by MrFurious

stella in print

How awesome is this print?! My friend Shayna started an Etsy shop where she's selling custom prints... So, of course I had to order one for Stella's room. It would be such an great gift for a friend with a new baby, don't you think? And, yes, I will be ordering one special for the new arrival when s/he gets here in July.

lisa congdon for hygge & west

Although we went the dark gray route on our living room walls (and absolutely LOVE it), I still pine after beautiful wallpaper, especially designs with gold accents like the wallpaper Lisa Congdon designed for Hygge & West. Gorgeous!

[via Design*Sponge]

the couple

The Couple

I spotted a version of this print by Ashley G over at my friend Celia's house yesterday and fell in LOVE. After a look at Ms. Goldberg's Etsy shop, here are a few others that I want to put up on our walls...

Welcome

All My Little Friends

A Moment of Solitude

Let's Stay Home

Hello June

The Neighborhood

adrian tomine's new york

I'm super excited about Adrian Tomine's New York Drawings, being released this October by Drawn & Quarterly.

And check out his new "Highline" print over at Desert Island.

all truths wait in all things

Check out these literary illustrations by Evan Robertson (husband of Nichole of Little Brown Pen). I'm particularly taken with the Walt Whitman poster...

etsy finds

Lee L Woodward Rocker

Bark Decor Eden Tank

You're my very favorite greeting card

RiverLuna feathers

world type map

I'm liking this World Type Map.

[via bloesem]

bryan nash gill: woodcut

I posted about one of Bryan Nash Gill's amazing woodcut prints awhile back, and I'm still in awe. We picked up his new book Woodcut (PAP) at the bookstore today and I'm loving it. Each woodcut is like a fingerprint telling a story, evoking a mood and a persona. Simply gorgeous.

arrows

Bandits and Arrows Print Set by The Black Apple

Jessica Taich Tote Bag

Arrows Charm Necklace by Regina Pruss

Shot Through the Heart (And You're to Blame)

Bark Decor: Going Hunting Pillow

Taking Aim Earrings

Thank You by Native Bear

Arrow Ring, Odette New York

the sea and the bear

Enrique Martinez Celaya: The Sea and the Bear, 2009, 66 x 72 inches,
Private Collection, Miami

 

sea-room

Loving Sam Kallis' illustration based on this Frankenstein quote:

“We were nearly surrounded by ice, which closed in the ship on all sides, scarcely leaving her the sea-room in which she floated“ - Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein"

[via: ckck]

tiel seivl-keevers

Tiel Seivl-Keevers prints:

16 Pebbles



8 Days a Week



The Natadola 5

you are a terrible but adorable skater

This was just too adorable not to post.

[via Andie]

i love us

I Love Us. For Mr. Pants, who is away.

some days are better...

Adorableness.