Recent Posts Tagged With 'design'

• Not Big

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 19:51 in design

  I always look forward to the latest issue of my favorite US indie online quarterly, Small! Editors Christine Visneau and Olivia Pintos-Lopez curate this inside guide to great independent childrens design. Stand-out favorites include in the new wint...

• Repost: Hidden Happiness

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 00:56 in design

  NOTE: As we’re currently traveling to spend spend Thanksgiving with family in Portland, OR , I thought I’d re-post a few favorite ‘old’ posts! The following is from March 29, 2009. Ever find yourself washing your hands and r...

• Masterpiece

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 12:42 in design, personalized gifts, children's artwork, lizette greco, art2believe, formia design, grecolaborativo

  Personalized gifts have always been popular with parents and kids: mom has a necklace with her daughter’s name on it, child has a backpack with his name embroidered on it, dad has a mug with son’s picture on it, baby has a blanket with h...

• Modern Sapling

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 02:09 in family history, design, family tree, geneaology, my tree and me

  It’s not often that a new species is discovered in the arboretum of family trees, but the brilliant genealogy botanists over at  My Tree & Me have uprooted something distinctly modern.  Their non-traditional ancestry charts are surprisi...

• Whoops Bunny Giveaway!

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 01:23 in design, giveaways!

  With a show of hands, how many of you grew up reciting the ‘whoops, bunny!’ rhyme, complete with hand choreography? I have to confess it’s one I had never heard, quite the opposite experience of Maude Humphris who listened to her s...

• Your Turn to Roll…

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 18:08 in design, s.britt, stephan britt

  The post I just finished on the classic 1949 game Candyland seems the perfect segue to share the brand spankin’ new website of illustrious Junior Society member S.britt, which, as it happens, is designed to resemble a vintage board game. (For t...

• B is for Baguette

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 in design

  A new round of alphabet posters, this time from our pals at L’Affiche Moderne - a French fine art print e-shop presenting the works of young photographers, graphic designers and children’s illustrators. Their posters are high quality digital pri...

• A is for Alphabet

  Posted on Thursday May 28th, 2009 at 10:32 in design

  Well summer is upon us here in the US but around the globe in Australia our friends are gearing up for winter and of course reading the latest edition of LMNOP online kids quarterly! In this 7th issue, talented mum and editor-at-large Jenny Lacey has...

• Itty Bitty

  Posted on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 17:39 in design

  I always look forward to the latest issue of my favorite US indie online quarterly, Small! Editors Christine Visneau and Olivia Pintos-Lopez continually inspire me with their passion for independent childrens design. Stand-out favorites include in t...

• Did Someone Say Summer?

  Posted on Monday May 11th, 2009 at 13:15 in design

  It’s right around the corner you know. And for many this means trips to the beach, swim lessons at the YMCA and endless games of Marco Polo played in the neighbor’s pool. Like any kid adventure there is plenty of gear to be schlepped (t...

• Word Play

  Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 17:57 in design, literacy

  In 1999, renown graphic designer Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich created Bembo’s Zoo as a Christmas gift for his daughter Viva. This high concept picture book features a menagerie of animals made from Bembo type characters - also known as calligrams. ...

• Little Miss Crafty

  Posted on Monday April 27th, 2009 at 15:33 in design, literacy, arts & crafts

  Hip, hip, hooray! And a warm congratulations to our pal and JrSoc member Helen Dardik on the release of her new book this month. Embroidery for Little Miss Crafty: Projects and patterns to create and embellish features 12 projects for the first tim...

• Y is for Yeti

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 10:56 in design, decoration

  New from UK based Bless Design, a smartly designed alphabet poster with some unexpected letter associations....

• Berries and Blossoms

  Posted on Tuesday April 21st, 2009 at 16:06 in design, wardrobe

  I am loving the new spring lineup for girls over at Amoretti Designs -the creation of Rebekah Merkle, a mother of five whose family traded in their Idaho farmhouse for a stone cottage in Oxford, England. Not surprisingly, her clothing is a wonderful...

• Jackpot!

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 17:48 in design

  I am not a gambling man, but if I were I’d place my bets with Card Sharks. This Utah based design house is working with a full deck of great illustrators creating original graphic series that you won’t find anywhere else. Feelin’ ...

• Lemon Heads

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 14:24 in design, gastronomy

  Ok, ready for your ten dollar word of the day? Anthropomorphism. (Thanks to JrSoc member Melissa for this one!)  It’s “the attribution of uniquely human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings, natural and supernatural phenome...

• Hidden Happiness

  Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 20:50 in design

  Ever find yourself washing your hands and realize that the sink is looking back at you - with handle eyes, spigot nose and perplexed O-shaped drain mouth? Or perhaps you’re daydreaming with your cup of cocoa and find it grinning back at you wi...

• Through the Looking Glass

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 12:43 in design, decoration, arts & crafts

  Recently while reading the fabulous blog of JrSoc member Helen Dardik I was introduced the wonderfully whacked art and design of Jaime Hayon. And in perusing her portfolio I found that she had created a line of porcelain figurines for Lladró. Llad...

• S is for Spring!

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 14:19 in design

  Spring is here (or on it’s way, depending on where in the world you live!) and along with it is the latest edition of LMNOP - a favorite online kids quarterly out of Australia. Talented mother and editor-at-large Jenny Lacey has rounded up a go...

• Diminutive

  Posted on Friday February 20th, 2009 at 11:54 in design

  I always look forward to the latest issue of my favorite US indie online quarterly, Small! Editors Christine Visneau and Olivia Pintos-Lopez continually inspire me with their passion for independent childrens design. Stand-out favorites include in ...

• All the Buzz

  Posted on Thursday January 15th, 2009 at 03:05 in design, arts & crafts

  Heads up for cute overload! One of the best sources on the web for imported Japanese fabric and craft supplies, Super Buzzy, has recently received a remodel by the amazing Meomi and it’s not to be missed.  Fans of the Japanese phenomena that ...

• Monster on the Bed

  Posted on Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 in design, bedding

  Kideko is one of those cool new companies making great kid’s bedding that looks nothing like the sheet sets we had at that age. Now mind you I am quite nostalgic about my Snoopy linens, but Kideko’s ‘Monster‘ line (designed b...

• Fjording Fun

  Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 14:12 in design

  Oh those Scandanavians, is there anything they can’t design well? Perusing the pages of Fjorn.com you might wonder. I’m particularly taken with their childrens department including these sweet finger puppets and baby rattles. Cute, sim...

• Pint-Sized

  Posted on Friday November 21st, 2008 at 02:20 in design

  Hot off the presses is the latest issue of my favorite US indie online quarterly, Small! Editors Christine Visneau and Olivia Pintos-Lopez never cease to impress with their passion for independent childrens design. Stand-out favorites include work ...

• Big Designs, Little Dreamers

  Posted on Thursday November 6th, 2008 at 16:09 in design, bedding, decoration, Domesticity

  Regular readers will know that I’m a fan of the kid’s line Boodalee with their beautiful graphics and keen sense of color. They’ve recently expanded their bedding patterns with coordinating wall graphics and pillows which pull toge...

• Get Well Soon

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 22:18 in design, gastronomy

  With winter approaching and the kids back in school, the universal countdown to coughs, colds and sniffles has begun. I love designer Lola Goldstein’s humorous approach to making you feel better with her Teapots with a Cold and Egg Breakfast S...

• Paper Plates

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 03:02 in design, literacy

  I think if there were a 12 step program for book fanatics my friends and family would probably stage an intervention and force me to attend. Last summer the book population in our home swelled to the point where all shelves were double stacked and I...

• That’ll Do Pig

  Posted on Thursday September 25th, 2008 at 00:05 in design

  With all of the current economic woes I’m sure I’m not the only one who has considered withdrawing bank savings and burying it in the backyard. But that would involve buying a shovel, putting on work clothes and actually digging a hole&#...

• L is for Lovely

  Posted on Monday September 22nd, 2008 at 19:27 in design

  I’m a couple weeks late with this post but I want to make certain you all know that the latest edition of LMNOP - a favorite Australian online kids quarterly is now available. Talented mother and editor-at-large Jenny Lacey has rounded up a g...