Being mellow in NYC

Archive for January, 2011

Mapping NYC

Mapping NYC

The NYTimes created this information graphic based on NYC’s education, income, race and household information.  It’s quite fascinating to read into.   It looks as if Midtown Manhattan is pretty well educated and wealthy – not too surprised. Take a look


Pattern: Legwarmers

Pattern: Legwarmers

This pattern is from my original post on Feb 22, 2010 for Thing-A-Day #22. Over a year ago, I saw a simple legwarmer pattern in a book at Purl Soho. The pattern was this: Cast on 56 stitches. K2, P2 all around and bind off when happy with length. This would make something I’d seen [...]


Animation: Nothing to Fear

Animation: Nothing to Fear

Watched Nothing To Fear from Simon Russell – it’s a haunting animation.  Makes me want to sketch more.


Community Generated Art

Community Generated Art

Long ago, I came across SwarmSketch. As better described on their About page: SwarmSketch is an ongoing online canvas that explores the possibilities of distributed design by the masses. Each week it randomly chooses a popular search term which becomes the sketch subject for the week. In this way, the collective is sketching what the [...]


2011: Looking Forward

2011: Looking Forward

Goals for 2011 in 3 Major Categories Geek: – Redesign mellowbeing.com & stick with the design – Complete portfolio site – Complete graduate thesis project (still in alpha) Craft: – Make second sweater (Rusted Root) – Complete blanket (about 1/3 done) – Rethink Etsy shop inventory – Paint one large oil painting – Make felt [...]


Summary of 2010

Summary of 2010

Last week, I thought that 2010 hadn’t been so eventful and didn’t have any strong feeling about it. Then I saw missu make a list on her Tumblr page and I thought to myself, maybe it’s time I made a list too. As it turns out, a lot happened last year and most of it [...]