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