Category Archives: design

May 24, 2012 – 1:00 pm

National Stationery Show 2012: Frausto & Co.

Gifty goodness from Frausto & Co. The Gentleman’s Deck + The Spy Deck are chock-full of info ranging from spy vocabulary to deciphering codes to how to tie a Windsor knot. (I think my buddy needs these: info that he’ll like, and presentation that I love.) Rounding out the trio is a Gardener’s Deck to [...]

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May 16, 2012 – 5:00 am

Week Twenty: Design is Play for March

If you’ve flipped through a magazine or perused the blogosphere recently, no doubt you’ve come across press for San Francisco shop March, and rightly so: owner Sam Hamilton redesigned her shop in 2011, turning the focus from antiques to kitchens and housewares. The space is cheery, bright and full of stylish and craveable product. (I [...]

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May 9, 2012 – 5:00 am

Week Nineteen: Moleskine SMS

To mark the 20th anniversary of SMS texting, Moleskine has launched an SMS notebook for analog texting. Introduced at Milan’s Design Week, Pietro Corraini’s idea is simple and appeals to the kid in all of us: choose from 56 messages (“I love you”/”Call Me”), select the desired distance from markings on the cover (up to [...]

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May 2, 2012 – 5:00 am

Week Eighteen: Zebra Love

I’ve been obsessed with Scalamandre’s Zebra print forever, so I was thrilled to find J. Falkner’s Leaping Zebra notecard set. The cards come with vellum envelopes which allow the zebra to shine. Perfect. scalamandre photo via morrison polkinghorne; notecards image from jfalkner.com ↬ real simple magazine, may 2012

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April 4, 2012 – 5:00 am

Week Fourteen: MochiThings

I am always on the lookout for simple + pretty ways to stay organized, and MochiThings is a new favorite source. An amazingly wide variety of practical, well-designed products. images from mochithings.com (photos link to product)

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