Fifteen / Eleven

Congrats to my blogging friend Suann from SIMPLESONG for opening Fifteen / Eleven : a curated paper goods shop. I wish I was in Virginia to check it out! If you are near Alexandria you should definitely pop in for a visit. Below is a collage Suann created showing a tiny sample of what they will be carrying, such a beautiful collection, see the detailed post here. Bravo Suann!

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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

I'm still pinching myself for not picking up the Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams At Home Book that I flipped through over the weekend because hands down ice cream (or gelato, frozen yogurt ...) is my major weakness when it comes to sweets. Add in delicious artisanal flavors, ice cream macarons and beautiful design, I am all over it. Say hello to Ohio based Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams if you haven't already met the much loved and talked about shop yet. I love that you can order their goodies online, perfect for an ice cream tasting party don't you think?!

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Twenty-Seven Names

 



When fashion companies get all creative with their look book it is so refreshing. I paused and smiled big when I saw Twenty-Seven Name's imaginative and modern way to showcase their lovely clothes. Genius! Check out the portraits below too. Simple but memorable, way to go Twenty-seven Names!














via Miss Moss  > Absolute Sunday

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Dri Dri Gelato Pop-Up

This Dri Dri Gelato stand in London at St Martins Lane Hotel is bright, striped and fantastic! I love it. It is a temporary pop-up shop designed by Elips Design serving up the good stuff. Oh my do I like gelato, sigh.








(photos by Carlo Carossio via Dezeen)








*I'm having technical difficulties today, hope to be back soon...

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Quasi Cinema

Using sewed personal photographs on fabric and wood Lucas Simões out of São Paulo created an awesome quasi-cinema installation. The composition of his photos recreates a sense of motion and simple but powerful cinematic-like art. How cool is this? Read more about it here.



(via Colossal)

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Rad Cookies by Manjar

These quirky cool designed cookies by Manjar are some of the best I've seen in a long time. They made me look twice. Those cute cameras!

Photos from Manjar // via A Merry Mishap

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Elegant Macarons : Theurel & Thomas

The design concept for Theurel & Thomas pâtisserie in San Pedro Mexico made me gasp. Anagrama did an amazing job designing the branding to exclusively highlight the macarons in a beautiful way, and to top it off they continued it into the retail space. Gorgeous!

All photos from Anagrama

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Mother of Beauty : Eva from Sycamore Street Press

Several months ago around Mother's Day I asked a few of my favorite creative online mothers to answer a few questions about motherhood. I am excited to share what Eva from Sycamore Street Press had to say! Her and her husband Kirk are super creative, talented and run the letterpress shop Sycamore Street Press in the beautiful mountainous valley in Heber City. They had a sweet baby girl, Ingrid back in November, recently launched their new letterpress collection, and are teaching letterpress classes with slots now open in September now too! I think Eva is such a cool and lovely person and I really enjoy what she had to share, hope you do as well...




1. What is your favorite part of being a new mom? Is it different than you thought?




My life feels complete. When Ingrid came along, something just clicked. I love the small moments. Like when she finishes nursing and looks up at me and starts to coo. Or when I go to get her up from a nap and am greeted by the biggest crinkly nose grin ever. I could just melt. I suspected it would be like this, but I still couldn't have imagined how much joy one tiny human could give me!










2. What is your daily schedule like now and how does blogging fit into that?




The first few months were like a marathon with unexpected twists and turns and an always receding finish line. But once she hit about 4 months, things calmed down and we were able to get on more of a schedule. It's been so nice! Ingrid wakes Kirk and I up every morning around 6:30 or so. I nurse her and we both play with her in bed for a little bit before we start the day. During her morning and afternoon naps, I try and get as much work done as possible. But often it feels like I am just getting started when she wakes up! While she's awake we play, read books, do housework, etc... And I take her and the dog on a walk down our country road, weather permitting. She goes to bed early -- about 5:30. When she does, I really get down to work. Lately, we've been really busy preparing for the launch of our 2011 collection, so I'll often be up until 11 or 12 editing images, writing descriptions, blogging, returning emails, etc... But of course, it can vary a lot from day to day! And I actually wrote an in depth "day in the life" post on my blog.






3. How do you find or seek after balance with being a mom and running Sycamore Street Press?



It's tough. I can have a hard time focusing on the task at hand. When I'm caring for Ingrid, I'll sometimes try to answer a few emails (much to her consternation). But in the evening when I'm at the computer working, I'll end up opening iPhoto so I can look at all the pictures of her!



Overall, though, Ingrid has really helped me live a more balanced life. Before I had her, I was such a workaholic. These days I take more time to spend with family, friends, and in nature. Sure, I don't get as much work done for Sycamore Street Press as when I spent 12-18 hour days at the studio. But I'm starting to realize that in the grand scheme of life, it's a good thing!



Another big step for me in finding balance is to get help. Since SSP began, I've teamed up with my friends Amy Shaffer, Kristin Mills, and Stephanie Ford to create the designs for our letterpress goods. Then, a couple of years ago, Kirk joined me full time in printing and running the business. It's made all the difference. This summer, we're looking to bring on a couple of interns as well. As for the domestic side of things, once or twice a week one of Ingrid's grandmothers will come and watch her. And I've started having someone come in and clean our place for a couple of hours each week. I'm not gonna pretend that I do it all on my own. I feel so grateful for the help I have!




 p.s. Have you seen this toast that Amy Poehler gave recently about how she's able to "do it all"?
 



4. What qualities in your own mother and/or women around you do you admire most?



Love. First and foremost. The way they'll do whatever it takes to help their children and family. My mom has always been that way. Also -- even with 4 kids at home, she was still able to find some time for creative projects. Painting, knitting, gardening, cooking, decorating... I grew up seeing my mom do these things, and it definitely influenced who I am and what I do today.





5. What is really inspiring you at the moment?


The resilience of the Japanese people. Instagram. Ingrid... and her mostly thrifted, gifted, or handed down wardrobe. Lykke Li. Our morning walks through the juniper tree forest. Spring, and all it's beautiful blossoms. Secrets from a Stylist. The fuss and flurry of launching a new collection. Pippi Longstocking. Miss Moss...

Thanks so much Eva!

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Grady McFerrin

I recently popped over to Grady McFerrin's website and was impressed all over again with the brilliant artwork he has been doing lately. An inspirational artist for sure!

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Speaking Digitally: Lion + Meeble Mail

Summer often seems to me like a time to shake things up, so here at Black Eiffel I am going to be bringing you some new regular features that I have been working on and am really excited about! My first new feature is called 'Speaking Digitally' where I will highlight and talk about my nerdy obsession with all things related to technology. Are you a tech-nerd too? Do speak up.



I guess you may understand a bit of my technology fascination when I tell you about what happened this morning. Quietly in the dark to not wake our girls, my husband and I huddled around our computer as we installed Lion early this morning. Are we geeks or what? Did you Mac users download it already today? I'm excited explore the new features and I am thrilled that the update is only 30 bones. Roar!




Another cool thing I recently learned about is Meeble Mail, which is an online website that helps you add a little fancy flair to your emails with their pretty designed stationery templates. It inserts directly into your many email clients like gmail, yahoo and more. Simply select and purchase your email stationery for around $4.99, customize it and you are off and you can use the stationery as much as you want. I dig that they have stationery designs from some of my favorite stationery designers like Jack and Lulu, Linda & Harriett as well as fashion designer's patterns.

Although I am partial to receiving an old school pretty letter in the snail mail, this is a perfect option to make your email stand out with style. Learn more about Meeble Mail here and check out all of the other fun stationery templates.

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Pino Branding

The work by The Bond Agency and this Pino Branding is quite brilliant.

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Helvetica Love

1: Helveticards 2: 365 Calendar 3: Agenda App (sweet calendar app) 4: Kid's Helvetica Tee 5: Retro Flip Clock

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Nine Cakes

Speaking of Tara yesterday, she also shared with me a recent design projects which included the branding of the website Nine Cakes. Aren't those cakes gorgeous!


(Photos by Jen Huang from Nine Cakes)

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Ink and Wit

With her talented designer ways Tara has created some more lovely things for Ink + Wit. I am especially drawn to all of the above items like the bird stamps, wooden cards and cute pencil holder! You can find many of them in her shop here and a few more of them are coming soon.
 

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Artis Royal Zoo Ads

This is such a brilliant ad concept for the Artis Royal Zoo in Amsterdam designed by Dawn. Anyone can pull off the stickers from their signs and place them throughout the city to promote the zoo. Very cool! This video clip shares how it is done.

(Photos from Dawn / via Fubiz)

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Kin Family Reunion Shirts

These family reunion shirts designed by Angela for her new clever concept store Kin are awesome! Customize one of her sweet designs here.

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New Stamps

I'm excited to see the Pioneers of American Industrial Design forever stamps coming out, they would look fantastic on an envelope. They come out tomorrow at USPS and big props to the stamp designers lately.


(via design milk)

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The Seed Cathedral

Have you heard about the award winning Seed Cathedral created by Heatherwick Studio for the Shanghai Expo in 2010? I came across it recently and it blew my mind along with all of the other work from Thomas Heatherwick's Studio.



For the Seed Cathedral they showed off thousands and thousands of seeds collected by the Royal Botanical Gardens in these stunning transparent acrylic rods that glowed and moved with the elements. How breathtaking and what an undertaking! Since the Expo, the sculpture has been dismantled but it is remarkable to look back at the shots and video clips. It is truly inspiring work.

(photos from Heatherwick Studio)

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10 x 10

Have you hear of 10 x 10? It is my new favorite way to follow the news. Every hour, they scan the RSS feeds of several leading international news sources and a sophisticated algorithm identifies the most important words of the hour mentioned along with corresponding images. What I really like about it, is that it is more than just the news, but a historical timeline record. Want to go back to a certain date? You can click history (up till November of 2004) and see what went down.

I also really dig the part that it is compiled without human input so there isn't any hidden agenda in who is delivering the information. The website has also won numerous awards for great web design.

What do you think? What is your favorite news source?

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Designer Eating by Marije Vogelzang

Crossing design and food Marije Vogelzang looks at food through a very creative perspective. Her long list of accomplishments include designing dinner parties and eating experiences, a product line full of quirky cool edibles, social projects for hospitals and restaurants, a couple books that I hope to someday get my hands on, and a restaurant with two locations in Amsterdam called Proef! I am very happy to come across Marije and her team's work, it is phenomenal eye candy that is conceptually inspiring.

(all photos from Marije Vogelzang)

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