I took notes this time! As I gathered random images of inspiration from various wonderful publications provided by my favorite FIDM library, I was studious enough to write down the titles to credit them! Now I didn't note extensively which image came from where but they all came from the following July magazine issues, in pretty much this order: Display and Design Ideas, Craft: Transforming Traditional Crafts, Elle Decor, VMSD, Retail Design International, and Readymade Magazine. Enjoy!
I want to learn more about this guy ^
I've always been a flipper when it comes to magazines. I have to be extremely bored to actually start reading the articles - so this is the result: images I found interesting, now immortalized on Designing GG!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Credited Random Inspiration
All the cool people have 'em...
I wanted to introduce you to two new friends of my studio - my first succulents! It seems like every interesting / amazing design person I know has a succulent or terrianum so I wanted to join the club! They are pretty cool. Everyone thinks I'm crazy because I get really excited about them - but what's not to get excited about? They are small and cute, come in lots of cool different shapes and textures, and I will have a super hard time killing them! (Flowers wilt at the sight of me) Anyways, I haven't found any pots to do them justice yet but I'm confident something will pop up.
Rainbows just don't cut it anymore
My latest addition to my design tools is one of my most favorite because it is so essential and yet it was free!!! Paint swatch cards from my local Ace Hardware are my new jewel. They have a VAST array of colors to reference and will suffice until I can someday get my hands on some actual pantones. They're great for talking over colors with clients and creating color combinations. I've been breaking mine in already. I can't decide if I want to hole punch them all and put them on a ring or find a good box for them - either way I'm super happy with my new find!
I grabbed the Ace Brand Paint swatch cards because they covered most everything I needed in a compact 192 cards (1,344 colors total). Benjamin Moore covers the whoollleee spectrum but in what seemed to be thousands of cards. Being discreet during my swatch collecting was something to think about as well - just in case Ace cared that I was taking one of every card!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Orange
Today I've spent a good hour or so catching up on all the old posts on one of my favorite blogs
How About Orange. I happened upon this fun color quiz and was pretty surprised at the results. I am Orange - which is totally cool, I love orange - I just find it ironic that I am orange when Jessica of How About Orange is Pale Turoquise (a little more me in terms of branding atleast). This test doesn't venture very deep into the personality to formulate it's findings but is fun nonetheless! Enjoy! Let me know what color you are!
#FFA500 |
Your dominant hues are red and yellow... most of what you do is motivated by your need to change things and have a good time, but you've been known to settle down and think out a situation, too. You tend to surprise people just when they're starting to feel like they've got you down. Your saturation level is very high - you are all about getting things done. The world may think you work too hard but you have a lot to show for it, and it keeps you going. You shouldn't be afraid to lead people, because if you're doing it, it'll be done right. Your outlook on life is very bright. You are sunny and optimistic about life and others find it very encouraging, but remember to tone it down if you sense irritation. |
Monday, July 7, 2008
Playing Catch Up...
The following are images of inspiration that have been piling up while my life was upside down and backwards. Unfortunately, because of that state my life was in, I have no credits or reference for these images. I sincerely apologize and will do my best in the future to remember where the heck I mooch images from! So here they are: random and unoriginal to myself.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Whirlwind!
Hello Again! Sorry I seem to only post once a month! I'm going to work on that - now that it's all over! Yes, I graduated, won the Robert J. Mahoney Award for Excellence in Visual Communications, had a party, and just about went crazy trying to unwind from it all. I'm relearning how to relax and slowly trying to reenter the design world that I love - I was a little design overloaded for a while there. I'm trying to get my studio back in order and organize all my files on my computer so that I might blog in peace. 
My newest online addition is my portfolio! Check it out at http://www.malloryvogel.carbonmade.com/ 
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