Tad Carpenter is an illustrator and designer based out of Kansas City, Missouri. His work might look a little familiar because he’s worked with well-known clients such as Target, Kid Robot, Chronicle Books and Chop Shop Records to name a few. I am in love with his whimsical and graphic point of view—it definitely puts a smile on my face.
Check out more of his work and his blog.
images via here
Over the weekend I was introduced to The Pink Line Project which is a website dedicated to art in the DC area. It’s a great resource for art lovers providing an up-to-date calendar of events and reviews of art in the area.
Sunday was the opening reception for Paper Cuts: The Art and Science of Rock Posters which features the work of 15 poster artists including Jay Ryan, John Foster, Marc Harkness, Zach Bryan, Strawberryluna, Todd Slater, Adam Saul, Criminal Design, Marq Spusta, Hatch Show Print, Dan Grzeca, Guy Burwell, Chris Cernoch, John Whitlock and Anthony Dihle. This is a wonderful collection of poster art—I definitely recommend the trip to Alexandria to see it.
Exhibition: March 25–April 25, 2010
Location: Athenaeum, 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
posters clockwise from top left: The Pixies by Todd Slater, Melvins Seaberg by John Foster / Bad People Good Things, DC Lunchbox by Anthony Dihle / Dirty Pictures, The Clientele, Orange by John Whitlock
Awesome job posting for Lifelounge found via @andjelicaaa
See the complete set here.
I had to post these beautiful window displays from ginger in downtown Bethesda. What a fabulous way to display new spring clothes! My pictures really don’t do them justice.
Just received my copy of Like I Give a Frock in the mail so that I can participate in Mrs. Lilien’s book club. I scanned through it quickly and it looks like it has some great illustrations. Yay for new inspiration! Can’t wait to spend more time with it over the weekend. AND if you haven’t checked out Mrs. Lilien’s blog it’s quite fabulous—one of my new favorites because of her exquisite fashion sensibility.
Have a great weekend!
Recently this project has been getting a lot of press and rightly so…who wouldn’t love dogs dressed as Lady Gaga. Photographer Jesse Freidin was recently commissioned by the Impossible Project to photograph dogs in Lady Gaga costumes using 2 packs of Polaroid film. The series is very original and completely adorable. See all the doggie gaga here.
left: Xochitl, right: Gunther via here
Another exhibit featured at the Key West Museum of Art & History was J. Seward Johnson’s exhibit “ICONS” which featured life-size sculptures of some of America’s most iconic moments in history, art and movies. There were sculptures surrounding the museum and then a small section inside the museum where I got to meet Mona Lisa, Marilyn Monroe, the American Gothic couple and the girl with the pearl earring. As you can see my sister and I had a lot fun to posing with the sculptures.
