Katie Kirk

Katie Kirk is a graphic designer and illustrator living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With a love of vector art and patterns, Katie is always in the mood to scheme, collaborate and create. Together with her husband, Nathan Strandberg, they started EightHourDay, a multi-disciplinary, multi-talented design boutique. integrated organically. Most often found either at the studio, the dog park or an antique shop they aspire for the designed life(style), a place where work, life and inspiration are all equal and integrated organically. Via Graphic-Exchange.

Keep Gmail Clean

In Russian word "email" translates as "мылo" - it means "soap". Our main benefit is Spam protection, and our message is "clean email". Physical Gmail soap can be distributed in universities dormitories (students are in need of washing), as a viral giveaway.
By irinablok.

MoMA Store Products

As you may or may not know, I am in New York at the moment. One of the first things I wanted to see was the famous Museum of Modern Art. Every Thursday afternoon the museum has a free admission and it attracts a great deal of people (otherwise the tickets are $20). The art lovers (those with empty wallets) start forming a queue an hour or so earlier, sitting at the pavement (sidewalk for the American readers!), reading, chatting, drinking their ice coffee from Starbucks. After 4 o'clock they go in to feast their eyes on five floors of amazing art collection. I'm going to post a couple of things from the exhibitions, but for now here's a few products from the MoMA store. I have to go back there one of these days and buy something to take home with me.
Chat Plates, Ikuko Nakazawa
Quirky and charming, these plates were designed to resemble conversation bubbles from manga, or Japanese comics. This set of three plates features one large plate and two smaller plates and is perfect for serving small meals and snacks. Made of porcelain.




Bate-Papo Stool, Flavia Pagotti Silva Inspired by stools used in the Brazilian countryside, designer Flavia Pagotti Silva created this contemporary seat. In Portuguese, "bate-papo" refers to an informal conversation between friends. This low, comfortable stool, made of four plywood disks attached to the chair's frame through ball joints is meant to be used casually and as additional seating in informal settings. Made of plywood, ball joints, recycled rubber, and metal tubing.

Palette Serving Set,Takeshi Asai. A creative way to serve appetizers or other food, this white porcelain plate is designed like an artist's palette with a hole to grip it for easy carrying. It has a rimmed edge and comes with three colorful stoneware dipping bowls.

A Cat And A Knife

OK, this might be pretty scary... I'm not sure I would like to look at that poor stabbed kitten everyday, while preparing breakfast in my kitchen.

By Robert Knight.

Yulia Brodskaya's PAPERgraphics

Yulia Brodskaya is a Russian designer living in the UK. She's mostly known for her incredible "papergraphic" designs - illustrations cut out of paper. She loves to "experiment and explore ways of bringing together all the things she likes most: typography, paper, and highly detailed hand-made craft objects". Her work is full of intricate details, beautiful colours and somehow always puts me in a better mood. I hope it works the same for you.

Book Covers by Megan Wilson

These two black beauties come from The Book Cover Archive, designed by Megan Wilson.
"Breakfast at Tiffany's", Truman Capote Publisher: Vintage, photographer: Horst P. Horst, Typefaces: Futura , hand lettered; "Selected Poems", W.H. Auden, Publisher: Vintage, photographer: Cecil Beaton Typefaces: Handsome , Sackers Gothic

Thorsten Van Elten - Bird Lamp

Beautiful bird lamp, coming in variety of colours. We have so (sooooo)  many pigeons in Krakow, this could easily become a design symbol of the city. Designed by Ed Carpenter, produced by Thorsten Van Elten.

Christian Vivanco's Outdoor Sofa

Just one single outline to create a sofa that follows the idea of a mixture between outdoor and indoor furniture.
The concept started with the search for an all-together furniture, but at the same time looking for a new expression for this kind of piece, a steel wireframe structure that support a comfortable but slim couch.

By Christian Vivanco. Via My Urban Garden Deco Style.

Holidays, here I come

And so it is. Today I am finally going on vacations. Holidays at last! I'm boarding a plane to New York and ...we'll see what happens. I'm hoping to Say Hi! to beautiful design and get truly inspired.
These photos probably don't reflect the destination I'm headed to, but I thought they might get you in a holiday mood at least for a moment. By Alexandra Grablewski.

Typefont t-shits

For all you font lovers! You can wear your favourites everyday.

Celebrating all your favorite Sans-Serif typefaces including Helvetica, Meta, Avenir, Frutiger, Officina, Optima, Gotham, Akzidenz Grotesk, Univers, Trade Gothic, Din, Agenda, Interstate, News Gothic, Myriad, Eurostile, Futura, and Gill Sans. (and NOT Arial)