I’ve been enjoying my mini mood board art direction collaboration with Nancy Herrmann so much that I’ve decided to start another image coupling column. I’ve always liked the “this and that” posts on blogs where the author explores the...
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THEME: HAVOC Left: Photograph by Isabelle Wenzel. Part of Building Images (2010). Via Design for Mankind. Right: NYB Chambers Street, New York in Black series – taken in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, 2013. Photo by Christophe Jacrot. Mood Board Monday is a weekly...
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Last week I began to feel creatively stuck. I developed my plan for the type of work I’m looking for and asked for help in finding it, created artwork, and felt aligned with the direction I’m headed. Then I found myself struggling for what to do next....
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THEME: SMOKE & MIRRORS Left: Capturing Resonance, 2011. Installation by Soo Sunny Park and Spencer Topel (sound). Right: Susie Smoking, 1988. Photo by Nick Knight for Yohji Yamamoto. Featured in Practice to Deceive: Smoke & Mirrors in Fashion, Fine Art and...
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When Yael Regev, fellow Amélie fan and former Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan Magazine Israel, contacted me to tell me about Gift Magazine and ask if I’d like My Year of Amélie to be included in the first issue, of course I said yes. How could I not want to be...
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All three members of our household are huge fans of artist, author, and illustrator Oliver Jeffers. Our shelves are lined with his beautifully illustrated, amazingly creative children’s books. I love the color palettes he works with, his simple yet...
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THEME: I SPY Left: Jessica Chastain for W Magazine, January 2013. Photo: Max Vadukul. Art: Abstract Conversations by George Condo, 2012. Right: Kenzo F/W 2013 ad campaign. Photo art direction by TOILETPAPER. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast visual creative...
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If you subscribe to The Creative Brief, you know that I’m moving away from self-employment and searching for career opportunities that require more commitment than a one-off project. Basically, I’m looking for a creative home. Here’s the letter in...
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THEME: PULP FICTION LEFT: Burst, 2007. Hand-cut paper sculpture by Jen Stark. RIGHT: Remedy, 2008. Book art / paper illustration by Thomas Allen. Mood Board Monday is a weekly coast-to-coast visual creative collaboration with Nancy...
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I first learned about STORY, a Manhattan boutique with popup-like rotating themes, in a New York Times article by Elizabeth A. Harris. “STORY has the point of view of a magazine, everything changes every four to eight weeks like a gallery, and it sells things like a...
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