$2.25

Every college campus has one- the pizzeria that provides the default, cheap, easy meal to be consumed walking or standing while carrying books, plastic tubes, foam core, or whatever hodge-podge of supplies art students need. Slices are for $2.25 and now you can actually sit and enjoy the greasy goodness. The owners of Luigi's converted a gigantic, sidewalk, cement planter into an outdoor table and threw in some folding chairs; a great, urban, space-crunch solution. Although you can't put your legs under, it's a resourceful approach to designing around the environment, as well as an interesting way to redefine an object.

classic

I have never been so excited about a car before, not even when I worked on the Nissan Cube. The details on the classic citroens are just amazing. Why don't they make cars like this anymore?? Yah... I know $$.

After seeing one of these, I don't want another vehicle. The owner got his first classic citroen in high school, which makes me feel like it's not impossible. They are so beautifully designed. The thin, elegant steering wheel, the delicate windshield wipers, the metal rearview mirrors. It's like wind and love and paris rolled up on the side of the industrial design building. oooh la la.

greeking out

Some sketches I did on the Greek collection at the Met. The Greeks really love their wine and all the vesicles used to hold it. I enjoy the different accented handles they put on almost everything. In fact, much of the pottery looks like giant goblets that can be used by 10 people at a time. Cheers to sharing!

flower power

I was in search of some awesome, wonderfully white-and-grey, organically-inspired patterned paper for our invitations. What I found instead were Zoe Bradley's flower creations at Kate's Paperie. So I looked up origami flower-making and now I'm considering making our floral arrangements for the wedding rather than importing orchids from South America; it would definitely be a more sustainable option. I just wish there were ten of me! You know... enough to make 150 invitations and 10 gigantic, cascading floral centerpieces. I'm small, but I like to THINK BIG.


Pink Bouquet Rose For Your Valentine's Day Admirer/ Lover - These bloopers are hilarious

fire and ice

Tada! My first completed assignment for the fall semester. The effects of human activities on the ecosystem, particularly national parks. I over think everything! Most of the time to my disadvantage, but coming up with a way to relate all the cards using a backdrop of mountain ranges with endangered species snow silhouettes actually got me a round of applause from my 'sustainable methods' class. The more immediate, obvious effects of human activities in national parks are on the first cards and the long term affects are toward the back. The snow caps are prominent at first, fade and then disappear by the last card. The blue sky depicts some of the positive things that humans are doing to help the environment. I definitely over-did this week-long project, but I'm just on fire after a long summer vacation. I just hope the enthusiasm doesn't melt any time soon.