Fonts+Wood = Cutting Board?

House Industries is an amazing design company, having given us some very recognizable fonts over the years. As their empire has grown, so has their design work, expanding into furnishings (I wish I got the Neutra boomerang chair!), clothing and so much more. Their love of the ampersand has also evolved into an array of products, including this cutting board as shown, which is available in 2 sizes. Made of solid maple, it may not run cheap, but will look damn spiffy in any kitchen. The ampersand design is also available as iron or aluminum sculptures as well. All available for sale on their site here.

(image from House Industries)

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Happy New Year!

I hope that you all had a great holiday, and have the most wonderful 2009! There's many updates coming soon, and a few surprises for the coming year (giveaways!), so thank you again for checking out the blog......and please add your comments as I love to hear from you!

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Trish Grantham

I took a little trip over to Trish Grantham's site, and she's got some lovely pieces available here.

Trish is a self taught artist who works in both commercial illustration on unique projects (such as her Visa billboard), as well as her own art.

Working in a collage/mixed media realm, she puts together Chinese papers, and then draws/paints her characters on top. All pieces are painted on wood, and resin sets it all in place. They'd make great Christmas gifts......

Also, if her pieces might be out of your price range, she has postcards and notecards available through Paper Milk.

(images from trishgrantham.com)

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The Paper Thieves on Design*Sponge!

I'd like to thank Grace from Design*Sponge for sharing our 2009 letterpress calendar.
You can purchase the calendar here.

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Come on down and purchase some gifts!

We're going to be selling a wee bit of wares (notebooks, letterpress calendars, cards and such) at the Silverlake Art Craft & Vintage Market, this Sunday December 14th.

Hope to see you there!

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Another Great Letterpress Calendar

Pedlar's website had been updated for the holidays with some great gift ideas, where I discovered the lovely letterpress calendar by Harrington & Squires.

This handmade calendar is printed in black and red ink, and features perforated days, that can be torn off as used. A wooden clothes pin clips onto the calendar to mark the day.
All comes packaged in a nice, graphic package. A clean design and unique calendar indeed!

(images from Harrington & Squires)

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Golden Branch Journal

You can check out these new journals here.

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