magic number five.

This is indeed magical.

filtered.

I'm a bit of an Instagram addict, so this poster made me smile and say "aha". Read more about how 1000memories broke down each filter here. 

And my love for instagram continues…

cubicle refugee.

A new hue, a different day — Cubicle Refugee is a beautiful collection of images curated daily by Jen.

the most important thing.

Ian Coyle worked on this series of daily thoughts in the summer of 2009.
Work hard stay humble is my absolute favorite.

bodoni.

My 2007 Bodoni calendar was recently published in Creative Calendar Collection. Thanks for including me, Basheer Books.

13 wives.

I love everything about this poster series by Foreign Policy Design Group — great use of photography, nice type, and color palette.

13Wives is the story of 13 ladies and their man behind the bar. This tucked-away specialist little cocktail bar mixes up one of a kind potent concoctions inspired by each of the femme fatale protagonist.

via design work life.

do what you love.

Watching this video was a great way to start my day.

chalk lettering.

Check out these fab time-lapse videos starring chalk artist, Dana Tamamachi.

You can watch more on vimeo.

tangerine tango.

Pantone's 2012 color of the year is optimistic and a bit exotic, I like it.
Meet PMS 17-1463:

1. OPI on the same paige
2. Bodum french press
3. KitchenAid mixer
4. CB2 parlour chair
5. J. Crew ballet flats

twenty-seven + 2011 recap.

My birthday was earlier this week, but I'm still eating cake and doing nothing — so the celebration continues! Twenty-six was busy, but so good to me:

• Taking a two-year break from your career to go back to school never sounds ideal, but I could not have chosen a better time to attend grad school. My classmates are amazing and the workload is a healthy (or not?) balance somewhere between challenge, hard work, and reward.
• Another year, another nephew! My family back in Michigan keeps growing and I continue to have great friends and awesome clients here in Chicago. I love love love this city.
• The women of Quite Strong continue to be an inspiration to me and as we close out our second year as a collaborative we're still going… strong.

I hate when people say, "life is good", but life is good. I'll be working on a list of resolutions and wishing you all a happy and healthy 2012, cheers!