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Ingrid Brandth

Kitchen table to playhouse in a minute flat; Snowboard decks like Ukrainian Easter eggs; Airplane blankets with repositionable pillows; Animated sequences of athletic endurance; Illustrations that turn musical instruments into equalizer patterns; Web sites for Nike.

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Color Theory, Course Related, Drawing, Visual Concepts, Web

Red Carpet Treatment

Is it: Jewelry? Art? Fashion? Industrial Design? Advertising Prop? Architecture? Social Criticism? Spin the big wheel for your answer.

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Visual Concepts

Syrofoam Cups + Marker

Who out there hasn’t drawn on a used coffee cup?

Posted in Artists & Designers, Craftiness, Drawing, Fiddling & Time Wasters, Persons of Interest, Visual Concepts

The Best High School Design Program

is in Lompoc, California.

Posted in Artists & Designers, Editorial, Education, Mad Props, Resources

Stop complaining about your broken computer and use a d*mn sharpie.

Feeling out of your depth on a project? The illustrations of of Korean artist Kim Daehyun are excellent inspiration for projects that hinge upon iconographic presentation of the ephemeral. Um yeah. Did I mention they are done with a sharpie? Very cool.

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Course Related, Design History, Drawing, Education, Resources, Visual Concepts, Vocation & Profession