Shirts that Rock
Music is a passion, a living, and a business. For many bands, it's about inspiring and making it into the millions of iTunes libraries that walk around in iPods all day. But it's about making a living with what you love doing most, working a career that's meaningful and getting noticed. (hmm, sounds familiar) So when I came across Yellow Bird Project, I thought it was such a creative way for Indie bands to do just that. //Read More
Font Friday – June 11
Today's post is alpha-chic - 26 typographic chairs designed by Roeland Otten. These ABChairs are literally an alphabet to sit on, or if you're like me, a life-size game of Boggle. //Read More
Font Friday – June 4
Like music, fonts fall into the dangerous pit of intellectual property, licensing and royalty issues. We purchase fonts for all of our card designs, monograms and wedding invites here at IKIWISI, but consider it a splurge for us. So over the years, we've bookmarked our favourite sites for FREE fonts. //Read More
The Cleveland Clinic by Frank Gehry
A couple weeks ago, Derrick and I flew down to Vegas for a friend's wedding. We stayed for about 4 days and had just enough time to spend with friends, shop and of course, visit the latest Frank Gehry architectural masterpiece - the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. //Read More
Paper with a Purpose
Folks, this is more than origami - it's reinventing paper. Remember that Paper Source calendar we showcased last year? Well, we oohed and ahhed at the simple idea of repurposing a calendar into gift wrap. Well today's features are even better. //Read More
Font Friday – May 21
Veer recently released THE latest masterpiece by Alejandro Paul - Brownstone. I absolutely fell in love with this typeface the moment I opened my email newsletter. //Read More
Image Spark
Visit design blogs today and you'll see quite a few inspiration board posts. They are usually a collection of pictures, nicely laid out to look like one cohesive unit with the intention of conveying a particular look and feel. For any designer, one of the first steps of a new project is research and that includes creating inspiration boards. In the old days, you can cut things out and glue or tape it to a board literally but what about now, when most images are online and we're trying to save trees by not printing things out? Hello Image Spark! //Read More
Now Open!
Fresh and hot out of the oven! Our new online shop is open for business at Etsy. That's right folks, you can now buy fun, witty and cheeky greeting cards directly from us. //Read More
Patterned and Personal
I love my Blackberry. Derrick wants an iPad. We both own iPods and take our laptop home for work. You can call us slaves to our personal electronic devices, but we love 'em. I was browsing etsy and came across Seaside Sew and the plethora of cute and wonderful pouches, holders, cases and sleeves for all of these gadgets. //Read More
GOOD Friday
For many of you, today is your "Friday" and the beginning of the first long weekend in 2010 for Canadians. I look forward to Easter because we have a long weekend almost every month for the rest of the year. So thought I'd celebrate the beginning of this long weekend with a post from GOOD. //Read More
