Design by Magdelena Czarnecki.

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Nice.

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more zoe bradley

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neat.

lizzie buckmaster dove: botanical book bling.

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beautiful.

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I rarely buy things, but I couldn’t get this calendar out of my mind…

A feather a month, all month long, is perfect.

You can see more here.

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Click through this Scientifican American Cover Art Design archive going back to 1845.

I thought it interesting the magazine incorporated a intricate border around the cover art during WWI (below).

The border would disappear at the end of the war, replaced by open spacing around the image edges pointing to a more permeable border.

Also in the late 1920s early 30s, the design begins to lean heavily on the black and white coloring distinct to the classic 1950-1970s covers.

ca. 1930

The history of origata, the art of carefully folding gifts in decorative paper, will take you to Japan, 1336. Originally developed to wrap decorative fans or kelp in handmade paper, correctly folded origata can tell you about the relationship between the sender and receiver or the event the gift forecasts.

The Origata Design Institute honors the legacy of origata by resurrecting and reinventing traditional folding techniques.

Elsa Mora is hard at work! She is probably best known for her detailed paper cuts like the one above, but I really enjoyed the execution and arrangement of her porcelain work below also.

She is making lovely work in a variety of mediums, so go have a look!