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If I were a month, I’d be november.
If I were a day of the week, I’d be saturday.
If I were a time of day, I’d be dusk.
If I were a planet, I’d be saturn.
If I were a sea animal, I’d be a whale.
If I were a direction, I’d be east.
If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be a bed.
If I were a liquid, I’d be rain.
If I were a gemstone, I’d be a emerald.
If I were a tree, I’d be a willow.
If I were a tool, I’d be a rope.
If I were a flower, I’d be a hydrangea.
If I were a kind of weather, I’d be snow.
If I were a musical instrument, I’d be a banjo.
If I were a color, I’d be orange.
If I were an emotion, I’d be merriment.
If I were a fruit, I’d be a plum.
If I were a sound, I’d be harmony.

If I were an element, I’d be carbon.
If I were a car, I’d be a reliable one.
If I were a food, I’d be a matzah ball.
If I were a place, I’d be by the sea and the mountains.
If I were a material, I’d be a cotton.
If I were a taste, I’d be sweet.
If I were a scent, I’d be patchouli.
If I were an object, I’d be tchotschke.
If I were a body part, I’d be a shoulder.
If I were a facial expression, I’d be a surprise.
If I were a song, I’d be classical gas by eric claptoon.
If I were a pair of shoes, I’d be sambas.

A little help from fellow designers about creative block

How I get over creative block

thank you Scott Hansen

Some SVA staff and posters

I'm wondering if I want to invest in the 2009 Feltron Annual Report. Nicholas Feltron is a designer and organizer based in NY. He is a master of mapping data and creating really interesting, dynamic and organized infographics for clients such as Wired, Real Simple Magazine, Time Magazine and CNN.com. He also is one of the men in charge of Daytum.com - a website for collecting personal data. He is in SVA's interactive department.

Beautiful identity work from Graphic ExchanGE from a company called MyORangeBox. MyORangeBox (or MyORB) is Lucie Kim's art/design company located in NYC. She describes her work as "curious, intriguing and playful" - I like the sound of that. Lucie currently teaches at SVA and is a full time designer. I really love the website, it is "curious, intriguing and playful", as is her work.

Also loving the beautiful work by Adam The Velcro Suit

Jim Tierney's Jules Verne Designs

You need to check out Jim Tierney's work.

Just look at this:Jules Verne cover designs by Jim Tierney from Jim Tierney on Vimeo.

Rubber Design - San Francisco

While researching today, I came across work from Rubber Design - A flexible firm (cute little tagline). They are a fairly new firm - started in 2001 - but their work is cute, graphic and succinct. Their brands are also very well established and executed on all fronts - signage, interactive, print, logos & colors. Definitely fun.

Mid-Week Inspiration

Lauren Kaiser's typographical interpretation of Little Red Riding Hood

Jessica Hische's interview with LetterCult and her Day-Ruining client Invoice pads

Mossimo Vignelli's experiences with the NYC DOT and Helvetica

Saturday Musings

The designer who created the above image wrote, "Every time I have a meeting with a bad client I wish I were still a barista. Life was much less stressful back then." I love it. found at Dear Coffee, I love you.

So, Anthony Bourdain is going to Praha on Monday's "No Reservations," which got me remembering about my own adventures in Prague back in 2004, when beer was cheaper than water, and $1 was 30 Czech Korunas. In the spirit of the Czech Republic, and my months of traveling afterward, I've been looking at travel inspired designs, including the work of Ketchup Mustard aka Jaime Van Wart. She's very young, and among the wave of young designers who are excelling at customized typography.

I also recently stumbled upon the design of the Italian company Undesign who does a lot of identity work out of Turino. I appreciate the amount of detail they put online to show the extent of their branding campaigns.


I also came across the work of the young designer beau monroe who has an array of nicely put together brand books. And a sweet little indexhibit website.

And just for a sweet little upcoming Valentine's exercise - Martha has some cute crafty ideas.

Before I forget

Baksheesh typeface

Eric Dodson

Tomorrow Partners

The Snake Queen

The Kraken

I know that this has been around for a while now - but when I was at the liquor store the other day, I actually saw this bottle and my love for the kitschy, stylized and beautifully-designed packaging just came back - so I wanted to share.

I'd been looking for a good sea monster for a while - I always joke that if I were to get tattoos, they would all be nautical themed (ships, mermaids and sea creatures) and I've always been fond of my dover clip art books and taschen images. When I saw The Kraken, designed by Stranger&Stranger in the UK, I just knew that it would be love:

via NotCot and theDieline