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Age-old DIY printmaking meets animation in this charming short by Siri Melchior of Trunk studio, who made and scanned thousands of potato prints to use as textures for the animation. In the film, a little bird flies around his colofrul town, meeting a variety of animals and people. The problem? He can't whistle. Everywhere he goes, everyone can whistle properly except for him. But fear not! He......read more
If you’re looking to liven up your walls, look no further than Pottok Prints, which offers a bunch of irresistible, tongue-in-cheek wallpaper designs from Geoff McFetridge, the great LA-based graphic artist. Printed on recyclable paper and hand silkscreened using water-based inks. A frequent collaborator of Spike Jonze, you can also see McFetridge's handiwork in the title sequence of Where......read more
Published late in 2012, Natural Histories offers a rare glimpse of seldom-seen, fully illustrated essays from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Book Collection. And it's not just for armchair scientists. Included in the clamshell package are 40 prints of extraordinary illustrations, printed in quality stock, just begging to be framed. From the curation to the printing, this is a......read more
This limited edition wallpaper is part of the inaugural SHFT Studio collection, featuring sustainably-produced home furnishing collaborations between SHFT and different partners. The SHFT-designed, Astek-manufactured wallpaper sports a woodsy, crosscut tree design that brings the forest into your home. Made using Topeka, a post-consumer recycled paper that carries six LEED......read more
The work of Bryan Nash Gill is deeply rooted in the physical environment. From his base in rural Connecticut, the artist creates incredibly detailed relief prints of cross-cut trees, which he salvages around his home. After cutting blocks with a chainsaw, Bryan sands, burns, and shellacs them, before applying a sheet of Japanese washi paper over an inked section of tree, then carefully......read more
Those who lean more towards the old school way of doing things will probably want to have a healthy balance between a paperless and documented life - this is where the Printstik really delivers. Weighing 1.5 pounds, this ink-free printer is fully self-cotained and totally bluetooth enabled for wireless printing. It runs on a rechargeable battery and uses custom thermal printing technology, using......read more
How much space does a human need? According to Derek Diedricksen, not a helluva lot. The family backyard of the carpenter and young father is dotted with tiny structures — the biggest of which measures a paltry 24 square feet — that serve as sleeping cabins and hangout zones. Built from scavenged materials, the little buildings are imaginative excercises in "micro-architecture." What......read more
The Ski Area Citizens' Coalition, a grassroots organization that tracks the environmental impact and effort of 82 ski areas, has issued its 2011 report card. Resorts were graded in four areas: habitat protection, watershed protection, addressing climate change, and environmental practices and policies. The good news is that overall ski resort grades have improved 2% this year, and have......read more
