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Any graphic designers considering grad school?

 

Yinka Shonibare

Work from artist Yinka Shonibare.

Born in England in 1962 and raised in Nigeria, Yinka Shonibare currently lives and works in London, where he has gained international attention by exploring issues of race and class through a range of media that includes sculpture, painting, photography, and installation art. -- from yinkashonibare.com

Maxwell Dorsey

Really fun illustrations from Maxwell Dorsey. Link via Snowflake Cupcake

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The Adventures of Prince Achmed

One of my favorite animated movies is over eighty years old. The Adventures of Prince Achmed was revolutionary for it's time, the amazing paper-cut puppets with beautiful movement and dynamic detail makes this film an animated masterpiece. To learn more about this amazing project click here, and go here for a taste of the film. The video is pretty bad but you get a sense of what's going on. Images via ASIFA.

Gustav Klimt

While revisiting Art Nouveau I am reminded of Klimt's body of work...

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Lovely Journal Book

I just purchased Sabrina Ward Harrison's latest book, The True and the Questions: A Journal. The collages are really beautiful and I love the little nooks of space for you to write down your thoughts and ideas.

Greg Lamarche

Really fun use of type in environmental spaces as well as on paper. Greg Larmache

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Fly Girl of the Week

Who? Roxanne, 32
Where? I call Minneapolis, MN home but I am originally from Kansas City, KS.
What do you do? I am an Art Director/Designer for Target. I design and art direct the photography for in-store marketing and packaging in housewares. Every once in a while I get to design promotional collateral for the campaigns that I support. So in my "spare time" I do everything I can to be purely creative. Right now I freelance and take classes for balance.
How did you get into your current career? I worked at Hallmark Cards for almost 7 years, then decided to go back to school to freshen up my design skills and break back into pure graphic design. After graduation I freelanced for a little while and traveled a bit, then started looking for a job. Right around that time Target came to my school for a campus recruiting event. I signed up to interview with them and here I am. It all kinda came together, I feel blessed.
What inspires you? First, God's beauty and grace in all its disguises...Then I'd have to say smart design, simplicity, and truth.
Why are you fly? Hmmm...I define my "flyness" as my quiet, inner drive to seek situations, inspiration, people, places and spaces that keep me in tune with my genuine self, but at the same time push me to grow. It's "fly" because it's a reciprocal process, it in turn equips me with more to give.
Advice: Never fear the path the Creator has chosen for you. At times, various phases along the journey can be distracting, but in the end your purpose will always find you.

Tummy Ache

I adore these whimsical illustrations from Etsy shop, Tummy Ache.

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I want these!!!

Handbags

I'm really diggin' the bags for the fall in all their luscious colors and shapes! All bags except the fuschia clutch are rom ShopBop.com, fuschia clutch from ActiveEndeavors.com.

Ndebele Wall Paintings

These wallpaintings are designed by the women of the Ndebele peoples in South Africa. Images via Ndebele: The Art of an African Tribe