:: Desc / Poly ::

Desc/Poly is an iPod app that draws with points and turns your pictures into a geometric array of colors. Interesting idea!

:: DIY Thursday ::

Found this lovely DIY candle house from Fellowfellow:

Check out the full post here.

:: A Global Hand — China-based, American-owned company helps GFP ::

PassageMaker Sourcing Solutions — an American-owned,  China-based company — didn’t just lend a hand to non-profit Global Family Philanthropy (GFP). PassageMaker lent them a chick.

Make that 1,000 of them — plush toy chicks that GFP is selling in the US to raise funds for its “Chicks4Children” program, a sustainable campaign that builds community chicken coops in Haiti.

To support GFP’s cause, PassageMaker provided its service — at no cost — to produce 1,000 plush toy chicks. PassageMaker, a third-party provider, helped locate the supplier and orchestrate the production, quality inspections and safety testing of the “Chicks4Children” plush toy chicks for GFP.

Chicks4Children is a sustainable campaign with a goal to end hunger and poverty worldwide. Chicks4Children coop recipients commit to share the offspring and provide community outreach. The result is a plethora of eggs and chicken to raise, eat, share and sell. For more information on the program, go to chicks4children.org.

The plush toy chicks are being sold at chicks4children.org and at globalfamilyphilanthropy.org.

eeko studio designed the Chicks4Children brand, website and the plush toys.

About Global Family Philanthropy: Global Family Philanthropy (GFP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its goal is to provide a stable home, education, and family structure for orphaned and abandoned children. GFP’s first home is in Les Cayes, Haiti and the organization has adopted the children who live in the home. GFP’s philosophy goes beyond providing for the short-term needs of vulnerable children. Its goal is to provide a sustainable community where the children can learn and grow to realize their own dreams and potential.
www.globalfamilyphilanthropy.org
Facebook: “Global Family Philanthropy”
@GFPHaiti

About PassageMaker Sourcing Solutions: PassageMaker is a US-owned, China based provider of 3rd party assembly & inspection to protect intellectual property and ensure quality. PassageMaker also provides services to find and manage vendors in China on behalf of client. Contact  PassageMaker if you need assistance with China sourcing.
www.PSSChina.com.

:: Studio On Fire’s Positive Apocalypse ::

Studio On Fire’s 2012 calendar is titled the “Positive Apocalypse Edition.”

It has art from six different contributors, including Studio On Fire, each illustrating two months. Although each contributor has a different aesthetic, the common theme and color palette bring all the pieces together into one great calendar.

Each month is letterpress printed on a separate card, which fits into an included stand for display. This isn’t their first calendar, they also have 2010 and 2011 editions.

:: Simply Adam Mann ::

Simply Adam Mann (@adam_mann) is a local designer living in uptown Phoenix and was one of CO+HOOTS’ two ninterns this fall.

His focus is simple: to provide clean, functional, quality designs while supporting local business and developing lasting relationships.  Below are a few posters he has done for local organizations and businesses around town.

:: JooHee Yoon ::

JooHee Yoon is a printmaker and illustrator currently living in Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and the Boston Globe, among many other places.

I love the imaginative worlds she creates in her pieces and the beautiful textures of her prints.  While much of her work (including the second and third images below) is created to illustrate magazine articles, each one also works beautifully as an individual piece of art. My favorite is “Monster Cat,” the first image below, which was made as a personal project. I love the expression on the cat monster’s face.

:: Jude Landry ::

Jude Landry is a designer currently living in Starkvill, Miss. where he enjoys teaching, designing, printing and spending time with his wife Alisha and two daughters.

His main design interests include poster design, screenprinting, illustration, information design and typography.

The photos below are a few of his event posters. Make sure to check out his site to really explore his skill set.

:: Lab Partners ::

“Lab Partners is the design and illustration studio of Sarah Labieniec and Ryan Meis. Inspired by nature, travel and their animal companions, the husband and wife team work together as a means to share and explore what they love.” — From the Lab Partners about page.

Their work is beautiful and inspiring. I love the hawk below, which is part of their “California Gold” poster series celebrating the natural beauty of their state.

My other favorite, the camera, (third image down) is part of a series called “Hunt and Gather,” inspired by the experience of finding interesting things at a flea market.

:: Scott Campbell ::

Scott Campbell is a graphic designer, illustrator, print maker and currently working and living in New Orleans. One of my favorite works of his was created for the New Orleans Issue of GOOD Magazine back in 2010. Scott created a beautiful series of illustrations highlighting Brad Pitt’s “Make It Right” program (you can read the article here).

“Is the ‘Make It Right’ program’s high-design, low-income green housing project what the Lower 9th Ward needs?”

:: HandpaintedType ::

HandpaintedType is a project helping to preserve the work of Indian street painters by digitizing their alphabets.

Many are being driven out of business by shops printing vinyl signs, putting this beautiful craft at risk. Hanif Kureshi is working to turn some of the painters’ work into fonts. Half of the money from the sale of each font goes back to the painter, the other half goes to fund the project.

One of the fonts, Painter Umesh (the first shown below), is even available for free. There is also a gallery of hand painted signs on the site.