I don’t know about you, but when I was too poor to by “real” art, I made a habit of buying nice greeting cards that were frame-worthy to hang on my apartment walls.

Now, who needs the x-acto knife and mat board? Card to Art Greeting Cards has made the transformation as simple as can be…and using letterpress to boot.

Check out the link for images of the final products.

*camille

No, this really has nothing to do with branding. But, the creativity, skill and process needed to create these formidable - yet somehow delicate - sculptures is certainly something to marvel at.

Bicycle chains and other garden variety chain links molded into the human form…Simply amazing…

Click the link to see several more images.

*camille

Digital and cut paper illustrations by Swedish artist, Sandra Juto. Check out her website: http://www.sandrajuto.com/

*cf

Posted in honor of the start of the FIFA World Cup - arguably, the greatest sporting event on the planet. This go ‘round comes to you from South Africa - June 11 to July 11.

Try to catch a few games and argue with your friends about whether the player writhing on the ground is faking it.

*cf

I believe I posted something about this project sometime in the last year. Now, there’s an entire book devoted to telling the story about how the L!brary Initiative in New York City has developed.

It’s a great project dedicated to the refurbishment of libraries in the New York City public school system. Pentagram teamed with various artists to make these spaces into inspirational works of art. Click the link and read some of the articles written about the project. Let’s hope there are more like it in the future, and across the country.

*cf

Yes. Some people are amazingly talented…in crafts it would never occur to me to attempt. As a bonus, this poster by Yulia Brodskaya seems an appropriate welcome to spring. Very nice work!

*cf

Nicely executed CD packaging - interesting illustrations and an unique concept. I hope the music is just as good…