Nigel Peake

After reading a somewhat depressing story in Dwell with the above intriguing illustration. I had to know the illustrator. After coming upon his site I was immediately charmed by his maps.
Normally I like to give the love to the ladies but this bloke caught my eye.
And the double happiness cigarettes I had to add for my friend Carol brought me back a pack. The name double happiness on a pack of cigarettes is just so absurd and flawless at the same time.

Miniature Gallery

We've switched up our window at the office again and we now have a miniature gallery made from a steel L that we had powder coated and mounted to the inside of our window. We then taped off the rest of the window with vinyl (and our name of course) so this 'mini-gallery' is all you would see. We've been doing our own exhibits but this time we asked Lauren of Branch Floral Design (formerly at Rose and Radish) to do something for us. Quite lovely I think.


A small UPDATE:... funny in fact! I ended up meeting Jill of small stump through Lauren and they are doing a great mothers day arrangement check it out here.

Ukiah

Mr. J and I went to our friends ranch house in Ukiah this past weekend. We are planning on having our wedding party there thanks to the generosity of Alan and Steffny. I'll post more about that later.
On the way there I had Mr. J pull over so I could pick these California wildflowers before we arrived.

Weekend Finds

Some finds discovered this weekend around the corner from the office before we left for Ukiah. Eames chairs for the office and some architecture books for moi.

Bart Trains

Since these were never produced I thought I'd share them here. I did these illustrations for BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) they are a series of 'daydreams' by BART riders on their commute. I really enjoyed doing them and was quite bummed when they got canned. It is so easy to get attached to your own work and always hard to handle it when the client says...
'no thats not what I'm looking for'
I'm still learning how to deal with those words. When do you push and when do you let go?

XandL

XandL's portfolio is gorgeous. I love the breadth of their work.

Weekend Retreat

We went away this past weekend like a lot of you did. Tahoe was our destination, here are a few images, nature has so much to give. It also helps if you have great friends to share it all with. Thanks for the invite.

Happiness

This photo is happiness to me. I know I found the photographer on flickr but now I can't remember where. Does anyone know who she is?

Update its by Lori Andrews the 10¢ designer on Flickr.... thanks Anon.

Stella and Patrick

She never ceases to amaze. Stella had Patrick Blanc design the stage set for her show. Not only is he the most amazing landscape designer and a true inspiration. (So she already gets huge points for knowing who he is) but the 30-foot-high wall of 2,000 plants was Donated to the city of Boulogne, France (outside Paris), and relocated in a low-income housing project maintained by Espaces, a nonprofit organization.
There she goes again always leading by example. The image is via NYmag. I've always thought it would be quite magical to design the stage set for a show.

Dinner in the sky

All I can say is whoa. I'm not sure if this is thrilling or frightening. Dinner in the sky. is it for you?