office space

Check out this most inspiring wall of inspiration made of equally spaced binder clips. I love the symetry of the foundation offset by the asymetry of the clippings. 

// designed by A1 Architects for Papelote stationery company, as seen on Archdaily

i'm totally obsessed with the office / studio spaces of other designers and artists and i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one who likes to get a glimpse. seeing where people create is like peeking into people's minds. so, i thought i'd share a few images of my home office, which is currently in the dining room. it's difficult to get good light for taking photographs of the space, so they turned out a bit grainy, but you can get the gist.

// photographs by bekka palmer

3 things I loved about Creative, Inc...

Tactical Advice

Leave the inspiration to someone else. This book tells you how to become a creative freelancer, and spends little time on why. I love that approach, it’s about how hard work works, not about inspiring you to take a leap without a net.

Resources

Their resources list in the back of the book will point you toward information for all parts of your freelance experience. From copyright to sole proprietorship you can find answers here.

I've been obsessively researching infographics lately, and I came across this set of posters, shirts and more from designer Bernard Barry who spent time as a designer at facebook. This heart poster is from the f8 conference which focused on hacking the graph, and is referencing their social data graph.

i usually bring my lunch to work about half the time, it's time to ramp up my lunch time style from a re-usable grocery bag to one of these cute alternatives.

// left to right: bright tiffins from shop twine, zoo lunchies penguin from skip*hop