Albin Holmqvist - graphic designer

and his campaign for EF Language schools.

EF - Live The Language - Barcelona from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

Directed by Gustav Johansson
D.O.P Niklas Johansson
Produced at Camp David

There's something about...No Handed Bike Moves

A professional display of 50 no handed bike moves performed to the tune of "Golden Tree" by Martin Brooks.

The drawings and collages of Laura Ferrara

...just a few - head over to her Flickr page and have a further look.






Laura Ferrara

You might like this as well - Hand Drawing - a comtemporary drawing collective. Good blog selections for "drawers" on the site as well.

Angela searches the world wide web - February 20, 2012

Getting excited about heading to Marrakech and scooting over to Essaouira with Suzanne Northcott and the girlies. (there are few spots left if you want to come but act fast, I'm thinking...)

We'll be heading to Marjorelle Gardens, tripping it to Essaouira, hanging in the souks, hitting some incredible dinner spots and sure, we'll also shop - of course we will. Suzanne will be teaching the art of travel journaling and be leading us in yoga every morning - I say "us" because, yes, I do intend to yoga it up while I'm there. (famous last words)

image: mich_obrien

image: dominikgolenia

image: Adam Jones

image: Filipe Ferreira

image: chrisflyer

There's a good post over at Wilder Quarterly blog about The Majorelle Garden. You might way to know more about the Wilder Quarterly so head over here.

What else happen this week.
I liked this photo of Marilyn Monroe riding the chairlft on Mount Norquay in Banff, Alberta.


I think the graphic designer Amanda Jane Jones is pretty skookum.

Here are her New Year cards and other projects she's worked on. She is also the primary designer for Kinfolk Magazine - which you know I'm a huge fan of. I love the simplicity of her work.

images: scooped from Amanda's website and blog.

Photographer Igor Palmin's work is mostly in black and white. He calls himself an "observer" rather than a photographer and I can see why.


This is by far the best book of the week. (I pinned it on Pinterest already, I know - a bit of a repeat but it deserves double coverage) Check out the price - $1.95.


You can buy the book on Amazon and while I was searching the book I noticed some other "man-knitting" books with names such as "Knitting With Balls: A Hands-On Guide to Knitting for the Modern Man", "Men Who Knit & The Dogs Who Love Them: 30 Great-Looking Designs for Man & His Best Friend" and "The Knitting Man(ual): 20+ Projects for Guys".

I'm not kidding.

By far, though, the website - MenWhoKnit - is one of my favorites. It's just so great that these dudes have a community and share their thoughts and ideas about knitting. Hmmmmm. Ace Camp for the man knitters might be fun. Wool + Scotch in the U.K. (putting on my thinking cap for that one)

Last but not least - Upon a Fold - for those interested in paper craft. A lovely online store owned by Justine + Matt. Their blog lists some of the most varied and interesting paper crafters in the world.


This week - if I can get all in order I'll be launching a new trip.

There's something about...Ping Pong

Even the name is fun.


1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

...and more on Pinterest.

Angela searches the world wide web - February 13, 2012

Photographer of the week: Spanish photographer - Nacho Alegre, founder and co-director of Apartamento.

Man, this guy is good.

Pixie Geldoff

Russian Red

Miguel Abellan

Hercules - Issue No. 1

Diaries

Illustrator Bjorn Rune Lie from Norway captured my attention this week. Since graduating from University College Falmouth in 2001, his images have appeared on milk cartons, magazine covers, text books and album covers across the globe.

images: Bjorn Lie

Then I think of Norway and see this photo - who's photo credit I can't find for the life of me - which makes me want to go to Norway and hang out in a fjord.


Then I wanted this postcard from Yeehaw Industries.


Full-time jobs take up a lot of time, so how do you make room for creativity between all your various obligations and errands? Diego Gimenez solved the problem by mixing his photography habit with his morning commute.


I thought this article - The Animal People Have Always Been There - written in The Journal about Camilla Engman's work was well written and helps us to better understand Camilla's world of Animal People. (You do know that there is an Ace Camp in Sweden with Camilla in May - there are spots left if you want to come.



“I was born and raised in Oregon, living in the suburbs and developing nicely as a loud nerd who drew dragons.” So begins Cari Vander Yacht’s online biography.


I know. This post is way late. I've been super-uber busy. :)

There's something about...Reiner Gogolin + Silent Jumps Around the Coffee Table

I follow Reiner Gogolin on Pinterest and resist most days to repin his pins. Maybe Reiner is the Senior Cataloger at the Library of Congress - I dunno - (as in checked him out on goggle) it's hard to figure out who some people are on Pinterest so I can contact then and say "Excellent pins, Reiner!". Maybe Reiner's a woman. Again, dunno.

What I do know is that Gogolin's board silent jumps around the coffee table is one of my favorites.

image: William Gedney

images: unknown / via thisisnthappiness

image: unknown

image: Christian Coigny

image: Julius Shulman

I love images of mid-air jumps - with all purpose and intent plans are made to execute perfectly you take a leap.

My pins are here if you'd like to have a look (or an invite to Pinterest) or if you're on Pinterest and want to follow Reiner Gogolin here's a link.

Angela searches the world wide web - February 6, 2012

The photographer of the week: Amy Merrick. Amy works as a floral designer and stylist and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her website is clean, modern, beautiful and depicts her styling in a way I'm sure she's proud of - and her blog - An Apple a Day chronicles her life as she ventures around the country designing venues with her floral decor talents. She also photographs other things - her various travels in Europe and the United States and food (gorgeous food photography) - as seen on her flickr page - and here are some of her photos.


Photographer Sivan Askayo created this series titled “Intimacy Under the Wires,” which photographs laundry lines from below.


Her travel photography makes me want to jump on a plane and head directly to another country. Here are a few photographs of Buenos Aires:


Stay Here of the week - Camp Wandawega - located 90 miles from Chicago in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. This peaceful, lakeside, wooded retreat sits on 25 hidden acres and has been a "friends and family" getaway for years only opening up for rental "on a trial basis" this spring. It was also rated as one of the United States top six camp retreats by the London's Guardian newspaper.

There's a vintage boy scout tent rental - 3 canvas tents set around a camp fire, a two bedroom cabin, a one bedroon log cabin, a three bedroom cabin and the latest addition: a modern, vaulted-ceiling treehouse. Also, on the property is a main lodge, a three story hotel, an archery range and various other camplike activities.

The owners David Hernandez and Tereasa Surratt (author of A Very Modest Cottage and Found, Free and Flea) have done an amazing job with their camp. You can rent it here.


I found this cute food blog called KeKe by Kirra Jamison of Melbourne, Australia. Kirra shares recipes and photos and started her blog while living in Tokyo, Japan.

image: David Mahon

image: Dale Lovett

image: Dale Lovett

Oh, yeah. There's an interview with me chatting about the Ace Camps in this issue of UPPERCASE. Thank you to Christina and Janine. (I really appreciate it)


Tif and I launched a workshop with dottie angel a few days ago. You can read about it on dottie angel's blog and find out about the deets right here. Seattle here we come!


oh...and...these tumblrs are pretty special:

Steal their style / Vineet Kaur / Lyla&Blu /

Let me know if you found anything interesting this week.

The Sartorialist: Lunch for 25

Scott Schuman aka The Sartorialist invited some of the most influential men’s style icons for lunch in Florence, Italy. He thought that by bringing these like-minded and stylist fellows for a meal that they would "really hit it off" and "new friendships would be made".

He hope that this will become a biannual event increasing diversity of style and deepening camaraderie between friends.

Such a genius idea.

Angela searches the world wide web - January 30, 2012

As I searched the world wide web this week I was all over the map - looking at little cabins in the mountains in Japan, heading over to Santiago, Chile to learn more about Karen Barbe, seeing the world through the lens of Marco Van Duyvendijk - a Dutch photographer with a portfolio full of photos from Georgia, Hong Kong, Romania + other interesting countries. I spent some time checking out the artists and their work over at Ashes & Milk and you'll learn how to make paper boat hats.

If you like little cabins this is the website for you - Cabin Porn. Cabin Porn is edited by the folks at Beaver Brook and submissions come from all over the world.

Here are a few.

image: Hut in Niigata prefecture, Japan by Karissa Seltz

image: Forest Lodge in Siberia by Vasin Valery

image: The Floating House by MOS Architects rests on steel pontoons in Lake Huron. Photo by Florian Holzherr

Karen Barbe is a textile designer, embroiderer and weaver from Santiago, Chile. Her blog features original photos of the processes of her work, tutorials, her life in Chile, as well as a bit of nostalgia as in the photos below.

The workshop of a shoe repairer - a shop Karen covets, a photographic story about a man who has worked as a cobbler for the last 33 years and the lost art of shoe repair.


Karen hand weaves cushions - you may have seen them around.



Her embroidery sampler:


I got lost in her world for sure this week - you should definitely swing by and have a look at her beautiful photography. Believe me, grab a coffee or tea before you head over as I think you'll spend some time there.

DIY of the week - How to make a newspaper hat. (I know...silly, but for some reason this week the art of paper folding hats and the search for instructions was kind of fun)

image: kyka photography

Love the photography by Dutch photographer - Marco Van Duyvendijk


Ashes & Milk - an online collective of traditional techniques of art and craft with a modern touch. Their blog has photos of the artists at work along with interviews and discussions.

Daisuke Tajika hand forging Japanese scissors and shears at Tajika Haruo Ironworks.


A hemp bag by Tracy Hachler and Indigo Dyed Cotton Cloth by Roland Ricketts III.


I'll be announcing two new Ace Camps this week - both of which I'm super stoked about. :)