I’m got a massive crush on 3 Fish Studios‘ new line of prints. Now, if only they had a Washington one…
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It’s Friday – Let’s Dance!
Get down with a little help from these posters of infamous dance styles in pop culture by Niege Borges Alves. From start to finish, these series of posters show you all the right moves. The Little Miss Sunshine one is my absolute favorite! Click the source below for the rest!
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If Internet Memes Were Movie Posters
You can never get tired of a good ‘ol internet meme. Luckily for us, London-based designer Stefan Van Zoggel has created a series of minimalist movie posters inspired by some of the best memes ever! Years from now, we’ll be able to look at the poster up on our walls and still have a good laugh.
Sweet Makeups From Enemies
Hugs really can solve anything, can’t they? This sweet series by Berlin designer and illustrator Ingrid Aspöck can make anyone’s heart melt. While many of us know that there may never be a happy ending for some of these pairings, those of us who wish for one can just imagine this as an alternative instead. To view more enemy pairings embracing, click here.
If Disney Princesses Were Hipsterfied…
Oh my…I love this too much. Hipster or not, Jasmine will always be my favorite. These transformations were designed by a 17-year old named Victoria.
Inspirational Posters For Your Newly Inspired Self
We are more than halfway through January, but it’s still the first month of the year. Hopefully your resolutions are still intact. If you’re starting to sluff a little bit, I am here to tell you that you CAN do it. Whatever it is that you think you can’t do – you actually can. I am a huge fan of inspirational posters. In fact, I am a fan of inspiration words, pictures, and people too. A little over a week ago, I decided to make an inspirational wall at my desk because this was the place where I felt most creative. It’s also the place where I get most distracted from my work, but this wall that I am now forced to look at it brings me right back to where I need to be.
Throughout my elementary, middle school, and high school career, I was forced to look at these uninspired posters in my classrooms of random sayings and animals. Animals are great, but why look at those when posters these days have really stepped up their game.
The “To Resolve Project” has a collection of posters up on their website, but will be collaborating with my favorite Society 6′ers soon enough!
Here are just a few of my favorite picks!
Cory Roberts
Riley Cran
Shane Harris
Inka Mathew
Justin Mezzell
To view more posters, click here.
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Chris Colfer is a Children’s Author
As if he wasn’t talented enough gracing us with his voice on the hit television series Glee, Chris Colfer can now add children’s book author to his resume. On July 17th, The Land of Stories, will be released including illustrations by Brandon Dorman.
Described as a “modern-day fairy tale,” the book will focus on twins Alex and Conner, who leave the real world behind and find themselves in a land where they come face-to-face with the fairy-tale characters — witches, goblins, trolls — they’ve always read about. Colfer says the book’s illustrator “made every detail come to life.
This is beyond precious. I can’t wait to start my own collection of children’s books someday including some of my very favorites from when I was a child. Growing up kind of makes you miss it.
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Poster Cabaret
At the end of the summer, after a month of debating, I finally selected three prints to purchase from Society 6. I was able to find exactly the prints I wanted – one that was a photograph, a graphic print, and one with a quote. The one print that I was unable to find successfully was one for a band or musician that I loved. I wasn’t looking for a specific one exactly, but I wanted a design that was visually pleasing for a band I actually listened to. I suppose i was looking in the wrong place. So today, I decided to peruse Poster Cabaret. Below are my options – let me know which one you think looks best! To shop around for your own posters, click here.
Bon Iver | Dkng – $40
TuNe-YaRdS | Jason Munn - $30
Feist | Micah Smith – $25
Tokyo Police Club | Nerl Says – $25
Beach House | Valhalla Studios – $30
A Round Up Post Inspired By My Friends
Every so often, I’ll get asked from someone who reads my blog the question of how I decide what goes on Yow Yow. Well, that’s a very interesting question that comes with a full circle answer. I read the news everyday from a number of sources across various topics. Generally, I like to stick to things that I’m genuinely interested in, but other times, I’ll write posts based on what I think my own friends would like to read. Before starting Yow Yow, I used to run into this disconnect with some of my friends in a group setting when I would always say to them, “Oh! Did you hear about…?” (probably something related to what I write on the blog now) and they either didn’t care for it or had never heard about it.
Yow Yow was not only an expressive outlet for me and a past time, but it was something created for my friends that was relevant to my generation. It was something that they could read or relate to while they were in class, being distracted from homework, or reading on their own time.
With that, I happened to stumble upon three pieces this morning each reminding me of three of my friends.
My dear friend Megan, who you will seeing a guest post from next week, used to make these beautiful handmade journals for herself and for her friends as presents. This journal, pictured above, was constructed out of vintage materials by Odelae. This one was made out of leather, but she also seems to have another journal bound between oyster shells! [Source]
During our recent snowy Sunday, Veronica invited me to trek through the snow to share a cup of cocoa with her. I never made it, but I did come across this simple, but adorable way of making hot cocoa and gifting it to friends and family. How chic, right? It’s so modern, but makes perfect sense. Making hot cocoa has never been so easy. Check out the recipe here.
Lastly, my friend Bree loves cats. Every time I see cute cat-like things, I am instantly reminded of her. She doesn’t have one right now, but I think she would love these “cats as human hipsters” pillows. Or…maybe she’ll be creeped out by them. Either way, they’re too stinkin’ cute. This Boyfriend Girlfriend Pillow set was made by graphic designer and illustrator Nicola Rowlands. [Source]
“I Haven’t Been To An Airport In Awhile…”
I have got a very strange love/hate relationship with airports. Well, how many times have I started a blog post with that sentence? Plenty probably. Frankly, I enjoy being in airports because of all the people. Have you ever stopped to think about how many people are traveling at the same time as you are? Some will be on your flight, but chances are you’re only going to recognize the faces of the six people that are sitting near you. Many of those people are traveling to a couple states over, across the country, to another continent. They could be they for a few days, a few weeks, or years. The idea of that many people moving about within one place is incredible to me.
The only thing I don’t like about airports is that knot in my stomach I get when a flight first takes off and the huge breath I take in and hold right before we land. Also, people getting motion sickness around me isn’t ideal.
My yearning to be in an airport was sparked by this post I found on Colossal on this set of screen prints by Nomo Designs of airport runways. Designer and architect Jerome Daksiewicz has created screen prints for some of the more popular airports, but has plans to expand the collection to include five more cities. Crossing my fingers for a Seattle! To purchase, click here.
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See Your Instagram Photos in a Levi’s Campaign
photo cred | The Pop Up City
My one regret about not having an iPhone is not being able to have the Instagram app. I realize that the app specifically is miniscule in terms of what the entire iPhone can provide for me, but real talk here – I just want to fit in with everyone else. I won’t lie to you, I even went to the actual Instagram website to see if I could just download the app to my computer so that I could convert my photos that way, but no such luck.
Not only do my photos lack coolness, but not having the app puts me at a disadvantage for opportunities like this.
Levi’s is holding a casting call for their latest ad campaign and instead of bringing in the models, they want YOUR Instagram photos. So what do you need to do? Take a picture of yourself or your frands being all hip and stuff like Erin Wasson or whatever - Instagram it – Tag it with #IAMLEVIS and wait to see if you get snatched up by the brand!
If they like your photo, your winning Instagram snapshot could appear on their billboards and in their commercials.
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Theme of the Year:
As a freshman, my English lit professor told me that she believed the theme of my year was passion. It was all over my writing apparently, but I just never noticed. I’ve remembered many things that she has taught me about, but this is one that I will never forget. As I reflected back on my college years last night, I realized that I’ve had a new theme since then for every school year and that I have this professor to thank for that.
I may have started my college career with passion, but I would like to end it with creation. To create something is extremely powerful to me. It’s the idea of creating something with my hands, with my work, and with myself. Everything I’ve ever done is leading up to this moment right here. While on my daily reads last night, I found two inspirational pieces revolving around this theme and I wanted to share it with all of you!
This post is very similar to the resolution one, but I promise this is my last post having to do with the end of the year and the start of the year.
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I know that this is itty bitty, but you’ve got to check out this infographic on “How to Live a Creative Life.” Just click the image above for a larger version by Fast Company.
Alice in Waterland
All photos by Elena Kalis
How amazing is this whimsical Alice in Wonderland photo shoot? Photographer Elena Kalis had her 12-year-old daughter help her recreate images from this childhood story in a swimming pool. I’m not sure if I would’ve been able to keep my eyes open for a shoot like this, but the photographs actually turned out really well.
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Exploding Flowers
Photography by | Fong Qi Wei
Missing spring yet? Get your dose of floral with these photographs by Fong Qi Wei. The flowers are arranged in a way to make them appear as if they are exploding. To check out the rest of the photographs in the set, click here.
A Path in the Forest
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photo cred | The Cool Hunter
Designed by architect Tetsuo Kondo, “A Path in the Forest” is an art installation that can be found in Kadriorg Park located near Tallinn, Estonia. This beautiful path in the trees spans 95 meters (or 311 feet) weaving in and out of the park’s 300-year old trees. These photographs are absolutely stunning, but I’m sure don’t do the installation any justice in real life. I love how peaceful and serene this pathway looks though. It’s breathtaking.
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