tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85020515822900862942013-03-31T11:39:27.812-05:00Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be. Ralph Waldo EmersonLorinoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125InspirationBoardshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8502051582290086294.post-67920885057875791452009-05-23T18:37:00.001-05:002009-05-23T18:40:20.573-05:002009-05-23T18:40:20.573-05:00

Elisabeth has opened a shop!

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Orla Kiely discusses her work space in the Guardian.

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Elisabeth Dunker is a photographer, designer, stylist, and illustrator.Can you tell us about some of the things on your inspiration board?I don’t have a board really, but spots, corners, places in the apartment where I display things, keep them there for a while, then put them away.It can be piles of textiles, pictures I tear out from magazines, shoes, clothes, toys, old books, etc.I also have “

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Inspiration Links for Artists: To find some ideas for your settings, characters, screenplay, logos, painting, art...

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Writers’ roomsAlso: Daily Routines: How writers, artists, and other interesting people organize their days.

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Maira Kalman is blogging again at the New York Times. Oh, happy day!

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See artists in their creative spaces at The Selby.

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Erika Kuhn’s website: Erika Kuhn, Artista PlásticaErika’s Flickr

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cannon’s blog: not like the cameraadrian’s blog: nonsensicalandy’s blogs: my moleskine and the traveling moleskine projectSee more…

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“How are we inspired? Where might our imaginations take us? What does creativity look like in its wildest form? These clever, invigorating speakers plumb the wellspring of invention.”Listen to TED Talks focusing on creativity here.

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J. Otto Seibold is an illustrator and author.What is inspiring you right now?Poverty, I think it is where honest living is. It’s the only real politics, so when every dollar matters, you pay attention to who gets it. That sounds harsh, but I’m trying to say as that outside of money and acting to get it I am having a very nice life right now.What is your work space like?An old school lunch table

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Brede Korsmo and Luke Frost's work tableLots of great inspiration here. Check it out!Hat tip: swissmiss

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photo credit: Rick MeyerowitzMaira Kalman is an artist, designer, author, illustrator, and photographer, among other things.What inspires you?Books (Sebald, Nabakov, Austen)Music (Handel, Bach, Mozart, Monk)Travel (India, Russia, Israel)Odd moments and great people. Humor. Anyone that is funny inspires me.Do you keep a sketchbook?I have carried a sketchbook/journal since I was 18 years old. And I

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I was recently lucky and blessed enough to be able to interview one of my greatest personal inspirations, Ms. Maira Kalman. I'll be posting her interview next week. To celebrate, I am going to give away a free copy of her fantastic book The Principles of Uncertainty. Leave a comment, and I'll draw a lucky winner on Sunday.(And if you already own that book — it's fantastic! — go ahead and enter,

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Amanda Blake Soule is a crafter, writer, photographer, blogger, and unschooling mama of three.Can you tell us about some of the things on your board?My board is a true mix of things I find and love: bits of my children’s artwork, cards and prints from friends, magazine tear-outs for projects I want to try, colors that inspire me, and old photographs – some of people I know and some I pick up at

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Meg Werner takes photographs. She loves to travel. She has lived and studied overseas, and she recently returned home to the U.S. with a degree from Oxford. She sells prints of some of her dreamy, evocative photographs on Etsy, along with other handmade treasures.Can you tell us about some of the things on your inspiration board?I just realized that right now there is more of my work on my

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Molly Wizenberg likes food. She likes to cook it, she likes to eat it, and she likes to write about it. And her photographs are almost as mouth-watering as her prose. She shares stories and recipes at Orangette, and she has written a book of essays and recipes that will be published by Simon and Schuster.Can you tell us about some of the things on your wire?I only ever change about half of my

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Graça Paz is an artist who draws, paints, sews. Her husband Francisco is an architect, and together they are now selling their handmade furniture and accessories for the home. She lives in Portugal, and her work is a riot of color and creativity.Graça has an inspiration refrigerator! A first for the Inspiration Boards Blog, though not for the Inspiration Boards group.Can you tell us about some of

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Yvonne injects color and vivacity into every single thing in her life. Her exuberance and love of home bursts through everything she touches like pure sunshine.Can you tell us about some of the things on your board?They are little things that make me happy. I have a color chart from the Paper Source up there with little descriptions of all the colors and I just love it. There are some photos

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Laurie Bertrand makes beautiful things, and then photographs them, beautifully.Can you tell us about some of the things on your board?I probably rearrange my inspiration boards once or twice a year. My current board is from last winter/spring. I wanted to make something a little more sophisticated than the view above my desk, which is colorful and packed with favored items.So, I divided the board

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Geninne Zlatkis is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, living in Mexico, married to an architect and designer, and mother of two wonderful, artistic boys. Geninne works in a variety of media, including watercolor, ink, and pencil. She sews, embroiders, and just learned to needle felt. She carves rubber stamps and so much more. She keeps an amazingly beautiful home and inspirational

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Jennifer Causey is a photographer and artist. Her photographs often focus on moments in life when beauty quietly rises to the surface. She is a professional photographer, sells her work online, and also blogs at both simply photo and simply breakfast. She has just compiled the photos from simply breakfast into a book.Can you tell us about some of the things on your wire?I look at a lot of

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Camilla Engman is an incredibly talented artist, illustrator, and graphic designer. She lives in Gothenburg, Sweden, with her friend Morran, possibly the most popular dog in the blog universe. Her work is sold at many different shops including her own.Can you tell us about some of the things on your inspiration wall?Maria's big and wonderful spoon photo is hanging on my "wire" waiting to be

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