I’m loving these prints by Petra Börner. The bright, bold color combinations are great, especially with spring right around the corner. She also makes ceramic stationery! Check out all of her work here.

Hello Little Printer, available 2012 from BERG on Vimeo.

Little printer prints out your reminders on tiny little pieces of paper from your iPhone! This tiny thing got on the “most wanted list” in 2012!

Desc/Poly is an iPod app that draws with points and turns your pictures into a geometric array of colors. Interesting idea!

Check out the full post here.

PassageMaker Sourcing Solutions — an American-owned,  China-based company — didn’t just lend a hand to non-profit Global Family Philanthropy (GFP). PassageMaker lent them a chick.

Make that 1,000 of them — plush toy chicks that GFP is selling in the US to raise funds for its “Chicks4Children” program, a sustainable campaign that builds community chicken coops in Haiti.

To support GFP’s cause, PassageMaker provided its service — at no cost — to produce 1,000 plush toy chicks. PassageMaker, a third-party provider, helped locate the supplier and orchestrate the production, quality inspections and safety testing of the “Chicks4Children” plush toy chicks for GFP.

Chicks4Children is a sustainable campaign with a goal to end hunger and poverty worldwide. Chicks4Children coop recipients commit to share the offspring and provide community outreach. The result is a plethora of eggs and chicken to raise, eat, share and sell. For more information on the program, go to chicks4children.org.

The plush toy chicks are being sold at chicks4children.org and at globalfamilyphilanthropy.org.

eeko studio designed the Chicks4Children brand, website and the plush toys.

About Global Family Philanthropy: Global Family Philanthropy (GFP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Its goal is to provide a stable home, education, and family structure for orphaned and abandoned children. GFP’s first home is in Les Cayes, Haiti and the organization has adopted the children who live in the home. GFP’s philosophy goes beyond providing for the short-term needs of vulnerable children. Its goal is to provide a sustainable community where the children can learn and grow to realize their own dreams and potential.
www.globalfamilyphilanthropy.org
Facebook: “Global Family Philanthropy”
@GFPHaiti

About PassageMaker Sourcing Solutions: PassageMaker is a US-owned, China based provider of 3rd party assembly & inspection to protect intellectual property and ensure quality. PassageMaker also provides services to find and manage vendors in China on behalf of client. Contact  PassageMaker if you need assistance with China sourcing.
www.PSSChina.com.

It has art from six different contributors, including Studio On Fire, each illustrating two months. Although each contributor has a different aesthetic, the common theme and color palette bring all the pieces together into one great calendar.

Each month is letterpress printed on a separate card, which fits into an included stand for display. This isn’t their first calendar, they also have 2010 and 2011 editions.

His focus is simple: to provide clean, functional, quality designs while supporting local business and developing lasting relationships.  Below are a few posters he has done for local organizations and businesses around town.

I love the imaginative worlds she creates in her pieces and the beautiful textures of her prints.  While much of her work (including the second and third images below) is created to illustrate magazine articles, each one also works beautifully as an individual piece of art. My favorite is “Monster Cat,” the first image below, which was made as a personal project. I love the expression on the cat monster’s face.

His main design interests include poster design, screenprinting, illustration, information design and typography.

The photos below are a few of his event posters. Make sure to check out his site to really explore his skill set.

Their work is beautiful and inspiring. I love the hawk below, which is part of their “California Gold” poster series celebrating the natural beauty of their state.

My other favorite, the camera, (third image down) is part of a series called “Hunt and Gather,” inspired by the experience of finding interesting things at a flea market.