Thursday, November 6, 2008

Maira Kalman




This woman is so inspiring. Ok so I'm currently a little obsessed with TED but what I can say; they have some amazing speakers. It would be great to attend but at a cost of $4000 for the conference, its a wee bit steep :) Maira illustrated many a New Yorker cover. I particularly remember getting the New Yorkistan New Yorker in my mailbox and thought "wow what a fantastic idea". Sadly I did not bother to check out who designed and illustrated it at the time.
Click here to watch her speak about what inspires her and a few of the projects she has worked on. Such fun!



Oh remember EB Whites Elements of Style? Visually the book is pretty dry, but then it is a grammar book. Take a look at her illustrated version here.


This a blog she did for the New York Times. Link

Thursday evening, the sun is shinning, the birds are chirping AND its warm outside.




Lovely Sustainable House with Net Zero (0) Carbon footprint (so they say). Very impressive if so. Designed by the arch firm of Sheppard Robson
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