Obsession confession

I love Anthropologie. Not anthropology, as in the study of human beings and their cultures, but Anthropologie, as in the store. The wonderful, artsy, creative store. Not only do I love their clothes and home decor products, but I love their graphic design and writing. Maybe I love their branding even more than I love their products. Their products further support my (emphatic) belief that fashion (and the design and the style resulting from it) is art. But either way, it's a fabulous example of excellent branding that carries throughout their print, multimedia, environmental and product design/merchandising. I also love how they incorporate collage and handmade items. This is the look that I'm hoping to use for my flash project.

Here are a few e-mail and website screenshots (I cropped out the part of the image that says "Shopping cart- 9 items"). *Sigh* My name is Christie and I'm addicted to Anthropologie.

Digital Storytelling

I've been meaning to post about The Painted Bride for a while and with our project 5 flash story looming, I thought now was a good time to do so.

I interned at this place when I was an undergrad and it was one of the most fascinating places I've ever worked. If it hadn't been just an internship, it would have been my dream job. They support both emerging and established avant-garde artists- visual, spoken word, instrumental, dance, theatre, vocal and now, digital storytelling. If you're ever in Philadelphia, stop by. It's truly a unique place

Here's a link to their digital storytelling page.

Speaking of collage

Rebecca's post with her collage made me think of this book I've been dying to buy. It's all about incorporating handmade objects and art into graphic design. I'm buying myself a nice, expensive scanner so I can do start doing this.