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Reflections on Overwhelm I realized this morning that I had not written a blog post with more than 50 words in a long time. And that’s because I’ve been really, well, you guessed it: BUSY. You may recall if you’ve been reading this blog for a few years that I’ve expressed here — more than once — that I do not like the word “busy,” and that I was going to try to avoid using it. But the truth is I keep coming back to that word to describe my life, along with words like “buried” and “slammed” and “overwhelmed with work.” You’d think if you heard me talk like this (or received one of my “sorry I can’t help you right now I’m drowning in deadlines” email responses) that I was, in fact, miserable. But the truth is, I’m not miserable. I just have a shit-ton of work, and I am very happy about having a shit-ton of work, which makes me think I should probably question my dramatic word choices (e.g.: “buried” & “drowning”), but that’s another blog post entirely. Have a great Wednesday, friends. 361shares

20 obsolete English words that should make a comeback Photo: Katherine Hodgson If we all start using them, these words can be resurrected. DURING MY UNDERGRADUATE studies as a Linguistics major, one of the things that struck me most is the amazing fluidity of language. New words are created; older words go out of style. Words can change meaning over time, vowel sounds shift, consonants are lost or added and one word becomes another. The following words have sadly disappeared from modern English, but it’s easy to see how they could be incorporated into everyday conversation. Words are from Erin McKean’s two-volume series: Weird and Wonderful Words and Totally Weird and Wonderful Words. 1. Verb trans. – “To confuse, jumble” – First of all this word is just fun to say in its various forms. 2. 3. Verb trans. – “To scrape together; to gather together from various sources” – I’m sure this wasn’t the original meaning of the word, but when I read the definition I immediately thought of copy-pasting. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Blog de Factor ñ | Blog de Factor ñ, diseño gráfico, web y multimedia en Málaga Kelli Murray se graduó en FIDM con un título en desarrollo de producto y comercialización, lo que la llevó a trabajar como Jefa de Diseño en una empresa de moda, en San Diego. Sin embargo, se pasaba todas las horas libres formándose y perfeccionando sus habilidades gráficas. En 2009, toda esta pasión por la creatividad se transformó en un blog en el que Kelli se veía definida por sus contenidos: el arte, la moda, la familia, la artesanía y el buen diseño. Así que se dio cuenta de que esa era su verdadera vocación. Fue ya en 2011, cuando, al ser madre de la pequeña Rylee, decidió establecerse como diseñadora freelance. Desde entonces, a Kelli le ha dado tiempo a especializarse en ilustración, vendiendo sus creaciones por Etsy. Kelli, descubriste tu vocación tarde, aunque ¡a tiempo! Vía: Lamonomagazine

Jean Jullien Mariano Diaz Prieto ilustracion El taller que estoy dictando en el querido sotano blanco aun tiene vacantes.Dibujo aplicado a la ilustracion infantil y juvenil.Tecnicas y experimentación, para mejorar tu dibujo, tu narracion visual e identidad gráfica.jueves de 19 a 21 hs.Buena música y mate gratis :)Hacé clic acá para ver el programa.Para inscripciones y consultas : contacto@sotanoblanco.com.ar Type That I like 123 Inspiration geffen refaeli illustration Mariano Diaz Prieto ilustracion Esta es mi version de Caperucita,en lapices de color. Ediciones Pictus, texto de Los Hermanos Grimm, adaptación de Liliana Cinetto, 2008. Infinite Fold Metahaven Selected Projects 2010-2014 / Nomadic Chess: Geography Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, 18 january through 16 march 2014 Winners 5th Cobra Art Prize underscores the interdisciplinary spirit of the Cobra movement The Metahaven Design Collective, founded by Vinca Kruk (b. Leiden 1980) and Daniel van der Velden (b. The exhibition has been designed by Metahaven in collaboration with Katja Weitering, artistic director of the Cobra Museum, and Els Drummen, curator for the Cobra Museum. Metahaven is interested in the social and power structures hidden behind the apparently transparent design of our digital environment. On winning the Cobra Art Prize Amstelveen, the Metahaven designers responded with, ‘It is a great honor to receive an award that wants to further the spirit of artist-architect-designers such as Constant Nieuwenhuys. Nomadic Chess is a real life, mobile chess game consisting of flexible leather tiles which are wearable as garments, and playable as chess pieces.