Jamie Shelman

Her shop, blog and jealous-inducing life. Huge girl crush, obv. via Black*Eiffel

Gosh, Kate Wilson

For Marc by Marc Jacobs. via {frolic}

Morgan Blair

Josef Albers on acid! Morgan Blair.

Charlie Allen Weekly Scan

I adore this man, Charlie Allen, who is my grandpa's age (88!). He was a commercial illustrator during Mad Men times. Every week from 2008-09 he, with the help of a friend, scanned and posted work from his "portfolio" while providing a bit of historical narrative and perspective.

So, so sweet. December 9, 2009 was his last post after putting up about 2/3 of the work from his career. via Design Observer: Observed

The natural future

Scientific illustrations by Cornelia Hess-Honegger documenting insects found in nuclear and radiation contaminated areas. Gives me the chills, but can't stop looking. via but does it float

Diamonds, squares, ships, robots

Illustrated patterns by Allison Cole. via design work life

Owen Gatley

I love pop-up dioramas! Owen seems to whip these babies up out of nowhere. A couple more:

via design work life

From top to bottom:
1. Clip from The Red Balloon (1956), Directed by Albert Lamorisse (via Three Potato Four) - you can also watch the entire film on Google Video
2. Still from Flight of the Red Balloon (2007), Directed by Hsiao-hsien Hou
3. Photo by Max Wanger (via Cup of Jo and swissmiss)
4. "Monsieur III" print by Blanca Gomez (via Oh Joy!)

Scientific diagram illustrations from The Evolution Store in SoHo. Above are some favorites.

Wallpaper by Julia Rothman, commissioned for Hygge & West. (via poppytalk, Apartment Therapy and Design*Sponge)

Simple line drawings by Japanese artist, Himaa. (via hoping for happy accidents)

Oh, The Bliss

By Allan, The Gallant

Petra Börner's Mister Pip

http://www.borner.se/

Obsessive Consumption

jen bekman is a tangible art-space in SoHo for the DIY/Etsy set. If you're into that.

Currently at the gallery, there is a Kate Bingaman-Burt exhibition. Kate is a graphic designer/illustrator known for her daily drawings of her purchases and, amongst other things, does drawings of every one of her credit card statements until they are paid off. It's interesting, this idea of documenting what you consume.

(illustration by Kate via her Obsessive Consumption blog)

I admire how transparent she is about her spendings habits. I, on the other hand, am very secretive, and if anyone asks where I got something I always I say I got it on sale "somewhere," even if it was blatantly from the entrance rack at Anthropologie. Maybe I secretly want to be French or something. Kate seems to be the antithesis of my sentiments and at the same time is able to put it all out there in such a visually appealing way.

jen bekman
6 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012