Ohhhh, please Santa? For my stocking?

£9.50 at Atypyk.

10. A Tumblr without the pictures? Yes, please.
9. 18-year-old Ponoko user woos global design community Veer.
8. A blog full of early Valentines from illo-star Anna Laura.
7. Iddko for your Christmas table.
6. Yay! Chris Piascik is my new Magcloud friend!
5. Linda & Harriett are on some kind of roll…
4. Wendy Crabb at Cella Gallery in L.A. Ahh, I moved too soon. :(
3. Ban.do at Bendel’s = Match Made in Fashion Purgatory.
2. Catalogs are in again!
1. Yay, Krissy has done it! Prepare to be woo-ed. Or is it wooed?

Literally.

Link: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Yes, they are. My new favorite card.

Link: Lazy Oaf

Julien was part of a Stefan Sagmeister workshop and came out with some incredible work.

Link: Julien Vallée

I’d love anything from Lilly in my future child’s room. So silent, yet very pretty.

Link: Thumbtack Press

Such a simplistic beauty Laurie creates.

Link: Laurie Reid

My friends at The Letter tuned me in to Ariana’s work and I just felt she needed more than a typical two-sentence post.

Ariana has a skin condition called dermatographia, which means that upon scratching her skin, raised red lines appear. And here’s why I love her:

Rather than hiding under a rock, Ariana uses her condition to create temporary body art. And I should clarify: gorgeous temporary body art.

What an example Ariana is to the rest of our community. Are we allowing our originality to shape our artwork? Or are we holding back the “conditions” that we each have, afraid that we’ll be deemed too different, outdated or amateur?

I’d love to see more Arianas of the world. And I challenge myself and all of you to search within you to find what makes you different. For some of us, it’s more apparent. Maybe you don’t have a glaring skin condiiton, but you do have thinning hair that inspires you to create paintings with your hairbrush.

But for the rest of us, your “condition” lies within. Take a few days to find it. Whether you’re prone to stress/anxiety, have trouble spelling, or are working toward an incredible goal— let that speak through your artwork.

Chances are, the rest of us will notice.

Link: Ariana Page Russell

Jean Shin reduced seven white oxford shirts into a skeletal sculpture of seams.

Link: Jean Shin.

I could do without the leggy model, but I’m loving Pablo’s projects.

Link: Playful. Portfolio of Pablo Alfieri.