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Philadelphia: Unsustainable
Drawing from his experience within the construction industry, artist Jay Hardman creates small-scale sculptures and installations that examine contemporary building practices and their effect on...
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Give & Get with Alyssa Shelasky
This exercise has been a really fun one- what’s better than talking about the people you love and admire? This brings me to Alyssa Shelasky. A role model and superstar in her own right. Having known,...
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Finding Color Inspiration on Pinterest
I’m a huge fan of Pinterest. In addition to making mood boards for cataloging, I get a nice dose of inspiration from the ongoing feed, much like I do from ffffound, SVPPLY and We Heart It. One of the...
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Give & Get with Jasmine Takanikos
I met Jasmine Takanikos at my first forecasting meeting at The Color Association. I’ll never forget her presentation- it had striking awareness and a somber mood. When she was done no one wanted to...
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Give & Get with Elizabeth Valleau
Elizabeth Valleau is a multitasker of the elite variety. A co-owner of Empire Mayonnaise, writer for Esquire and Creative Director at R/GA, it’s remarkable she’s able to juggle and execute with such...
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Patterned Packaging: Japanese Sake
Off the heels of the last post, I wanted to share an ad I’ve been holding in my inspiration arsenal for a while. It’s a print advertisement for a line of Japanese Sake (sadly I don’t know the brand),...
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Color: Clementine, Your Secret Weapon
We are taking just a slight detour this week and going from peach to clementine. What’s the diff? Who cares? Clementine is a brighter, warmer color than its airier peach counterpart. It’s a color I...
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Meet the Newest Contributor!
Fun announcement today! Meet Tiffany Iung- the sweetest soul who left New York for Paris living. We met last year when mutual friends connected mutual friends, (you know how that goes) and Ms. Iung...
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Patterns in Chocolate
Though we sent a brief thumbs up about this last Friday, we realized it was worth sharing the video for the true impact of why it’s so special (thank you Grace). Artists are always weaving hidden...
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Thanksgiving in Rhode Island
This poem played on NPR this morning and I wanted to share it. Kevin Young recently released The Hungry Ear and this piece by Joy Harjo really struck me. Also, the irony in the art lays in the photo I...
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DIY: How to Gift a Sandwich
Here’s a nice, easy last-minute holiday gift. If you’re like me, you’ll be wrapping an individual sandwich made for the giftee! Here are the materials you’ll need: 1. 16″ x 16″ square of fabric,...
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Art that Influenced in 2012
Crazy that it’s that time of year again! Today we’ll be kicking off with our favorite lists from 2012. On Pattern Pulp, we cover a wide variety of material and wanted to bundle up the most noteworthy...
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24hrs in San Francisco
I’m back from the west coast and sharing a little treat I happened upon during my 24 hours in San Francisco. My friend Michelle, from Art.com passed along a hefty list with enough exhibitions to keep...
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Art: Consuming Cake and Weaponry
Scott Hove‘s taken assault weapons and turned them into cakes. While these pastel confections seem less sinister with frosting, a closer look at the details remind us that they’re anything but...
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Retail: Hanging Floral Displays
The best retail displays are made meticulously with TLC. Today’s feature highlights the delicate beauty of hanging flowers. Inspired by the drying process, as illustrated in the first photo, flowers...
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Textiles & Art Gone Angular & Optic
Paintings mimicing graphic design always have appeal (at least in our book). There’s a complication and prolonged execution that forces the viewer to appreciate the balance and contrast. From Piero...
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Natural Markings & Earthenware
You’ve probably noticed that we’re in the midst of an artisanal movement. Superior skills, paired with curation and innovation are inspiring new business plans everyday. Take Specks and Keepings or...
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Set Design & Creative Retail Displays
Here’s a short round up of a few retail displays in and around New York, enjoy! Aritzia: I find myself snapping Aritzia’s windows just as much as Anthopologie’s. From a creative perspective, they’re...
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Around the Globe, Visiting Hanoi
Welcome back! Between overstuffed inboxes, detox plans and prioritized goals, it seems like we’re all settling into a cold and rainy start to the year. Though the weather’s questionably miserable,...
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Around the Globe, Visiting Singapore
If you do a compare/contrast of Singapore’s creative class over the past few years, there’s been significant leaps and bounds. My brother and sister-in-law (and now baby) moved there three years ago,...
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