You can never go wrong with a classic.












The New Norwegian Opera and Ballet, by Oslo-based architecture firm Snøhetta – from this angle at least, I like how it evokes shards/sheets of ice coming out of the water (click to enlarge). Snøhetta was recently chosen to build the forthcoming new addition to SFMOMA – see more of the firm's projects at snoarc.no




Salmon swimming from saltwater to freshwater through the Ballard Locks fish ladder.
That's what I said, the fish ladder.
Pop’Africana is a brand new New York-based magazine with the goal of "delivering a rejuvenated image of Africa."
Sorry for being kind of sucky at the bloggin' lately. I realized yesterday that I've designed over 100 CDs and LPs this year so far, which doesn't leave much time for anything else (wah-wah, whatever).














Keliy Anderson-Staley Hanson's Tent at the Common Ground Fair, Unity, Maine, 2008 – from Anderson-Staley's Off the Grid series, documenting the dwellings of people living in the Maine woods. A limited edition print of the photo shown above is available from Aperture and you can see more at andersonstaley.com.
HAF Grow Ring (silver, living moss) by Icelandic designer Hafsteinn Juliusson. Info here and here – via AnOther.