typography tuesday: wall decals by tasty suite

Wall decals are an affordable, low-maintenance, landlord-friendly, and fun way to spruce up your home. though most are made from vinyl (not the most eco-friendly of materials), their easy-on/easy-off, reusable properties still make them a good alternative to painting, wallpapering, or purchasing expensive art, especially if you’re stuck in a rental. and who doesn’t love stickers for big people?

i adore these typographical wall decals by tasty suite – modern, sleek, sans serif, polite, demanding, romantic, charming, and to the point. click the thumbnails to see them in big.

click it, buy it, & stick it at tastysuite.etsy.com

for more eco-friendly wall decals (great for nurseries), check out blik wee gallery and beearo (for wooden decals)

for an awesome round-up of artsy, not-just-typographical wall decals, check out this blog entry at simplystated.realsimple.com

monday mantra

follow these instructions precisely ( or even loosely, i suppose) and we’ll make it after all.

(via hope studios)

Happy Earth Day!

Not too many people care about Earth Day, or ever know when it is, but it really should be one of the more celebrated days of the year, don’t you think? I care waaaay more about the Earth than I do Columbus. If today weren’t Saturday, I’d even suggest we all take the day off!

Oh, and don’t forget to join a billion people at 8:30PM local time, wherever you live on the planet, in switching off your lights for one hour, Earth Hour. You can do it. Light a few soy or beeswax candles and cozy up with a good book…or if all else fails, take a nap!

Background:
Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.

Let’s say YES to Global Cooling!
(via earthhour.org)

Photo Friday: FWA Photo

FWA Photo is a daily photography showcase highlighting some of the world’s most uplifting, thought-provoking, innovative and inspirational photography. FWA Photo will showcase one photograph every day via the website. Yay for daily sources of inspiration!

The photo above is Kurt Stallaert’s Bodybuilders Children and was posted on FWA Photo March 23. Epically odd, but I love it.

(via the chopping block)

thursday thaumaturgy: Playing for Change

thaumaturgy \THAW-muh-tuhr-jee\, noun:
the performance of miracles or magic.
(via dictionary.com word of the day)

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so, i’ve been trying to think of alliterative “th” words to aptly describe my thursday posts – “thoughts,” “theology” (that one was jaymar’s), “things to -”, “thorax” (another one of jaymar’s), “thesaurus” – and i hadn’t had much luck…until I stumbled upon thaumaturgy. It’s not the prettiest sounding word and i’ll probably have to include its definition at the beginning of each thursday post, but i dig it.

so, thursday posts henceforth will be dedicated to people who do things that blow my mind – talented artists, educators, crafters, designers, writers, photographers, musicians, sustainability gurus, activists, business people, and the like – thaumaturges, if you will.

Enter Playing for Change.

Playing for Change is a worldwide multimedia movement of artists working to “inspire, connect and bring peace throughout the world with music.” They’re dropping a DVD/CD package, Playing for Change: Songs Around the World on April 28 at Starbucks and retail stores. The first of 10 tracks, Ben E. King’s, “Stand By Me,” is played by 37 musicians from countries around the world, including the United States, the Netherlands, Brazil, Spain, Russia, and more. They are currently on tour (I just missed them here @ Slim’s in SF. darn). Check out the video above. It’ll rock your socks!

(via josh spear, la times, and youtube)

The Passion of El Hulk Hogancito

Jason Magabo Perez, aka “Jay” aka “JPZD” aka “Hason” aka my friend, has MAJOR issues, childhood traumas that run deep – to a time before he was even born – and he just can’t get over them. He’s no different from the rest of us, I suppose. We all have treacherous memories of our wayward youth, failed piano recitals, parental boot-knockin’ in the next room, etc. Most of us have moved on and are stronger people for it. Not Jay. The thing is, Jay’s got plans…plans to turn all those traumatic childhood experiences into, well, fame, respect, and at least a million dollars. Because, unlike the rest of us, he’s writing a whole novel about all the things, for better or worse, that have molded him into the storytelling genius he is today- all while illuminating the tragedies of a racist 1970s America that convicted his mother, Leonora Perez (Hi Auntie), for mysterious murders committed in a VA Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

And he’s going to share his lunacy with all of us (yippee!) in a poignantly humorous, heart-breaking, mind-widening, multi-media performance reading of his novel-in-progress.

Here in SF. You should come. It’s gonna be a riot.

THE PASSION OF EL HULK HOGANCITO
Sat – Sun, Mar 28 – 29 8PM/6PM
Sat – Sun, Apr 4 – 5 8PM/6PM
Bayanihan Community Center
1010 Mission St @ 6th St. SF CA 94103
Tickets: $13 – 20, http://brownpapertickets.com/event/56330

Here’s an excerpt:

Third Grade is all about warfare.

Soon we’re stopped at San Diego Avenue. Fuck this intersection. Turn right and you enter Locos del Sol barrio. Up ahead: scrawny palm trees, the I-5 and the Pacific Ocean. Directly to the right, in the bicycle lane, stand the peewees, the apprentice-gangsters with not much better to do than ditch and flash signs at passing traffic. These not-quite eses, in their shaved heads, shredded Dickies and Cortezes, manipulate their fingers to spell the acronyms of the most elaborately-named gangs. It is their God-given purpose to assure that Rancho Del Oeste 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Posse does not go unnoticed in this cruel cruel world.

More deets can be found at kularts.

Read a preview of The Passion in this week’s SF Weekly here .

Green of the Day: White House Edible Garden

Following Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1940’s Victory Garden example, Michelle Obama announced last week that she, along with 23 fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary School, will begin digging up the soil and planting a 1,100 square foot Edible Garden on the White House Lawn. Her foremost hope is to educate children and families about eating healthier, locally grown produce at a time when obesity and diabetes have become a national concern.

The new garden will contain a diverse selection of fruits & vegetables, as chosen by the White House kitchen staff, including: tomatoes, cilantro, various lettuces, spinach, collards, kale, arugula, berries, and a variety of herbs. There will also be two beehives for honey and a compost pile. Beets didn’t make the cut because President Obama doesn’t like them. Gosh, he and I have so much in common: Left-handed, Check. Leo, Check. Dislikes beets, Check…hmmm. I’m starting to think I’ve got a shot at the presidency. Hurley Sashimi 2020? I digress. The food grown in the garden will be served for private family dinners and other state and official events.

The following video is part of the “Eat the View” Campaign to plant high-impact gardens in high profile places. They’d been circulating petitions for quite some time for the Obama’s to replant the First Garden. It’s cute. And educational. Watch it.

(via Inhabitat, New York Times, and Eat the View)

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