Sally Lloyd-Jones's Blog, page 43

sign of the time

... in our Swedish Signs for Fridays Series

Eames Chairs & Uber Coolness

I was just in a cool soho loft being cool. And not only that, but adding to my coolness by sitting casually in one of these chairs. How cool they look and how cool you find yourself to be just sitting in them.

They are of course the lounge chair and ottoman by Charles and Ray Eames... and there's an uber cool NYT article about other Design Gems like them which you can read, handily enough, right here.

Maira kalman: And the Pursuit of Happiness... again

The glorious Maira Kalman in her wonderful series for the times "And the Pursuit of Happiness" ... with her latest.

optician sign

in our Swedish signs for Fridays series... (he doesn't look like he is enjoying his hair raising choice of glasses much)

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maira kalman: And the Pursuit of Happiness

The glorious Maira Kalman is doing a wonderful series for the times called: "And the Pursuit of Happiness" and here's her latest. I love it and her! (I am lucky enough to volunteer at school with her so I have really in actual fact even met her.)

LOSE THE SOCKS!

well the link yesterday didn't work APOLOGIES so instead here's the thing in all it's glory...

... a friend told me this funny story about when she went into Whole Foods. I had to draw it the minute we got off the phone... I agreed to leave her nameless for her own fashion protection. But that doesn't mean I can't publish it abroad...

glasses sign

JonKoping: Galna Glasogon i neon (hope that isn't something rude because i just copied it from the website)

Anyway... an Ever-So-Slightly-Creepy Swedish Sign in our Swedish Signs for Friday Series.

IN slightly less creepy OTHER NEWS... a friend told me this funny story about when she went into Whole Foods. I had to draw it the minute we got off the phone--and here it is for your viewing pleasure. (I agreed to leave her nameless for her own fashion protection.)

new yorker cover by... iphone

the stroke by stroke video of The New Yorker cover being painted on an iPhone.

Jorge Colombo drew the cover using Brushes, an application for iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Times Square.

more here.

common sense and sense of humor

"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing,
moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing."

--William James (b.1842) psychologist and philosopher and brother of Henry James