Stephen Tamiesie
Stephen Tamiesie is a Portland-based photographer and artist. I find a sense of humor laced throughout his work, coupled with some incredible composition and craft. His exploration of place establishes a colorful narrative that still leaves some storytelling to happen in the mind of the viewer. So that’s called talent. In 2009 his exploration of the Salton Sea was featured in idPure, a Swiss mag of design & visual creation, and his photographs look incredible in their... Read More
Group love – flirty Russians
Phase 3! (ok let’s stop counting) 1400+ Russian postcards. I love Russia. I love postcards. Good thing there is a Flickr group called Russia on Postcards! And here are my two absolute favorites. I hope I don’t have to explain myself. But I will. The frame on this first one is just so. intense. And the sparkling horses, I just can’t tear my eyes away. I bet that horse’s name is Spirit, or perhaps Shimmeree? Read More
Patrick Long Tote Bags
//image via Willamette Week On a recent trip to Canoe in downtown Portland I ran across these tote bags and have been lusting after them ever since. They’re designed by Patrick Long who is a Portland designer I was unfamiliar with up until now. Here’s what the product page on Canoe’s website has to say about it: Portland designer Patrick Long drew inspiration from classic tool bags to create these locally sewn totes that bear the name ‘Chester Wallace’... Read More
Square
Photo via Square // Image via Cookie What do you do after you’ve started an internet juggernaut? Try and start another it seems. That’s what Jack Dorsey co-founder of Twitter (yes THAT Twitter) is trying his hand at with his new venture Square. Square tries to fill in the gap between the ubiquity of credit card payments in our modern economy and the challenges that face retailers who would like to accept them as payment. Square makes it dead simple to accept credit... Read More
Jónsi Go Do
A friend of mine named Ryan from Alaska emailed me frantically as soon as this video was up on Jónsi’s website telling me I had no choice but to watch immediately. Since it was an emergency I ran out of the meeting I was in and watched the vid, thanks Ryan for the heads up. I’ve been doing hard time waiting for this album since I heard Boy Lilikoi on Kitsune Noir’s mixcast No.020. Bobby (Kitsune Noir) has a great little write-up of the song also. I think Jónsi... Read More
Michael Henderson
This dude helps make Portland awesome. I’m really loving what is happening in this man’s head. I would have loved to have seen where he gathered some of his dreamy imagery. Michael graduated from OSU in 2003 and does client work as well as impressive personal art explorations. Way to go Michael! Michael Henderson Read More
Group love – etched out
Phase 2 of group love! Wood engravings, nothing more to be said. God love you, Flickr. Many available in respectable resolution – Vintage Engravings, Etchings, Lithographs & Wood-block prints Read More
Chop Cup
When I was a kid I went through a phase where I was obsessed with Harry Houdini, I read books, I bought handcuffs, I tried to learn card tricks all to no avail. While I don’t spend too much time anymore learning how to guess your card magic still holds a special place in my heart. This video is the best kind of magic: lighting, musical, typographical, but in the end what I love about it is it breaks the #1 rule in magic and reveals it’s secrets. Maybe I’ll... Read More
Joe Wright now
I’ll take one of each of these in every room in my apartment. What a gorgeous mind this man must have. Joe Wright also works with bloke films and has been living in New York for the last eight years, after graduating from Saint Martins School of Art. Read More
Skimboarding nimrod
Oh what a way to start a Monday!! This eliminated my winter funk for a full five minutes. LOVE the end, the last 10 seconds sound like the apocalypse. Thanks Skull4brains! Read More