View from my room.
On Friday I took a quick trip to New York City to meet with the team from CreativeBug. We stayed in the Ace Hotel, which, from a design perspective, is eye-popping. Every corner oozes with hipster chic. Even the view from my window was cool, like a borrowed set from RENT.
The graffiti art on the wall in my room. It took me a couple of hours to figure out it said “Un-Knowing” then I wondered if I should take it personally.
Each room has an original urban-inspired mural. Instead of the standard fridge, my room had a steamer trunk stamped with the word “rations,” and next to my desk, I found an assortment of kitchy records, plus a turntable. For sure I am not cool enough to stay in this hotel. I’m surprised they didn’t kick me out.
Our uber-hip meeting space.
A basket of bobbins…not so as rock star as the rest of the hotel, but a good sign.
The “loft” where we held our meeting appeared rockstar ready, and I found myself wondering how many famous guitarists had trashed it. Funnily, amidst the in-your-face urban-ness, sat a wire basket of vintage industrial bobbins and spools. Me and the gang from CreativeBug took that as a good sign.
When I got back, I had several graphic design deadlines and I’m pretty certain my work was heavily influenced by the trip. I distressed every font, applied a stamp technique to every graphic. I had to draw a set of sewing needles and even those took on an air of crisp edginess.
Here’s a sampling of this week’s work (including the business card Lisa and I have been working on together).
I like. It’s like Knitting Project Runway (in my own special Walter Mitty mind, at least). I’ve been given a list of 1. needle sizes and 2. possible yarns. Other than that, I have carte blanche to create whatever I’d like.
