Posts in Art

At JFM, we have no shortage of design lust. We’ve come up with a dozen holiday gifts will keep your designer friend/colleague happy, productive and feeling appreciated. 1. 1923 Manual of Linotype Typography. It’s a total gem if you can score one (try Alibris or eBay). I promise your design peers will ooooh and ahhh […]

I love to learn about all the little things that go into creative pieces that you may not realize are there. When it comes to high quality creative expression I have found that there’s always more that goes into it than most people realize. Fans and connoisseurs are usually the folks who take the time […]

As the lead flower harvester for the “florists” at They’re Beautiful!, I thought I’d share with you how the flowers were made. To get some basic understanding of what it’s like to be a florist, I spent half a day job-shadowing Nisha Kelem, owner of Seattle’s Fleurish. We met early one weekday at the wholesale […]

On most large (or even small) scale creative endeavors it’s typically unfair to give only one person credit for the end result. Most quality expressions of creativity (that I find myself in awe of) are the output of teams. But, it appears to be in our nature as a society to search for the one […]

For many years I’ve quite enjoyed my t-shirt collection. My t-s have always been super comfortable as well as free. Unfortunately, most of their comfort came from the fact that I always got them two sizes too large and their “freeness” meant their content was restricted to the genre of high-tech schwag that has fed […]