Handkerchief Wedding Invitation

Really cool wedding invitation!

A map on handkerchiefs featuring directions to the wedding venue.

Design + letterpressing by Kelli Anderson
Fabric printing by Spoonflower
Sewing, folding, ironing, envelope typing, stamping by Youngna

UPDATE: I was recently emailed by Kelli who sent me better pictures to post and 2 more interesting links about the project. You can view the full project here. And you can see how the invites were made here. Enjoy!


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Cigarette Butt Street Rug

Puerto Rican artist Jesus Bubu Negron commissioned street cleaners to collect used cigarette butts which he then turned into a woven carpet. The art project was presented at the Sharjah Biennale documenting the street cleaners at work and helpers fabricating the carpet. The carpet itself uses the paper of the cigarettes unrolled and layered on top of each other. The design utilizes the yellow and white pieces from the paper to create a pattern similar to a woven textile rug.

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Crochet Coral Reef

An entirely crocheted coral reef, by The Institute For Figuring.
Very Impressive! Check out even more pics by Margaret Wertheim.

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Underfull

Norwegian designer Kristine Bjaadal exhibited 'Underfull', a tablecloth design during the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010. At first glance, the tablecloth appears to be a traditional white floral damask but reveals a hidden pattern when wet. Everyone at some point is bound to spill a drink, right?!

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Customize Your Own Nike Sneakers

Following my last post, I thought maybe some of you might be interested in customizing your own sneakers. At NikeID, you can pick the shoe you want and mess around with colors and patterns. Best part is that you can actually get your name or whatever text you want imprinted on the shoes. The service is not available in Leb ofcourse but you can get them shipped from the US. Its worth it.

The Paperworks of Yulia Brodskaya

Yulia Brodskaya is an extremely talented Russian designer. Yulia manages to create her works of art using only paper. Most of her work is a mix of typography, paper and textile through which she transforms her ideas into interesting concepts.
She's pretty amazing!!!

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