Kristin Cofer - Design That Kills

This week, Richard Wayne and I purchased our first piece of furniture, an adorable mid century inspired couch.  This means you can now come visit us and not have to sit on the floor!

Mandie Bee was a darling and sent me a new super spy dress, which I have already worn and love as well as a polka dotted purse, which is all I am using to carry treats to work.

If you’re looking for some visual stimulation, my favorite online rag, N.E.E.T. magazine, has their new winter issue online now!  Also, Modcloth has a cute holiday gift guide for every type of person on your list!

Every day I come across many different artists, designers, and illustrators, and one in particular I’ve developed a design crush on is Tori Higa and her lovely greeting card work.

We decided that one of us should join the fabulous wardrobe_remix and that one will be the ever so stylish Richard Wayne, who Tricia Royal posted as a remixer of the week!

Some new blogs I’m adoring are the art, design, and music thoughts of my dear friend Erica and a great design blog, FormFiftyFive, that just posted a cool website all about designing with the grid system.

I love this image from FFFFound! so much.

The always charming, Nubbytwiglet, posted a great article on learning more about graphic design, as well as a link to free type desktop wallpapers! Also, if you visit the Urban Outfitters homepage, for a limited time they are giving away a free year subscription to NYLON magazine, wow!

The folks at Veer have created an application called, “The Face Builder”, where you can insert your face and instantly have a new haircut,  a mustache, or even an eye patch! And this fun list from Poppytalk, 101 Reasons to Buy Handmade.

This weekend Richard Wayne and I are heading up to Sacramento to photograph a fashion show with new designs by my friend Trisha from Pretty Trashy.  Saturday is haircut therapy, and then Sunday is a 70s glam inspired photo shoot with my talented hair and make-up friend, Amithyst.

What is currently inspiring you? Do you like or loathe the holiday season?

Hugs and Hisses,
Kristin

treasury pro, has anyone used this beautiful typeface in a design?

Stefan Sagmeister: Things I have learned in my life so far

(sagmeister is such an inspiration to me, go listen to him.)

i am in lust with my new red patent leather steve madden mary janes,
they are dreamy on the eyes and feets-

the talented swiss graphic designer vectortrash posted his final version of Kiki Bomb, it’s gorgeous-

nubby has an upcoming show, black & white graphic insight definitely check out her beautiful black and white collaged pieces- she has a variation of styles and sizes for every taste and budget.

lisa marie was and her rocker man, hang jones, are in nashville, check out her amazing photos here!

an interesting phenomenon in the electronic fashion blog world, lookbook.nu is a self proclaimed, “international social expriment in style inspired by fashion blogs and “what are you wearing today?” forums.”

i can’t believe some people really look that amazing every day AND have time to take an equally incredible photograph. ever wonder why i don’t post photos of myself very often? because i’m so vain about photographs now (except when i play with the macbook photobooth, but that doesn’t count.) they have to look a certain way and have a certain perfection about them, or i just can’t do it- half the time i will post an image of myself and delete it an hour later- (oh the curse of being both an artist and a graphic designer-)

found on oh joy! artist kent rogowksi who “takes ordinary teddy bears have been turned inside out and re-stuffed so each animal’s appearance is created by little intricacies of the manufacturing process.”

i want one! please please! i’ll be a good girl! (promise.)

can’t believe i missed one of my very favorites NICK CAVE and the bad seeds play in san francisco, oh the sadness- but i did enjoy looking at the photos that photographer leila-anne posted of this beautiful and amazing creature.

and for your enjoyment on that note, please click here to enjoy nick cave singing, do you love me?  (do you?)

he designed that beauty from this one…

oh how i want to drink delicious blue bottle french press coffee out of this gorgeous pantone black 4c mug!  and good news in life, i got a new fabulous design job that starts soon!

yesterday i received a phone call from my old sacramento friends, agent ribbons, asking if i could update a poster i designed for them a year ago for their upcoming UK tour-

before they had an official record design- natalie and lauren used to create individual album covers by hand- which is why i designed their materials using a similar collage style-

i wish the girls luck and look forward to a new, updated agent ribbons photo shoot when they arrive back home this fall!

i have a new favorite electronic shop lou lou loves you a sweet heart filled lingerie and bow emporium out of the UK. today i purchased my first hair/brooch bow and am excited to receive and adorn it! also expect an interview with loulou, a crimson haired beauty and mastermind behind the emporium soon!

found this etsy seller, the black apple from another dear one, am in lust with this image-

i would do anything to hug a giant bunny rabbit! the latest issue of N.E.E.T. magazine is here again and like always, someday i hope to be able to photograph anything for my favorite electronic fashion rag.

in honor of my grandmother’s passing, i am listening to flamingo’s radio on pandora radio, currently frank sinatra is spinning, which makes me think of her in the kitchen, singing, “i left my heart in san francisco-” which was her favorite old blue eyes tune-

since i am the graphic design girl in the family, i was given the job of creating her funeral program- which is both an honor and difficult- but it did allow me to scan a bunch of old grandma photographs, see below what a glamour darling she was and you can see where i get my tastes!

in the world of flickr, motionid inspires me daily- in which this week i photographed christopher salon with nothing but my 50mm lens and available light!

and in daydream photography land, check out canon’s new creation, EOS Canon 50D, which someday will be mine.

i am so ecstatic for future photographic projects, including a new photo shoot with my old friends the agent ribbons girls, who contacted me again and are currently on tour in the UK, in which i hope they can meet the darling loulou-

my honey is on a creative roll and drew this adorable mustache graphic, in which we went and designed 4X6 postcards, i can’t wait to see them!

i miss my grandma, but i am happy that she can be in peace now, and i like to imagine death is like the end of the movie, “the big fish” and she can be young again, somewhere beautiful with my grandfather and all their friends, dancing to swing music, smoking a cigarette and wearing high heels. i will always love you grandma, you influenced me so much, every day when i get dressed i look at a photo i have of you as a young woman and try to emulate your style- thank you for giving me a love for all things classic and pretty.

i hope everyone is enjoying their monday off and being productive, i am living in photo edit land, i have the hair salon shoot to finish, a wedding i photographed last weekend to look at, go go girls to do final tweaks to, and a jazz singer’s album design to finish, busy lady! (but that is how i like it) looking forward to a week of beginnings and new clarity. it’s time to live and create all these things i dream about.

xo.

in my 9-5 world we are deep in holiday wonderland, so i have been more than a busy design doll- but i have not forgotten about you, electronic darlings-

photo by parker day

i have recently found myself meeting and working with some really talented san francisco musicians. currently my ears can’t stop listening to veil veil vanish, all six songs on their album just flow together like one long beautiful storybook.

last week i designed a poster for a small san francisco independent label, tricycle records and my friend alex’s band, the red verse, who soon will be releasing a new piece of musical art. i am excited for this event.

jessica-m is just an amazing artist and inspires me every day, italian vogue is my new favorite eye candy, a friend showed me that the cure greatest hits dvd has SECRET videos, including this one, which is one of my favorite cure videos ever- robert smith, palm trees, polar bears, and snow?  love.

i decided to invest love in san francisco, i think it needs me. the sun has been shining, the moon full, i have been wearing little scarves, designing, plotting photo shoots, wearing high heels, dancing, meeting new fantastic faces, and being happy.  how are you?

this sesame street film on how crayons are made is nostalgic and beautiful to me.

courtney brooke’s photgraphy for summer lullie vintage are full of color and beautiful; i am so inspired to shoot with film again!

the art and design of chris ryan

for against, which is a really amazing post punk band from nebraska- i have not been able to stop listening to their song, “autocrat”-

my photographer friend duck who recently moved from san francisco to new york and has a new portfolio site, check out his clean, pretty work-

my bloody valentine is coming to san francisco in september!

fashion photography by julie pike i am especially inspired by the image of a girl holding a bunny mask.

brocade home has a really inspiring design and art blog look at it daily for eye candies! this post did it for me- that photography style is gorgeous-

naked on the vague is a dark, pop duo from australia

being spontaneous, dancing by myself and being ok with that, wearing a new pair of my favorite nude fishnets, playing with a puppy puggle, enjoyment at my day job, tartine bakery morning buns, and moving forward-