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Photography Jessica Eaton Portfolio | via Golden Age Jessica Eaton is a Canadian artist working in photography. She is based in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. The Colors of Fall by Jerry Monkman Exhibition @ Kennedy Gallery | Photos by Jerry Monkman “‘The Colors of Fall,’ chronicle his journeys through the fall foliage season in New England. [...]

Emerald is a rich, deep and enchanting. I feel like this shade of green is seen a lot during winter time, but of course it is just as great anytime of year. Here in New Jersey it has been scorching for most of the summer and rounding up items in the emerald family has been quiet [...]

From Highlanders to hipsters, tartan–or, in a lot of cases outside of Scotland, plaid and check–has been one of fashion’s favorite textiles for centuries. “It’s a cloth of duality,” said Dr. Jonathan Faiers, author of Tartan: Textiles that Changed the World. “Its history is in the establishment–in clansmanship, the aristocracy and military forces, but because it’s [...]

At the end of 2009 we launched a fun app to let you the people define and share what color you saw representing 2010. Well this year isn’t over and we still want you to name the color you feel best embodies this year… and to sweeten the deal, we’re going to give away a [...]

I was first introduced to the term wayfinding from an architectural firm that hired me to help them get on the web years ago. In architectural terms wayfinding encompasses all of the ways in which people orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place. While it can be a holistic and even [...]

Much loved the world over, Ed Emberley has been inspiring illustrators, young and old, since the 1970s. Either with crayon and a coloring book, or a more formal artistic approach, his incredible influence is clear.

Traditional publishing methods might be going the way of the dodo (I really wish I could say junk mail or phone books by now) but since this gives way to a drastic increase in the number of creative projects finding there way into the screens, ears and hands of more and more people I wouldn’t [...]

Art “Perfectly Flawed” New Work by Stina Persson Exhibition @ Hanahou | Porfolio September 9 – October 1, 2010 Opening reception September 9, 7-9 pm RSVP info@galleryhanahou.com In her new solo show “Perfectly Flawed,” Stockholm artist Stina Persson abandons her digital safety net to create unaltered works that are beautifully imperfect – or imperfectly beautiful – as a response [...]

Collective funding, crowd funding, community funding,… whatever you want to call it it’s great, and these micro-financing sites are allowing people to find support for the smallest of projects related to their businesses and dreams. The idea is simple: communicate your idea and set it free allowing it travel through the cloud collecting support along [...]

Here at COLOURlovers, it’s easy to be spoiled by the millions of colors we have available at our fingertips. We can create colors, palettes and patterns to fit our every mood, meet every whim–you know where I’m going with this. A well-stocked closet can further that creativity in everyday life. When you have bold colors [...]