Archive for the ‘Sunday’ Category

A day with Aloe, time lapsed, doing the Surf Report… and other daily duties. ALEJANDRO started skateboarding from the mid to late 70’s. His first board was one of those narrow plastic yellow decks with the clear polyurethane wheels. They called it the banana board. Power sliding carports and riding gutters were the thing. About […]

“My studio is in our apartment in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. It takes up the small 2nd bedroom. It gets the morning sun but has no view. The building next door is a small 2 story church which blocks the view but lets in light to my drawing desk. My studio is 6×10 feet cozy. My favorite things […]

“I like to stay simple, pencil, pen, and paper with iTunes going.” Derek Eads is a self-taught artist and freelance illustrator. He’s collaborated with Jessica Martins at Assorted Hearts. He currently resides in Indianapolis. FROM YOUR DESKS: What are you some of your recent favorite films? DEREK EADS: It seems this past year hasn’t been that […]

“Sunday morning, in my home office. Not totally in focus because it is a dark day today and I had to stop down or spend hours rigging lights.” Erik Spiekermann was born 1947, studied History of Art and English at the Free University Berlin. He is information architect, type designer (FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Info, FF […]

“This is my old desk, in Australia, and I would keep all my favourite things on it. I really like tiny things and toys. In that little music box is my old insect collection. (I only collect insects that are dead.) I keep a collection here in Germany. I like using them as reference for […]

“I started upgrading my home office piece by piece a year or so ago and my desk and related equipment are really the only valuable things in my apartment. It was a good investment, though. It’s a lot easier to be productive when you have actual desk space. On the downside, my apartment is a […]