inspiration Street Art Forage in NYC Wandered through NYC and picked up street art inspo for Halloween, greeting cards, and general weird-and-cute joy.
inspiration Explored the magical world of Moomins at a Brooklyn Library Visited a Moomin exhibit in New York and got hit with nostalgia, deep thoughts about art, and serious Brooklyn Library envy.
inspiration Street Art Forage in Asheville A quick getaway to Asheville turned into a sticker-spotting spree. Art everywhere, weird aliens, familiar cats—and a wild reunion!?
inspiration Tiny Autumn, Spotted! Cicadas are still screaming, but look—leaves are turning yellow! Fall is sneaking in, one crisp breeze at a time.
inspiration Discovering RISO Magic in the Midwest A Riso catalog from Milwaukee just landed in my mailbox and I’m spiraling into full-on Midwest print nerd mode.
inspiration Back to Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park Went back to the Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park—perfect mix of a walk and outdoor art. This time I explored the part I missed before!
inspiration My Treasure: Ben Clark’s Never Forever Picked up Ben Clark’s Never Forever in Amsterdam—cute characters with pitch-black humor that makes me giggle every time.
inspiration August Street Art Forage (With a Side of A/C) Too hot to wander outside all summer, so this month’s street art forage includes a few things I spotted indoors too.
inspiration A Morning Detour to McKinlock Gate An early downtown errand turned into an unexpected art encounter—Chicago’s full of these surprises if you just take the long way around.
inspiration Caught the Design Ah NEO Exhibit Just in Time! Living in the US, I never thought I’d catch “Design Ah NEO”—but I did, and it was awesome!
inspiration What’s That Green Thing Crawling Up the NEW CITY Building!? Spotted a giant green balloon installation stretching up four stories—Chicago balloon artists really went all out.
inspiration Found: A Leo Lionni Exhibit Found it while transferring trains in Shibuya! This surprise Leo Lionni exhibit pulled me right in—with scissors, textures, and childlike joy.
inspiration Paul Klee and Friends: A Lucky Encounter in Shizuoka I randomly found out there was a Paul Klee exhibit happening in Shizuoka—and I’m such a fan I even own an art book! Total lucky timing.
inspiration Cute Posters & Random Design Finds Around Japan Japan is a paradise of characters and cute posters—you stop every five seconds to take a photo and never make it to your destination.
inspiration The “Design Ah” Record I Found in Japan Saw the “Design Ah” exhibit in Japan—saving that story for later. But first: the dreamy record I grabbed at the gift shop!
inspiration The Art of Food Samples in Japan Plastic food displays: cute, realistic, and ridiculously helpful. Why don’t we have these everywhere?
inspiration The Funniest English Prints Ever in Japan Back in Japan for a week—ran errands, went shopping, and laughed way too hard at the weirdest English prints.
inspiration Corn Season Is Here and I’m Losing It! Corn season in Illinois = pure happiness. I’m literally going downtown just for corn now.
inspiration The Happy Potato (and Why I Bought It for Myself) Found a super cute kids’ book in Amsterdam—turns out it’s also a masterclass in storytelling.
inspiration Found My Dream Stacking Color Pencils in Amsterdam! I’ve been hunting for stacking color pencils all year… and found them at a museum gift shop in Amsterdam, of all places!?
inspiration Sticker Forage in July at 1821 W Hubbard St Found a guardrail full of weird stickers at Spudnik Press’s building. Couldn’t stop staring. Sharing my faves for July’s sticker forage!
inspiration Finally Went Inside That Fancy Burns & Noble Kept staring at it forever… finally went inside and wow, the inside was gorgeous too. I might become a bookstore regular now.
inspiration The Alchemist: Second Read, Big Impact I reread The Alchemist after more than 10 years—and this time, it actually landed. I think I finally have the heart to understand it.
inspiration STUTS’s Orbits Is My Chill Work Playlist Lately, I’ve been floating through work sessions with STUTS’s Orbits—it’s mellow, jazzy sometimes, and full of chill groove magic.
inspiration A Surprise Garden Walk! A random sign led us to Chicago’s Dearborn Garden Walk—and suddenly we were exploring 20 dreamy private gardens!
