the 2011 calendar is (finally!) here!
our third annual calendar is in the shop, just in time for your holiday giving! our love affair with asian restaurants and fortune cookie fortunes continues with our handprinted calendar in bright peacock blue and fire red to make your whole year merry and bright.
view the pages here or jump straight to our shop and buy it here.
photo by flyhoof
Hello Friends of redblackbrown,
You may have noticed that over the past few months the pace of posting has slowed significantly. We’ve noticed this too. We’ve all been busy with new exciting projects and exploring other ventures.
So, after much debate (some of it with thai food & fortune cookies, yum!), we’ve decided to address this by shutting down our little space in the blogosphere.
Now don’t fear! redblackbrown is not going away, we’re just going a bit into hibernation while we restructure and redesign. We’ll be back soon with a bigger, badder, more awesome (we hope!) website where you can keep tabs on what we’re doing collectively and individually.
Until then, you can check out what we’re doing in our individual ventures:
Jessica
http://elephant-castle.com
http://jessicahallburns.com
Peet
http://corklegnelson.com
http://posteroffensive.com
Todd
http://brainstormoverload.com
http://blog.brainstormoverload.com/
Colleen
http://colleenmeyer.com/
Bill
http://williamburnsdesign.com/
Zara
http://elephant-castle.com
http://zarprey.com
Thanks so much for your readership over the past few years, we’ll see you in a few months!
ps. don’t worry, the fortune cookie calendar will be back with a 2011 edition :)
The 2010 UnSummit is an alternative, “unconference” for those in the interactive profession. It is being held on June 26th with the stated goals of “full participation, full dissemination and free admission — all the things that traditional conferences are not.” You can register here. The event will be held at the CoCo – Coworking and Collaborative Space in Saint Paul’s Lowertown district. This is perfect because CoCo is sort of an UnOffice.
I’m still a little unsure about what is going to happen at the UnSummit but things should get interesting as the group gathers to apply some brain pressure against the community’s collective hemorrhaging. The official theme is “Solve for X. Where X = your problem.” So, unless your problem is fear of open-ended conference themes you should come and participate in the unintended consequences. Hope to see you there.
sweet jake, an english cocker spaniel, has been diagnosed with mast cell cancer, a common cancer in dogs that can be aggressive and dangerous. the best treatment is a quick surgery, which can be expensive. to help raise money for the surgery, jake’s owner anna, who is a talented seamstress, created the apron campaign. you pick the fabric and she’ll sew you a beautiful apron.
order yours (or just donate!) here.
(via sfgirlbybay)
i know that i’m hardly the first person to blog about canvas by lands’ end, but after a month of looking and thinking, last week i finally caved and ordered a few basics. and how could i not? i mean, really. there’s a sort of classic jcrew vibe but at a MUCH nicer price point. plus, a freckly redhead model? let’s face it, that’s about all they had to do to win my love.
and so my two tops arrived (i chose this one in navy and this one in green, both colors that are no longer listed on the site so my timing must have been good) and i can officially say they are fantastic. and not at all frumpy (which i admit was my fear since that’s sort of lands’ end’s realm). quality cotton, nice seams, and terribly cute. if you’re thinking about ordering, be sure to check their size charts, as things run large and you can expect to go down a size (or two). and so now, i’ll spend some time considering this dress. in yellow, of course. yum.
okay. you know rbb loves bikes. we also love soccer. a lot.
and we can’t help but love this awesome film from nike and wieden+kennedy. especially trailer park rooney and “ronal…DOH!”
fantastic.
the power of photography (and easy ways to help)
i don’t even know where to begin with this post. there is so much to say.
first, i guess that while i intellectually understood the gulf oil spill, it wasn’t until i came across these images that the boston globe recently published that the magnitude of it really hit home for me. and made me cry.
and want to help, in whatever way i can. to start, riding my bike everywhere i can. i figure the less oil i consume, the better.
and strange as it may sound, have my dogs groomed. i will send their fur (and there’s a lot of it) to help soak up oil via an organization called matter of trust. i know it sounds crazy, but it works. if you don’t have a dog, you can also get your own hair cut at a participating aveda salon that will send all hair clippings to matter of trust.
i know they are little things, but i want to help in my own small way. and all the little things add up. really. if you have any other ideas how we can help, please comment and share.
(thanks a ton to april and her wonderful blog for bringing these images and efforts to my attention. images are, of course, from the boston globe.)