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Design for Mankind

 Design For Mankind ― http://www.designformankind.com

Design for Mankind boasts a popular viewership of 18,000 readers daily. Honored as one of the London Time’s top 50 design bloggers in the world, Erin Loechner has received numerous praise for her unique perspective on the design industry. Always quirky, never reverent, Design for Mankind is a daily addiction for design lovers across the globe.

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Listed: Oct 22, 2010

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The King Of Masking Tape

Design for Mankind ― I’m a creature of habit, meaning I’ve been wrapping gifts in the same mega roll of brown kraft paper for years now. I’m also non-crafty, so any mistakes I make are promptly covered up with the vibrant patterns and hues of ...

Tags: Art , Life, Japanese Masking Tape, Japanese-art, Koji Iyama, Masking Tape Art Installation

Design For Mankind ― 3 days ago

Out Of Office

Design for Mankind ― I’ve been doing some heavy duty soul searching lately (that’s pretty obvious, right?), and one of the things I’m realizing about myself is that I love to travel. (I know; I’m a late bloomer here.) It used to be that the ...

Tags: Life Thoughts, Lake Cabin, Michigan, Travel, Travel Diary, Weekend

Design For Mankind ― 4 days ago

The Layers of Creativity

Design for Mankind ― Making room for creativity often seems like a daunting task, right? Between “real life” responsibilities and dinner prep and ink-scrawled calendar pages, finding time to create for the sake of creating seems like a long-lost luxury. ...

Tags: Art , Life, Abstract Art, Abstract Artists, Abstract Paintings, Abstract Sculptures

Design For Mankind ― 4 days ago

Between The Folds

Design for Mankind ― I own multiple pieces of Leah Duncan’s – pillow covers and tea towels and prints – all perfectly patterned in today’s most coveted color stories. Glancing at her work, she appears to be a highly-trained, playful artist with ...

Tags: Art , Life, Creativity , Community, Artist Collaboration, Bag

Design For Mankind ― 4 days ago

My Home

Design for Mankind ― Ever since I took a hiatus from our HGTV.com show, I’ve missed the rush of planning daily projects, weekly photo shoots and non-stop filming of our home. Most of the time. But then there are the days when I get to enjoy the space Ken and I ...

Tags: Design , Meaning, Life Thoughts, Erin Loechner Hgtv.com, Erin Loechner Home, Erin Loechner House

Design For Mankind ― 2 weeks 2 days ago

An Unusual Dining Experience

Design for Mankind ― To press 'pause' on today's fast food cycle, São Paulo and London-based designers Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves of Studio Swine designed a fast food restaurant where the diner is taken on a journey picking vegetables and baking buns ...

Tags: Design , Meaning, Nature , Everyday Art, Science , Agriculture

Design For Mankind ― 2 weeks 2 days ago

The Slow Fashion Movement

Design for Mankind ― The Solv clothing label was born to promote the long-last values of consuming - loving, caring and passing along what you own to those you love. "But as the business grew, it became more and more difficult to hold on to our core values," Mari ...

Tags: Art , Life, Creativity , Community, Sustainability, Fashion Transparency

Design For Mankind ― 2 weeks 2 days ago

My Workflow

Design for Mankind ― I get a lot of emails from readers asking about my workflow in terms of inspiration and sourcing and research and all of the juiciness of the world. And today, I thought it might be fun to take a peek behind the curtain of this site to reveal a ...

Tags: Internet , Productivity, A Day In The Life Of A Blogger, A Day In The Life Of Erin Loechner, Design For Mankind Blog, Erin Loechner Blog

Design For Mankind ― 3 weeks 5 days ago

The Art of Play

Design for Mankind ― Confession time. Pre-baby, I worked endlessly, filling my calendar to the brim with travel and opportunities and conferences and events until I had, quite literally, drained my body and mind and energy of any creative inspiration. The well was ...

Tags: Art , Life, Creativity , Community, Charles Schaefer, Creativity

Design For Mankind ― 4 weeks 3 days ago

A Vessel To Mold

Design for Mankind ― Michal creates her vessels by shredding a foam cube with her bare hands, digging and peeling and forming - a process she calls "barbaric." And I find it so very metaphorical that, to create something new, Michal has to destruct the old. She has to...

Tags: Art , Life, Design , Meaning, Nature , Everyday Art

Design For Mankind ― 5 weeks 1 day ago

The Creative Ecosystem

Design for Mankind ― Bryony's resume would read much like mine (although decidedly more glamorous-sounding). Born in London, she re-located to Los Angeles after years of touring with her band. She then launched a label of wearable art before settling in to pursue...

Tags: Art , Life, Creativity , Community, Design , Meaning

Design For Mankind ― 5 weeks 4 days ago

The Mask Of The Internet

Design for Mankind ― We are what we eat, indeed. Which means that today, I’m a massive plate of avocado toast, inordinate cheese servings and – as of five minutes ago – a whole lot of mindless Internet morsels. I’m certainly not anti-Internet, ...

Tags: Art , Life, Creativity , Community, Internet , Productivity

Design For Mankind ― 6 weeks 1 day ago

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