Remember that post I did a bit ago on Maira Kalman? She also designs these amazing products that are distributed by the Museum of Modern Art.

These paperweights are sort of silly. Hey, it’s tax time – maybe you could get the one on the right for your CPA?

These watches are extremely elegant and playful.

And this, this is simply gorgeous!

Images via Maira Kalman’s website.

I’m really into colorful anything lately and these Helvetica posters by ModernPop are right up my alley.

The posters are meant for children but I think they’d work just about anywhere. You can check out their shop of Etsy right here.

Ms. Megan is a bit under the weather, so I’m filling in today. I recently bought a bunch of Matte Stephen prints and I’m so in love. This one hangs above my bed. Gotta love an Owl rocking a pipe, bow tie, and umbrella!

This print is perfectly on theme for this week. Its been pouring here!

I may have to get this one soon. A cat family portrait is just too silly and awesome. You can see more Matte’s work right here.

Kelly Oshiro Design has a wedding this weekend, so that means it’s time for the guests to party. I think this gold prism is perfectly festive, don’t you?

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Needless to say, I was really inspired by Kelly’s post yesterday. Early methods of color photography are fascinating.

My first exposure to the autochrome was at the California Museum of Photography at UC Riverside. One of my best friends curated a small exhibit of photographs that revolved around this early type of photography.

This is one from their collection. I’m still a little iffy on how this process actually works, but I know that it involves microscopic grains of potato starch dyed shades of red, green and blue that create a screen on a glass plate for light to pass through. When you look at an autochrome up close, you can see the individual grains of starch, which makes it look almost like a microscopic pointellism painting.

This image, and the ones that follow it, were taken by Albert Kahn. He was actually a very wealthy French banker, and in 1909 decided to set out on a trip around the world to photograph people from various cultures. This is a woman who was living in Vietnam at the time.

This was taken in Norway.

This was taken in Ireland.

The thing that really strikes me about this project is that it was never intended to be artful. It was simply a documentation project which he hoped would promote peace and understanding.

The images and information are from the California Museum of Photography and the Albert Kahn website.

Ever since Kelly sent me a link to Maira Kalman’s website, I’ve been a little obsessed. Just a little, I swear. I admire how she’s got her hands into so many projects – kids’ books, posters, magazine covers, and I love her blog over at the New York Times.

This is a page spread from her kid’s book “What Pete Ate.”

Too adorable. I love her style! I love the handwriting, the colors, and all the little imperfections. Her work has a wonderfully handmade quality to it.

Images from her site.

These images from Aliette are pretty exciting. She’s an artist living in France, and I’m in love with these prints.

The layers of neutral shades look really perfect next to the bold solid colors. Her artwork remind me of pieces of cut fabric and wallpaper, and washes of water colors. Excellent!

You can see more of her work here.

Lately I’ve been inspired by minimal, graphic assesories. I love these grid pattern totes. They look exquisite the way they are, or you could fill in the boxes with your own ideas…

These scarves are really neat. A colorful take on pin stripes!

These upcycled tote bags are pretty rad. I bought one for Kelly for her birthday! It’s recycled, and they’re all different so it’s a surprise when you open the package.

I’m really digging all these items from Poketo.

Kelly pointed me towards this wallpaper she found on The Style Files. We love letterpress…

Then I started perusing Wall & Deco‘s site some more. I’m really into this idea for a kids room.

I just had to share this with you guys. How awesome and daring is this? Perhaps I’ll need to dedicate a room of my dream home to this wallpaper. That chair is hot, too.

Images from Wall & Deco via The Style Files via Kelly.

These book cover prints are so sweet and nostalgic. Not to mention that the illustrations are exquisite.

I love how minimal they are, with just a punch of a single, graphic color.

Images via Joe at Monster Gallery.