marie claire maison & graphic exchange

Marie Claire Maison, a french home interior magazine, pops up on my design blog radar pretty frequently, but it was the keene eye behind this post at Graphic ExchanGe that really locked my attention. So, I'm taking this opportunity to spotlight not one, but two sites that I love.




Graphic ExchanGe is the cherry-bomb-digity of design blogs. Fabien Barral, a graphic designer and photographer in France, created the Graphic ExchanGe to showcase some of the most admirable working graphic designers, photographers, artists, etc. Barral is also the designer/engineer behind the beautiful workshop Harmonie Interieure. (previously seen here).



I am especially interested in these business card and identity designs. I hope that business cards will be my holiday gift for myself this year or maybe a birthday gift for next year or one day, since first it seems I'll need to locate some kind of business for myself.





first five images via Marie Claire Maison via Graphic ExchanGe
the sixth image via Inspace Locations via Graphic ExchanGe
the seventh image via VSA Partners Inc. via Graphic EchanGe
the eighth image via AvroKO via Graphic ExchanGe
last two images via Daily Poetics' Art if the Business Card (also found here) via Graphic ExchanGe

Emma van Leest

love, love, love, love, love. Emma van Leest

Dans la Lune

Exceptional. This woman's work blows my mind. The title, "Dans la Lune", in French means literally "in the moon", but refers to the act of day dreaming and would be the equivalent of the English idiom "He's got his head in the clouds"
Kristen Hassenfeld at Rice Gallery (of Rice University) in Houston, TX