Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades

<img alt="large Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/large.jpg" title="Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " width="600" />In this visually-saturated age, how do you ignite the imagination of a young thoughts? With the proper mix of words, photos and whimsy, for starters. San Franciso-based designer Michael Mulvey has arrived at this<span>—</span>and quite a bit more<span>—</span>with a Kickstarter project that we don’t mind calling a wild concept. Mulvey, an animal lover and collector of 19th and 20th Century illustrations, has conceived of Charms, Quivers & Parades, a suite of materials inspired by wildlife and their related, decidedly obscure collective nouns: a smack of jellyfish or an ostentation of peacocks, any person?</p><br/><p>Mulvey has smartly committed his richly detailed compositions<span>—</span>stylized, monochromatic illustrations, derived from vintage prints, overlaid with bold, single-word typography<span>—</span>to a series of colorful wallpaper pictures for digital devices and a range of handsome printed components, including hardcover book, postcards, and poster. Charms, Quivers & Parades is a winsome ode to wildlife, words<span>, </span>and the joy of discovery<span>—</span>a project assured to work its magic on youngsters<span> and grownups alike</span><span><span>, and wholly </span>deserving of an enthusiastic kickstart.<br /> </span></p><br/><p><br/><img alt="large Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " height="426" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/large_.jpg" title="Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="large Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/large__.jpg" title="Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="large Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " height="1971" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/large___.jpg" title="Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " width="600" /></p><br/><p><br/><img alt="large Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " height="901" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/large____.jpg" title="Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><img alt="large Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " height="442" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/large_____.jpg" title="Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades amazing ideas " width="600" />Images: Michael Mulvey</p><br/><p><!-- Social Buttons Generated by Digg Digg plugin v5.3.6,<br/> Author : Buffer, Inc<br/> Website : http://bufferapp.com/diggdigg --><br/>

Kickstarter Alert: Charms, Quivers & Parades

In this visually-saturated age, how do you ignite the imagination of a young thoughts? With the proper mix of words, photos and whimsy, for ...

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Kickstarter Alert: Colourful Letterpress Desk Calendar

<img alt="large Kickstarter Alert: Colourful Letterpress Desk Calendar amazing ideas " height="1736" src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/large.png" title="Kickstarter Alert: Colourful Letterpress Desk Calendar amazing ideas " width="600" /><br/><p>As admirers of letterpress printing—and of these who endeavor to maintain the art form alive—we have been pleased to see this Kickstarter project by Toronto’s Letterpress Shoppe. The <em>Colourful Letterpress Desk Calendar</em> is comprised of a set of 12 100% cotton cards, each letterpress-printed with a exclusive illustration and color, and displayed on a hand crafted maple stand.</p><br/><p>Painstakingly and meticulously inked, registered and printed on a vintage Platen press, every single illustration adheres to a template of geometric and month-specific organic forms, beautifully balanced with clean typography—and expressed in a range of nuanced season-invoking colors.</p><br/><p>It’s safe to say that this is a 2014 calendar that won’t very easily be discarded following 2014 has come and gone. And if Letterpress Shoppe’s nostalgic little video doesn’t make printing enthusiasts <em>Colourful</em> converts, practically nothing will.</p><br/></p><br/><p>

Kickstarter Alert: Colourful Letterpress Desk Calendar

As admirers of letterpress printing—and of these who endeavor to maintain the art form alive—we have been pleased to see this Kickstarter pr...

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