Stuff we'd chat about over a glass of wine if you joined me on the back patio.
Want a spiffy email signature but not sure how to create one or got frustrated when you tried? I’m super picky about the way mine looks and most of the apps I’ve tried were too clunky, but check out this new one called Signature Hound. Loads of ways to customize it—fonts, colors, spacing, logo, even a photo if you’re so inclined, and get this: it’s FREE. Here’re a few samples to show some of the options.
What’s not to love? Give it a try!
This year's Camp Dahms holiday card is dedicated to Ruthie.
31 March —13 July 2016
A good friend and star of all our previous holiday cards.
A round-up of our Christmas cards from years past and the wild holiday parties in the Goat House.
Photos by Rick Dahms
"It wasn't really much of a party, until the chickens showed up."
"May all your mistletoe encounters be cud-free."
"Santa was a huge hit at the party, but now Ruthie thinks she's getting a Skidoo....."
“Happy Holidays from Jolly Old Seamus and the rest of the Camp Dahms Crew!”
Just stumbled across a stunning portrait on one of my favorite Instagram galleries today so did a little bird-dogging and discovered Swedish photographer, Julia Hetta. Reminds me a bit of one of my other favorite photographers, Rodney Smith.
Julia's bio on her website reads: "Julia Hetta’s photographs provide a glimpse of an alternative world, rich with the romance and quietude associated with classical painting. Working almost exclusively with natural light and long exposure times, Hetta imbues her subjects with a sense of serenity and power. Her use of light, color and texture transforms her fashion photographs into compositions of timeless enchantment."
Check out Julia's Instagram, and website
Netflix has a design series! I mean, I love cooking series like Chef's Table, and I'm a big House of Cards fan, but a series of design was due. Abstract: The Art of Design is a series of eight shows.
Christoph Niemann: Illustration
Tinker Hatfield: Footwear Design ( Nike )
Es Devlin: Stage Design
Bjarke Ingels: Architecture
Ralph Gilles: Automotive Design
Paula Scher: Graphic Design
Platon: Photography
Ilse Crawford: Interior Design
Unlike other series, I've been trying not to binge watch these, and spread them out over a few months. I started with Tinker Hatfield from Nike, then watched the Platon with my ( photographer ) husband Rick, then Ilse Crawford and interior design—she's working with Ikea among others.
Most recently watched Paula Scher, a partner at Pentagram, I didn't realize she was married to Seymour Chwast! They met when she was a student at Tyler School of Art and interviewed with Seymour at Pushpin Studios. Here's a fun interview of the power couple from Print Magazine.
She cracks me up, it's exactly the same at our house:
Print: Do you ever collaborate? Paula: We can’t collaborate at all. It’s a total disaster. 😂
Print: How do you approach design-related decisions that you make as a couple in your daily lives? Paula: Seymour does whatever I tell him to do.
