Welcome to the second installment of Jackson Fish Market’s Holiday Gift Guide. We’re pleased to share a few gift ideas for your favorite designer, friend, or family member. And if you’re worried about spending in this down economy, we’ve provided gift ideas ranging from a nifty $3 up to a hefty $100 buckeroos. Enjoy and [...]

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Holy crap. They’re gorgeous and filled with tiny detail. [thx 37 Signals]

I don’t know what took me so long to find the community of Lego builders showing off their incredible creations. My favorite blog that features some amazing creations is The Brothers Brick. Three things I found there recently that simply blew me away. Minas Tirith from LOTR: Church of Our Lady from Dresden, Germany (And [...]

Over break I saw a bunch of movies. A friend really wanted to see Beowulf. You may direct your chortles at him. Since we’re all busy, I’ll try and make my comments on Beowulf concise (spoiler alert): I didn’t know it was animated or in 3D before I saw it. Am I oblivious, or did [...]

At JFM, we have no shortage of design lust. We’ve come up with a dozen holiday gifts will keep your designer friend/colleague happy, productive and feeling appreciated. 1. 1923 Manual of Linotype Typography. It’s a total gem if you can score one (try Alibris or eBay). I promise your design peers will ooooh and ahhh [...]

I love to learn about all the little things that go into creative pieces that you may not realize are there. When it comes to high quality creative expression I have found that there’s always more that goes into it than most people realize. Fans and connoisseurs are usually the folks who take the time [...]

As the lead flower harvester for the “florists” at They’re Beautiful!, I thought I’d share with you how the flowers were made. To get some basic understanding of what it’s like to be a florist, I spent half a day job-shadowing Nisha Kelem, owner of Seattle’s Fleurish. We met early one weekday at the wholesale [...]

On most large (or even small) scale creative endeavors it’s typically unfair to give only one person credit for the end result. Most quality expressions of creativity (that I find myself in awe of) are the output of teams. But, it appears to be in our nature as a society to search for the one [...]

For many years I’ve quite enjoyed my t-shirt collection. My t-s have always been super comfortable as well as free. Unfortunately, most of their comfort came from the fact that I always got them two sizes too large and their “freeness” meant their content was restricted to the genre of high-tech schwag that has fed [...]

This past weekend was the 35-hour marathon opening of the Seattle Art Museum expansion. Though, I have to say that calling it an “expansion” is really an understatement. It’s almost like the city got an entirely new, real museum, with a real broad art collection housed in a building that I personally think rivals the [...]