Saturday, March 31, 2007

Paul Turns 30!

    My new brother-in-law Paul turns thirty this weekend, which is very fitting for family week (thanks, Paul!). To celebrate his old age, we went to the Drambuie Den on 14th Street, where we drank tons and then lit the drinks on fire.
    Paul makes Lucy laugh a lot. Sometimes she laughs until she cries!
    Ryan lights up the Drambuie, just the way Paul taught him.
    Every time I hang out with Paul and Lucy a drink is somehow spilled on my foot.
    Robin and Paul heart each other.
    Last September, Paul also married my sister.

    I love you, Paul! I am so happy you are in our family!Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Best wishes, Lena Corwin

Friday, March 30, 2007

Magic

Shh......they're sleeping

    A reader in Germany gave me a tip about the painter Gerd Brunzema, who paints his children while they're sleeping. My reader says: "Very strange. It isn't cute at all. But I like it, cause it looks authentic." I find the series really sweet, though. (What do you think, readers: Creepy or cute?) Either way, they're wonderful.
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Saturday Evening Post

    No family week would be complete without a post about the Saturday Evening Post. So check out this incredible "silent" comic strip cover by Thornton Utz--it shows a day in the life of an awesome 1950's surburban dad. Illustrators usually have to do a single illustration for a magazine cover (think The New Yorker) -- here, Utz had to do nine! Bravo.
    (via the amazing Today's Inspiration, a blog about illustration from the 40's and 50's.)Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Childhood Photographs

    Kristen Oppenheim is exactly the kind of artist you hope to discover in the middle of a family week; I was thrilled to come across her work yesterday on I Heart Photograph. Oppenheim has an evocative range of photographs about childhood. Above is "The Treasure" and below is "The Leap," which are so sweetly realistic! (I remember making my parents watch endless "leaps"--I could almost do a split!)
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Hug Me Sweater

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Happy Birthday, Lina!

    Little Lina turns 28 today!

    Twenty (of the many) reasons I love Lina:
    1. She looks like a pixie.
    2. She makes me laugh all day long.
    3. She wears cool
    sunglasses.
    4. She brings us sandwiches for lunch.
    5. She reads tons of books and can recommend books based on people's personalities.
    6. She detects gas leaks in the office (even when there aren't any).
    7. She leaves half eaten food everywhere. Wait.....that's not a reason.
    7. She calls me "Special," which makes me feel happy.
    8. She says wise things, like that people are more transparent than they think and that all sandwiches taste better on toast. She's also great at Taboo.
    9. She is tiny but strong, independent but loyal, sarcastic but sweet.
    10. She comes up with funny slang, like Goldfish and Non-Starter.
    11. She goes with you to the doctor if you're scared.
    12. She knows all the juicy celebrity gossip.
    13. She's brilliant at her job; she can diffuse any tricky situation beautifully and keeps everything in perspective.
    14. She loves her family and has 20,000 cool cousins.
    15. She listens to us all talk endlessly about our neuroses and never makes us feel weird.
    16. She's always game for a party; she'll come at the beginning, mingle famously, break hearts and be one of the last to leave.
    17. She takes strolls through Central Park in three-inch heels.
    18. She makes a killer lasagna.
    19. She knits clothes for babies.
    20. She's my favorite partner in crime. She makes every day more fun. I hope we grow old together.

    (Photo by Heidi Swanson.)Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Family Ski Trips

    I love Patrick Smith's atmospheric photography. This photograph was taken at Val Thorens, the highest ski resort in France, where my family was lucky enough to ski when we were growing up. Our ski-school teacher Dominique was sometimes mean and sometimes nice, and my sister won an Asterix comic in a race. My mom said that on especially cold days, you could hear the little ski-school children weeping as they skiied past. So sad!Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Dottie Dress

Monday, March 26, 2007

Family Week

    Recently I've been experimenting by choosing a theme for each week of posts -- first, I did a week on nature; then focused on typography. This week, my dear readers, I will bring you art, photography and design featuring family. And now, to vastly increase the cuteness factor of your day, here is Vincent at the supermarket.

    (Photo by Carlos Luis, via Swiss Miss)Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Opening Ceremony: Sweden

Swimming Pools

    I have a thing for pool photographs. I'm really drawn to them for some reason. Even when they are sketchy and dirty. Almost especially when they're sketchy and dirty. I can't figure out why they're so appealing, but there's something almost erotically exhibitionist about the whole thing. (Is that weird?:)
    These shots are from J. Bennett Fitt's No Lifeguard On Duty series. In a New York Times review of the exhibition, Ken Johnson writes: "Swimming pools are signs of spiritual optimism, economic prosperity and the hedonistic good life, so the image of a pool dried up and cracked or half full of dirty water becomes a symbol of disappointed hopes and dreams."
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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Typography Week Grand Finale: Nick Feltron!

House Numbers

    When my roommate and I have parties, our guests often accidentally knock on the apartment door below ours. That's because we are technically "Apartment #2" but we are on the 3rd floor. Our downstairs neighbors' raving lunacy just adds to the confusion.

    Needless to say, we need a house number. I was shopping around and everything I saw seemed either boring or dated. But then I stumbled upon these numbers at Design Within Reach. (Thanks, Mom!) They will do the trick....and now we can have parties again.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Keep Calm

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Moonwalk Necklace

Friday, March 23, 2007

Type Bike Shirt

Ms. Helvetica Neue

Thursday, March 22, 2007

I heart this clock

Color Letters

    NYC-base design firm Art Department makes whimsical objects out of clay, such as these letters, which would be cool in place of house numbers (you could spell out "two," for example). They also make a beautiful mobile (inspired by their swimming under a waterfall in the Caribbean), which I thought Lucy would appreciate. (She has been known to like mobiles.) Enjoy!Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Love Hate Shirt

    Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci wrote backwards? To read his writing, people would hold his notebooks up to mirrors. He would have loved this shirt. It says "hate" when you're wearing it in person, but "love" in the mirror. Especially good for unrequited lovers or shy people who have trouble showing affection.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

It's the first day of spring

Helvetica

    My friends and I have gotten really into documentaries lately. Currently topping the list (and fitting in beautifully with typography week) is Helvetica, a new documentary about the life of a typeface (which celebrates its 50th birthday this year) and, more generally, how type affects our lives.

    It's amazing how much typography can change the look and feel of a magazine article or restaurant menu or book cover or company logo. The film will be especially interesting since it talks to designers about how they make certain type choices. So cool to hear their reasoning.

    Sadly, the New York premiere on April 6th is already sold out. (Can anyone score tix? I will be your best friend and movie partner.) It's also screening at Yale on April 19th.Source URL: http://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/03/
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Monday, March 19, 2007

Let's Talk Type

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