Waking up with coffee and the Cold Mountain soundtrack. *yawn* *stretch*
"Get up girls, don't be bitter. Mess with me I'll pull the trigger," says Jack White.
I'm actually feeling productive despite getting less than 4 hours of sleep. One thought tearing me out of bed was wondering where my digital camera was, and the second was the burnt rust-colored speckles in my slightly ugly marble counter tops. I couldn't remember what they looked like. I try to memorize their placement to no avail when I brush my teeth (since I have nothing better to do, obviously) and I was thinking about: getting up>teeth brushing>rusty speckles.
Today I'm embracing my immediate surroundings for design inspiration. I won't be scouring blogs or looking at other designers' work. I've been trying to come up with a stellar design for a friend's vintage clothing store and haven't been too successful. She probably thinks I am taking too long, but I have the freedom to make something different and my own. The next portfolio piece I put on my website is going to be cool, whenever I think of it...
Design ideas in my immediate environment:
Ugly Holiday Inn style marble that has nice individual speckles
The old embroidery framing of a bird in my kitchen
Unintentional brushed stainless steel in the bathtub
Paper pulp
Top layer of dirt in my dying succulent plant
The stain on my wooden salad tongs
There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.
— Massimo Vignelli
