Anthropologie's Spring window displays are popping up everywhere. An ode to abstract impressionism, the installations are drenched in colorful paint. Aside from showcasing painted pieces on every surface available, the brand cleverly incorporates everyday painting tools. Keep reading to check out a gallery of dazzling window displays plus the creative techniques used to achieve the looks! Source Read more

Sometimes that little girl inside us refuses to grow up, like when it comes to our endless fascination with all things Disney-princess-related. While our adult selves may cringe at princess culture and the outdated stereotypes that come along with it, there's just something special about the Disney princesses we grew up with like Cinderella, Belle, Snow White, Aurora, and Ariel. And they aren't Read more

Peruvian-born sculptor and artist Cecilia Paredes literally loses herself in her artwork, whether she's camouflaged herself as an animal in a work like "The She Deer" or painted herself into her wonderfully busy wallpaper photographic works. Her wallpaper series, completed between 2007 and 2010, are personal favorites of mine, displaying a wit and cheeky sense of humor, as well as a sensuousness, Read more

It started off with a whale – actually with an image of a particular whale that appeared on Dolan Geiman's NYIGF booth announcement. After eagerly clicking to his Etsy site and flipping through the first couple of pages, I became hooked. Dolan's work includes paintings, collages, constructions, and limited-edition reproductions. Using a curious assortment of discarded finds, items found in Read more

I love artistic takes on the concept of bringing the outdoors in, and designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec did just that when they created the Textile Field Installation at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London last Fall, as part of a collaboration with the textile company Kvadrat. The project was recently nominated for one of the Design Museum's Design of the Year Awards. According to the Read more

Your baby's room deserves some art that's as 21st century and unique as he or she is, and with the help of one of our favorite sites, Etsy, it's easy to achieve! We did some digging and found 10 personalized, modern pieces of art that are contemporary, cool, and easy on the wallet — all weigh in at less than $80 and most are less than $30. Now you have no excuse not to give your nursery a new Read more

Elusive street artist Banksy offered an in-your-face shopping message today in London, just in time for the holidays. A new stencil and spray-paint piece appeared in East London today, a short distance from the city's financial district. It reads, "Sorry! The lifestyle you ordered is currently out of stock." And on another unused building, he depicts a woman who has lost one of her high heels Read more

I've been obsessed with Seattle artist Frida Clements's work for some time now. Her style, which encompasses art nouveau-inspired as well as nature-based imagery, looks gorgeous when it's illustrating gig posters for some of my favorite bands, including Bon Iver, Joanna Newsom, Rufus Wainwright, and Spoon, among many others. When I visited Seattle recently, I asked Frida if I could pop in to Read more

I'm excited to present a post from guest writer David Stark! Recently we produced a video, shot in our Brooklyn studio for the amazingly talented singer Migguel Anggelo, and the title cut from his new CD Donde Estara Matisse. This short film was created by the stylist and artist Helen Quinn, and Helen brilliantly combines stop-motion animation with live action to create a fantasy walk inside a Read more

We can't believe it's already December! As 2011 comes to a close, we've kicked off our celebration with the best celebrity quotes on love and sex and the things we've learned from studies from the past year. The icing on the cake? Britney Spears is celebrating her 30th birthday! Get back in the know and see all of the fun and newsy highlights from this week in pictures. Read more