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What Will Be 2009's "Keep Calm and Carry On"?

CasaSugar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:00:46 -0800

Last year, Keep Calm and Carry On was all over the design world, from posters to rugs. I'm predicting that the phrase has reached saturation level, though, and it's time to move on to another motto to live by. May I suggest Now Panic and Freak Out ($35)? If this isn't to your taste, check out the slideshow for eight other pithily worded art posters for 2009.

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12 Art Posters to Lend a Helping Hand

CasaSugar — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:00:35 -0700

Now that you don't have Mom under the same roof to tell you when to behave, it's often helpful to have someone, or something, to keep you on the straight and narrow. And all the better if that thing also makes your home look fantastic at the same time it's offering edifying advice. See some of my favorite ways to add words of wisdom to your casa.
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Great Art Online: Yee-Haw Industries

CasaSugar — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:00:00 -0700

Yee-Haw Industries was established by partners Kevin Bradley & Julie Belcher, who opened up shop from a back-40 barn in Corbin, Kentucky, with salvaged, antique equipment. Their vibrant, folk art, wood cut prints of country music's classic stars, such as Hank Williams, Sr. and Loretta Lynn, caught eyes and told stories. Soon, modern music acts, including Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, and Southern Culture on the Skids began commissioning promotional posters and album art. In 1998, having outgrown the bluegrass barn, Yee-Haw moved to Knoxville, where they offer tours of the Yee-Haw studio in action and maintain a store to sell their wares.

To see more of Yee-Haw's beautiful work, and to find out how to win some of it, just read more

Yee-Haw's work has been honored by selection to PRINT Magazine's Regional Design Annual for seven years running and has been reviewed and featured by The Washington Post, AIGA Journal, Fortune Small Business, Southern Living, Esquire, American Illustration 21, and was recently published in The Art of Modern Rock, the Poster Explosion. Yee-Haw has done fine illustration, as well as design and letterpress, for clients such as RRL-Ralph Lauren, The American Visionary Art Museum, MTV2, and the Cartoon Network. The studio has recently collaborated with the National Gallery of Art to design & produce a unique line of Dada merchandise, available exclusively at the National Gallery for the duration of the 2006 Dada exhibition.

Check back later today when we'll be giving away some gorgeous Yee-Haw Industries products to one lucky winner!

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Do You Decorate With Movie Posters?

CasaSugar — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:14 -0700

While movie posters stuck directly to a wall with thumbtacks will look like you're living in a college dormitory, tastefully matted and framed movie posters can look like fine art. Do you have any movie posters in your home?
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Great Art Online: The Decoder Ring Design Concern

CasaSugar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:09:13 -0700

The Decoder Ring Design Concern creates both lovely and edgy silkscreened concert and art posters (thanks for the tip, Penelope829). Founded in 2004, their mission statement is simply "Do work we love for clients we admire." Partners Christian Helms, Geoff Peveto, Paul Fucik, and Derrit DeRouen have worked with clients including Leo Burnett Worldwide, Levis Jeans, Toyota Yaris, MTV, Sony BMG's Epic Records, Capitol Records, South By Southwest, Modest Mouse, Dave Matthews Band, Erykah Badu, and Wilco. Each project Decoder undertakes reflects what they love about design: collaboration with companies, groups, or individuals who have something important to say and deserve to be heard.

To find out how to contact The Decoder Ring Design Concern for custom orders, and to see a gallery of their work, just read more

According to their site, this group of designers decided on this odd, long name because a decoder ring "is used to solve complex problems, and design concern is an historic term that references the rich heritage of our industry." Since, they also mention that everything is better with bacon or monkeys, I'm not sure if I can take everything this talented crew says too seriously. Though I do believe that GiggleSugar would agree with them about the monkeys.

You can contact The Decoder Ring with questions or custom orders here.

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Casa Interview: The Good Wife's Stephen Hendrickson and Beth Kushnick

CasaSugar — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:28 -0800

As I've mentioned in the past, I'm a huge fan of the new CBS series The Good Wife. In particular, I adore Alicia Florrick's (Julianna Margulies) apartment. With classic styling and great use of color, it's definitely a look I'm currently coveting. Luckily, I recently had the opportunity to chat with the two people responsible for the look of that very apartment. The Good Wife's production designer, Stephen Hendrickson, and set decorator, Beth Kushnick, answered my questions about the look of Alicia's home.

CasaSugar: How did the production designer and set decorator define Alicia (as a starting-over mom, lawyer, etc.), and how did this play into their concept of her new apartment?

Hendrickson and Kushnick: We defined Alicia as a working mom who wanted to make a comforting life for her kids as they had to downsize from a large house in the suburbs to a much smaller apartment which she purchased and had renovated. We kept some furniture from the old house like the kids' beds and the dining room furniture. In addition the show creators wanted to keep Alicia's king size bed as a visual - that it was too big for her new bedroom and show that one side of it was now empty. We also created a maid's room in the back of the apartment for all of her husband's belongings.

CasaSugar: How did Alicia’s style as a North Shore mom change when she moved into Chicago proper?

Hendrickson and Kushnick: Her new apartment had a sophisticated color palette . . . Alicia's apartment also has more contemporary living room furnishings and an upgraded kitchen.

Read the rest of the interview, and check out photos of the set.

Nice and New: Blanca Gomez at Velocity

CasaSugar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:00:26 -0800

Prints by Madrid-based graphic designer and illustrator Blanca Gomez are now available at Velocity Art and Design, and I'm totally adoring them. Gomez's designs feature classically styled messieurs and mesdames accompanied by colorful balloons, raindrops, and other cheerful, child-like imagery. There's a near-stick-figure simplicity to her figures that evokes 1960s art; it's utterly charming. I'm loving this Monsieur print - the seafoam clouds, the shapely raindrops, the fedora: I can almost hear him singing, "Alouette, gentille alouette, alouette, je te plumerai." To see more prints, read more.

Inspired: Vintage Circus Posters

CasaSugar — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:30:00 -0700

I love the excitement, color, and sense of the unusual that's conveyed on vintage circus posters. These old posters, with their awesome illustrations, must've been a thrill for small-town kids, who probably waited all Summer for the big tent to set up in their town's park. While my favorite circuses today tend to not involve animals, I've always been drawn to the animal images from these circus posters.

To see more circus-inspired home finds, read more.

Transferring this nostalgic thrill to your home is as easy as hanging a poster or two, or tossing a lion throw pillow on your sofa. Of course, you can do a lot more than that, too - it's your choice, depending on much three-ring excitement you want to add to your pad. Check the widget below for some of the circus-inspired finds for your home.

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Nikki McClure Contest: We Have a Winner!

CasaSugar — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:55:05 -0700

Thanks to everyone who entered the Nikki McClure poster giveaway! Our winner is Koolbr33z3. Congratulations!

If you're in need of another giveaway, Ferm is giving away a wall's worth of gorgeous wallpaper to one lucky reader, so be sure to check it out.

Casa Capsule: The Week That Was

CasaSugar — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:30:00 -0700

Check out It blogger and designerJudy Aldridge's textured Texas home.
Shia LaBeouf moved to Sherman Oaks.
You'll love these 10 fabulous mismatched chairs and tables.
Learn to steal decorating ideas from Anthropologie's latest catalog.
Get the look of the stylish ladies of Mad Men.
These 12 art posters will lend your walls a helping hand.

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Blanca Gomez Love This Way Print - $24.00	Blanca Gomez Monsieur IV - $30.00
Blanca Gomez Monsieur III Print - $30.00	Blanca Gomez Monsiuer Under The Rain Print - $30.00
Blanca Gomez Rainy Day Print - $22.00	Blanca Gomez Smoke Print - $30.00
Blanca Gomez De Viaje Print - $28.00	Blanca Gomez Thinking Print - $28.00
Blanca Gomez Mademoiselle Under The Rain Print - $30.00	Blanca Gomez Present Print - $30.00
Blanca Gomez Sailor Print - $24.00	Blanca Gomez Family Print - $28.00
Blanca Gomez Monsieur II Print - $30.00	Blanca Gomez The Writer Gocco Print - $24.00
Blanca Gomez Fete Print - $30.00	Blanca Gomez Lui Print - $28.00

Fauna Mini Animal Pillows - Tiger - $48.00	Popcorn Tubs Set of 6 - $11.99
Outdoor Awning Stripe Drape Shade - $59.00	Thomas Paul Spiro Aqua Silk Twill Pillow - $70.00
You're a Grand Ol' Girl's Flag Banner - $19.00	Petit Collage Lion #8 - $140.00
Peanut Limoges Box - $135.00	Terra-Cotta Lion - $950.00
Under The Big Top Storage Tent - $119.00	Kids' Circus Napkins, Set of 4 - $22.00
Clown Ornament - $45.00	Lion Wall Sticker - $36.00
Jonathan Adler Lion- Yellow - $125.00	Kids' Circus Place Mats, Set of 4 - $39.00
Join The Circus - $119.00	Boodalee Throw Pillow - Circus - $42.00