Inspo

Things that inspire me, to design & create or otherwise

White ceramic tiles hand-painted with green flowers, with scrollwork at the corners
@kvtiles on Instagram
Red OXO cherry pitter on a marble counter beside bowls of cherries and pits
OXO Cherry Pitter

My favorite example of thoughtful product design, maybe ever

Three skateboard decks covered in geometric Persian mirror mosaic, hung on a wall above a sofa
Leily Nazarian's fusion of Persian traditional art forms & Western materials, via @eclecticdecks on Instagram
Frederique Constant perpetual calendar watch with a burgundy dial and moon phase, on a burgundy leather strap
Frederique Constant, via @hodinkee on Instagram
Alex McCord's LinkedIn education history: a PhD in clinical psychology, a master's and honours in psychology, a psychology BA from CUNY, and Northwestern in the 1990s
Alex McCord's LinkedIn post-RHONY

Genuinely inspiring to take on an entirely new career path after an established career, Real Housewives era, and starting a family

Giant white lace doily painted across the brown side wall of an apartment building
Mural by NeSpoon in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Models walking a glossy runway at night beneath a giant tiered chandelier, with the lit Eiffel Tower behind
Stage design for Vaccarello's final show for Saint Laurent, via The Guardian
Tennis balls wedged into a chain-link fence in the shape of a heart, in front of a tennis court
Art at Fort Washington Park
Persian calligraphy poster in tan and cream, with a large sweeping letterform framing the title over aged manuscript paper
Poster by Mehrdad Mousavi (@mehrdadmousavi)
Yellow pipes running across a white wall, with plants growing out of openings cut into them
Public art using old pipes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Google Calendar's appointment schedule setup, with weekly availability on the left and bookable slots filling the week view
Google's Appointment Scheduling, along with in-app feedback affordances
Sticker sheet of fisheye-lens beagle puppy photos, with small labeled stickers like Birthday, Lunch and Party
'JUMBO SEALDASS' stickers by THE DOG, manufactured by Bandai in 2002
Black-and-white photo of a pair of hands covering the eyes of a bearded bronze statue
Photo from Vassilis Karidis, via @eclecticdecks on Instagram