the paper lunch bags you wish you'd had in elementary school

Loving these illustrations on paper bags of famous people (and cats) by Californian Chris Crites. I wish my paper sack lunches from elementary school had been this cool.

up, up and away

Remember when you were a child, when everything seemed so beautifully bright and new, and you wanted to capture each breathtaking moment, and never let it go? As I get older, and these memories start to slowly fade like aging film, I try to draw them to the surface, and relive those times when it was all so blissfully simple. Flipping though magazines, looking up at billboard advertisements, and watching movies, it would seem the general media is fixated on recalling parts of our childhood too: balloons. Whether you first encountered them at the fair, an amusement park, or a birthday party, those round, rubbery, almost lumiscent-in-the-light objects were a part of your childhood.

He's done it again

After reviewing a spread by set designer/artist Simon Costin in W's October issue several months ago (see it here), I once again returned to his site on CLM and found this spread. It takes the art of shadow puppets (those funny animal-like images you made on your bedroom wall with a flashlight and your hands when you were little) to a whole new level. How can you not love this darker take on such a childlike idea?