#105 Happy Weekend of Studying!

Most people's summer weekends do not involve studying for exams unless they are still in school.  But mine do!!  (I'm trying to sound positive and excited about this)  I'm going to become a licensed architect.  This requires seven exams.  Imagine taking your SATs 7 times, except all the information is about architecture.  The boring parts of architecture mostly.  Contracts, scheduling, programming, codes, utility easements, setbacks, and soil types--and that's only the first exam!  The most exciting part I think is the history portion.  It gives meaning to the way we have come to build today.  Ever wondered how surburbia started? Check out Howard's plan for the Garden City.   

Wish this is what my weekend involved:

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But it will probably look like this except with a more hunched over back and coffee jitters:

photo via sophisticated simplicities

And I will be doodling drawings only half this witty to cope with the boring study material:

(p.s. the decorative one will always win in my opinion)

Check out this guy's awesome drawings!
photo via all the buildings in new york

#103 Mellow Yellow

I seem to be on a color theme right now.  Oh hot pink, oh grey, oh red... I never get enough.  The official color of summer is yellow, though.  Summer as I know it from the South has not arrived in New York yet.  We've got rain and 70 degree weather... definitely not my idea of Summer, but it will come soon enough and be completely hot & miserable, I'm sure.  For now, Summer is still a quaint dreamland of yellow, seashells, sandals and barbeques...

photo via design*sponge

sigerson morrison wedge

photo via refinery29

 Joseph Albers "Homage to the Square" painting

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#25 Love Letters

The thought of writing a love letter make most of us cringe at the cheesiness of it.  This collection of grafitti love letters to Philly, however, are too sweet & not cheesy at all.  I love New York.  Please someone do this here... and hopefully the blue splatter graffiti hater won't ruin it for the rest of us.  

To the city of New York:  Won't you be my Valentine?

all photos via A love letter for you by Stephen Powers

#21 Making Connections

What do these three images have in common? 

image via lonnymag

"Internacional" by Paco Pomet 

image via modcult

photography by Rachel Papo

image via Little Green Notebook

I actually have no earthly idea, but it's Monday, so, I thought I'd just throw some randomness out into the world.  Enjoy!!

#16 Dreaming of Friday on Thursday at Work

photo via ffffound found at this post at style/SWOON

photo via ffffound

#15 Confounded

Why do things get all mixed up? Everyone is confused, or so they say... Are we really confused? Or do we just say we are to avoid the truth? Why is the truth so hard to accept? What do we really owe to each other? Love? Truth? Courage to make hard choices?

Last question: Why is Prada so awesome?

all images from Prada SS10 fantasy lookbook via fashionising.com