Back in November of 2008 I came across the large scale work of French photographer JR when I noticed his 28 millimeter Women series focusing on the Favela`s of Rio, Brazil.  This time he has focused on his home city of Paris with a photographic project called Women Are Heroes. An accompanying short film is brilliantly shot and a pleasure to view.

http://www.vimeo.com/9765519

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Art done by lunchbreath, as found on Core77.

(And I admit to being guilty of several of these after initially getting the program, but now LESS so–which I’ll take as a sign that I am growing with my Photoshop!  Ahem, though I still do love a drop shadow.)

(via Design Fetish)

Kumi Yamashita does amazing work with light and shadow, and I am mesmerized by it.  It’s so delicate, but with a huge impact.

Check out more of her work here: KumiYamashita.com
(found via Daily Design Fix)

There is nothing I like better to give as a gift to kids than books–I was a pretty voracious reader when I was young, and definitely have some books that I still hold pretty dear from those young years.  One of the books that I especially love to give is The Complete Adventures of Curious George (which I was able to give my friends daughter Molly for her first birthday this past weekend)–but I may have found a new addition to the gift-giving stable!
Around the World with Mouk is a …

I guess Maceo&Salah are going to be like maybe into this so that`s why I am posting. Enjoy.
http://www.vimeo.com/5332018

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My friend Sarah once gave me this awesome saddle-stitched book for a birthday or some other called Craphound.  Subtitled “A Picture Book for Discussion and Activity,” I had never heard of it before, but loved it–it was chock full of Hands, Hearts and Eyes, that issues main focus.  It’s perfect for tracing or scanning images and adding them to whatever art you might be working on. Clicking through the blogs over at ReadyMade I came across a post on the hopefully upcoming second edition of CrapHound issue, #4, Clowns, Devils …

I saw John Murphy at the Brooklyn Flea on the first weekend it was at One Hanson, and ended up in front of his table going through all the art and fawning over the amazing frames for about 20 minutes.  I don’t know why, but I didn’t even bother to ask if he actually sold the frames separately at that point–and when I saw on Design*Sponge that he did, I was stoked!  They are incredibly awesome, and the pictures on the site don’t even do them any justice compared to …

One Little Bird Studios is Leanda, an English ex-graphic designer who is now living in sunny Greece awaiting a bundle of joy and about to be married.  She makes these really cute little prints (I think?) and is in the midst of setting up an Etsy shop to sell them at, and a blog to keep us all updated on the awesomeness.  Her Flickr is up and running with about 20 shots of some great typography-based work, and I know I’ll be checking back!

(found via design is mine)

How Fucking Romantic is a blog done by a loose collection of mostly London-based comic-artists, illustrators and writers where they are posting either an illustration, comic, short story, etc depicting each of the songs off Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs.  I like it.

(via Drawn!)

I really, really want the water poster on the wall in this picture.  I think it is the perfect piece of art to hang over your desk for those moments where the brain is running and you want something to look at, but don’t feel like letting yourself get distracted by a bunch of little things on a tack board, or pictures of loved ones, or whatever.  This is a serious pro-thinking print.
Of course I just spent the last hour or so scouring for this specific print on the internets, …