May 2025 digest

23 May 2025, monthly digest

Material of the week:

Scanned-in painted mark making. (A go-to in my design practice.)

@houseofgul a design studio in Portland, Oregon (in my eyes) are always smashing it. This poster for their 3 month design fellowship is pretty cool with fun scanned-in painted mark making. Somehow their fun chaotic graphics still look clean and considered.

Also, the 3 month design fellowship the poster is promoting actually looks really good !! ($125 +  online, on zoom)

Crucial Moments:

My top 3 shopping & lifestyle picks: 

Damson Madder Skirt
Sofia Coppola Archive book
Nike Shox TL trainers

Lace Up:

I wish I could go to:  

This Morag Myerscough workshop looks incredible in Germany at the new FLUX space at Pinakothek der Moderne. Morag’s work looks so impactful at this scale!

Hello ___ Greentea Peng:

I saw Greentea Peng at Boilershop in Newcastle it was so sooooo good her voice is angelic, the live band were literally incredible.  I listen to the music in a new way now. I’ve had to have a break from listening to the new album though as I slightly over did it.