Rachael Novak

About Rachael:

Rachael Novak is a born-and-raised Clevelander with a natural affinity for all things nautical. She attended Kent State University with her fellow Donut Project compadres and finished her BFA in 2008. She currently works for American Greetings and gets to play with color, illustration, and glitter all day. She is a pretty happy camper.

Rachael eats a lot of candy; she has a pimp cup filled with Reese's Pieces. She enjoys dogs and being on boats. No matter where her adventures may take her, she knows she will always have to live on a shoreline.

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Blog:Kathryn Clark’s Foreclosure Quilts

Kathryn Clark’s Foreclosure Quilts

I saw these Foreclosure Quilts circling the web recently and found them to be an interesting—and harrowing—portrayal of the ongoing housing crisis. Kathryn Clark is a fiber artist and former urban planner, and she shows the actual locations of a city’s foreclosures (this quilt is actually called “Cleveland”) as holes in the quilt. Parks and…

Blog:Black and White Clock by Vadim Kibardin

Black and White Clock by Vadim Kibardin

  Vadim Kibardin’s (Kibardindesign) Black and White clock strips exemplifies minimalism: “Digital clock: only figures, no case, only the necessary— only accurate time. Each figure has self-contained power supply and independent control, it can be fixed to any surface autonomously. A light sensor will switch the clock to an invert mode: the figures are white…

Blog:Lettering by Max Estes

Lettering by Max Estes

Just sharing some really nice lettering from Max Estes, and American illustrator now based out of Oslo, Norway. The last piece reminds me a lot of Ward Schumaker‘s lettering. Agree?

Blog:The Seed Cathedral

The Seed Cathedral

  The breathtaking Seed Cathedral was an installation/pavilion created by Heatherwick Studios for the 2010 Shanghai Expo. The pavilion was a platform to show the work of the UK Royal Botanical Gardens, and showed off thousands and thousands of seeds in these stunning transparent acrylic rods that were illuminated by daylight (you can see the seeds in the…

Blog:Maria Seguin: Here + There

Maria Seguin: Here + There

  Illustrator Maria Seguin‘s Here and There city series is so bright and fun, I don’t know which piece is my favorite. You can see the rest of her ongoing project here.

Blog:Dune House

Dune House

The  beautiful Dune House in Thorpeness, UK by JVA and Mole Architects. Wowza! Full post and more images on i need a guide.

Blog:Curt Merlo

Curt Merlo

I not only like the rich textures of Curt Merlo‘s work, but the conceptual simplicity that gets the idea across. He is definitely well suited for the editorial world. Plus, there’s just something about that top image that makes me smile. Check out the rest of his work here.

Blog:Isabelle Arsenault

Isabelle Arsenault

Isabelle Arsenault seems like a long-lost sister to me. How am I just learning of her work? I love her technique—so much layering and depth. She also has an amazing sketchbook. Check it all out here.