Firebelly Design

September 08, 2008 by Guest Blogger

As you know we are a small studio at Firebelly.  Our staff, as it has come to be known as "the firebelly family", has many unique talents and skills.  So many in fact that many in our family have their own cottage industry on the side.  I am proud to announce 5 of the FB Fam will be participating in the fifth annual Renegade Craft Fair this weekend.  If you are not familair, the RCF is the brainchild of Sue Daley - who you might remember spoke along side me at the AIGA Fresh Talent talk this past spring.

Must See's
Antonio & Charlie (and Patrese) at Good Night TV!
James (and Jordana) at Qylaar
Katie at Katie Hates Couture
Sage (along side Katie in her booth)

The fair is free and runs down Division between Damen + Hermitage both Saturday & Sunday afternoon and evening.

But before you head over to the Renegade, stop by Willow and see our favorite paper artist Amy Rowan of Art School Girl and all of her paper goodness.  From 11am-3pm they are serving free coffee and pastries while you check out four new paper artists as well as a full blown Art School Girl trunk show (with lots of new products).

Featuring work by:
studio on fire (of Minneapolis - Mike Perry turned ASG on to them at Camp FB)
olde school stationers
12 fifteen
9 spot monk
and of course art school girl, live and in person.

Willow is 2 blocks south at 908 N Damen Ave.

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August 11, 2008 by Guest Blogger

Nothing's better than the real thing, right?  Well that depends on what the real thing is made of.  When it's paper, plastic or aluminum the fake might be, well...better.  I am loving the ongoing trend of remaking what was once disposable reusable.  I first spotted this trend seven years ago at a Parisian boutique, scoring two small porcelain versions of a crushed mini dixie cup - the small plastic kind you might use in a bathroom.  Now I see it popping up all over with the popularity of DCI's porcelain "paper" coffee cup and artists like Lorena Barrezueta's refashioning of aluminum food containers in candy colored porcelain or Glasstique's  "plastic" water bottle decanters in borosilicate glass - the material test tubes are made of.  These items are so pretty you could display them on the shelf with your grandma's china or on the counter near your collection of wooden fruit (anyone?).  What makes these objets d'art even better is that they need never end up in your neighborhood landfill, now that's good design.

Written by guest blogger Amy Rowan of Art School Girl.

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