Archive for December, 2007

Thumbtack Press “Hot or Not?”

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

A cool (new?) site called CommandShift3 (clever) puts homepages head-to-head and you vote on the best design.

As of this posting Thumbtack Press has battled 501 times and won 67% of the time, which puts us in the top ten Best designed print sites, I’m honored - okay, I voted for myself once.

Join the carnage and [...]

Riki Blanco

Monday, December 17th, 2007

It’s an honor for me to welcome Spanish artist Riki Blanco to Thumbtack Press. He doesn’t arrive empty-handed either, he has 18 incredible prints available for purchase. As you can see I couldn’t chose just one to preview!

Unfortunately it’s too late to get these in time for Christmas presents, but go ahead and get one [...]

Mutt Ink Triptych

Monday, December 17th, 2007

What a Print! The Birds of a Feather Triptych is my favorite Mutt Ink print. It’s both melancholy and whimsical, heartbreaking and uplifting. They’ve really outdone themselves! www.thumbtackpress.com

Matt Mills

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

I can’t tell you why these new images from Matt Mills are so stunning. They are, after all, just furniture… But Matt Mills also sells a lot of prints that are just buildings too.

I think it’s like a well-told story, if you try to dissect why it’s great, it loses it’s brilliance. www.thumbtackpress.com

J.Otto Siebold

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Wow! Wowwy wow wow! He’s an illustration icon and visual pioneer - he’s J.Otto Siebold and he has prints on Thumbtack Press!.

J.Otto spoke at my Alma Mater when I was a senior; he was a terrific combination of high-larious, informative, and inspiring. He only has three prints up right now, including this one with the [...]