When Awake is the personal blog of Jess Lin, a brand strategist transplanted to NYC from the Midwest. You can find the rest of my online self at http://jessl.in.
I love paper. Love, love, love. While is why I needed to post right away after stumbling across these gorgeous paper templates. Vale Design created a mini-file folder template (above), while HowPack houses a treasure trove of packaging designs. Erin Vale suggests scanning fabrics and printing them along with the templates onto cardstock, which would also work well for any of the plain HowPack designs.
Willard Wigan is dyslexic and cannot read or white.
He’s overcome all these obstacles to create the world’s smallest sculptures, most of them smaller than the dot at the end of this sentence. (For instance, the ‘David’ replica above measures only five microns.) Viewing his art requires a microscope and deep breathing in open air may cause artwork inhalation. NPR has an interesting slideshow and an interview.
My mother told me that the smallest things can have the biggest impact.
