village - for like ever
remember this domino feature (09/06)? shoe/bag designer and current target celeb, jessie randall's nyc apartment. the poster, by village, hanging over her fireplace became hugely popular after this issue. i love the humor and beauty of their work. ( i also loved this space. that paper on the back wall is so disco-fabulous)
village is a new york, design collective of 11 artists who create unique typefaces. if you're not in the market for new and groovy type faces, vllg.com has product. great poster-product. each piece is silk screened on beautiful, archival paper.
i have the same one in my 9 year old's room. she totally doesn't get it. but whatever. i think it's a great piece of real art for any little girls room.
they run $35.00. and are 25 x 38. just in time for valentines comes their newest design, 'you + me' which also comes in 'coco' (brown) i have to jump in here and admit, framing them is sort of a riddle. i took mine to a discount framers (ok, aaron brothers) and because the piece is so large, plexi would have to be used and the total cost was well over $300.00 ( i want to say i was quoted $500.00-but it's been awhile) i went to ikea & bought one of their cheap, 'ribba' frames for $12.95. the caveat, was that i actually had to CUT the paper to make it fit. made me feel like a criminal. but it looks great.village.com
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I ended up finding a place in my parent's hometown that framed, matted, and glassed it for less than $150.
I still love the way mine looks, even though everyone talks about how it's everywhere. It still makes me smile!
she just gave the shrug, bored voice, 'i dunno, my mom got someplace'
couldn't care less basically.