Since you insist on getting me something for Valentine's Day, any of these will do just fine.
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Here on Apartment Therapy we love repurposed suitcases and creative dollhouses — so finding an artist who combines the two is especially intriguing. More

At just 32 x 32 pixels, nobody is going to mistake this interactive picture frame for a Retina Display. But that's the point: PIXEL, an LED pixel art display, appeals to those of us with a soft spot for sprite based artwork, icons, and imagery of the 8-bit era when seeing the distinct pixel elements was and remains all part of the charm of art created with resolution limitations in mind... More

Name: Alyssa Monks, artist
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Size: 1,000 square feet
Years in business: Since 2000

What good comes out of perusing the internet for hours late at night? Finding the work and workspace of Alyssa Monks on The Jealous Curator. Seeing Alyssa's funky artist loft space and knowing this is how she spends her days really makes you want to give up your day job.

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After studying and working as a chemist for a decade, Conrad Engelhardt was ready for a creative change of pace. Years of collecting wine corks gave him the idea for his first piece, a triptych that gained the notice of Terence Conran for his recently designed Lutyens restaurant in London. More

Milimbo is a small publisher in Spain who revisits classic folk tales - like LIttle Red Riding Hood, Hansel & Gretel, and Cinderella - through original illustrations. They publish small runs of screen printed picture books and limited edition posters that use simple, modern images and symbols to retell these well-known stories. More

I love anything that reveals this world of ours in new ways, giving a hint at all the mysteries and magic going on all around us. Gorgeous handmade, lasercut, Baltic birch topographical maps of lakes combine that love with my affection for wood and prettiness.. More

It's good to know your limits, so when I wanted to hang over a dozen pictures on the wall at our offices, I called in help. Alex Schuchard is an artist and a master art installer, and he's also a friend, so he came over for a few hours last month and quickly and impressively arranged and hung this entire wall. I think he did a fabulous job.

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Great art takes great vision, and often times, great dedication and great patience. Nowhere is this more evident than in the work of Nathalie Boutté, a French artist who creates gorgeous collages from thousands of tiny pieces of cut paper. More

Today's tip comes from surface designer Stefan Hengst, about his year-long project called "My Daily Poetry Fix." More