Minimalist Motivational Posters
The Midwest Visual Agency combines motivation, Swiss typography, and mixtape rap in these calmly cool posters that also come in cubicle dimensions. Successories, meet the stepchildren....
The Midwest Visual Agency combines motivation, Swiss typography, and mixtape rap in these calmly cool posters that also come in cubicle dimensions. Successories, meet the stepchildren....
A neighbor actually made those Martha/Country Living-y pumpkin planters, and they look good. It's simple as hollowing them jack o'lantern style then planting grocery store blossoms. The fleamarket tab...
The Midwest is packed full of color this week and we have the top 50 colorful items (and more) to show you, including a 40' 1978 Colts Blue Bird Bus packed with color. Click through the jump to see ...
Technically Hunt & Gather is an antique store. But what it offers - a visual cacophony of color combos, many multiples and ingenious groupings - is anything but dated. A type-lovers nirvana, it overf...
Crafts usurped karaoke at the VFW yesterday. We saw what’s new from some favorite Twin Cities crafties, and found a few new ones—many of whom sell online, of course. ...
Art + rough real estate world = an interesting show. Artists Terrence Payne and Amy Rice are taking breaks from their regular art beats to ready Nest, a show hosted by Sotheby’s real estate in a mid...
401(k) be damned, this sale and this qualiy are far too good to pass up. Odegard cleared out overstocks from all over the country to bring 1000+ clearance rugs to Minneapolis....
The Midwest Craigslist cities have been a bit of a snooze lately. This week they are back with some real treasures that boast big designer names! Click through to see what we found and let us know ...
Family life in a "time capsule" - from dwelling to belongings, this family resides in their own recreation of the fifties. They found their 1957 home two years ago, and according to Matthew, "What sol...
Things found in the business section are often made well and can be used for things that they weren't intended. For instance, 80 plastic cafeteria trays could be a wall treatment or paneling. How ab...
Pet Month wouldn't be complete without sharing the ultimate antidote to the sisal-and-carpet cat condo. Mpls-based Pussywood Custom Cat Towers is neither minimalist or mod... unless you make it so. No...
You love your house. You love your pet. Rachel Bliss manages to capture the soul of animals, people and spaces in these vérité portrayals of everyday pet life. ...
Regional force/source for emerging art, Soap Factory hosts a blind fundraiser that promotes the value and gut check of art for its own sake. The rules: one size, one price, no names, 200+ pieces from ...
Last week we upped "our Craigslist game" when it came to searching the midwest, bringing you 50+ items from all all over. This week is no different and there are some fantastic finds out there to be...
An afternoon coffee stop ran us into this rough-hewn pillar that felt very fall. From a distance, the texture looked like weathered, rustic wood. It’s actually odd bits of slate. ...
Something besides withering echincea and political signs have cropped across our Minneapolis hood: entreaties to go slow. Prompted by road-construction detours, they made us think. First, how fast are...
With a mix of old, new, global, local and where-the-heck-did-she-find-that, this Bryn Mawr boutique earns that dubious local compliment: It doesn’t feel like it’s in Minneapolis… Click through...
This is our biggest Midwest Scavenger yet. With so many midwestern towns to search through, we had a hard time leaving anyone behind. We have searched high and low for the best of the midwest, so c...
I Like Ike - Mark Mothersbaugh Postcard Diaries 2007 Art & Design Events... The One Show: Advertising + Design + Interactive "This touring exhibition presents the world's best work in print, radi...
The weekend pet food run revealed some graphic pet portraiture. It's a simple way to immortalize our furred family in scrap plywood. Or for that matter, to inspire such silhouettes in card stock or wa...
There is quite a haul this week in the midwest. Find a friend with a trailer and pack some snacks because there are couches to be sat on, chairs to be tested and lighting that's 1 in a million. Cli...
For getaway month, this hotel takes us away from the idea that serious art needs to be taken too seriously. Art in the rest room, in the hallway, in the stairwell, at happy hour. The take-home lesson ...
Cities scramble before guests arrive, just like the rest of us. The RNC is coming, and with it, a last-minute public rejuvenation that's led Minneapolis' utility boxes to be refaced by local artists. ...
This week's Midwest Roundup has some really great highlights. There is a custom table and chairs set that tucks away to just under 3 ft wide in Ohio. Plus a pair of orange and white retro loveseats...
It’s business in the back and art party in the front. This Mpls brother & sister tax preparation business lets you itemize your deductions, then spend them on a painting all in one stop. ...