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Modern Design

generally i look forward to summer considering it means warm weather, vacations and lazy days in the sun. but i have a whole new reason to look forward to that summer - the new charles & ray eames stamps! usps is releasing a set of 16 stamps in honor of the duo for “their groundbreaking cont…

New Zealand Pendants

Recent winner of the 2007 Green Leaf Award for Artistic Excellence and the 2007 John Britten Award from the Designers Institute in New Zealand, David Trubridge was inspired by both ice crystals and coral when he created his New Zealand lights. 

As David so eloquently states, " I i…

Nature Inspired Jewelry

Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Abigail A. Percy makes jewelry inspired from nature and architectural details.
Her work has a fragile, feminine quality to it and these earrings are a favorite of mine.
Original post by Teresa ONeill

Be Ours - that Valentine’s Day & Win Red Hot Design!

Be ours - and win a Designer’s Eye Red Kvadrat Pillow, Thomas Paul Red Bali Cotton Pillow or a notNeutral Red & Black Cocktail serviette Set.

Three lucky readers will win prizes stand based on comments to that post. Comment on your favorite gift notion in the 2Modern Valentine’s Day Gift Sh…

Do Good While You Shop!

“Do Good While You Shop” - 2Modern with help from Lucky Magazine committed to contributing 30% of proceeds from the sale of the Agnus & Hoss Eucalyptus Pillow to the American Heart organization.

Original post by Kacey Coughlin

The Man in the Spoon


Carrol Boyes is a teacher who decided to pursue her love of art and went back to school and did a sculpture degree. In order to share her art with everyone she made spoons in pewter; spoons with waves, faces, curves and other lovely details.

Soon her work was so in demand that her company grew to…

Baby & Kids Room Ideas

Check out these fun new Room Decor Ideas and be Inspired!

Baby Room Ideas
Kids Room Ideas

Original post by Kacey Coughlin

Is Gold The New Black?


Over the past year at DesignCrack.com, I’ve made it my commerce to cover beautiful and high-concept design objects. Basically, what I do is dig through all the worldly design shows, student exhibitions, and design forums to find the most fabulous objects of desire. After I find the objects I simply…

Etsy Made Easy.

You’ve probably heard of etsy, perhaps even made a visit to the site. But whether you’re anything like me, you might feel a bit overwhelmed by the huge amount of handmade and marvelous merchandise on etsy. That’s where Poppytalk Handmade comes to our rescue. Jan of Poppytalk has curated the best…

New York City Ballet


Happy New Year everybody. Hope you all rang in the new year with a big (and tipsy) bang !

I thought we’d start the year off with typography & design at it’s very best.  Paula Scher has redesigned the identity & promotional campaign for the New York City Ballet, and it’s no surprise th…

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