A lot of you may have seen this already, but I thought I would put it up for those that have missed it. Grace from Designsponge is doing a video series in conjunction with the New York library. The video is very well done, and I’m sure it was a ton of fun to be able to produce. Way to go Grace!

For more information check out this post at Designsponge.

Finding good art has always been a challenge for me. I really like the idea of having a unique original piece, but I never want to pay the prices for original artwork. Luckily for me, Wall Blank sent me an email telling me about their awesome original, and affordable artwork. Wall Blank puts a new limited edition print (sometimes photo, sometimes screenprint, sometimes another type) up every weekday. They’re only available for one week. On non-profit Fridays, the artist donates their work and 100% of the proceeds from their print go to a non-profit cause of their choice. It doesn’t get much better than that. My favorite piece this week is the “Original Paisley” shown here by Lauren Lenartowski. It’s screen printed on french paper. Size is 11″ x 22″ and the price is an amazing $14.

Original Paisley available from Wall Blank for $14

Last week my travels brought me through San Jose airport where I was able to snap a picture of one of my favorite airport wall clocks (above left). The actual clock mechanism is completely flush with the wall, and the wall becomes the clock face. I was hoping to find an easy way to do a similar thing in our house when I stumbled across this wall clock at Arango. It’s the exact same idea, except I’m not sure the actual clock is flush to the wall (but I’m sure it could be) like the one in SJO. Best of all it has all the pieces I need to make it work and it’s only $30.
Real Wall Clock available at Arango’s for $30.

Adam Price is at it again, with another art inspired 337 Project aimed at bring the community together. This time he is working in conjunction with the Neighborhood House, a non-profit organization that provides child daycare and and adult day services to the Salt Lake Community. This installation includes art from several Utah artist on some large garage doors next to the Neighborhood house. The Urban Gallery will be unveiled this Friday as part of “A Night of Art on the West Side” tour which also includes other art installations in the valley.

337 PROJECT’S URBAN GALLERY @ Neighborhood House, 1050 W. 500 South, Friday Oct. 3, 6 p.m.

337 Project Website

Neighborhood House Website

SL Weekly article