Link Love

design

• A Home in the Making
  House renovation, seasonal decorating, and PNW love from Portland.
• August Empress
  A graphic designer’s corner of the internet. Quite possibly the most beautiful site on the web.
• Chez Larsson
  The strangely fascinating, slightly OCD Swedish house blog.
• Design is Mine
  Daily random inspirations and the occasional awesome themed design roundup.
• Design*Sponge
  Constant source of inspiration, especially the Sneak Peeks.
• Desire to Inspire
  Lots and lots of house photos from around the world.
• Door Sixteen
  One of the best designed, most interesting blogs around.
• Manhattan Nest
  Ambitious DIY projects with a healthy dose of snark. And dogs.
• Nick Olsen
  The often hilarious thoughts and observations of an up and coming NY designer.
• Süsk and Banoo
  Design, photography, food from a couple in Helsinki.
• Unhappy Hipsters
  Dwell magazine/modernism/minimalism spoofs that make me laugh.

photography

• Flickr
  The world’s photo home.
• La Tartine Gourmande
  One of the best food photographers I’ve found.
• What Katie Ate
  An Irish food photographer in Australia

random

• Fuel/Friends Blog
  My top source for amazing music and stellar writing. Heather’s seasonal mixes are not to be missed.
• Megolomaniac
  My cousin’s funny musings on life in Seattle (formerly: Portland!)
• Paper Tastebuds
  Talented calligrapher with interesting taste in music and ephemera.
• Simplify 101
  Online organizing classes by the fabulous Aby Garvey.
• Susannah Conway
  A woman moving back to London, navigating life through photos.
• The Sartorialist
  I’ll admit it, I’m hooked. And the photography is lovely.

travel

• My reviews on Tupalo.com
  Restaurant and place reviews in Spain, the US, and elsewhere.
• Simple Pleasures
  Thoughts on being young and in Berlin (or Paris, or Beijing) and finding your way.
• SkyScanner
  One of the best ways to plan intraEuro air travel.

typography and techy stuff

• Daily Drop Cap
  A new, beautifully designed letter every day.
• Fuzzimo
  An unbelievable resource for textures, backgrounds, and other web stuff.
• Kevin and Amanda/Fonts for Peas
  Amazing source of free fonts, especially handwriting fonts.
• Pugly Pixel
  Backgrounds and textures and buttons, oh my!
• Web Design Ledger
  Source of tons of online and photo inspiration.