I’m totally turning into a lion.

You don’t get my joke? Lion? Mountain lion?

OK. That was a bad one. I’ll try harder. But I’m keeping it.

LINK:  TCHMO

p.s. More mountains!

Someday I will own my own Ryan Wallace.

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Could this be any more up my alley? A good reminder that we’re all connected.

Link: JUDY KAUFMANN

OK so yes, this looks like little more than a spherical thing of wonder, but it’s actually much more. Engraved while listening to the “Anthology of American Folk Music,” these plates can be played on a turntable to create noise music.

Which is pretty much the coolest thing I’ve heard today. Go, art!

Link:  LITTLE PAPER PLANES

Boy do I have a treat for you guys this morning. If you’re a bit of a magazine junkie (like me!), you’ve undoubtedly heard the buzz of the newest mag in town: Anthology. Because I love to support start-ups, independent businesses and the beauty of print, I was thrilled to offer Meg Mateo Ilasco (creative director of Anthology and all-around goddess of publishing) a spot on Design for Mankind to chat about the mag.

Read on for some serious inspiration. And take notes. This Anthology team is smart, and this mag is going to be huuuuge. Take it away, Meg!

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Story time! Designer Anders recently found a small piece of torn paper and loved it, although he could only make out a 9 and the term ‘pes duce.’

No idea what the piece of paper meant, but let’s fill in the blanks, shall we? I love.

Link:  AND I LOVE YOU SHE SAID on ETSY

Now there’s a dining room table I’d like to have an omelette on.

Link:  ESPEN FRIBERG

Chateau-Vacant’s mission is to create art with as little computer use as possible. Now that’s a concept I could get behind.

Kidding. I’d die.

Link:  LITTLE PAPER PLANES

I love Danna Ray’s work (as seen here and here), and I also love my friend Anna‘s charity project, The Working Proof. Naturally, put the two together and you’ve got a recipe for a melting Erin.

(p.s. 15% of the sales of Danna’s print go toward Médecins Sans Frontières.)

Two other goodies from Working Proof? Vasco Mourao and Laura Berger.

I don’t generally gravitate toward black and white art, photography or prints, but with Sam Brewster’s incredible patterns, can you really blame me?