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</description><title>Welcome.</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @simko)</generator><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/</link><item><title>Face/Project by Tina Berning and Michelangelo Di Battista…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7z5r6B1ej1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://trendland.net/2010/08/30/face-project-by-tina-berning-michelangelo-di-battista/"&gt;Face/Project&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a target="_self" href="http://www.tinaberning.online.de/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tina Berning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.managementartists.com/#/b/portfolio/photographers/michelangelo_di_battista/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michelangelo Di Battista&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/1037545044</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/1037545044</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:57:06 -0400</pubDate><category>fashion</category><category>art</category><category>face</category><category>illustration</category><category>Tina Berning</category><category>Michelangelo Di Battista</category></item><item><title>Simko: How are the mountains?&#13;</title><description>Simko: How are the mountains?&#13;
Munson: We put a tree through the rear windshield of the car last...</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/1023262934</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/1023262934</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:30:00 -0400</pubDate><category>friends</category></item><item><title>Many summers ago, I was at a friend’s loft and he asked me...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7y2n83TTz1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many summers ago, I was at a friend’s loft and he asked me to grab a pair of keys from his safe. He scribbled out the combination on a napkin, pointed in the direction of it and ran down the street for a quick meeting. I crouched by the safe and spent several minutes struggling with the combination. Eventually, it flew open. I could see passports, documents and some cash but the keys were nowhere to be found. When I reached to push everything aside, my fingers touched something cold, heavy and metal. Using my cell phone as a makeshift flashlight, I eventually discovered that it was a gun. I’m not sure how long I spent staring at it and trying to decide if I (the Queen of Clumsy) should pick it up, but when he returned I was still sitting there. With some coaxing, he eventually taught me how to hold and load it. Flash forward a few hours, and I was firing off my first round at the nearest shooting range and basking in beginner’s luck… That target currently leans against my &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/413737868/i-may-not-have-a-green-thumb-but-i-do-still"&gt;living room wall&lt;/a&gt; waiting to be hung.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/1034513599</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/1034513599</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>guns</category><category>friends</category></item><item><title>X-Ray by my buddy Tyler Shields…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7fgkhITPL1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;X-Ray by my &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blog.ashleysimko.com/tagged/Tyler+Shields"&gt;buddy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tylershields.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tyler Shields&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blog.ashleysimko.com/tagged/x-ray"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/979985890</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/979985890</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:41:31 -0400</pubDate><category>gun</category><category>x-ray</category><category>Tyler Shields</category></item><item><title>"Boys, elevate them guns a little lower!"</title><description>“Boys, elevate them guns a little lower!” - Andrew Jackson</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/979830412</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/979830412</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:06:34 -0400</pubDate><category>quote</category><category>guns</category><category>Andrew Jackson</category></item><item><title>Freeze! by Florian Jenett and Valentin Beinroth…

Over a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7felfT26Y1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://trendbeheer.com/2010/08/17/valentin-beinroth-florian-jenett/"&gt;Freeze!&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.florianjenett.de"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Florian Jenett&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://valentinbeinroth.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Valentin Beinroth&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Over a period of several hours Valentin Beinroth and Florian Jenett placed about 50 handgun replicas in downtown Frankfurt. The guns were made from tinted ice, making them look real at first sight. The two created realistic situations, leaving the replicas behind as if they were lost or dumped. (&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://florianjenett.de/freeze/#"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/54607896/bullet-ice-cube-tray-freezes-ice-cubes-in-the"&gt;Bullet Ice Cubes&lt;/a&gt; are also delicious(ly dangerous).&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/979784946</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/979784946</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:56:00 -0400</pubDate><category>art</category><category>edible</category><category>design</category><category>popsicle</category><category>Florian Jenett</category><category>Valentin Beinroth</category></item><item><title>One Way… It’s my way or the highway.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l79ua400Vy1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://veerle.duoh.com/inspiration"&gt;One Way&lt;/a&gt;… It’s my way or the highway.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/965244649</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/965244649</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:49:00 -0400</pubDate><category>photograph</category><category>sunset</category><category>road</category><category>color</category><category>One Way</category><category>highway</category></item><item><title>"I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious things..."</title><description>“I love to take things that are everyday and comforting and make them into the most luxurious...</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/945026688</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/945026688</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:11:58 -0400</pubDate><category>quote</category><category>fashion</category><category>Marc Jacobs</category></item><item><title>I Die shot by Douglas Friedman for Harper’s Bazaar’s...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l71jefO3PE1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-articles/rachel-zoe-i-die-0910"&gt;I Die&lt;/a&gt; shot by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.douglasfriedman.net/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Douglas Friedman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Harper’s Bazaar’s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; featuring &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.rachelzoe.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rachel Zoe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.marcjacobs.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marc Jacobs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;… The &lt;strike&gt;killer&lt;/strike&gt; editorial also includes &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.verawang.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vera Wang&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.michaelkors.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael Kors&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.brianatwood.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brian Atwood&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Francisco Costa&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/942130154</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/942130154</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:13:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Douglas Friedman</category><category>Rachel Zoe</category><category>Marc Jacobs</category><category>Brian Atwood</category><category>fashion</category><category>Harper's Bazaar</category><category>editorial</category></item><item><title>Simko: That Barbie video is hilarious...&#13;</title><description>Simko: That Barbie video is hilarious...&#13;
Knable: It wasn't sent for your enjoyment. It's so you...</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/932750401</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/932750401</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:46:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Barbie</category></item><item><title>Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl by Brandon Bloch…...</title><description>&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13992345&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF"&gt;&lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt;&lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13992345&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF" /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13992345&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/08/expensive_camera_versus_the_50.html"&gt;Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://brandonbloch.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brandon Bloch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;… I’ll take both, please.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/932724836</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/932724836</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:39:26 -0400</pubDate><category>camera</category><category>Brandon Bloch</category></item><item><title>"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."</title><description>“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” - Thomas Jefferson</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/931668842</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/931668842</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>quote</category><category>work</category><category>Thomas Jefferson</category></item><item><title>Never Learn Not To Love by Michael Leon for Bodega… Who...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6smustG0i1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://thirddrawerdown.com/shop/product/Michael-Leon-bodega-wall-art-medium/"&gt;Never Learn Not To Love&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://michaelleonstudio.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael Leon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.itsbodega.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bodega&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;… Who wouldn’t want to design &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://blog.ashleysimko.com/tagged/decals"&gt;decals&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/918448357</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/918448357</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:49:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Michael Leon</category><category>Michael Leon</category><category>art</category><category>design</category><category>love</category></item><item><title>3D Painted Rooms of Illusion</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.moillusions.com/2006/03/3d-painted-rooms-illusion.html"&gt;3D Painted Rooms of Illusion&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/918405978</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/918405978</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:37:00 -0400</pubDate><category>illusion</category><category>art</category><category>design</category><category>paint</category></item><item><title>Point of View by Joseph Egan and Hunter Thomson…

Recent...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6slsgLxDD1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11093/joseph-egan-hunter-thomson-anamorphic-typography.html"&gt;Point of View&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://colourblinddesign.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joseph Egan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Hunter Thomson&lt;/strong&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Recent graduates Joseph Egan and Hunter Thomson from the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/"&gt;Chelsea College of Art and Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; created an anamorphic type installation as part of their final project. Initially interested in exploring the relationship between architecture and graphic design, these large scale typographic structures only become legible when viewed from a specific point of view. While some of the letters overlap over various surfaces, others required very little skewing to perfectly align with the other letter forms. (&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11093/joseph-egan-hunter-thomson-anamorphic-typography.html"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/918370716</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/918370716</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 13:26:40 -0400</pubDate><category>Hunter Thomson</category><category>Joseph Egan</category><category>design</category><category>Anamorphic Typography</category><category>typography</category><category>art</category></item><item><title>Eureka Tower Carpark designed by Axel Peemoeller…

I...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6sk7ntTOv1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://de-war.de/eurekacarpark.html"&gt;Eureka Tower Carpark&lt;/a&gt; designed by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://de-war.de"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Axel Peemoeller&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I developed a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark while working for &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.emerystudio.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Emery Studio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The distorted letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards. (&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://de-war.de/eurekacarpark.html"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/918257401</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/918257401</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:52:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Axel Peemoeller</category><category>design</category><category>art</category><category>parking garage</category></item><item><title>False Promise by Joel Ross…</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6qmimeZxU1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://mrod.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/false-promises/"&gt;False Promise&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.ashortwestern.com/allwork.php#anchor5"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joel Ross&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/913089720</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/913089720</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:30:00 -0400</pubDate><category>False Promise</category><category>Joel Ross</category><category>sign</category><category>art</category><category>promise</category><category>night</category></item><item><title>"Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned."</title><description>“Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned.” - Ovid</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/913060199</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/913060199</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Publius Ovidius Naso</category><category>Ovid</category><category>promises</category><category>quote</category></item><item><title>Reading Tray designed by Yu-hun Kim…

Yu-hun Kim has...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6nmpxFt2A1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/7705/yu-hun-kim-reading-tray.html"&gt;Reading Tray&lt;/a&gt; designed by &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.yuhunkim.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yu-hun Kim&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Yu-hun Kim has created a spill-proof tray for eating and reading. The tray was created after Kim explored the everyday errors people make when multi-tasking. Kim designed three objects to try and solve these issues, including a mug for reading and drinking simultaneously, a combination knife and fork and this reading tray. The tray can be held in one hand, allowing the user to read and eat with their free hand. If they do spill or make crumbs, the [clear acrylic] tray can simply be wiped off. (&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/7705/yu-hun-kim-reading-tray.html"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/905371580</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/905371580</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:00:00 -0400</pubDate><category>Yu-Hun Kim</category><category>design</category><category>tray</category></item><item><title>The Dirty Mug… For those who crave coffee but dread doing...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6nlpr23ve1qz6fdso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.perpetualkid.com/dirty-mug.aspx"&gt;The Dirty Mug&lt;/a&gt;… For those who crave coffee but dread doing dishes.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/905212003</link><guid>http://blog.ashleysimko.com/post/905212003</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:37:03 -0400</pubDate><category>coffee</category><category>mugs</category><category>design</category><category>mess</category></item></channel></rss>
