Follow Friday

Blog Follow Friday: Poppy Talk

First, I love the name of this blog: Poppy Talk.

Second, it makes my eyes & heart happy with regular postings of inspiration that I don’t often find on other sites.

Poppy Talk is where I found out about Emily Ryan, who designs clothing I like to pretend I am cool enough (and tall enough) to wear.

Like this ultra rad dress:

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{photo from Emily Ryan}

…and that I may someday be bold enough to decorate in all white, like this:

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{image via Living Etc}

If you have an eclectic design style and are looking for a wide variety of design inspiration, from decor to fashion to stationery to product packaging, check out Poppy Talk.

Follow Friday: Inhabitat – green design will save the world

You know those awesome sites that post a few dozen times a day and overwhelm you? That’s Inhabitat for me, but in a good way. I am overwhelmed with the awesomeness they share in their posts, which focus on sustainable designs. Eye candy, mind candy, soul candy — it’s all there.

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Inhabitat‘s tagline is “Green design will save the world,” and every post – whether it be about architecture or technology or fashion – has some sort of eco design slant to it. Love it.

Where else would I have learned about the Philadelphia Eagles’ eco upgrade? How wicked cool is THIS, my friends? Solar panels on a football stadium that will power 26,000 homes?

That’s just as cool to me as this Dwell Studio finger puppet book.

Ok, the stadium and board book are mildly different, but both are high on design and on sustainability. That’s what makes Inhabitat tick.

Want more? Where else can you learn about Harvard studies using methane in laptop cells & batteries…

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Or about Audi’s planned installation of 7,500 more solar panels (they already have 11,600) on their German plants? Speaking of, we have an Audi, and love how their plants are as cool as their cars.

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So I highly suggest Inhabitat as a follow, but do be aware that you will most likely never be able to keep up with every ounce of awesome information on their site. Your head may explode.

But, in a good, smart, eco-friendly way, of course.

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