Every so often the team at Society6 cooks up a really fantastic idea for a new print collection, art show or zine. This time, they partnered with over 20 artists on Us and Them, a limited edition 30-page zine with exclusive artwork.
I’m adding a couple of prints this week to The Design Milk Dairy, my collection of Society6 artist prints and accessories. I wanted to share some artwork centered around the theme of love, an appropriate topic considering this month contains the most romantic day of the year (or as us married people say call it: “next Tuesday”). Pictured above is Total Ellipse of the Heart by Michael Paukner.
In case you don’t know what The DMD is all about, it’s a collection of Society6 artist prints and accessories available for sale to support the emerging artist community, something I’m very passionate about. I hope that you can join in supporting by checking out the affordable prints or becoming part of the Society6 art community.
Everyone loves an inanimate object that suddenly, with the addition of eyes and a smile, becomes a cute little character. So this week in The Design Milk Dairy I’ve chosen cute illustrations of everyday objects given instant personality by their creators. Above is Mugs by Teo Zirinis — that poor little guy in the middle 
Plus, I want to mention there’s free shipping on Society6 through Sunday 1/29 (excl. framed and canvas prints)! So go make a deposit into an artist’s future.
Remember Aaron Wood’s social media propaganda posters that went crazy viral?
Well, he’s at it again with some new propaganda posters about some of my favorite things: chocolate, cheese, bacon and zombies!
So far, I’ve curated close to 150 prints for The Design Milk Dairy, my collection of Society6 artist prints and accessories… including some of your recommendations including artwork made by readers. If you’re an artist interested in being featured in the collection, join Society6 and leave a link to your S6 profile in the comments or email me. If not, swing on over to the collection of affordable prints and support the indie art community.
This week I was inspired by our feathered friends, so I chose a few prints that took the oh-so-popular bird motif and put a fun spin on it.
We’re going back to the past today in The Design Milk Dairy, our Society6 curated art collection of affordable artwork, iPhone cases/skins, laptop skins, t-shirts, and framed prints. I chose a selection of prints that had a retro feel to them, whether it was retro style, retro colored or retro themed. And don’t forget that you can send me a link to your Society6 profile for consideration to be included in the Dairy.
Above is Divisions – Part II by Zara Picken.
The first Dairy of the new year!
Metropolis by Angelo Cerantola
Each week I curate a series of prints for our Society6 curated art collection of artwork, iPhone cases/skins, laptop skins, t-shirts, and framed prints, The Design Milk Dairy. This week, I was inspired by our recent trips to Copenhagen and Venice, as well as our hefty schedule of trips for 2012 (Paris this month, Stockholm next month… and many more to come!), so I selected a few prints inspired by cities.
ixxi is a modular hanging system that joins cards together in a pattern to create wall art. The Dutch company lets you enlarge a single image, create a collage, or create an abstract pixelated piece of your choice. You can upload your own image or choose from their catalog of images. The image is then enlarged and divided onto the high quality matte ixxi paper. Each printed card is 20 x 20 cm (close to 8 inches square) and joins together with their x’s and i’s to produce a wall piece or room divider.
Here are several examples but the options are truly endless:
I know we already rounded up a great selection of modern 2012 calendars for you but I also wanted to let you know that Society6 has a few good ones, too.
Our most popular Art posts this year tend toward the graphic in style, with clever shout outs to the social media realm as well as references to the historical. We’ve also included the crafty, like the insanely intricate cutting of leaves, the kitschy (hello My Little Pony), and some good, old-fashioned mixed media work. More than anything else, we find it’s a sense of humor that binds them.
The Positive Posters
Bisgràfic studio and The Positive Posters collaborated on a series of prints handsomely broadcasting optimistic phrases that can be downloaded from your own computer. There are iPhone and iPad wallpapers too.
