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The fashion we're currently craving is anything and everything from the Spring/Summer 12 collection by Helmut Lang. Black, white, grey, and yellow (our favorite color palette!) cottons and silks were flawlessly draped over the models like works of art, with some designs including angular cutouts and geometric shapes. Swoon. The rest of the ready to wear collection is spiked with hints of green and blue, and includes a few skirts and jackets that are almost as amazing (and definitely more wearable) than what went down the runway. See a few of our favorites below from Style.com.

All images via Style.com

This week's Blogger of The Week goes to Bekah Stewart of A Well Traveled Woman on Tumblr. She's a tomboy and mother of two from Louisville that loves coffee, yoga, gardening, her children, the outdoors, and adventuring, among many other things. She's got a wonderful aesthetic on her mainly photo driven Tumblr blog, with photos of the great outdoors, art, and food. We don't often have a ton of time to scour the internet for beautiful photos and inspiration when we're working against a deadline, and A Well Traveled Woman is often one of the first places we check. See the blog here, and read the article about Bekah on TOMBOYstyle here.

All images via A Well Traveled Woman on Tumblr

We've been doing a lot of research on water recently for our client that has a skincare line based on Japanese hot springs... check out some of our favorite inspiration photos below!

Images via:

1. Photo by Alexandra Valenti via Design*Sponge  2. Photo via Godammit I'm Mad  3. Photo by Mary Ellen Bartley via Elements of Style  4. Photo by David Burdeny via Le Territoire Des Sens  5. Piece by Andreas Schimanski via Flickr  6. Photo via Just Monk3y  7. Photo via Push The Movement  8. Photo by Shinichi Maruyama via Never Yet Melted

A few weeks ago, we noticed that a lot of our collective pins on Pinterest were coming from a Tumblr blog called Remain Simple. As far as sites go, it's very simple (how fitting) - plain white background, two columns on the main page, largely photo driven with user comments / responses under a few postings. The content, however, is what's remarkable on this particular blog - every post aligns with our aesthetic almost perfectly. She posts art, architecture, fashion, jewelry, interiors; you name it. Clearly we love it, so we started following her somewhat regularly. That's when we discovered the one-two-punch behind this particular blog - Kathryn, the mastermind behind Remain Simple, is a 16 year old girl (she's a junior in high school). Um... what?! We're just that much more impressed. Here's a small sampling of what Kathryn has posted in the last week. Click the link below to check out what else inspires Kathryn (and us): remainsimple.tumblr.com.

All images via Remain Simple

Lately we've noticed a theme to our favorite sources of inspiration: angles. Whether it's fashion, interior design, architecture, or art, we love interesting angles. They're so simple, yet still visually striking. Check out some of our favorites below...

Images via:

1. Cardboard installation by Clemens Behr, via Urban Art Core  2. Boxes via Remain Simple  3. Blocks by Evonne Bellefleur & Caitlin Doherty via Plenty of Colour  4. House by Filip Dujardin via Revolution is My Boyfriend  5. MS Cafe by Wunderteam via Deezen  6. Map by David Lu via This is Colossal  7. Paper gem by Lisa Hamilton via Present and Correct 8. Necklace via Remain Simple  9. Glass bottle via A Day in the Life of Nobody

Not many food blogs out there rival the deliciousness of the photography from What Katie Ate. It's been our favorite food blog for a long time, but we recently found a new one that could possibly, maybe, edge her out of the top spot. It's called Sprouted Kitchen, run by duo Sara and Hugh - she cooks, he photographs. Their tagline is "a tastier take on whole foods" and the goal is to make meals that are overall just really healthy, using foods that are in season and in their purest form. Yep, that sounds like something we'd love. Click here to check out Sprouted Kitchen - we're making it a new staple in our blog rotation.

Images via Sprouted Kitchen

The newest, coolest thing we've seen lately for web is the Cinemagraph. Created by visual graphics artist Kevin Burg, a Cinemagraph is "an image that contains within itself a living moment that allows a glimpse of time to be experienced and preserved endlessly." Really, a Cinemagraph is just a hybrid between a still picture and a video, and can be used to enhance user experience on a website in creative ways. Little did we know, we've seen Cinemagraphs before - on our very first Site of The Week post for Gilt Taste (read that post here). We knew those animations were going to be big! 

Cinemagraphs are photos that have just a tiny bit of movement: hair blowing in the wind, a woman blinking, or a train passing in the station. They add life to regular photos, but don't go so far as being a full blown video you can play and pause. Each animation only takes a few seconds at most, and then cycles though on an endless loop. We can't wait to see more of these -  check out the Cinemagraph website here.

Images via Cinemagraph (Jamie Beck & Kevin Burg)

Today we'd like to jump on this gorgeous sailboat and sail away to Ireland where this whimsical castle on the beach awaits us. We'll kick up our feet, grab a bottle of wine, and bask in our lovely fantasy of a relaxing getaway!

Images via Pinterest & imgfave

It rained this past weekend in LA (finally!) but it snowed up in the mountains and admittedly, we're jealous. Curled up on the couch with a steaming hot mug of cocoa, we found ourselves searching for cabins in the snow on Pinterest, desperately wishing we were there.

Images via:

1. Miss-Design  2. hauteproject via Tumblr  3. Trendir  4. Vintage Home via tumblr  5. The Life of Polarn Per  6. The Pursuit Aesthetic via Tumblr  7. Epundit

We don't often feature our own designs on our blog, but we love how these business cards turned out so we thought they belonged here! We just completed the business cards for our Baltimore based design client, Stephanie Bradshaw. With a new logo, new brand color (bright gold), and painted edges, these cards are beyond cool. Next up is Stephanie's new website, which we're close to being finished with designing! Check back in about a month and hopefully we'll have announced that it's up and running. For now, enjoy these business cards and have a fantastic weekend!