Loving these retro, futurist illustrations by Matthew Lyons. Found via Abduzeedo.

A very talented photographer, Roy DeCarava, died last week. He left behind 60 years of poignant photos of African-American life in New York. He was the first African-American to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship. Check out more of his work. Found via Monoscope.

Taming the Wolf: Resolving the Conflicts Ruining Your Life

Taming the Wolf Conflict Resolution Journal Workbook

Taming the Wolf is a conflict resolution manual based on the peacemaking tradition of St. Francis of Assisi. For the front cover, we chose a wolf’s face that could simultaneously be dangerous or compassionate depending on the reader’s current state of mind with regards to conflict. The front cover needed to represent the beginning stages of the conflict resolution process and reflect the intense emotions conflict produces. I created the following painting from an array of Arctic wolf photographs.

While the front cover represents the early, aberrant stage of conflict, the back cover illustrates the latter stages, in which parties have reconciled. I chose to paint an image of St. Francis walking together with the wolf.

Thus the jacket design mirrors the book’s journey as it guides readers through the stages of conflict resolution.

The books are available for purchase on the Taming the Wolf website.

I’m a huge admirer of designer Mark Weaver’s collage and illustrations that combine travel postcard landscapes, 50s architecture and ads, and space exploration with graphical forms and typography. Check them out on his Flickr set Make Something Cool Every Day. Visit his personal portfolio to see more photo and design gems.

Yosigo’s beautiful, bleached photographs allow the viewer access to unique perspectives of populated vacation environments such as beaches, pools and snowy mountains. Check out his portfolio and flickr photostream, a must see!

Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.”
—Christina Rossetti