PACKING LUST: CAMEROON

I spent this past weekend watching my baby sister graduate from college like a rockstar and with highest honors. This fall, she'll be moving to Cameroon to serve with the Peace Corps. Obviously, I'm ridiculously proud and consider her an endless source or inspiration. I've got her next big step and move to Africa on my mind this week. When I saw this fabulous Beaded Geometry Bag from Antropologie, I knew it'd be the perfect carry-on and day bag for when I visit her overseas.

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Images via: Anthropologie and Bérenger ZYLA

DESIGN DUO SHOWCASES SAN FRANCISCO IN A RETRO PRINT SERIES

Sarah Labieniec and Ryan Meis are the California-based husband and wife creative team that go by Lap Partners. I adore their Next Stop: San Francisco series of illustrated prints showcasing the Bay Area 's many icons through retro imagery.

KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN AIMS TO BRING AWESOME BACK TO MAPS

Simon Schuetz is on a mission to make maps awesome again. Personally, I didn't think maps ever stopped being awesome, but I like his style. He's well exceeded funding on his Kickstarter campaign for The Bucketlistmap, a graphic design project to make a collective map of all the bucketlist items around the world. The project is based off of his Awesome Maps series, which includes three special interest maps of skiing, soccer and surfing spots around the world.The Bucketlistmap will surely match the quality and detail of the existing maps, but with a grander theme.

DESKTOP DESTINATIONS: AROUND THE WORLD IN PHOTOS

A few of my favorite photos from around the world this week on Pinterest. Happy desktop travels. 

1  Alamo Square in San Francisco, California by Patrick Smith 

2  Jarenina, Slovenia by Peter Zajfrid 

3  Lurline Bay in Sydney, Australia by Ibrahim Elhusseini

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DESTINATION DESIGN: C'EST MAGNIFIQUE WALLPAPER

This will be the fourth wallpaper themed Destination Design post I've done. Thanks for baring with me. I couldn't resist when I saw this C'est Magnifique Wallpaper from Anthropologie.

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PACKING LUST: SHANGHAI, CHINA

The first city that popped into my head when I saw this retro Casio Watch was Shanghai. The pace of time seems to move faster in mega-cities like Shanghai, and I love that this watch has dual time slots on the face--perfect for keeping track of local time and time back home. 

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Images Via: American Apparel and Jonathan Danker

A TYPEFACE INSPIRED BY TOPOGRAPHY

Lakeside, by England-based graphic design student Siyu Cao, is a typeface inspired by topography. "The design is based on the language of cartography and the 3D visualization of the typeface follows the contours of each letter," says Cao on her website. I love everything about this, from concept through execution.

(images via Siyu Cao)