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Let’s all take a nostalgic look back at the totally cracked-out things we looked at as children that led us to our respective creative professions, shall we? VIEW THE GALLERY

P.S. The Trapper Keeper brand still exists but it is like totally boring now. Mead needs to reconnect with Rad Dog, stat.

Every time I see amazing photos of or collateral for a hotel, it’s invariably one of the Ace Hotels, with locations in Portland, Seattle, New York and Palm Springs.

Ace Portland

Ace Palm Springs

Imagine you are staying at your really cool designer/musician friend with really great interior design taste’s apartment. That is the Ace Hotel, which somehow manages to appear both impossibly cool AND approachable at the same time.

The Official Mfg. Co in Portland, Oregon created some of the most beautiful things for the PDX location, and Ace NYC is filled with murals and original art (I know because I did one). The Ace’s own blog is as inspiring as any design blog, and the rooms are surprisingly not outrageously priced. Highly recommended.

NYC Room 1108 – Art by Marshall Roemen from Ace Hotel on Vimeo.

Listening to a woman singing in French while working on a project for an adventure travel company has got me feeling footloose. Travel with me through your imagination Reading Rainbow-style, won’t you?

First Stop:
Explore these great United States of America, From Sea to Shining Sea with the Heads of State poster series:

Next Stop:
Check out a huge collection of vintage luggage stickers:

Final Destination:
Pick up a Robot Travel Poster (benefiting youth literary/writing programs) from Liberty Street Robot Supply and Repair:

Aaaaaah. I feel better, don’t you?