Designs
Ukulele: 1928
Samuel Kamaka, a reputable instrument maker near Honolulu, HI, created a new design for the ukulele, which took on both a new shape and produced a more mellow tone. An artist friend of Samuel’s, then painted an image of a pineapple on the front, and the rest was history.
Speedster: 1920
Harold (Harry) Arminius Miller born in Menomonie WI, was a pioneer in auto body & engine design.
Miller’s designs and ingenuity are a testament to the great places both passion & hard work can take you.
Roller Skate: 1899
Celebrating women’s achievement in innovation,
the original boot roller skate was designed by M.L. Ruel (Mary L. Ruel), of New York City, NY in 1899.
Headphones: 1981
This patent represents the first year user comfort was factored into headphone design. This design technology was very important to the consumer sector, thanks to mobile cassette decks also being developed during the early 1980’s.
Cote d’ Azur, Red Car
Vintage travel poster of the French Riviera, Fix-Masseau, Pierre;
bff: Best Friend Flamingo
The Flamingo is one of the only creatures in the animal kingdom that forms lifelong friends. Get out and find your bff, best friend flamingo.
JustSurvive
Natural survivors of the animal kingdom, the flamingo’s body temperature drops to near freezing temperatures at night on a frozen lake. By morning this amazing creature’s legs thaw and they go on with their day.
Unbreakable
Succulents are naturally hardy and have an amazing way of regenerating root structures.
Dedicated to the small businesses which has had to navigate a pandemic then economic downturn. Life is not easy. Take your cue from nature. Be like a succulent, be unbreakable.
Trendsetter
No two zebras have identical stripes. Celebrate your individuality. Be a trendsetter.
Purple Passion
Water Lemon (Jamaican Honeysuckle, Passiflora laurifolia). Illustration from the Botanical Register, (1815), Edwards, Sydenham.
Golden Passion
Silky Passion Flower illustration from the 1815 edition of The Botanical Register by Sydenham Edwards.
Tako
A painting of a common octopus by the Japanese artist Kawahara Keiga from about 1823.
California Oak Tree
Vintage illustration of Oak Tree during the 1920’s, Unknown.
Black Headed Heron
This vintage image of a black-headed heron is from the book “Iconographie Ornithologique” (Bird Iconography), by Marc Athanase Parfait Œillet des Murs et al.
Bat Kingdom
Iconographia Zoologica Special Collections University of Amsterdam, 1824
Love Letter to the City
Digitized image based on a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge, Julie Taha
Bixby Bridge, Big Sur
Digitized image based on a photo of the Bixby Bridge in Big Sur, Julie Taha
At The Market
Digitized image based on a photo of the Pike Place Market in Seattle, Julie Taha