My walk home

Sometimes, despite the intolerable heat and humidity, New York can have the most amazing summer sunsets. The first shot was actually taken once I arrived at Evan's apartment-- such a great view up 14th.

Working with the Numbers

My friend Rebecca is getting married next year, and wanted to have a modern, non-traditional save the date for the event. Since she is getting married on 7-11, she and her fiance thought it would be funny to use the old 80's jingle "oh thank heaven for 7/11", and so we came up with a save the date around the theme. Since it will be a two-color letterpress job (front and back), I think the graphics will really pop.

A Belated Happy Birthday

to the one, the only, Rebecca Crumley (aka Diggety, Crummies, Crumnuggets, Mama Nuggies, and so forth). The woman has more aliases than I do freckles. Anyway, I'm looking forward to celebrating it with you Thursday, where the motto will be "Go big, and then GO HOME. Immediately."

On the cutting room floor

Here were two of my favorite selections for an upcoming Tiffany's event. A save the date with matching invitation-- they were unfortunately not chosen, but I still heart the design. Working now in the world of engraving has really given me a new appreciation for the world of fancy printing and paper. It is amazing to see what can be done when given a bigger budget. Oh, and for those designers out there who are looking for a script typeface that will actually look like calligraphy-- try Bickham Script Pro. You can actually go into the glyph palette and change the swooshes to your liking. A whole new world I tell ya. Yes, I'm a dork.

Baby Shower for a Turkey

Yes...if you can believe it, my high school mascot was a..... wait for it.... TURKEY. I mean REALLY. Don't think we didn't take it to another level, too, by making gobble sounds in the bleachers during any given St. Mary's game. Anyway, one of my favorite high school turkeys, Virginia, is having a bambino... and so, being part of the baby shower committee, I was given the task of pulling together the invite. Here is first round for the upcoming soiree.

And the backside

SO proud of the Lacy. Can't wait to be a tee-wearing fan myself. Am hoping that I'll get a chance to see her and Geoff this weekend.

The Lacy Tour

So Sarah Lacy's new book is out (Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good), and she is doing an unconventional, user-generated book tour for it. She asked me this weekend to cook up a cool tshirt design that she can distribute/sell on her stops.... and here is my favorite version thus far. Hopefully she likes it too.

TGIF Nuggets!

I'm off folks. Have a great weekend.

Good Luck Baby Shower invite

Of the latest batch of baby shower cards for Parents.com-- will be soon downloadable on their site!

Styled Shoot

The colors are off in the photo-- but it's so cool to see a photo styled with my paper products.

OMG- New evidence in Jon Benet case!!!

Wrap it up

I love the color palette that the ladies from Parents.com chose for this project. It will be a downloadable DIY for their site users, in which they can customize in the type field for their own baby showers. I tried to keep it simple with type, color, and clean graphics. Now I want to throw a shower! Or at least just take one-- I'm off to get ready for work. Super ready for a weekend filled with AC, interior design magazines, bad tv, vino, possible booze cruise on the hudson, and ev.

More Cape Pics

Courtesy of the Bug

Today's Invite

For a store related event, with a wine tasting. I could go for a wine tasting right about now. This is going to be a long week.

Grass Walls

Amazing--- These free standing posters were made completely out of grass. I love the depth and the dimension that they were able to achieve. Something tells me this took ALOT of work.

Sweet Pea aka Good For Nuthin

I love her enthusiasm. She's all, I'll stay awake with you while you do your freelance projects.... and then zzzzzzzzzz (using the mouse pad as her pillow)

Nuggets of the Week

My Atlanta ladies -- Lizzie, Banana, and Julie. Taken January '08. Love and miss them all so much.

Typographical Treat

I have been obsessed with typography lately, and was forwarded this pic a few weeks ago. This durable fabric scarf is made of uppercase sans serif type. So genius.

New ad for Architectural Digest

So excited for the new line of contemporary products that Sherle Wagner is promoting. Really amazing pieces. We went to the open house for 15 Union Square West a few months ago, and EVERYONE was ooohing and ahhhing over the bathrooms in the model apartment. Nothing short of show-stopping stuff.

Stuck in the middle of Pyrotechnics

Untitled from sophie askew on Vimeo.

R&R.com

Recharging batteries, made possible by Cape Cod. Nothing soothes the soul more than clam chowder, Dark & Stormies (or as I renamed them, Weird and Sketchies), lawn softball games, sparklers and fireworks, long walks with friends, Evan's cooking, ping pong games with my sister, and late night laughs with friends. My ribs still ache from the stories Rebecca Kimmons served up. A special thanks to the Geoffroys, for putting up with the likes of us, and for making this very special weekend happen.

When Evan met Charlie Brown's teacher on a CB

Nothing like great communication when trying to navigate a boat into a slip.

When Evan met Charlie Brown's teacher on a CB from sophie askew on Vimeo.

Video from the Hamptons trip

Meant to post this sooner--- but had to show the gorgeous evening we experienced on our way to Shelter Island.

On our way to Sunset Beach from sophie askew on Vimeo.

My BIG news

I'm officially the new Public Relations Art Director at Tiffany's! And yes, I have a bad feeling every penny I earn will go straight to buying baubles.

A Bad Wedding Dance Move goes Global

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
Crum Diggety sent me the best little treat today-- a vimeo video. Sometimes you can use a smile. Hope this helps.

A few more pics

Sunset beach and NYC at night.

Hamptons Bound

Last Friday, Ev, Scottie, Jason and I headed out for a little journey via boat to the hamptons. The boat ride, about 6 hours one way, was worth it. So peaceful and relaxing. We started our trip off with a little Dom Perignon and caviar, which made us feel incredibly fancy and high-falutin'. On saturday night, we headed over to Sunset beach at Shelter Island, and it was, as Scottie put it, "magical". Truly. We had wonderful seats at dinner overlooking the tiki-lit beach, while the sun slowly set. And to top it all out, we re-entered the city Sunday night-- and had a chance to see the cityscape all lit up. Thanks again to Scottie and Jason for such an amazing weekend.

More icon work

Seriously, I owe a million hugs and kisses to the ladies at Parents.com .... not only are they a delight to work with, but it's nice to have a vision that is in sync. It is exciting to continually get new projects through them and It will be really gratifying to see all of my artwork live in the near future.

Oliver

Sorry to have been so MIA these past couple of weeks... there has been so much going on in my life (both good and bad), that I honestly haven't even had the time to sit down and write a post. For all of you Colorado College folks reading this blog, you by now know that our friend Oliver is losing his battle to brain cancer. He is quietly living his final moments heavily sedated in a hospice in Maryland, surrounded by his family and loved ones. I created a little storybook of pulled photos and jotted down stories of Oliver for them and for his two year old son.... a boy who will never fully know and experience the wonderfulness that is his father.
This was my first introduction to Ol:
MY FIRST MEMORY OF OLIVER was being picked up by a guy using a spoon as a “prospective student detector” at the Colorado Springs airport. He looked like Beck. I thought he was a god. He made boop-boop-booping sounds as he worked his way down the main aisle, as if to convey that the spoon was either getting hot or cold in PS detection.
He saw me—a nervous looking 17-year-old with suitcase in hand, donning an all-too-new, freshly-pressed phish tshirt, and immediately threw the boop-booping into high gear. I thought he was the coolest person I had ever met.

Oliver, you and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.

New Collection Up!

Please go to www.askewdesign.com to check out our newly released card designs/labor of love.

A New Design

with someone in mind. Making cards is my version of giving flowers as a thank you...which can be tricky when not knowing an individual's personal taste and aesthetic. I just hope this isn't the equivalent of carnations. woof.

I Can See Clearly Now the Rain is Gone...

It's gonna be a bright, bright, bright sun shiny day.
Thank you to all my wonderful friends--- Barbara, Jen, Emma Bean, Erin, Kimmers, and Crums for helping me through a difficult time. This was taken on my walk home last night. Nothing is better than feeling like all is right with the world again.

Not only am I a Designer, I'm a Client

A recent promotional piece I worked on for Garnier in our upcoming Lucky Mag... I had the pleasure of trying the products, and seriously, they work amazingly well. I am having major heart palpitations for the under eye puffy remover. Works wonders ladies.

A Wise Woman once Said...

Please remember that folks.

Last Night's Event

Jason and Scottie invited me to a huge charity event last night for Zero Tolerance-- an organization that aides domestic abuse victims. It started with a cocktail hour with a silent auction, followed by a sit down dinner, and finished out with a huge dance party. We were all thrilled that the DJ played songs we actually knew and remembered from high school (or even middle school). I also discovered that Tone Loc=awesomeness. Here are some pictures from the evening.... the venue was pretty amazing as well... located right along the Hudson river. It was truly a great night with great friends.

Hurry Home

Can't wait til this guy gets back.

Boy Bdays

Another invite with a dinosaur theme. With the lack of sleep I got last night, I closely resemble one of these suckers right about now.