08/31/2009
08/31/2009
Mondays suck. Especially if you hate your job. But the day doesn’t have to be a total waste. You can now look forward to reading about ReadyMakers who have worked their way into f*&%ing awesome jobs—and maybe find a little inspiration to jumpstart your own career in the process—right here, every Monday.
Esteban Rey is a tour manager for the band Explosions in the Sky; he makes art, designs album . . . Continue Reading
08/28/2009
Weekend Warriors: DIY Hammock in Minutes
Katherine Sharpe
Welcome to “Weekend Warriors.” Every Friday, we run a shining example of a reader’s recent makings—to say TGIF and send you off right into your own weekend’s projects. Well, this Friday's Weekend Warrior is a little different from most, in that it's about a project by a person who isn't a reader (that I know of), but I like to think she would have been... 
I was exploring the . . . Continue Reading
08/27/2009
Crew of American Meat Visits Des Moines and Shares Their Adventures Filming Hog Farms
Amy Palanjian
Last night I hosted my good friend Craig Charland and his friend Graham Meriwether who were passing through town on their farm tour of Iowa and Nebraska. Together, they are the crew of American Meat, a documentary due out in the spring of 2010. Here's a bit about the film:
American Meat explores the complexities embedded in the highly debated practices of . . . Continue Reading
08/27/2009
Watermelon and Summer Vegetable Salad from the Crescent City Farmers Market
Amy Palanjian
I recently booked a ticket to New Orleans for a friends wedding in October and it, of course, got me thinking about the food. I've been to the city twice now and I'm fascinated by it's strong sense of place and I love exploring it through my meals. I've been lucky enough to know, Poppy Tooker, who's a bit of a local food legend down there and . . . Continue Reading
08/27/2009
Food Firsts: Roast Chicken, Secret Recipe Chocolate Chip Cookies, No-Knead Bread and My Food Fantasy
Amy Palanjian
Here’s a look into what’s been happening in my food world this week...I had a veritable weekend of food firsts this past weekend. Here's what I was cooking up!
1.) Roast chicken. This isn’t all that shocking since I’ve lived alone since college and haven’t, until now—thank you Des Moines!— had a full-sized oven. Now, in reality I do . . . Continue Reading
08/26/2009
The Weekly Forecast: 8.27-9.2
Alexa Fornoff
Welcome to the Wednesday feature here at the ReadyMade blog. Each week, I will provide a list of upcoming events, releases and happenings for the following Thursday through Wednesday. If you have (or know of) an event that you would like to be included, please shoot me an email, and I will do my best to make it happen.
Mystery Team Premiere
Thursday, August 27
Austin, Texas
The "hilariously . . . Continue Reading
Mystery Team Premiere
Thursday, August 27
Austin, Texas
The "hilariously . . . Continue Reading
08/25/2009
Note to Self: Order More Paper Samples!
Andrew Wagner
Our senior designer, Adam Holt, is not only a very talented graphic artist but a prolific maker of posters of all kinds. But not only does Adam make posters himself, he seems quite adept at procuring very cool ones from many different sources. Recently I noticed several from the French Paper Company in his workspace and suddenly was struck with a bout of poster jealousy I've not felt . . . Continue Reading
08/25/2009
Color Theory: A Subconscious Obsession with Orange
Andrew Wagner
I recently noticed that I may be overly dependent on the color orange and not necessarily by my own volition. While I've always liked the color—I think it has something to do with the San Francisco Giants, my bright orange bike, Halloween, being born in the '70s, my love of the sun, and the amazing VW bug I once owned—but recently things got a little creepy when some chairs, . . . Continue Reading
08/21/2009
Disco Ball Pants from Cordarounds
Katherine Sharpe
Well, I'm not going to lie. They're awfully tacky, the new disco ball pants from Cordarounds. I'd prefer to sport their demure "sideflash" model, myself (when will they start making sizes for women?). But it's hard not to smile a little at a company that's pushing the boundaries of outrageousness in pants.
Cordarounds
08/21/2009
Weekend Warriors: Crepe Paper Wall Stripe
Katherine Sharpe
Welcome to “Weekend Warriors.” Every Friday, we run a shining example of a reader’s recent makings—to say TGIF and send you off right into your own weekend’s projects.
This Friday's weekend project comes from Matt Pisane, a graphic designer in New York. Matt writes:
This Friday's weekend project comes from Matt Pisane, a graphic designer in New York. Matt writes:
After several months of looking at the blank white wall of my bedroom, I decided something needed to be . . . Continue Reading





























