Colorized Photos by Jordan Lloyd and Mads Madsen.

Smart bits of color change perspective. Now you travel back in time.

Before there was email or a suggestion of the big disconnect, there was American artist, Lisa Frank.

With her kaleidoscopic line of stationary and a multitude of school supplies, Lisa dazzled the imaginations of little girls (boys too, I’m sure) throughout the 1980s and pioneered a specific, fanciful trend, still worthy of applause.

At the tender ages of ten and seven, my sister and I took enormous pride in our ever-expanding sticker binder; stickers un-stuck, carefully torn at their edges and pristine, organized by motif: over-sized, airbrushed, sparkly, fuzzy… We managed to fill an entire Reebok Freestyle shoebox with erasers so zestfully fragrant, I had to be reminded that they weren’t candy.

Despite her success, Lisa cautiously rode under the radar of fame. Once presumed to be a pseudonym, Lisa Frank is not only alive and kicking, she is still creating and dreaming. We are finally, properly introduced to her world, thanks to this short film below.

It is totally awesome!

the app can be purchased here.

The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most. – John Ruskin

by Andreas Gursky, an artist known for his large canvas-like photos.

“My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire – perhaps illusory – to keep track of things and maintain my grip on the world.”
– Andreas Gursky