Weekend adventuring

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Pandamonium

Artwork by Stephanie Grace Lim makes me smile. Grin, really. Afterall, who doesn’t need a healthy dose of pandas, sumos and ninjas, especially on a Friday?

Lim is an artist, illustrator, designer and overall creative firecracker who is based in California. She most recently worked as a creative designer at PayPal, but her background is in newspapers, logging time at the San Jose Mercury News, The Charlotte Observer and The Ann Arbor News.

Fulfill even more of your (OK, my) panda fixation here. Tai Shan, the panda cub at Washington, D.C.'s National Zoo, turned 4 on Thursday. He celebrated with a beet cake!

Bowled over

Karen Ford is a Chinese-American artist who says she “found her roots in clay.” She creates functional porcelain and glass art out of her Westport, Conn. studio.

I’m a fan of these pretty white bowls. I’m pretty sure the pale white coloring is just begging to hug a crisp green garden salad.

Luv Lauren

Fun earrings, bracelets and rings are coming from the hands of a budding jewelry designer named Lauren Weber. She’s out of the Los Angeles area, and her wares are under the brandname LaurenLuvS on Etsy.


Lauren says she got into jewelry making after attending a bead show in January. "My favorite pieces that I like to use are peace signs, love, inspirational words, feathers and stars," she said.

Her favorite style? "I like the 'soulful' urban feel with a hint of modern day fashion," she said. "I like the inspirational charms that say 'believe, live, love, dream' because it is a physical reminder to the person who wears it. And to top it off, anything that can make a girl feel pretty is always a plus!"

Cambodian conscience

As the Khmer Rouge Tribunal continues to weigh who should be held responsible for the deaths of some 1.7 million people during the Pol Pot era, a film about Cambodia's genocide is airing here in the U.S. on HBO2 this month.


Award-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki is a Japanese-American who has used his medium to create documentaries on addiction, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the HIV virus. This time around, he focuses on the atrocities that occurred more than 30 years ago at a Phnom Penh school-turned-torture camp called Tuol Sleng. Visitors to Cambodia's capital can go inside S-21, but Okazaki's film also gives somber but beautiful insight into the terrible things that happened there.

Click here to learn more and view an airtime schedule.

Type calendar

Parker Hu is a young designer who is creating cool work out of Connecticut. She’s currently searching for a manufacturer that can produce this eye-catching 2010 type calendar she designed for the Society of Typographical Arts.