New Packaging and Hang Tags!

Our Electric Love rings now arrive in these custom recycled content chipboard matchbooks. Chi-Chi and Sololá have new hang tags too!

Photos from Model Citizens NYC

Here are a few quick pics from the Model Citizens NYC exhibition last weekend. See more on Core77, Inhabitat, Ponoko, Design Glut, Metropolis (added 5/26/10) and on the Model Citizens NYC Facebook Page.

Photos above and below are from Inhabitat's The Best Green Designs from Model Citizens 2010. The above mobiles made from pencils are by Michiel Cornelissen.

Pins and necklaces crafted from bits of cracked ceramic.

The Floor (to Ceiling) Lamp by Jason Neufeld.

Bell jar stands made from scrap wood and glass by Niels Cosman.

Bowls made of colored pencils by Michiel Cornelissen.

The Perch chair designed by Jason Hu for The Guyana Project.

Hanging lamps by design since made from re purposed spools of measuring tape.

We showed our Ty and Ty D.I.Y. Edition shower curtains, Chi-Chi necklaces, and Electric Love rings which you can find for sale in our shop.

Ty D.I.Y. Edition + Mike Perry + Readymade

Check out the June/July issue of Readymade. It features our Ty D.I.Y. Edition customized by one of our favorite illustrators, Mike Perry. We have been anxiously waiting to see what he came up with, and we couldn't be more pleased!

If you like it as much as we do, you can enter to win the one-of-a-kind curtain at Readymade here.

June Real Simple on Newsstands!

We just got our copy of the latest issue of Real Simple featuring Ty D.I.Y. Edition. The editors at Real Simple suggest Ty as a good Grad/Hostess gift. We agree!

Die kleine Kunstlerin!

Our favorite emails to receive here at Grain are from people who have used our products and have really connected with them. They totally make our week!

These photos come from Julia Schenk in Germany. She worked with her Mann and six year old Tochter to customize their Ty D.I.Y. Edition and was kind enough to send us some process shots. Danke Julia!

New Electric Love Colors for Model Citizens!

James knotted up these new Electric Love rings for the Model Citizens NYC store last night. They are all handmade from upcycled electrical wire that we find here in Seattle.

We only have white and pink available in our store so Model Citizens NYC (May 15 - 17) will be the only place to find these new limited colors!

If you are in New York this weekend....

Don't miss the second annual Model Citizens NYC exhibition curated by Mika Braakman at Hosfelt Gallery!

Model Citizens NYC will include new work by 50 independent designers (including Pratt/RISD/Bainbridge friends Mimi Kirmaci, Niels Cosman, Hello, We Are_______., Brandon Perhacs, and Stanley Ruiz) and we will have a few items for sale in the exhibition store.

Our other favorites for Design Week are:

> ICFF booths by Seattle friends Iacoli & McAllister, Urbancase, Kerf, and Greypants.

> Breakable at the Heller Gallery with new glass work by Hello, We Are______., Free Time Industries, Henry Julier, Sergio Silva, and more.

> New work from Portugal and Brazil at INTER-CONNECTED (curated by Zoë Melo) featuring a talk moderated by Frederico Duarte.

> Emily Pilloton's Design Revolution Roadshow (the exhibition's final stop) in the Metropolis Magazine booth at ICFF.

> Work by AREAWARE, Brad Ascalon, DesignGlut, Emily Rothschild, Henry Julier, Kiel Mead, Stanley Ruiz, and more at CITE Goes America.

> The NOHO Design District curated by Sight Unseen.

New Chi-Chi in the shop!

We just added new 3 strand Chi-Chi necklaces to the Grain shop this afternoon. They are available in green (pictured above), blue, orange and pink/red for $36.00.

Chi-Chi is made from 100% cotton by Guatemalan artisans, and like all our products, their sales support our commitment to 1% For The Planet.

Exclusive Ty in UncommonGoods catalog!

We put together an exclusive Ty D.I.Y. Edition kit for the Summer UncommomGooods catalog and it is finally out. The kit includes all three marker colors so you can create designs like the one below. Check out the full catalog here.