Earthly and Water Paradise

For a glimpse of an earthly and watery paradise, take a stroll through the California Academy of Sciences and capture, in a few hours, a multitude of flora and fauna in their spectacular habitats. Amazonian rainforests, butterfly parks, swamplands, coral reefs, and starry space are just some of the vistas you will encounter in your stroll. The Academy is located in the heart of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and was recently renovated by Italian architect, Renzo Piano.

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Deeply Rooted Love

Oh, darling, can you hear my heart beet?

Yes, the typo is intentional. In the myriad design options for brides and grooms to choose, a new, emerging motif is dovetailing beautifully with the current interest in farming, simplicity, and sweetness: beloved, humble fruits and vegetables.

While this may sound strange at first, fruits and veggies are as likely candidates to be translated into powerful graphic designs as any. Like flora, fauna, fleur de lis, and faux bois, a visual abundance of fruits or vegetables has a sturdy place in classical art – all the way back to antiquity. Beyond that, a wedding reception is traditionally a celebratory feast, and you simply cannot have a feast without food. And the conceptual appeal is hard to top: rooting, growing, blooming, etc. Throughout literature, few words have translated so seamlessly as those about the soil used to describe love.

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