Amy Ruppel for Target

Visit a Target store this holiday season, and you'll be greeted overhead by the signature birds and stripes of artist Amy Ruppel. Ruppel's artwork appears on the Target website (with widget downloads) and various merchandise as well. (I saw paper plates and even a box of chocolates with Ruppel's birds.) The big box retailer's choice of Amy Ruppel as its Holiday 2007 designer is also getting praise from the independent design community and its supporters for featuring the work of one of its members.