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I was paging through Over and Over by Mike Perry and stopped on Beata Boucht who's work I'm an instant fan of. Starting with Mike Perry, when I visited his site, I scrolled down until I found Over and Over and would you believe, he too stopped on Beata Boucht in featuring only one image from inside this book on his site. Not the one I'm gonna feature but still! This did make me smile. Here's a sample... it's very curious how I keep stumbling across so much art of different descriptions I enjoy from *Sweden*... having discovered my love of Fever Ray.. I like the hand drawn illustrated quality with just splashes of colour.
A great bagel display. Inspirational and delicious!
Elphick's art gallery has some prints by Jen Franklin which I'd originally come in search of. And I've just discovered that Sharon, who runs the gallery, has some nice work of her own on her website which I need to take a closer look at.
A new fabric shop Beyond Fabrics has just opened on Columbia Road run by Eduardo Hirschfeld and Silvana Brasil. And yes, they're from Brasil!
And this image was just round the corner on Hoxton Square.
My friend Caroline is designing a wallpaper for B3 designers. I was trying to describe this wallpaper I've often noticed walking by Cây Tre Vietnamese Kitchen on Old Street to her, but my memory is obviously playing tricks on me because I told her it was full on monkeys climbing trees, which it's not. Apparently it's by a local artist called Andy George Magee, the waiter pointed out that his name is printed in the design - a nice touch. Couldn't find all that much about Andy George, except for his work at Comme Ca Art. I'm looking forward to seeing Caroline's design, take a look on her website to see her lovely floral prints.
Last but not least. This is my favourite.
Everything I've posted today is hand-made. I've discovered I'm the Nigella of craft! Petra collects fonts, Charlotte loves to sketch. I love to craft! I must take up knitting this winter.
Come on girls. Let's have a glitter logo! You know it's right! We need something bling to get us noticed! Does it feel slightly Rocky Horror to you? Check out the bling water. I actually saw these at a shop in Ibiza called Sluiz which is one of the coolest shops on earth! Well, my humble opinion of course!
I wonder if the water is anti-ageing?
Pet, this one's for you! I know how much you love 'stamps'. I found these pens yesterday. 8 colours in total. A snip at 99p as mentioned. :-) You roll the ink on with the stamp head. This was way fun. Definitely brought out my inner child! I should hang out more with Max! The final effect kinda reminds me of the art on Ladyhawke's album cover. It is very possible I'm the only who sees that resemblance! Love a bit of Ladyhawke on the iPod when I take this body for a run.
Sorry it's a little late but here's my contribution to this week's homework. I got up yesterday at an ungodly hour which is typical right, the one day you're allowed to snooze and lay about. But I was so psyched about finally getting down to some blatant creativity, there was simply no stopping me! So what is the first thing any budding arteest does? Arm oneself with arteest materials from the 99p shop! I wonder where this arteest gets his crayons from...? Cute bits of art.You girls no doubt remember the craziness of Stitch & Craft and doing the 'exhibition shuffle' (isn't that just the best thing to say?) I fished these little mock glass alphabet letters out which I picked up at the show and played around with them. Really love the colour and the effect. What do you think?
Sorry for this Homework unrelated post, but I was checking the news back home (Slovenia) and stumbled upon this Easter staple. Known as The Vrhnika Easter Egg, the very early pieces were exhibited in the local pizzeria, very popular with the students- me included. It was year 1993 and Franc Grom, took to the drill to make the unsightly holes of an empty eggshell just a little bit neater... he hasn't stop drilling yet!
And here is my first attempt at designing the HW logo. I went for cheerful script look and the heart is a direct reference to our motto : I "heart" homework!
Turns out I am fond collector of fonts and these are just a few I thought looked good together.
I'm capable to spend hours on daFont or MyFonts browsing, checking which font my name looks prettiest in. I am serious.
We most certainly are in the era, in which brand identity and marketing ether makes or breaks a business, big or small as it may be. Here are a few examples of identities with ingenious use of name/shape/content of my choice. Clockwise from top left: a pukka "corner shop" concept by WHM, identity for an friendly accountant agency by Nancy Wu, four examples of contemporary logos with a touch of irony by MINE, the place I usual fish my visuals from and I have to finish with my favorite logo for a lingerie brand designed by the owners husband- cheap AND good looking (the logo I mean!).
This entry is a dead giveaway that I have a young child! Whereas before I wouldn't even look at kid's brands, now I find my self attracted by not only the cool product, but what the brand stands for and how they put it across. Okaidi and Obaibi are two French children's wear brands owned by the IdGroup, aimed at the junior and baby market. I LOVE the way they have incorporated the brand names into their trademark symbols. Visually they convey very clearly what the brand is about, so that even a young child can understand and relate to- as all brilliant logos should do. They have gone one step further and created out of these symbols a family of characters that promote common values and ideals like generosity and achieving ones potential, peace and solidarity.... BRAVO!
This week, please take a look at logos and typefaces and start thinking about what could work for homework. Logos are registered trademarks, so I've attempted to be sensitive about using other peoples material. All the content on this site is copyright of their respective owners.
I came across this blog by accident. I thought Scott Hansen was a scifi author until I had a closer look. What great retro design, will have to go back to find out if the ISO50 playlist sounds like the design.
I've started doodling some ideas. You'll be surprised but some of these could turn out to be very decent logos - watch out golden arches! Logos tend to be monochrome so they can be read on any background. I liked this pixelated artwork by m-o-n-a-m-o-u-r and wondered if there was someway of doing a pixelated/monochrome design.
French Vogue always makes the effort to use a pretty font, so few magazines bother. The font in the Nicole picture was created by design duo
A favorite logo of mine. A team effort designed by Lance Wyman and Eduardo Terrazas. Photo from life magazine. The logo for the mexican tourist board isn't bad either.
Most logos are just logotypes, but once in a while a designer comes up with a symbol that becomes so recognisable it can be used on its own. Paul Rand seen in this picture didn't come up with the apple logo, but he did design several other logos for apple, ibm and enron. A new tribute site has been dedicated to Mr Rand . Some of my favorites are the coronet brandy ads... a brand-y i wasn't familiar with, hic!
...functional, inspiring, exciting, unpredictable, challenging preconceptions, involving, relevant, contemporary...
Clockwise from top left: Invisible bookshelf by Umbra, Norm 69 light by Normann, Sticky light by Droog, HERE! hook by Fred & Friends, Big Bang light by black + blum
Top image is from Aleš Bravničar called "The Algerian shepperd". Printed to the exact width of my bed frame is an excellent visual aid when counting sheep ;D
Second row from left was a birthday gift from my husband. An oil on canvas painting by a very good friend and brilliant artist Neil Fuller. The city landscape print is only one of my many Etsy finds. It's an etching from Thomas J. Norulak called "Downtown Pittsburgh". I picked up the shabby Japanese print at a garage sale. Love the stylized foaming sea though.
My sons room must be the most colorful in the house. Here you can see a few more Etsy acquisitions and a pair of pretty Chinese 3D souvenirs bought from our local junk shop. The little birds and the flowers are made entirely out of bird feathers!
Designed by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen in 1948 is THE most comfortable, welcoming, curly-up and cozy chair you could ever desire AND it looks good too! When I grow-up I'll get my self the Knoll original, but in the mean time this (much, much) cheaper version from Vertigo Interiors will tie me over nicely. Thank you hubby X
My kitchen is the heart of my home. It's the never ending project, the ever evolving testament of change and repetition: cook, make a mess, eat, talk, shedule, clean, tidy-up, cook, make a mess.....
This is me. Baby me. And all my jewelry junk that obscures my view when I try and apply my face! I've had this mirror for so many years. An oldie but definitely a goodie. It's mirror mosaic and I have a table by the same. If only I knew how to track this genius down and his gorgeous creations. Let's make it our mission! He was once at Spitalfields Market. You can't tell, but I have a big bottle of Boudoir on my dressing table. My true and ever lasting love of Queen Vivienne Westwood.
You may think this is a postcard, and it would certainly be fun getting one with "greetings from heaven" on it, but this is actually the inside cover of a David Lachapelle book, surrounded by jujus and amulets, picked up on my travels.
This is the Alice in Wonderland world I wake up to every morning. On a beautiful sunny day, as it was when I photographed the bunny, the pink crystals throw prisms onto the wall. Looooovely. Plus, the bunny has meaning. My good friends Diana and Sacha presented me with the bunny (of fertility) on my 30th birthday. I'm still not pregnant but that's not a bad thing right now.
