Display

The other night I stumbled across this nice resource: thisisdisplay.org a collection / shop of mid 20th century graphic design books and periodicals. I got the images from there. xxxx

Art by Design 6

Here's a group exhibition I'm in at Kinokuniya books in the city. The artwork I put in it is a revamp of the poster I recently did (post below). There's a larger image here. The show is on from the 17th October to the 13th November and organised by Naomi Solomon from happyend designs. Thanks Naomi xxxx.

Positive Posters 2010

Positive Posters is an annual competition for graphic designers. This year's them was 'Optimism'. Above is the poster I submitted (you can see a larger image here), or you can view all the other entries here.

Primoeza

These amazing scarves are made on a hand operated knitting machine by the designer in Melbourne. Primoeza is the name of the label. There's an online store and more information here. xxxx

Helen Frankenthaler

A friend and I were having a conversation last night about Helen Frankenthaler - a New York, colour field artist who was influential in the 1960's. She used to thin down her oil paints with turps to stain her canvases, creating really nice gradients between her colours. You can see more of her work and read about her here.

Digital lace

Here are some 3D works I made for a recent competition submission. Sometime in the near future they should exist as silk scarves. Larger versions of the images here. xxxx

Embroidered plastic shopping bags

It's great to see someone giving the plastic shopping bag some TLC, before they become a thing of the past. These are made by Josh Blackwell. Found via Banquet.

Bernhard Willhelm & Jutta Kraus

I just got the new book Bernhard Willhelm & Jutta Kraus, and in the same week found one of his dresses second hand. The middle image was taken from fashionising.com. It's part of his SS2010 collection. The other images are the front and back cover of the book. xxxx

Matohu

I was having a look around for nice screen-prints because of my course and I came across Matohu, who showed at Tokoyo Fashion Week, Spring 2010. I spent more time looking at the purple dyeing effects than the prints. Have to try it. Images via coolechicstylefashion. xxxx

Getting crafty

Started a screen printing course last week. Lots of fun but need to refine my sewing skills!

Some new work things

Here's a CD cover I did recently: Tim Rollinson, You Tunes. Also some patterns I did a while ago have been published in this book: Estampados Padroes, by Spanish publishing house Mao Mao. xxxx

Paul Schuitema book

Here's some images from a book I got on the holidays: Paul Schuitema - Visual Organiser, and a link to it's review by Eye magazine. xxxx

Valentines Day

My friend Charlotte hosted a Valentines day morning tea through the week for the little ones. Very cute. xxxx

Nice artist and a colourful graphic

Above is a hibiscus graphic I'm drawing inbetween jobs, and below is a painting by Gina Ruggeri, found via Commmunity Bulletin. xxxx

Nice Cards and a library of old books

My friend Anna has started making clever, handpainted gift cards called 'Cards for complicated people' which are available on Etsy (images above). I also found a good graphics resource of historical book covers and design examples at Photobibliothek. The pics below have been sourced from there. xxxx