Saturday, October 30, 2010

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

Saturday, October 16, 2010

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.

Friday, September 10, 2010

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.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

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

Friday, July 23, 2010

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.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Getting crafty


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

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

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

Friday, March 12, 2010

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

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Valentines Day


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

Monday, January 25, 2010

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


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

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