Sunday, December 28, 2008
A new year often triggers a desire to start new habits, try fresh looks and generally buck trends!
Because of the perceived demarcation of time, it’s a good time to set goals and resolve to do thing differently. In particular I like the New Year for reassessing my style for the year ahead – it’s mid [...]
Monday, December 22, 2008
It’s all a bit design orientated today… but who is to say that’s a bad thing? Design geeks for life!
Learn something new - Nike presents art based video workshops on zines, cinematography, skateboard design and more.
Create a reading list for the holidays with The Economist - its pick of the best books of 2008.
How do [...]
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
What do you get when you combine bibliophilia with an aesthetic obsession?
A personal curatorship that amuses and inspires!
Red and orange and yellow and green, indigo, violet and blue…
The power of colour can not be underestimated for bringing interesting new dimensions to your life. Gorgeous and so easy… anyone can do it!
Make your whole life seemingly [...]
Thursday, December 11, 2008
The famous Life photo archive is now held by Google and fully searchable! From the late 1800s to today, you may browse to your hearts delight - or search for fashion, cocktails, make-up… even your country!
The Fashion Almanac is a project by Laura Bradley. A compendium style magazine with lots of line drawings and venn [...]
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Somehow I don’t think the keytar is going to work for us as a gift under the tree these holidays, whether giving or receiving. They’re much bigger than I ever expected!
Thankfully, there’s a more suitable stocking sized alternative - a stylophone! This miniature stylus operated synthesizer is a recreation of the 1967 classic. It’s famed [...]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Here are the next five recommendations in the list of ten easy tips for ladies to look stylish, fresh and sharp. Part 1 of the article discussed the merits of sunglasses, the many uses of Vaseline, headbands, gigantic bags and scarves. Ready? Let’s go!
6. PRETTY FINGERS, SENSATIONAL TOES
If you don’t have the time or the [...]
Recently I read an article on Lifehacker describing the Top 10 Easy Ways to Look Sharp - and promptly noticed a few protests that it was mostly male orientated!
I agreed and decided to create a fresh new list of ferociously sharp tips for ladies to look stylish. These are hacks as well as a few [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Graphic designers were asked - please recommend a book that you have found particularly inspiring or meaningful to your development as a creative person? This is their book list for inspiration.
Telescopic text is very clever and a great piece of writing to boot. Just click away!
Every day Jason posts a photograph of something that made [...]
Thursday, November 27, 2008
The AIGA GAIN conference was recently held in New York, focusing on design in business. Malcolm Gladwell was one of the speakers there, discussing the development of creativity and the manifestation of genius:
“Genius and creativity don’t necessarily spring forth unbidden… they require time and support to experiment, to try and even fail.”
Luckily for us who [...]
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Elektrobank, directed by Spike Jonze and starring one Sofia Coppola. I have been scouring the internet for the last few days looking for the Miss Dior Cherie clip but alas, nothing yet. Dear Internet Goddesses, please provide!
However, I did stumble upon the iheartsofia youtube channel which made me feel loads better, and amongst the champagne [...]
