Pictogram Movie Posters

Clever movie posters. I always love having a little look at series like these Originally spied here, and you can buy them for yourself here.

Personal Directions

We had an assessment due last week that was meant to be a 'visual artefact', reflecting who we are as a designer and what our future career goals are. Despite my creative slump in getting the ball rolling, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Thought you might like a little peek at the some of the pages!

Tune Tuesday

Peter, Bjorn and John - Second Chance from Peter Bjorn and John on Vimeo.
I think I have an addiction to the cow bells in this song.

Hawleywoods

Last week after a dinner with Joshua and 'the boys', we were heading back along King Street in Newtown when we walked past a group of very cool gentlemen. You know the types, with their perfect hair that was just that little bit rockabilly, their pants rolled to the perfect length, and their perfectly pristine little sneakers that coordinated with the pinstripe on their button-up as if they'd Pantone Matched prior to manufacture. It should also be stated that these were their working outfits. It looked like they had been doing some sort of shop fit-out for a store that must have been opening soon. There was an audible jealousy from our side of things, with a 'Maaaan, why can't we be that cool?

On my walk to work this weekend I was pleasantly surprised to see the store was open for business. It's now a World Famous Hawleywood's Barbershop. I'm all for men having a place to hang out on their own. I don't like pubs, and I think sheds are a little bit scary. Barbers, on the other hand, are awesome. I've always kind of liked barbers - possibly for the men's only exclusivity, maybe because there's lots of red and white, or maybe because most lady hairdressers freak me out. Whatever the reason, I like 'em.

Hawleywood's makes getting a haircut look like the coolest thing you could ever do. Anything coming from California is alright in my books, and anything that makes men look a little sharper is always a good thing. I'm officially retiring from my terribly attempts at hairdressing Joshua, and sending him to Hawleywoods. A little part of me is devastated that I'm not allowed to pop in for a trim, but if ladies are allowed special gyms, I think we can let the boys have their barber.

Enjoy Mister Hawley showing you how it's done. California, here we come.

Palette

Carl Kleiner // Macarons

In an attempt to make myself more aware of delicious colours that look great together, and also as a way of documenting them, I'm going to try for the next little while to put together some colour-palette-mood-board-things. Not sure what the real name for them is, but you all know what I'm talking about! Humour me.

Anatomy of a Cupcake

This picture made me beam when I saw it for the first time. So cute, and so clever! If someone made me something akin to this for my birthday, I'd be very chuffed. The people who made this also have put up a process video - a brief peek into their research and planning and getting it done. You can see the post on The Anatomy of a Cupcake with the video here. While you're at it, have a little read of some of the other posts at Allen's blog, or check out his website. He seems like an interesting fellow.

Studio Sweet Studio

I'm a complete sucker for peeking into the lives of others. House tours, bedroom shots, any sort of personalised environments. Studio spaces are particularly lovely - there's something about the way creatives organise and display and work in their own little space that makes me all a flutter.
Studio Sweet Studio is a new website that documents all of the best bits about being a creative type - including studio snaps. There's lots of things to see over there, so I suggest you get clicking!

Tune Tuesday

It took me way too long to work out what they were spelling in this song. Like a brainteaser in song form. So confusing. If you too have been suffering like me, as you hear it on the radio, hopefully this will be a safe place for you to see L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N and not have to find out in an embarrassing way later on.
Noah and The Wale.  It's nice to have them back!

Sound Advice

We all know my Joshua is a not-so-closet gangsta rap lover. I found these illustrations to be particularly apt for him, currently working on big projects and needing a bit of extra care. Tupac has never been so poignant. It's still a relatively new project, so I'm sure there'll be some more pearls of wisdom dispensed over the coming weeks. Advice from a Rapper (there's something I never thought I'd be endorsing) is brought you by Jessica Wright.

Put to Bed

I upgraded my bed last week. It feels super luxurious to finally ditch the single and be slothing about on a queen sized mattress. It takes up a solid chunk of my bedroom, but it feels like I've suddenly gained a whole new work space. A soft desk to work on? Yes please.
I feel like a new bed needs a new look. Hunting down the perfect quilt cover has been a little hobby of mine for the past few days. Urban Outfitters has a delicious assortment - I'm particularly smitten with the waterfall ruffles. It's like a ballerina tutu for the bed!

Floating House

I saw one of these images floating around the Internet last week and at first sight thought it must have been a mini-model used in the Up movie. Curiosity and balloon-love got the better of me and I found out a little more about it. It's the real deal! Scientists, engineers and balloon pilots managed to fly the house 10,000 feet and for over an hour! You can go and see lots more images at My Modern Met, and also visit National Geographic for the unending source of wonder that it is!

Tune Tuesday

I hadn't thought about contact highs since listening to The Beach Boys 'Kokomo' when they sing about tropical contact highs and magically make me want to go to sunny places. Architecture in Helsinki have me thinking about it a lot these days. It always seems to be in my head. The film clip freaks me out a little - all those hands, ick. And is it just me, or does the man in the steamy glasses seem a little reminiscent of Andy Warhol?

Seventeen

My baby brothers are 17 today! I took this photo of them on their first day of year seven. I like to think they're still just as cute, even if they are a whole heap taller than me now. This weekend we're heading home for a quick visit and hopefully some cake to celebrate our favourite 2-for-1 package deal, Ben and James! Happy birthday, brothers!

Things Organized Neatly

I do have a massive love for all things tidy. Combine tidy with Tumblr and you've got yourself Things Organized Neatly. Does it get any better than that? It's kind of like Bookshelf Porn, but for tidy folks!

Reflex!

Look what my clever-bean Joshua has been up to! Building his own cameras. Yes yes! It's nice to have a crafty counterpart - it's just the things that he makes are a little more labour intensive than the DIY that I find myself doing. A string of bunting suddenly pales in comparison. If he did it to impress people, it certainly worked on me! It takes quite the cute photo too, all lovely and pin-hole like. We're ironing out the kinks that come with film cameras, and learning how to focus for each photo. I'll share some of the shots from the film he's just had developed once I can wrangle them off him. In the meantime, if you want to try your hand at camera building too, you can buy the handy-dandy kits like these from Ebay.

Tune Tuesday

I'm so happy to have new music from The Go! Team. I love a healthy dose of exclamation marks, and I love how infectiously happy their music always sounds. Teaming up with Bethany from Best Coast was a good move for this song - it makes me want a 70's summertime and perhaps even an ice cream cone.

Rubber Stamps and Little Deers

I'm a big fan of online shopping, for all of the obvious reasons. It's like shopping for free, and waiting for someone to put presents in your mailbox! Although I'm always hesitant when I order custom items, I was pleasantly surprised with my little rubber stamp. I wanted to make something for our wedding invitations and various correspondence that goes with wedding planning - but also something that didn't have a date in it, and was something we can use for lots of other things! Etsy had plenty of options, but most were just to slot your name into the appropriate section. Then I found this here company, Rubber Stamps, who let you upload your entirely own image. Nice! I drew our little picture, uploaded it to the site and hey-presto! A week or so later it was waiting for me in my letterbox - complete with a lovely wooden handle. They're quite inexpensive too (from what I can gather from my 3 days of half-hearted Internet searching) and lovely quality! If you're in need of a stamp, they're the place to go!

Finders Keepers Feature

The nice ladies over at The Finders Keepers did a little feature on me yesterday! You can clickety-click here to read all about it. Maybe you'll learn a trivial fact or two! Thanks Finders x

Well Gifted

We were given some amazing presents last week - some of which I think were more for me than they were for Joshua. No complaints though, just means the pretty things get to stay at my place! Favourite picks were The Selby Is In Your Place from Matt and Leah (this made me so thankful for design friends), and amazing terrarium from James and Emma - complete with real live moss and little kissing bunnies and some bright pink flowers from my lady friends. It's nice to have live flowers in the house. I've been lovingly watering and caring for them, hoping that one day Joshua will let me get a puppy. If I can keep flowers alive, I can do anything!

Lovely Stationery

The people behind Lovely Packaging have launched Lovely Stationery, 'curating the very best stationery design'. They're my kind of people, most definitely. Lots of inspiring pieces and clever design. Be sure to have a little look here.

Tune Tuesday

Kate Nash did a stellar cover of this last week on Triple J. You can download the song and you can see her in the studio for Like a Version - but it just made me realise how much I miss her old hair. I figured that 80's film clips are deserving of as much play as possible, so feel free to feast your eyes on the original Deniece Williams and ensuing dance moves. You'll be prancing about to it all day.