Berlin-based greeting card designer and freelance illustrator Charly Clements creates the most adorable series titled 'Real Life Lines'. She puts personality into a whole range of inanimate objects, imagining the things they said if they had a voice. The simplest of doodles breathes life into each of them and certainly puts a smile on one's face. Other than the awesome . . .
Reflections on Art
Brainpickings asked artist extraordinaire Wendy MacNaughton to illustrate Susan Sontag’s reflections on art and the results are truly wonderful. The quotes used were carefully culled by Brainpickings from more than 1,000 pages of diary entries from both the same volume and the one preceding it, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963. Here they are... All aesthetic judgment is really . . .
My Creative Manifesto
I recently joined the Creative Play Challenge by Jennie from Little Girl Designs, which provides you with a new prompt each week for a year. Sounds good? Join me! Here's the post about it. It's such a great find as I've been looking for a creative community to be a part of for a while now and I'm glad that I stumbled across this one. Do let me know if you come across any others that I can check . . .
Watercoloured Words
I came across June Digan during my Instagram stalking a couple of months back and so it was a nice surprise to spot her work on Design You Trust. She's a Manila-based graphic designer and artist who picked up watercolour painting as a “daily therapeutic activity after work” - we all need some of that every now and then. How else would adult colouring books become so extremely popular? The . . .
New Year Wishes
Happy New Year! May this year be a wonderful one. One where we learn more, create more, love more. Reach goals instead of simply making resolutions. Embrace change, spread kindness, and explore the unknown. I'm excited for the year ahead - enjoy 2016! . . .
Red Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. RED Featuring: Aniella | Natasha Wilson | Adé Hogue | Flyghte | Jean Jullien | Lady Boss Ri | Wild Whimsy Woolies | Present & Correct | Madewell . . .
A Monster’s Wish For Christmas
IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY!! POST 5/7 It's been such an exciting week with celebrations all around - and finally THE DAY has come. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Made you lovely readers a little monster to accompany you during this festive season... May you all be as jolly as this little guy with plenty of feasting, love, and laughter all around. Happy holidays! . . .
Scrabble Typography
Being a fan of both Scrabble and Typography, I've gotten a bit obsessed with this new edition of the game. Andrew Capener has selected 12 great new fonts for the letters to be featured on the solid wood Scrabble tiles. Who else wants to get their hands on a set? Via Toyland . . .
Orange Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. ORANGE Featuring: VΞL▲ZCO | Boston.com | AIGA Design | Ryan Romanes | Marcello Barenghi | Wright Kitchen | Fac_610 | Drye | Alex Louisa . . .
Yellow Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. YELLOW. Featuring: Leta Sobierajski | Nikolai Tolstyh | Yayoi Kusama | Jaime Sánchez | Martin Tadashi | Anthony Gerace | Drye | Vogue | Stefan Kunz Edit: Came across a page on Artsy featuring Yayoi Kusama which has information about her work, exhibitions, articles, and a bunch of other good . . .