Whippy

Love this ice-cream inspired light fitting design from Mixco, the 'Whippy'.

does anyone know who painted these?

does anyone know who painted these?, originally uploaded by kweezy mcG.

Mystery solved! It's the talented Graham Carter, and limited edition prints are available online here.

My New Favourite Blog

Bakerella might just be the best thing ever (besides actually eating cake). Concerned not only with making A LOT of very yummy cakes and other sweet lovely things, the posts are as much about imagination, decoration, colour, styling and photography. A feast for the eyes. eh? eh?! (sorry, had to...).

Topshop Totes

Topshop.com are giving away one of these cute tote bags with every online order at the moment. Rather tempting...

Walk on the Beach #1

I love the softened glass you find on the beach...

Apollo 11

A little bit slow off the mark I know but I only just had a look at this, and the images are too good not to share... Boston's The Big Picture with another astounding collection of photographs from the Apollo 11 Moon landings.

Joshua Covarrubias

I saw the fantastic flowchart below from the Pipeline, designed by Joshua Covarrubias (through a tweet from @yellowgoatetsy) and it made me smile. I'm glad I Googled him and found his website (bit mean of them not to link to it I thought?) as it has some lovely pieces, particularly the image above (for Kalina Magazine).




The Sartorialist

Pattern People

I've just discovered the great Pattern People blog. Written by Pattern People Jessie Whipple Vickery, Valerie Mathus and Claudia Brown, the posts pull together inspiration and trends from the world of fashion and textiles, alongside everything from interiors to art exhibitions they curate themselves.

Image above from Hervé Léger for Max Azria post. I love the organic shapes the contrast of these harsh linear patterns create.

Below, Janine Rewell's "Tan Lines", originally seen here. A fantastic idea, although it would definitely make me feel less squiffy if it was a spray tan. Not sure anyone really needs encouraging to use sun-beds...

Looking Into The Past

Portland Oregon, Then and now, originally uploaded by Tinflower.

The lovely Looking Into The Past Flickr pool juxtaposes old photographs with their contemporary original locations.

Via Wired

Tate St Ives

Tate St Ives, originally uploaded by hello.vickibrown.

Just got back from my jollies and now I'm ploughing through the ridiculous amount of photographs taken. In the meantime, St Ives is lovely, Tate St Ives was really rather nice and there were some great bits of handpainted type bobbing around.

More to come on Flickr, and normal service (ie. sporadic and random posting) will return soon...

Faber 80th Poetry Series

Faber 80th Poetry Series, originally uploaded by Faber Books.

Lucky me, I have some very pretty books to dig into over my holiday.

Featuring fantastic lino-cuts by various artists, credits for all on Faber's Flickr stream, and more info on the books here.

Joanna Rutter

Gorgeous jewellery from Joanna Rutter, soon to be stocked by Soma Gallery in Bristol or you can buy direct.

You can also keep up with Joanna's new work on her blog and Flickr stream, currently featuring some lovely surface pattern designs and pretty leaf cut-outs too!