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Time for another smorgasbord of things for you to look at! I love this Nude with iPhone series by illustrator Christopher DeLorenzo. A contemporary take on the nude that is so simple but so beautifully executed. Going to try this … Continue reading
Posted in design, eating, fashion, illustration
Tagged Cacti Coasters, Christopher De Vos, Christopher DeLorenzo, Clive Roddy, College Vintage, Greek sandals, Half Baked Harvest, hanging planter, HRUSKAA, Lego Guernica, Nude with iPhone series, Nupur Panemanglor, Pablo Picasso, Peter Pilotto Resort 2016 collection, seventies fashion, The Future is Female tshirt, The Sartorialist, Veronica Watson, Warm Swedish Apple Cheesecake
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Red Cap Cards
I don’t usually buy cards because I prefer to make them myself, but I would definitely break that rule for Red Cap Cards. Founded by Hal Mertz and Carrie Gifford, Red Cap Cards: “creates a platform for emerging artists to reach … Continue reading
Bolden Ceramics
I’ve been following the work of Scottish illustrator Jen Collins for a couple of years now. Her work has consistently featured as a preferred choice for my desktop background. She creates wonderful illustrations – from the delightfully macabre, to the botanical and … Continue reading
Posted in art/craft, illustration
Tagged Bolden Ceramics, ceramic figurines, ceramic sculpture, Jen Collins, online store, Scottish illustrator
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Mouni Feddag
Mouni Feddag has a bright and exuberant illustration style, as well as a very charming online bio: “I am a drawing person born & based in Nottingham, England, with a Communications Design degree from the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt in … Continue reading
Miscellany
I’m rather excited to see Dusen Dusen‘s new home range. What a wonderful combination of shapes and colours! A bathroom to aspire to. A clever idea for a work lunch. South African company Essie Letterpress recently released a set of … Continue reading
Posted in design, eating, fashion, film/tv/music, illustration, polaroid/photography
Tagged Albert Maysles, ba&sh, denim jumpsuit, documentary, Dusen Dusen, Essie Letterpress, Gimme Shelter, homewear, Iris Apfel, John Perivolaris, kowtow, Minnie the Mountain Dog, The Beales of Grey Gardens, The Londoner, travelling noodles, Uniform Dress, Xandri Redelinghuys
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Joanne Nam
Joanne Nam is a Korean artist based in Los Angeles, whose paintings and illustration have a decidedly contemplative and melancholic atmosphere. In her compositions, often beautiful young women pose awkwardly in darkened landscapes. Nam is a self-professed horror film fan, so this could … Continue reading
Posted in art/craft, illustration
Tagged Bruise, Elegia, Eloper, Heavy Rain, Joanne Nam, Korean artist, LA-Based, Let It Be, Night Out 6 - Loner, Shady, Sigh
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Fashion Illustrated
I have a soft spot for certain types of fashion illustration. Styles vary greatly in the genre of fashion illustration from photorealistic to mere impressions of pattern and shapes. My appreciation is more for the latter. I thought I’d share … Continue reading
Posted in fashion, illustration
Tagged Celine, fashion illustration, Issue 14, Katrin Coetzer, Kinfolk, Marni, Sainte Maria
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Hsiao-Ron Cheng
Hsiao-Ron Cheng is a Taiwanese digital artist and illustrator with a distinctly ‘feminine’ approach. Her predominantly pink and pastel-hued works are softly rendered, giving them an ethereal quality. I particularly liked her portraits, which I will share with you today. She … Continue reading
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Tagged Hsiao-Ron Cheng, portraits, Taiwanese digital artist, Taiwanese digital illustrator
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Miscellany
The laid back aesthetic of Manuela Sosa’s house in “the pastoral hills of Vallvidrera, just outside Barcelona” is an inviting and understated home. Manuela is a florist who runs the flower studio, ‘Gang and the Wool‘ from a greenhouse on her … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art/craft, eating, illustration, packaging, polaroid/photography, south african creatives
Tagged delicious monster, exhibition, Gang & the Wool, Manuela Sosa, Mid Week Distraction, Miss Moss, Paper Goods 2014/15 collection, ramen, Ross Phillips, sesame ramen with roasted tempeh and seaweed, shiitake ramen broth, Sir Kensington's, Skinny laMinx, soviet camping trip, The Fries of New York
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Diego Marmolego
Diego Marmolego is a Spanish illustrator, based in Barcelona, whose work is an intricate jumble of blocky forms and bright colours. Some of the shapes in his compositions remind me of the abstract forms of cubist painters. “Before drawing I … Continue reading