I'm an Aussie-born, London-dwelling brand designer. I work at The Partners, which is the 'number one' brand agency in the WHOLE WORLD.
I love my home, I love my job and I love my husband.
This blog is a combination of stuff I make and stuff I like. The tags below can be used to filter the content:
• Work = my work
• Play = crafts or fun stuff I make
• Inspire = other peoples stuff
Walking through Surry Hills the other evening I saw this exhibition through the window of the (closed) Mils Gallery. The windows were so big that I don't even need to go back when the gallery is actually open. The exhibition is called Archimedian solids, temple of kitsch FYI.
An online collection of some small personal projects by Paulsen is worth a look.
What a daunting task it must be to approach a brand refresh on an already legendary bit of channel branding. Rudd Studios have impressed me with a twist on an already strong idea, with surprisingly refreshing results. Nice!
Lovely graphic quilts at a Lousie Bourgeois exhibition at Hauser Wirth on Savile Row. I'll be checking this out next weekend.
Well I've been meaning to get back into my blogging after a long (and frankly, inexcusable) leave of absence. So I thought, what better thing to talk about is there than a chesterfield pig? I also really like the piece Stuhlhockerbank
That is all.
Evelin Kasikov is a London based designer and illustrator who began experimenting with handmade crafts whilst doing an MA at St Martins.
The representation of graphic printing processes and typographic experiments in stitching is really interesting, the handmade books look like a labour of love (or even a total obsession!)
Impressed! I saw this first on It's Nice That.
There's something intriguing about this little hand-painted box with a brooch inside by MummyIWantADinosaur on Etsy. Unfortunately it's currently sold out.
My friend Jamie Mitchell sent me the link to this video.
As I was watching, I was thinking 'ok this is pretty nice' but I wasn't massively blown away by the idea, as I had seen this type of water display before, but when you get to the end and realise that the promotion is for Solidarités International, whose main goal is to end deaths because of unsafe drinking water the piece has a bit more resonance.
I also think that the film has been put together incredibly well, which has the effect of making a pretty good idea look awesome.
The film appears to be by Cosa. Agency: BDDP & Fils.
We have a habit at The Partners of always going overboard with creating individually designed creative cards for anyone who's having a birthday, or leaving the company etc.
Before I left the country to go back to Sydney and get married my colleagues created me a card that was up there with the best (I think) we've ever done.
Because I'm interested in craft and stitching (and have been running a slightly abortive Stitch&Bitch session on and off at work) they designed and created a custom cross stitch and had it framed, writing me their personal messages on the back of the frame. They designed the two figures based on my husband and I, and our planned wedding outfits. They even took the trouble to indicate the slight difference in skin tone between me and James (who is half West Indian). They also added a small hair clip into my planned finger wave hair style, but I made a last minute decision not to wear the hair clip that I had planned.
Miranda Bolter sat up until 4am the night before my departure day stitching the piece. The card was such a lovely and touching gesture, I had a small tear in my eye. It makes me happy to know that I work amongst such kind and creative souls, its a great job perk.
I've uploaded a few pictures from the wedding day so you can see the comparison between the real and stitched elements.
