the last show...

All images © catwalking.com

I came across these pictures of Alexander McQueen's last collection. His team have put the final touches to his final collection. I think it's just beautiful. So regal, so detailed and exquisite. Such a shame that McQueen wont be able to create anything like this again, his untimely death is surely a loss to the fashion world. But what a testament to his craft he leaves behind him.

lovely bit of stuff...

One last bit of illustration, I have just been finding some really interesting artists recently - I promise to move onto other things for a while now! " )

Rodrigo Francisco is graphic designer from Brazil. He is only 19 but has already worked with a whole host of great companies.

I have picked four examples of his work here, in my opinion the best from his portfolio. Love the colours and the way they have a dreamy watercolour feel to them. A very talented designer, I'm looking forward to seeing what he works on next, definitely one to watch I think.




All images © Rodrigo Francisco

behind closed doors...

All images from Design Sponge

Today a peek inside the home of Sibella Court - care of Design Sponge, a great site for snooping around other people's lovingly styled homes. Sibella has a shop in Sydney which is a cross between a haberdashery and a hardware store. She specialises in textiles, homeware and furniture, check out the online store, here. These shots are from her home which is above the store. If these images are anything to go by I would love to have a roam around her shop and see what fantastical things I could find.



The kitchen shot is my favourite, all those utensils stacked up in one place. It has a happy sense of chaos to it. So eclectic and 'real'. Not styled or contrived, just the evolvement of somebody's life and the things they accumulate as they journey through it.

many hands make great work...

All images © Orgut Cayli

I love clever and witty illustration, and the ones shown here are a great example. I found this guy Orgut Cayli's design and illustration work on Flickr. Cayli is an art director at Publicis Yorum, a design agency in Istanbul.

The pieces shown here are from a nifty little notebook he has designed. Aren't the illustrations fantastic? I admire how has taken an animal to represent each of the human characteristics and then woven in different shaped hands to make up the outline of the animal, inspired.








For more of Orgut Cayli's design and illustration portfolio click here.

boxfresh...

All images © Fold 7

A spot of packaging/marketing here from Fold 7 for your Sunday afternoon viewing. Fold 7 are a communications agency, founded in 1995, they focus on bringing brands and products to life.

The great project featured here is for the launch of Nike’s new skateboarding trainer, the Zoom Tre. Fold 7 designed the packaging for promotional pairs sent to a select number of skateboarders as a gift. The tag line ‘Don’t Handle With Care’ led the look and feel for the packaging. A clever take on the ‘Handle With Care’ packaging we are so used to seeing. Loving the grungy styling and bashed up feel.

If you like this and want to see more of Fold 7's portfolio click here.

down at heel...

Beautiful ruffle shoed loveliness - £85 - Dune

Glory me, I am loving all these lower heeled shoes at the moment. I love a heel, unfortunately I look like a new born foal when I try and walk in them. It aint pretty. So I am squealing with glee that demi heeled shoes seemed to be de rigour at the moment.



From top left clockwise: Metallic courts - £70 - Bertie; Purple Mary-Janes - £20(!) - Office; Black die-cut - £125 - All Saints; Brown zipped - £60 - Faith; Black courts - £40 - Topshop; Red retro - £58 - Office.


Check out these little beauties! My fav's are the Dune ruffle shoes, devine. Finally, I can walk tall without the fear of breaking my neck.

sunny California...

Ah, I have been away for ages, so busy with work! Here's some more pictures from our wonderful California road trip.


Los Angeles

First stop was LA. Meh, not so impressed as I thought I would be. The weather wasn't great, perhaps that was it, I was expecting sizzling sunshine like they always seem to have when LA is on the TV. But no such luck. We saw the main sights, another main disappointment was that you couldn't get closer than this to the Hollywood sign! I felt robbed! If you squint really hard you just might be able to make it out.


Palm Springs

Next stop was Palm Springs. A beautiful little town in the middle of the desert to the east of LA. As I understand it, it's where LA folks go for a weekend trip away from the city. The Coachella music festival is held around here. And its hot, hot, hot!! Check out these beautiful desert flowers we found blooming along the roadside.


The Pepper Tree Inn, Palm Springs

This is the beautiful little boutique hotel we stayed in during our stay in Palm Springs. Its called the Pepper Tree Inn, and wow, just the nicest place we stayed the whole trip. We ate in a fantastic resturant called The Falls, amazing steak and fish dinners.



Grand Canyon, South Rim

The Grand Canyon, on of the most awesome sights I have ever seen. It took us seven hours to drive there! But is was definitely worth it.


Vegas baby!

And of course Las Vegas, every bit as cheesy, plastic and fake as I had hoped. You need to suspend your disbelief and just enjoy the tackiness of it. We had a fantastic time in Las Vegas, I even did a spot of gambling and won the awesome amount of $15! Woop!

There are a few more pictures to come, I will post them up soon.

Has anyone else ever done a road trip anywhere?