Edible crayons.

When I was little I had a friend whose baby sister used to eat crayons. We always guessed that her poop was rainbow-coloured. She could have safely eaten the above crayons without dramatic consequence. They were created by Luxirare. See more on her site for the 'recipe' and a documentation of her process. So great. 

Mischief.

Hope you're having a good Monday. Lighten up with more of Katrin Hagen of Mischief Champion. I'm afraid I forgot to take my vitamins this morning.

Best thing since sliced bread?

Embroidered sliced bread. 

See more art, textiles, objects and oddities by Catherine McEver. 

Why not?

'A matter of taste'.

These delectable images are by photographer Fulvio Bonavia. See more on his site.

Found here. I'm pretty sure these will be making the blog-rounds but had to post them here too.

Top Drawer.

The above already combine two of my favourite things - books and perfume - but the pièce de résistance is the awesome cover design & illustration. Credit to Klaus Haapaniemi. Spotted at CR where you can view some of his prelim work. 

Update.

Feeling overwhelmed! Advice? Perhaps try-not-to-do-it-all-have-it all-at-once?

Apologies.

If I have any readers left, apologies. Sincerely. I miss you, blog-land.

Marian, you beauty!

I've pre ordered this book by Marian Bantjes. Due for release in September it looks a fantastic visual feast. 

What typeface are you?

Of course I couldn't resist this. What typeface are you?

Outdoor movies.

Tonight we are going to see Le Grande Bleu at the 'Pink Flamingo'. This outdoor bio-scope is at the Grand Daddy Hotel's Airstream Penthouse trailer park. DH and I stayed in one of the trailers last year. I'm sure that the cinema experience won't disappoint - especially as this time the venue has been booked out for just our office and friends. Nice.

Le Grand Blue - that's starring 'Jac Mayol' for those of you who remember the 1988 film.

In-jokes

The designers tongue had me laughing out loud. From the 'approval of Steve Jobs' to the 'comic sans rejection buds'. Great fun from Core 77. Click to enlarge.

CeraMIX

CeraMIX by CTRLZAK.

The above pieces are the result of a project exploring Chinese and European ceramics. On the left hand side you can see the literal East meets West - and on the right hand side the new ceramic design that resulted.

I can't decide whether I'd prefer to use the 'inspiration' crockery or the end design... I guess the latter would be more leak-proof!

Skermunkil & Two Two

I have my eye on these ceramic dolls by Skermunkil. One of the lovely things I spotted at Design Indaba Expo that made it onto my wish list. I have a jewellery piece from Skermunkil that DH bought me and it's nice to see what else they are up to.

I did however, fork out the cash for the piece above - in black. Dramatic, yes? It's a collar type thingy that can be worn a variety of ways. Designed by Twotwo - a talented pair of sisters.

Images from Eendag op 'n reendag and Twotwo.

Take a seat.

This was one of my favourite pieces shown by a speaker at the recent Design Indaba.  

As usual the conference was a complete overload of inspiration. 

Design by Fehling & Peiz.

The Vinyl lab.

Quirky, fun stickers by 'The Vinyl Lab'.