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'. 

Did you know?

Learn something every day.

For budding directors...

For budding directors and advertising people everywhere. The Storyboard book. So clever. Seen at DC.

Fancy fast food.

McFancy is an idea by TCH. Stylishly rebranding McDonald's. More.

Roxanne Floquet

Um, beautiful. Just beautiful. These bespoke cakes, cupcakes, biscuits and petit fours are by Roxanne Floquet.

Wolmer

Meet Anna. A talented ex-colleague of mine. Above are her lovely creations. You can see more at her newly launched blog - Wolmer. I'm proud to say that when she started knitting a few years ago I was the first to give her a commission - a quirky scarf embroidered with felt lettering. Nice stuff Anna!

First day.

Image - Johnny Yanok.

HELLO... my name is Katherine.

It's not that great being 'the new girl' but I'm sure that tomorrow will be better.

Snapshots.

Still on holiday. It's lovely. 

A new decade.

Image: fffound.

It's hard to know where to start. It has been a while since I put anything of real 'substance' on this blog. And by substance I mean a post with more than ten words to it.

I've been kinda preoccupied - hence the sporadic, sparse posting. The last few months have been busy, busy, busy. I've mainly been busy making changes. After almost 5 years I've resigned from my job. (Five years is an absolute age in advertising years - creatives seem to hop, skip and jump agencies with knicker changing frequency in this industry.)

I've decided it's time for something new.

The new year - and new decade - will bring a fresh start for me. I'll still be doing advertising and design, but in vastly different environment. The new year will also bring fresh challenges in other avenues and exciting things to share as time progresses. That's the plan, anyway. 

What ever the next 365 holds for you, I hope it's great.