The past couple of weeks have been a bit of a roller coaster and I am feeling a little battered and bruised.
Today Gandhi’s words couldn’t be any more true – you must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Hand lettering done by BMD Design
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Wise Words to end your week on
Little white lies
Sound familiar? Well then you had better check out Daily Dishonesty (if you havent already), it’s full of gorgeously hand lettered little white lies. Fabulous!
Wise words to start your week with
Monday mornings can be very overwhelming, what with a blur of meetings, project goals and looming deadlines, things always seem mad. I find it helps to sit down with a cup of tea and plan my week ahead, on paper. Somehow, writing things down, prioritising work and scheduling “other” stuff (like laundry and grocery shopping), makes me feel a little more balanced and in control.
How do you get your week going? How do you get motivated on a Monday. I would love to know.
I though these wise words would work well for first thing on a Monday. They are beautifully penned by the talented Molly Jacques. You can lots of her gorgeous work here
You make me happy
Just stumbled across this awesome poster on Friends of Type and thought I would share it with you. “Don’t Worry Baby” was created by Erik Marinovich who it a typographer with some serious skills – do your self a favor and check out his portfolio of insanely awesome work.
Happy Thursday everyone (only one more sleep till the weekend).
Design Indaba 2013
It’s Design Indaba time of the year again. Sadly this has come to mean (since becoming a freelance designer) that I now resent the lucky folk who’s agencies readily hand out the enormous sum it costs to attend the three day conference.
However, this year I managed to secure a ticket to the Young Designers Simulcast (yeeees, I am no longer officialy a “young” designer, but they do also sell the tickets to older folks).
So next week I am off to the great halls of the CTICC to be inspired by some incredible minds. Okay, so I wont be hanging with all the “uber cool” design folks in the main auditorium (please note extreme hint of sarcasm there), yes possibly I may have to bring my own little packed lunch – but who cares? It’s going to be amazing!
There are so many incredible people talking this year that I am sure to be wondering around with a crazed person’s grin for most of next week. If I have to pick my two favourite speaker though, I would have to chose Marian Bantjes and Jessica Hische.
I have seen Marian speak before at the Indaba and cannot wait to see her again. Both her and Jessica are super impressive typographers (okay, I have a soft spot for typo peeps), flipping talented designers and amazing thinkers – what more could a gal want?
Marian has a very sweet tradition of sending amazing Valentine’s Day cards. Because she travels a lot, last year she decided to repurpose old postcards from all over the world as her Valentine’s tribute. She collected and sent out 480 cards dating back as far as 1901. They where all overprinted in silver with her unique design, which said “From me wherever I am / To you wherever you are.” So fantastic!
See more of Marian’s work here
Jessica Hische’s work is simply divine. She has had the opportunity to work on so many amazing projects including a poster for Florence and The Machine, the title sequence to Moonrise Kingdom (imagine how cool that must have been), she was even asked to work on the cover for Beck’s new album Song Reader. This stunning cover was then made into an amazing cut paper piece by an artist called Ham. Please take some time to watch the amazing making of this paper cut (video at end of post) (again more amazingness).
Paper Cut art created by Hambeck.
See more of Jessica’s work here
Barbershop Paris
It is no secret that I have a small problem when it comes to all things typographic. I can’t abide badly set type and I applaud the beauty of hand lettering. I recently fell in love with the work of Alexis Taïeb. He created this phenominal piece for the Parisian restaurant Barbershop. It highlights 35 dishes and drinks from their menu – simply gorgeous.
See more of Alexis Taïeb’s work here
Wise Words to start the week with
Monday has come around again and this week is going to be a great one. So far my week is pretty jam packed with exciting adventures, how is yours looking?
The fun starts tomorrow with the Chili Peppers concert and ends in Betty’s Bay for a weekend away.
Hope yours is fab too!
The source for this week’s wise words is 48 Savvy Sailors
Wise words to start the week with
Sometimes it’s tough being a grown up. This gorgeous print, illustrated by Emily McDowell for the Design Mom Collection, sums this up beautifully.
I have featured Emily’s amazing hand lettering skills before here and couldnt resist another once of her gems.
You can purchase this print here
Words to start your week on
Yesterday (Sunday) was my little niece and nephew’s first birthday party. It was a lovely afternoon, my sister’s house was full of kids running about laughing, splashing, eating and generally having a blast.
It was fantastic seeing family I haven’t seen in over a year and catching up with friends, but what really struck me about this day was how quickly time as past since these tiny (very tiny) babies came into our lives. They are big and strong now, but for a while, in the beginning, they where so little and fragile and remembering them hooked up to wires and tubes and machines still seems so scary. It reminds me that we should stop and take account more regularly. Life whizzes by and moments are lost, try to enjoy every step.
I found this great quote by John Hughes (drawn by Friends of Type). I think it sums up my sentiment perfectly.
Hell Yeah!
2013 is going to be a year of new, exciting and challenging adventures – bring it on!
(Regular blog posts to resume early next week, I will be out of action for the better half of this week as I am having round 3 of Lasik surgery)
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Wise Words to start your week with
Excellent sentiment to begin this week (and month) with, thanks Oscar Wilde for always putting things to aptly.
These wise words where penned by Emily McDowell. You can see more here.
Words to start your week with
This week is off to an excellent start – the sun is out and there isnt a breath of wind. Let’s hope the rest of the week plays along and each day brings new and exciting challenges. Have a smashing week everyone.
This week’s wise words are from Inspired To Share, with the lettering done by Molly Jacques
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