Tag Archives: design

A new kind of book illustration

Ever wanted to be a touch more inventive with your Sharpie? John Clark draws film noir inspired Sharpie portraits on vintage book pages, leaving a bit of text floating in the background to hint at the background of the piece. The result is a one-of-a-kind “story” – a portrait with a literary history, a story [...]

Thirsty work

Has anyone seen the new, limited-edition Cola-Cola can designs especially for summer? Working within their back-to-basics rebran, they make use of the printed red can to create summer-related objects such as a beachball, pair of sunglasses and line of surf boards. Nice idea, simply executed. The BBQ can is my favourite!

Urban ceramics

I ventured down to Brick Lane on Sunday for the annual Car Boor Fair @ The Old Truman Brewery. There were plenty of stalls and original ideas to keep me amused – but i really loved the new jewellery designers and artisits i discovered. One photographer – Alice Mara – takes the most stunning pictures [...]

Fossil fuel

There’s a story in Metro this morning about a fossil that’s been hailed as the ‘missing link’ in human evolution. The animal, which lived 47 million years ago, has traits of non-human creatures and primates. As always, Google have been quick of the mark and paid tribute to the discovery on their homepage. Just another [...]

Something for the girlies…

Are you a girl who lusts after big steaks, juicy burgers and succulent ribs? Well Meat Club (girls only) have the answer. They’ve created a cookbook purely for girls that celebrates all things meaty. For such an unusual idea, it’s been brought to life in such a delicate way with cute, hand-drawn illustrations that are [...]