Sneaking Duck
I Love Sneaking Duck. Love, Love, Love. I bought two of their frames a few months ago and have been extolling their glasses to anyone who would listen. They even fixed my broken frames when, on the second day of having them, I fell over, broke my arm, and broke my glasses.
I have the Sorbet and the Blue Hole. There prices are so reasonable compared to what I was paying and they look so good! Now, if only they offered prescription sunglasses...
Images via Sneaking Duck.
I have the Sorbet and the Blue Hole. There prices are so reasonable compared to what I was paying and they look so good! Now, if only they offered prescription sunglasses...
Friday Viewing/Listening
I love listening to commencement addresses, I think partly just because I love learning for the sake of learning. There a lots of them on YouTube (Steve Jobs' one at Standford back in 2005 is a good one) but I found a new (to me) one via Afternoon Pity Party by David Foster Wallace (also from 2005). I think listening to these speeches helps me justify my liberal arts degree :)
Paris vs New York
Back to 2010, I posted about the Paris vs New York posters. Here is a lovely video follow up to the posters:
Paris vs New York from LaFrenchTV on Vimeo.
Paris vs New York from LaFrenchTV on Vimeo.
50 Things To Do If You Live In Brisbane
I love Brisbane, I really do. There seems to be so much to do that I couldn't possibly fit it all in. I found this list over at The Urban List and was thinking of creating my own. There seem to be so many great websites that detail the what's what in Brisbane every week. Apart from The Urban List, there is The Four Thousands, The Weekend Edition via Map Magazine, Meetup, and this great book called 'Hide and Seek Brisbane'. I initially discovered the Hide and Seek books when I was planning my first solo trip to Melbourne a few years ago. It allowed me to explore the city and find some great places and things to do and the Brisbane one is the same.
If your looking for things to do or places to go in Brisbane I would highly recommend all of these sites. They all have great mailing lists as well so when Wednesday/Thursday hits, your mailbox is filled with all the things you can do in Brisbane over the weekend.
Image via Hide & Seek.
If your looking for things to do or places to go in Brisbane I would highly recommend all of these sites. They all have great mailing lists as well so when Wednesday/Thursday hits, your mailbox is filled with all the things you can do in Brisbane over the weekend.
Image via Hide & Seek.
Lost Type Co
I love the fonts over at The Lost Type Co. I recently bought one of their Ribbon Specimen Books and it is so beautifully designed and made. Available at their store.
Best Best Cookies
So I found this great cookie recipe for Nutella & Sea Salt cookies over at Ambitious Kitchen via A Cup of Jo. Steve made a batch last weekend and they only lasted a few days. They really are the most delicious cookies I've ever eaten.
Image via Ambitious Kitchen.
Image via Ambitious Kitchen.
The Internet Map
To help your Wednesday start better, check out this internet map. Makes me want to study maths (but not really).
Tattly & other Tattoos
I bought two Tattly temporary tattoos last week:
I am in the process of designing a sailing ship tattoo for my 29th birthday and thought maybe a temporary one would provide some inspiration.
This led me to discover the illustrations of Mike Lowery (who designed the sailing ship tattoo above) which I really love. Isn't it great how the internet leads you to things?
Also on tattoos:
- Tattoo Tuesday over at Sometimes Sweet
- Science Tattoos at The Loom
Type Connection Game
A great way to procrastinate - playing a typogaphic game here at type connection. Via How Interactive Design.
Knitting
I am trying to incorporate more down-time into my weeknights and weekend in an effort to learn how to relax (instead of working continuously). So, for the last 2 or 3 weeks, I've been knitting. I haven't used any patterns, have just been trying out different stitches/stitch combinations. I am having a lot of fun with circular needles, in various sizes, and have created 2 cowls and a necklace. I chose knitting as a (hopefully) less stressful option to sewing (which seems to start out fun but quickly diminishes into unpicking and re-sewing over and over again). Even though I have unravelled and re-knitted many sections, I think it's still the less stressful option.
I'm not particularly happy with the blue one, my first effort, so think I will probably un-pick and re-do.
The predominantly grey one I started four time, and each time had to unravel approx. 8-10 rows and start all over again in my effort to count to two. I'm glad I did though, the combination of baby cable, cable and moss stitch has resulted in a really nice finish which is so soft (baby alpaca grey and wool/mohair light khaki).
My most recent effort is a woolen necklace. I'm not convinced the smaller bronze/grey circle doesn't look tacky but I think with some more experimentation, the necklaces could work out quite well.
I'm not particularly happy with the blue one, my first effort, so think I will probably un-pick and re-do.
The predominantly grey one I started four time, and each time had to unravel approx. 8-10 rows and start all over again in my effort to count to two. I'm glad I did though, the combination of baby cable, cable and moss stitch has resulted in a really nice finish which is so soft (baby alpaca grey and wool/mohair light khaki).
My most recent effort is a woolen necklace. I'm not convinced the smaller bronze/grey circle doesn't look tacky but I think with some more experimentation, the necklaces could work out quite well.
Web Design & HTML5
Last semester I did a great course in Web Design through the Grenadi School of Design in Melbourne. I come from a print background and web was way out of my comfort field, but now, I love it! Having a great teacher (Suzanne from Bluebicycle Designs) makes all the difference, her online lectures made things like html and css super easy to understand and we had a lot of fun along the way! I've now created a few different websites from scratch, and I'm really excited to create more.
This morning, on my week-daily browse of clients from hell, I came across this post about free-pitching (also this this blog from AGDA about Leo Burnett) which led me to a company called Topic Simple. And there, I found this great little animation explaining what exactly is HTML5. Enjoy!
This morning, on my week-daily browse of clients from hell, I came across this post about free-pitching (also this this blog from AGDA about Leo Burnett) which led me to a company called Topic Simple. And there, I found this great little animation explaining what exactly is HTML5. Enjoy!
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