Astronomy

I'm obsessing over Astronomy at the moment, in particular artistic representations, especially old ones. One of my favourite things to do is to see the Saturday night live show at the Brisbane Planetarium (incidentally Brisbane was named for Sir Thomas Brisbane who was a keen astronomer and built Australia's first observatory).
Here are some of my current favourite finds.

Lunar Calendar, Full Moon Poster, Tromp L'Oeil Floor Mat, and Moon Phase Pillows, all from Urban Outfitters.

Bad Astronomy Blog

19th Century Astronomy Illustrations from Web Odysseum:

Illustration of our solar system from the Chandra X-ray Observatory:

Navigating by the stars tattoo:

And finally, I checked out some books from the Library, 'Observing the Heavens' by Peter Hood from 1951 and 'Atlas of the Universe' by BR Ernst and TJE de Vries from 1961.

Dumb Ways To Die

Loving this black-humour, train-safety campaign from Metro Trains in Melbourne.  It's very catchy (and hopefully effective)!

Pattern Wednesday #4

I'm currently doing a Making A Pattern class over at Nicole's Classes for a bit of fun and it brush up on my Illustrator skills. This is the random repeat pattern I created for Week 1:

I used the 'How to Draw a Pug' tutorial from Gemma Correll.

This is the geometrical pattern I created for Week 2:

Next pattern challenge will be a damask, eek!

Photos of Women in War

I found this lovely photo blog post from Lark About featuring photos of women in WWII.  I love looking at photos from another time, there always seems to be so much story behind them.

Bookplates

A while ago Benign Objects posted some links to free bookplates, both from their site and also from Besotted Brand.  Make sure you also check out the other free downloads listed on the Benign Objects site.

via How About Orange

Pana Chocolate Design

Following yesterday's post about Pana Chocolate, I've found a lovely review of the design/packaging here.  The design is by Porsha Marais and the rest of her portfolio can be found here.

PANA CHOCOLATE

I have recently begun the transition from being a vegetarian to vegan and while shopping at my local Mrs Flannerys, I came across Pana Chocolate.  It has the most amazing texture, really creamy and the packaging is just beautiful.  The attention to detail is really fantastic, from the silver embossing on the  box to the motifs imprinted on the chocolate itself.  

Pattern Wednesday #3

I cam across Ashley Goldberg's patterns on Emma Dime and fell in love with them. Aren't they gorgeous?

Her patterns on flickr can be found here and here.  While linking through to her blog, Kitty Genius, and Etsy store, I realised that I had already seen her work, her poster 'You Me and the Cat' is a favourite of mine (and can be found on her Etsy store and on my Svpply).

Snood Lovin

Snood loving from TOAST.  Best mustard colour.

Brisbane City Guide

I love my city and anything that promotes it.  A Brisbane (Mini) City Guide was published at The Design Files.  It is very Valley/New Farm centric but still a list of wonderful places!

There a definitely a few places I would add in this area (Tippler's Tap for a start, review here) but it is a mini guide.  Maybe I should do one of my own :)

Jobs at Penguin

Normally job applications are the impressive part, this time it is the job ad.

More Book Covers

Speaking of book covers, An Archive of Book Cover Designs and Designers can be found here.  Great inspiration for a Thursday afternoon.

Pattern Wednesday #2

I've been bookmarking lots of patterns recently.  Here is a new pattern collection I've found by Lauren Harrison.  So many good pattern resources and inspiration to be found.

Banthapug

This is so awesome, speaks to the sci-fi fan and animal lover in me.

Real Book Titles

College Humour has made 'honest movie title' posts for the past few years (2010, 2011, and 2012), which are a laugh, but I came across one for books, better book titles.  This one is my favourite, makes me think about the book covers I have on my bookshelf.

via A Cup Of Jo.

Pattern Inspiration

Imogen Heath has some beautiful textiles.  I love her use of patterns, especially this one.

Image via Imogen Heath.

Neon Polka Dot Tote Tutorial

A love a quick and fun project.  This tutorial can be be found over here at Say Yes To Hoboken.

Image via Say Yes To Hoboken.

Moss Graffiti

This post about creating graffiti in moss from Crafting a Green World is just beautiful!  It's worth having a look at the instructions on their blog, it seems quite easy.  I would be interested in trying it on a flat rock, it could be quite a novel branding idea.

Image via Crafting a Green World.

Wooden Bowls

Loving these Wooden Salad Bowls by Wind and Willow Home.  Added to my SVPPLY.

Who am I?

I love my cat, he does the best Zoolander impressions :)

T2

I love the teas at T2 (and the teapots and tea cups).  They have just started stocking a new range of teapots by MUD.  There out of my price range (and I already have too many teapots), but they're so beautiful to look at.

Image from T2.