The Matboard

Have you used The Matboard?  I've just started.  It is similar to Pinterest (which I really don't like using) but designed for creatives and encourages you to create your own portfolio board to share.

In their own words: "The Matboard is a social bookmarking hub for the creative world which will enable users to explore, share, and inspire creative work via two of the most compelling elements of social media: creative visual content and social media sharing capabilities. The Matboard will offer the creative world a digital platform from which they can connect with others based on their shared creative tastes and interests."

I've only created one board for the moment, embroidered illustrations, feel free to have a look.

Flexigon

I saw this video on Creative Mornings from Kelli Anderson (via Emma Dime) and was throughly inspired by her work.  In particular I liked her flexigon Christmas Card that she created.  I love paper and paper designs and all things folding and origami so flexigons really intrigue me.  I would love to have a go at creating one and found a couple of how-tos here and here.  Another one to add to my project list.



Image from Mathemagic.

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.

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.

Australian Design Biennale - Practice "The Network" via AGDA

via AGDA

The Internet Map

To help your Wednesday start better, check out this internet map. Makes me want to study maths (but not really).

Type Connection Game

A great way to procrastinate - playing a typogaphic game here at type connection. Via How Interactive Design.

Drawing This Love

Do you want to draw one frame in an upcoming filmclip?? Bright Knight's song 'This Love' is currently being turned into a film clip and if you want to, you can colour/draw/whatever one frame. Go to http://www.drawingthislove.com/ and sign up to download you're frame. There is also a clip of what's already been down and it looks pretty awesome. I signed up this afternoon and got frame 795 - wonder what I'm going to do?? Check out the promo clip below...



and the progress so far...

Etsy Round Up for February

Here are all the latest things I've been coveting on etsy...

Rachel's Studio - Watercolour paintings of animals (Read: kittens) with custom requests available

Get Bent Metal -  Check out this awesome Octopus Lamp!

Lenny Mud - Oversized Moustache Soup Mug - says it all really!

Sweet Perversion - Their 'Kill them with Kittens' poster (as opposed to kindness) is pretty cool (and disturbing) but I do love stationery so!

Tangentine - Cancer Constellation Pendant.  (Please note that while I LOVE astronomy I have no time for astrology but this uber-cute necklace ticks the first box for me :)

Handz - Pirate Love Poster (and what's not to love about this)

And that's all for now :)

American Apparel

Loving the American Apparel online au store.  I really want this dress!

Things I love

The Design Files - check out this great Melbourne home!

I really want to see 'An Education' check out this blog about it.

UPPERCASE magazine

The Fitzroy Markets  - yeah I'll be in town when they are on!

all of this movie is done with cgi - totally amazing.

and... Melbourne Tram cushions!

Emily Henson shares her home

Found this great post about Emily Henson's home over at Design Sponge.  I love her colour use and she is so brave painting her floorboards white!  It does look great though, I hate our beige carpet, it makes everything look, well, beige.  I think that I want to change the carpet, but probably not in the next year.  I think a dark grey maybe, like my mum's place.  I do love the grey and hate the beige.

Charlotte Gainsbourg - new music

Charlotte Gainsbourg has a new album out called IRM which I'm finding to be pleasantly wonderful.  Listen to excepts at her website here.

More book jacket awesomeness

Check out this other post I found at Icoeye.

Isn't it just the coolest thing you've ever seen.  They even supply the pdf to download to try for yourself.  Now to organise my books by width.

i love makool

Makool loves you is a boutique in Oregon which I'll probably never visit (living on the other side of the world) but thank goodness they do online orders.  I'm a big fan of the gemaal (dress) and the melee (skirt).

FFFFound

Stumbled across FFFFound and it's beautiful images.  Hope these will brighten your day.

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Doesn't that feel better?

Apartment Inspiration

Just fell in love with this post over at decor8 blog called 'Rooms of Blooms'.  There is so much white in all the spaces which is something I would really like to achieve at our place, its just beige.  I also appreciate the use of pink without an overwhelming sense of girlyness but I don't think Steve would agree somehow.

And I so want wallpaper, beautiful, beautiful wallpaper like this one at Signature Prints (Blueprints Collection) but somehow I think that horses fall into the girly basket as well, oh well.

Word Tattoo

I'm always umping and ahing about my next tattoo and have considered getting words done but always struggle with the 'what'.  Don't really know why I would get 'float' tattooed on my neck but I do love the lettering and I'm sure it would have meaning for the tattooee.

The Catorialist-yep you heard right!

Found this awesome blog over at for me, for you.  This one is titled, 'On the Street....That Coat(!), Mexico City'.  I know I love cats but maybe even a non-cat lover could still find this interesting.  The Catorialist is here.

I {heart} tea

How much do I want these tea bags from Yanko Designs.  I wonder if they ship to Oz...

via The Morale Agency.