Category Archives: ANIMALIA

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Tropical POP and you don’t STOP.

Today is International Colour Day and I can’t imagine a better way to celebrate it than bringing your attention to the third in the Throwback series (and a little behind schedule, sorry) recollecting inspiration and greatness from my recent Australian trip. Today’s post showcases Tracey Lester’s

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Tropical POP and you don’t STOP.

Today is International Colour Day and I can’t imagine a better way to celebrate it than bringing your attention to the third in the Throwback series (and a little behind schedule, sorry) recollecting inspiration and greatness from my recent Australian trip. Today’s post showcases Tracey Lester’s

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Colourful creature feature.

Berlin based artists Julian Charriere and Julius Von Bismarck have been colour bombing Venice’s least favourite attraction, the pigeons during the current Venice Architecture Biennale, entitled Common Ground. The project “Some pigeons are more equal than others” is their colourful

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Colourful creature feature.

Berlin based artists Julian Charriere and Julius Von Bismarck have been colour bombing Venice’s least favourite attraction, the pigeons during the current Venice Architecture Biennale, entitled Common Ground. The project “Some pigeons are more equal than others” is their colourful

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Sounds like WOW.

Bed-ridden as I was yesterday due to flu infections, I came across Nick Cave and his sonic Soundsuits created from mixed media and mostly found objects, thus providing much joy for my hours as horizontal. Chicago based artist, dancer and admirer

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Sounds like WOW.

Bed-ridden as I was yesterday due to flu infections, I came across Nick Cave and his sonic Soundsuits created from mixed media and mostly found objects, thus providing much joy for my hours as horizontal. Chicago based artist, dancer and admirer

ANIMALIA

Animal UP.

Man’s best friends add fun and spunk to your home and frankly I’m obsessed. At todays count I am sharing my studio with 1 giraffe, 14 zebras, 2 donkeys, 1 horse, 3 chickens, 2 roosters, 5 sea anemones, 1 pig,

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Animal UP.

Man’s best friends add fun and spunk to your home and frankly I’m obsessed. At todays count I am sharing my studio with 1 giraffe, 14 zebras, 2 donkeys, 1 horse, 3 chickens, 2 roosters, 5 sea anemones, 1 pig,

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the finnish line.

Bored by what’s on offer from New York Fashion Week currently – they just don’t run wild with colour and print like the London and European designers do. In my hunt for riotous print I decided to revisit famed Finnish illustrator

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the finnish line.

Bored by what’s on offer from New York Fashion Week currently – they just don’t run wild with colour and print like the London and European designers do. In my hunt for riotous print I decided to revisit famed Finnish illustrator

larva art.

Caddis fly larvae are known to incorporate bits of whatever they can find into their cocoons, be it fish bone or bits of leaves. Hubert Duprat gave them gold, turquoise, gems and pearls – the images below show the jewel-tastic collaboration

larva art.

Caddis fly larvae are known to incorporate bits of whatever they can find into their cocoons, be it fish bone or bits of leaves. Hubert Duprat gave them gold, turquoise, gems and pearls – the images below show the jewel-tastic collaboration

right timing rhino.

the second in maximo riera‘s animal-tastic chair series is the fierce ‘rhino chair’, more of a throne in my eyes but equally as beautifully designed and constructed as the ‘octopus chair’ that i blogged about earlier. precise timing too from

right timing rhino.

the second in maximo riera‘s animal-tastic chair series is the fierce ‘rhino chair’, more of a throne in my eyes but equally as beautifully designed and constructed as the ‘octopus chair’ that i blogged about earlier. precise timing too from

chickens rule the roost + retail too.

i have been bragging about my love of the chicken here for sometime now – an animal obsession that came from the collecting of organic + free-range eggs at my evil stepsister’s (not evil at all really) where she hen-houses a

chickens rule the roost + retail too.

i have been bragging about my love of the chicken here for sometime now – an animal obsession that came from the collecting of organic + free-range eggs at my evil stepsister’s (not evil at all really) where she hen-houses a

tune in and bug-out.

from one part of the world to another designers continue to be inspired by the natural world and this time round they have been turned on by none other than bugs and insects of all sorts. the matriarch of conceptual

tune in and bug-out.

from one part of the world to another designers continue to be inspired by the natural world and this time round they have been turned on by none other than bugs and insects of all sorts. the matriarch of conceptual

carnival art is smart.

i have become fascinated with the fabulously folkloric carnival art i have discovered on firstdibs – my new port of call for research and inspiration. the saturated hues, bright lights, bold text and abundance of animals naively portrayed in this

carnival art is smart.

i have become fascinated with the fabulously folkloric carnival art i have discovered on firstdibs – my new port of call for research and inspiration. the saturated hues, bright lights, bold text and abundance of animals naively portrayed in this