We're coming back.

Not in a hurry, and not with any great ceremony, but we're coming.

Watch. This. Space.

And this one: www.materialist.com.au

Telling The Time

I defer to the original text found here by artist Louie Rigano:

About-Time is a clock that challenges our power of perception and intuition. Featuring a constantly changing composition, through both color and form, it invites us to view the idea of time from a fresh perspective. Three translucent circles, each one's size equivalent to the corresponding hand of traditional clocks, pivot atop a larger white circle. The location of the circles' outer most points refer to the time. Traditional clocks, utilizing written numbers, rely on reading the information. This clock relies solely on visual information in the form of varying colors and shapes. Time is manifested into a new and purely visual language.

Tart and Tingling In All The Right Places

Just found this 'Soda' print at I Need Nice Things which purports to make 'contemporary art collectable [and] affordable'.  I love it and want it for the now naked walls of the spare room as it begins it's new career as a kid's room.  Only problem is I need to pick two others from the site so that I can hang them all together in a delectable little trio.  This one's going to require the opinion/collaboration of my co-pilot.

Man Vs Wild As Seen From Above

Alex MacLean takes beautiful photos whilst hanging out the window of small aeroplanes... as he pilots them!!  The results are breathtaking and, better yet... are available to view on his site.

My first experience of photographs like this was at an open air exhibition of 'The World From Above' on the lawns of the Eiffel Tower in about 2002 (oh yes... I've travelled, don't you know), and I was particularly fascinated with the images of the irrigation circles that marked Texas farmland.  Alex MacLean provides me with the same wonder but at the same time seems to have a different approach to composition which takes the images beyond documentary/landscape shots into the world of abstract... and shit.

Knitted Ephemera

They're not the most useful things on earth, but if street signs can get a knitted makeover, why can't strollers get a little more personal?  Buggy Socks as seen on Swiss Miss.

Eep... I think my bump is going to my head!  I promise I won't make a habit of this cootchee cootchee coo stuff... but I cannot make the same promise about knitted uselessness.

It's a Jug, It's a Cup...

Moringa by Jodja... a beautiful way to keep oneself hydrated.

Not much more to say on that right now because I am tired and have balloon feet.

Interested in Pinterest

E-Stairs via Notcot

Just a post by way of apology for not a lot of blog action lately, but I've discovered Pinterest which is SUCH an easy way to 'bookmark' things I like... and you can find it/me here.  I'll be back to my ol' blogging self shortly (I hope), but take a squizz at the lovely things I like and other people like over at Pinterest.

I'm Going To Need More Lego

Realistically, I'm a few years off a new kitchen... and perhaps that means with some eBay dedication I just might be able to collect enough lego to create a kitchen bench like this.  Or a splashback!  How awesome would a lego splashback be?

Found on my new favourite blog: http://www.davison.com/... here

Having A Yarn

Might need to get my personal knitting fairy to make me something like these bangles from Elinor Voytal... or I could just buy them here.  But jaysus... they certainly are pricey at 85 quid per bangle.

Via Trend Hunter (I think)

Match....Books?

I sometimes pretend to myself that I can understand German.  I cannot say the same for French.

I THINK these are matchbox-sized books created by artists.  I don't think there are any real matches involved.  I think they are nice.  I think a French-speaker would know more.

Via Notcot, but here is the 'Site Officiel' of the Matchboox.

High On A (Cork) Hill Was a Lonely Goatherd

I wish memos to myself were as grand and noble as 'Save the Forest'.  Then again, if you find yourself forgetting your once held resolve for conservation, methinks environmentalism is not for you.

This Mountain Bulletin Board came via Holy Cool via Design 3000 (bookmarked, added to favourites) and I like it.

Wind Tunnel

There's something bewitching about this video from Dyson.  However, i'm pretty sure that the ownership of one of these fans really is the very definition of 'disposable income'.

Enigma Wrapped In a Mystery Interlocking With A Book

THIS is why hardcover books aren't redundant.  Sure, they make my arm ache to hold 'em up at night, but would a paperback make such a striking sculpture?  There's something a little big 'everlasting gobstopper' about this fella (that's one for Willy Wonka fans).

Via Notcot and the Triangulation Blog, sculpture by Gareth Spor.

Verdict: Book Art or Book Butchery?

Butterfly Painting Sans Butterfly

I want to do this.  Clearly on a much smaller scale and with many fewer litres of paint... but I want to do it.

Found on [BB-Blog]

Cushions for Town Mouse

I've just entered a competition on Bloesom to win this beautiful book by Christine Schmidt on printing techniques and ideas... but I've added it to my Amazon wishlist too, just in case my wit and charm don't persuade the judge/s of my worthiness to win. 

While I hate being accused of 'nesting', I AM starting to think about how to make the spare room a little less 'spare' and a little more kid, and I love the idea of a little urban diorama created from cushions for my little town mouse.

Verdict: Ctrl P or Ctrl X?

Coffee 'Table'

'Nuff said. 

Found here... photos from some lucky blogger's home, I think.

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

This is just a lovely website that celebrates typography in a whole new way.  And it's not selling anything.

A Pictorial Summary A Career

Ten years ago I was obsessed with the 8-Bit images of musical groups called Minipops, now apparently available as an iphone app - go on... take a look... and I'll see you back here in twenty minutes. 

These art prints by Derek Eads (via holycool.net) are somewhat reminiscent and I like 'em.

Verdict: Lost in Translation or Meatballs? (huh?)

Ice Ice Baby

I've been through every single ice cube shape offered by IKEA and have found a major flaw in living with silicone ice trays: you have to be pretty coordinated not to wear their liquid contents as you manoeuvre from sink to freezer.  

Ice Lotus is a functional improvement, giving a bit of structure and a handy ice storage container all in one.  And I like it.

Verdict: Frosty reception or warm reception?

Panting For Pantone

I love green and I love that I own a vintage pantone fan deck for colour perving whenever the mood takes me.

What I don't love is that the genii behind iPhone cases seem to have only started flexing their creative muscles since the iPhone 4 came out, leaving us iPhone 3 owners to suffer in our obsolesence.  Find them at Case Scenario

Verdict: Panting or Pants Down?