design | zumtobel + anish kapoor

zumtobel, an innovative austrian lighting company commissioned anish kapoor and brighten the corners to design their two part annual report for 2012. the first part is purely typographic, and completely in 8pt courier! and it sits along side the second part which is pure colour, taken from anish kapoor’s video ‘wounds and absent objects.‘ the results are completely awesome…

you can see the entire report here. this post doesn’t really do it justice, it looks completely amazing in print, almost mesmerising. it’s my favourite, i love it. also, that video is totally worth checking out if you haven’t seen it before.

right… sooooo much homework to do this weekend, better get back to it! hope you’re all having a lovely weekend!

slovenia

it’s taken me a while to sort through my pictures of our trip to slovenia a few weeks back, and even longer to post them. but better late than never eh? it feels like ages ago now though, so it’s actually really lovely to look back through them…

ljubljana was super laid back and relaxed, and absolutely tiny! but full of beautiful old colourful houses, cobbled streets, riverside cafes and lovely old churches and cathedrals. the view from the castle was wonderful and you could see out of the city to the snow covered alps! lake bled was gorgeous too, despite being pretty cloudy when we arrived, it’s still an incredibly calm and beautiful place surrounded by some seriously lovely countryside! it’s such a pretty little city, and was perfect for the relaxing break we were after.

all photos by me, taken on both iphone 5 and panasonic lumix g10.

designer | lotta nieminen

yet another designer whose work i have discovered recently and loved. i feel like i am being flooded with amazing inspiration at the moment! lotta nieminen is a graphic designer and illustrator from helisinki, but she now lives in new york. her portfolio is super impressive and diverse, and her website is lovely too!

i love these designs, and did you know that sisällys is finnish for contents?! yep.

right now

we’re just back in london after a lovely weekend with friends and the most super cute baby, ever. it was fun and relaxing. but things have been very busy. work, catch ups with friends, college and house hunting, argh! and my teux deux list is getting longer, and i might be a little behind on my homework. eeek. but it hasn’t happened much, and i figure i can’t get all of it done all of the time. come may though i think i’m really going to have to knuckle down and put my all into this course before i graduate. anyway, just wanted to check in and say hi. i’m so glad spring has finally decided to arrive! there is blossom everywhere, and that definitely makes me happy! hope you all had lovely weekends. x

photo taken on my iphone in london this week.

moodboard | dreamy hazy

well i’m back from lovely slovenia, it was such a nice break, and i feel pretty refreshed! i booked the rest of this week off work though to get in some serious design homework time, so i’m stuck back in already. it’s nice to start again on something fresh though… i’m about to start working on a magazine design for the ipad, and now that i’ve got my moodboards sorted, i’m pretty excited about it! this is one of the moodboards, it’s pretty dreamy and hazy and i kinda love it, possibly my favourite so far!

hopefully it won’t be long before i’m back to share some pics of slovenia, in the meantime though there are a few over on my instagram.

all images can be found on my pinterest.

designer | les graphiquants

i keep seeing the work of les graphiquants, a paris based design studio popping up here and there and i keep thinking ooooooooh i really like that. and i do, i reeeally like their work. it is sooo nice.

i love the layouts and use of space, the gorgeous stylised typography and simple colour palettes. it’s fabulous and fun and their website is also really well designed, and very clickable!

i have a week off design school coming up, so i’m off for a break in slovenia tomorrow. it looks like it’s going to be almost as cold as it is here, but i’m so super excited about a few days away. i’ll be back soon with lots of photos i’m sure!

bits + bobs

morning light in the living room (postcard from the seventy tree) | st paul’s cathedral in a rare bit of sunshine | shopping in islington on a rainy day with my sisters | crazy weather, spring snow | a papercut project i’ve been working on at college recently.

woah, my iphone5 and vscocam really has been my go to camera lately. it’s about time i finally treated myself to a new lens and started using my slr a bit more!

as usual i’m off to dorset for the long weekend, it is going to be bitterly cold this year but hopefully we’ll get a bit of sunshine! hope you all have lovely easter weekends! x