Two of my many lovely design-related Christmas presents were sets of stamps from Yellow Owl Workshop all the way from San Francisco. I supplemented them with an alphabet set from Muji and immediately got to work making my thank you cards. I’m really proud of them, but credit must go to Yellow Owl Workshop for the beautifully designed and made stamps.
Category: here’s one I made earlier
Confessions of a Design Geek
here's one I made earlier :: a nice cup of tea
Inspired by Kirstie’s Homemade Home and an increasing cynicism about the annual Christmas cycle of shopping-presents-landfill, I decided to get crafty and make my own Christmas presents this year.
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: mini diana
Apparently there are 10 Golden Rules to lomography, which we tried to follow on our first outing with Diana, which took us to Hawaii and San Francisco (and somewhat reluctantly; back to London).
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: glass painting
There really are a lot of geeky design people out there and one of the wonderful things about the London Design Festival is how it brings us all together.
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: the print block
I made a t-shirt! Well, technically, I just decorated it, but either way it was a lot of fun. The Print Block in Whitstable were running an open day as part of the Whitstable Oyster Festival and offering the chance to make screen printed t-shirts.
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: bathroom mood board
This is a moodboard for the bathroom project; to design a luxury bathroom for a male client’s art deco house for use by him and his girlfriend
Confessions of a Design Geek
here’s one I made earlier :: colour matching
Happiness and fulfilment psychologist Csikszentmihalyi argues that true happiness comes from being in ‘a flow’; being fully involved in learning and developing our skills to overcome meaningful challenges, and I must say; I agree!