what did we try not to do

This project THIS YEAR I WILL TRY NOT TO was created by Elliot Scott and Christopher Doyle (two designers I didn't previously know but will now be watching out for) in an attempt to defy the popularity of certain trends on the internet and challenge themselves as designers to do new things. To not just give in to what people are comfortable with and like.


Wholly admirable and I love it for it's truth, humor and the creator's abilities to make fun of themselves. I also feel kind of shamed because even though I recognize the need to break down the typical and expand our collective comfort bubbles...I still love the things that this publication (in a very manifesto way) declares avoidance of.


And I particularly like it when designers include their process (you can view the video on their site, but not embed). It's 28 pages printed on newsprint stock - only 1000 copies and for sale for AUD $10.00 (but plus $5 for shipping to the US)

what did we photograph

two part post: inspiration & inspired.

CADE MARTIN

cade martin is an absolutely incredible photographer. these four images here are of his photos of the washington ballet reinterpreting the nutcracker and peter pan (and perhaps other such stories) for his photographs. and they're amazing. i should say less so you can look at them more.

found link to from devin castro



as i mentioned in the post below, i have restarted using my tumblr. and if you read the post below that one, you'll know i also just came back from LA. so that would be the two facts to know about me before you continue reading this post. and then it all makes sense.


i've lately been very fond of my dslr (canon xti 450D) and very happy to just pick it up at random and try to take a photo, even if this most often just takes place in my room...and the subject matter tends to be either typography, food or myself. i think i want to be good at photography and part of my brain is convinced that isn't where my talent lies. i'm aware of what i'm capable of and what i excel in and photography may be more of a hobby for me than something i can really push myself in.

all the same i am inspired.

what did we ASPIRE

cd packaging for alexandre navarro - album title "arcane" by buero ink
via graphic exchange

this is so gorgeous.

i want to make this.

i want to have thought of this.

why is it that these sites are always so inspirational and simultaneously
so depressing and still we strive and strive and push ourselves to be?

(question without an answer)

countdown: 30 hours to LA

what did we derive inspiration from: patterns

tonight's images of inspiration or surfing: patterns. featuring some of my own photos on my new dslr (still playing with it) and looks from matthew williamson and erdem.

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matthew williamson - autumn 09 collection


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more of matthew williamson autum 09 collection


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erdem fall 2009 RTW


erdem fall 2008 RTW


erdem spring 2008 RTW


erdem 2010 RST

what did we derive inspiration from: THE SELBY

(krysten ritter)




(peaches, bunny and lily)

all of this post's images come from
the selby
which is a website that "features photos, paintings, and videos by todd selby of interesting people and their creative spaces"
the people and places featured and photographed mostly come from new york, london, paris, milan, sydney...and a range of other places as well

each photoshoot is unique - gorgeous, aesthetic, perfectly shot, countless images; each person is different - intriguing, inspring, talented; each studio, store, apartment, area, space...is amazing and makes you wish you could visit each of them, that it might be yours for a day or a week or that you could live there, work there, share the space with the creative genius who inhabits it.

i have a desktop full of saved images to stare at and stare at and flip through and the site is worth daily clicking and perusal. the photos here are a fragment! i loved bella howard and rosa connell's place especially. (people are often photographed a lot but i felt it appropriate somehow to include mostly non-people images here in this post (cept one))

oh to know these people, to create my own such space, to be as inspired.




(julia roitfeld)


(bella howard and rosa connell)

what did we derive inspiration from: gregoire alexandre + david byun

i am not usually so ADD and all over the place but i think i might just want to put images up as...inspiration posts. so we'll give it a try. today's post turns out to be about two photographers that i fail to have words to adequately express my......this is where my brain comes up with nothing and i can only look and look and look.....

todays image overload begins with 5 of gregoire alexandre's amazing photos. his portfolio (all of it) is absolutely worth your time to click completely through. and then do it again. i want to print out all of his photos and plaster them on walls around me.





(di: how is it i was not even aware your packing images came from this stunning photographer and yet halfway around the world we manage to frequent the same things?)


another amazing photographer david byun who is pretty much brilliant at everything: beauty, fashion, editorial, conceptual, advertisement...is represented around the world and has done a multitude of W covers plus vogue covers. his portfolio IS my inspiration post. so go there. what are you doing here looking at these five images still?

(images: not sure of 1st, 2nd and 3rd of magdalena in W, 4th and 5th of agyness in W)






oof. would like a nice color printer plus hi-res images.

what did we FEEL INSPIRED: DESIGN MILK

DESIGN MILK

art, architecture and design blog as recommended to me by linda (yay linda!) interesting posts about a whole variety of clever, well done design objects, people, places, concepts. good for web surfing to find more sites to surf and hopefully stumble upon things that really make an impression.

some things i found while flipping through...


BRETT MANNING

IN SYNC DESIGN (jewelry)


BEN REINGOLD


ANTIGRAPHIC


THE SHINY SQUIRREL (NICOLE LICHT)
the brooklyn design mart (one of the designers)

just a little bit of the many many posts. the archive goes back to july 2006 three years ago! categories include "art" "architecture" "home furnishings" "news and events" "style and fashion" "technology"

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