I took a sneaky snap of a stylish looking person while having a morning coffee, and then, because I enjoyed her look so much, I spent my Making Friday studio time doing a whole heap of little sketches and paintings inspired by that snap. And this is exactly why I called one of my Pinterest …
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Making Friday: Why good style is generosity
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Making Friday: Snakes!
Honestly, I don’t know why this is happening, but I keep drawing, weaving and printing snake motifs. Someone said it’s a symbol for change, so I’ll go with that. The snake at the top of this post is one I made at Baobab Batik when I was there in April with Ace Camps. He’s pretty …
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Making Friday: Old habits and new designs
Whenever I end up in my Think Tank on Making Friday without a proper idea of what I’d like to get done, I seem to do the same thing: I fill up a page with regular brush marks that look like multiple openings, or windows in a big building. It’s relaxing, and makes me feel like I’m …
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Making Friday: Getting organised
I started sorting through my piles of sketchbooks last week, categorising images, ideas and inspiration pics. It feels like that time of year, doesn’t it? If you’re interested, I’ve started a Tumblr page where I’ve been posting pics of my sketches and other side projects. Take a look here
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Sketches in the Sunday Times
While attending the Design Indaba Conference at the end of February, I took notes and sketched each presenter, to remind me of who was who. It’s three days of awesome speakers (amongst themThomas Heatherwick! Stefan Sagmeister! Naoto Fukasawa!) but no matter how brilliant, it can be easy to forget who said what. During the conference, …
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Sketching at the Design Indaba
I have splashed out MAJORLY and bought myself a mini-sabbatical / a ticket to the Design Indaba Conference. I spent today at the CTICC listening to an amazing array of speakers (including Paula Scher, Seymour Chwast and Alexander Chen! See the full lineup here), and will continue to bask in the super-inspiring presence of other …
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