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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Sketches in the Sunday Times
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One way to choose an outfit…
Messing around in my studio at the end of Monday afternoon, I made a drawing of a lady I’d spotted at the supermarket earlier, then cut away her dress, just for fun. And look at what happened next… OMG, she’s wearing the same outfit as I am! Chilly minimalism, anyone? At the supermarket, there’s plenty …
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Illustration: Tokyo-inspired prints for Sketchbook Series
My sketchbooks are filled with drawings and ideas, many of which never become patterns or designs on fabric. Last year, I launched the Sketchbook Series of high-quality giclée prints, so that I could allow some of my sketches to see the light of day. After returning from Tokyo last year, I added three more prints …
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Making Friday: 15 November
Actually, after such a looooong break from my Making Friday routine, I’m planning to have an entire Making Week (or more!). I have an ‘away’ message on my email, and I’m doing my best to get my teeth into a new collection of prints. Of course, before I began, I first had to pull and push every …
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Sketchbook Series
Anyone who follows my Instagram feed will see that occasionally I post snaps from the pages of my sketchbook. It’s been nice having somewhere to share my sketches, as I do a lot of drawing, most of which just stayed closed up in whichever notebook I happen to have to hand at the time. Recently, …
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Coincidences & Pots
For a while I’ve been drawing lots and lots of pots. I’ve been pinning them to my Vessels board on Pinterest, I bought a lot of bowls and tea bowls from our friend Steve Shapiro a while back, and I really enjoyed my visit to the Potters’ Market earlier this year. It seems I’ve got …
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Cats, shoes & vintage dishes
I’m always doodling and sketching, usually whatever is right in front of me, which is probably a little revealing of who I am. Lately, I put together some of my sketches to make a couple of postcards, and it would appear that I draw a lot of pictures of dishes and pots around the house, …
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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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Drawing elegant people
I’ve been drawing a lot on the weekends, and had the best time on Sunday last week, when I scrolled through The Sartorialist, selecting interesting pics of people to draw. I know it’s not the same as drawing real people, but I enjoyed it so much. Each image below is linked through to the original …
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