Every year, our studio makes a couple of ENORMOUSLY useful OVERSIZED year calendars to use for our in-house planning. This year, these A2 sized calendars are not only designed to organise, but also to inspire our team around our 2019 theme, which is… Seriously, Have a Good Day. “Have a Good Day” is one of those …
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2019 Wall Calendar
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Perks of the work
Aww, look at what long-term Skinny laMinx friend @strikkstrikk posted on Instagram of a tea towel design that’s so old, I can’t even remember its name (help?), but it’s great to see that it’s still going strong, and looking good. Not long after, on my own post about the last few metres of Eep! (now completely sold …
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Bonsai or vine
Are you the guy with shears, or the encouraging string?
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Skinnylaminxenstein: It’s the Small things Part 2
If you’ve read Part 1 of this post, you’ll know that I’ve got a bit of an issue with plastic waste, and it’s been bothering me for a long time that my business has been contributing to the problem on a daily basis. We’ve been using a plastic tagging gun for years! It’s quick, easy …
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Making Friday: Keeping it Weird
I don’t know what’s up with me and ceramics these days. I’ve been making some things I really have mixed feelings about once they’re out of the kiln, but I have a total blast while making them. This one happened on Monday night, when I was shaping the largest pot I’ve ever built, and ended …
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Dreaming
I’ve been re-reading this book by Tokuhiko Kise and Hiromi Karatsu of Truck Furniture, which tells the story of how this couple dreamed up and built their home / workshop / showroom / restaurant / garden in Osaka, Japan. It’s an inspiring read, as their motivations are so simple – all about living a good, rich, …
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Sharing the load
Behind the scenes at the Skinny laMinx Lookbook shoot, as well as some thoughts on who is good at what.
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Planning with moodboards
Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, newsletters, blogs… there are so many messages that we put out there every week, and making sure that all these communication channels tell the same story requires a ton of good planning. I thought I’d get practical in this Skinnylaminxenstein post, and share our planning trick for integrating all these communications: We send out a weekly colour-and-product mood …
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Stakeholders vs shareholders
I don’t know much about BCorps, but I like what I see so far.
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