Animation for the El Perro del Mar song God Knows (You gotta give to get)

This is the best animation I have seen in ages!

Directed by Åsa Arnehed. Animated by Åsa Arnehed, Olle Söderström and Malin Rosenqvist.

Alex Hellum

Alex Hellum is a furniture and product design company based in Hertford, UK. I love their design ethos ‘ …observation, utility and honest use of materials’.

www.alexhellum.com

wilkintie

carly hargreaves and niels oeltjen of wilkintie say…

‘The illustration we came in contact with as youngsters shaped our lives and we wanted to create something for today’s children that infuses their lives with the same inspiration and joy that we experienced back then. We also recognise that we are part of a community of grown-ups who love the imagination, whimsy and joy of illustration for children.’

I think I am part of that ‘community of grown-ups’ too!

http://wilkintie.com/

I really like the illustrations by Chamo from France.

What a nice suprise!

Thank you so much Luce at foldedsheet for the excellent 2009 planner - it’s even better in real life! Now I can really start planning all those creative things to do next year!

screen printed cards

We’ve been busy screen printing some cards using illustrations I made of plants in my garden. Here is a picture of our first round of prints. I have been experimenting with mixing my own colours this time- instead of just using ink straight from the pot! I think the buttery yellow is my favourite so far.

Alexander Ortlieb - ideen in holz (ideas in wood)

being a little eco chic I just fell in love with these beautifully crafted wooden products by Alexander Ortlieb from germany…

http://www.ortlieb-bernau.de/

present and correct

P & C have a great range of new hand made and vintage stationery sourced from around the world. It is so great to see such nice and happy designs.

http://www.presentandcorrect.com/index.php

heath ceramics

ooh, really excellent ceramics! I love the organic lines and natural colours of these Stack mugs by Heath Ceramics. You know what I’ll be asking for this Christmas…

http://www.heathceramics.com/go/heath/

foldedsheet design+research

“Foldedsheet develop, design and produce innovative publications that visually ‘map’ information.

In the digital age our range of paper based planning tools and mappazines offer an alternative medium for presenting and documenting data, knowledge, thoughts, ideas, facts, figures and stories.”

 http://foldedsheet.wordpress.com/

futurelab

this studio is focused on using new technology as a teaching aid and ‘transforming the way people learn through innovative technology and practice’…

http://www.futurelab.org.uk/