http://www.threadless.com/ Thu, 31 May 2012 20:45:30 -0500 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:48:18 -0500 Fringe: on the edge, not part of the mainstream, alternativem, not conservative, unconventional.

My topic is 'edible at ikea', or 'fringe edibles festival'. Imagine yourself at ikea, but finding out that the furniture is not, in fact, furniture, but delicious edible yumminess...

But how do I change your perceptions of a chair?

I am so stuck :|]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 03:56:51 -0500


And in an update of my life, I just got back from picking up my marks, and I feel the need to gloat a little, because I can't reach my family to tell them how I went :P This semester I got
- 1 credit
- 2 distinctions
- 10 high distinctions
and I did not expect to get that many HD's! Worked really hard for it, so I'm so glad it paid off :) WOOOO

Also, I've been lurking in the shadows lately and not been very active on the blogs. I suck!]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 06:20:23 -0500 The left image is finished (had to be stable, conservative... But the second one is more difficult than I thought.

The brief says "create or source a single sentence statement of question that gives the object meaning. Stimulate the mind - with how the words we read changes the way we think about the object we see.

Stimulate the eye - with a bvisually dynamic partnership between image and text within the format.
A Dynamic and lively composition with a clear sense of movement.


But I keep on still making it balanced...

This is what I had first:


Suggested by lecturer:


Alternative idea:


What do you guys works best? Hints/tips?]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 08:01:15 -0500 WHO IS BEING SO LOVELY?

Allow me to send you (virtual) cake


cider


and lots of cups of coffee


in any order you might wish.

Thankyou! :D]]> Sat, 07 May 2011 22:30:41 -0500
It's weird that I'm not in my teens anymore now, yikes.]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 09:08:42 -0500

see, this looks fine on screen... but then when I print it it's got these white lines all through it... and Illustrator crashed without saving the file so I'm going to have to start from scratch, and I really can't be bothered (I should really save my stuff more often hey).

For some reason when I try to turn this into a pattern:

(when I'm actually selecting the repeating tile and everything)
it keeps on deleting the yellow things in the backrgound, and I have no idea why. I flattened the image, grouped it, tried random stuff, and it's just not working.

Any idea why?]]> Mon, 02 May 2011 07:52:16 -0500



I grew up in a house where there was always a pot of tea waiting. From when I was about 6, I would have a cup of tea with Mum at 3:30 and talk about how the day was at school, and there really weren't very many days when she wouldn't be sitting at the table with that comforting drink and a biscuit ready for me. As I got older and got home later and later that 'daily ritual' went off the radar for a while, but recently it returned – I'll always have a cup of tea with Mum (and Dad, when he's there) when I'm visiting.

Because of this, tea has become more than just a cup of hot water and some tea-leaves and spices – it represents, to me, my childhood and growing up, the comfort of my parents and family, and just a feeling of peace and relaxation.

Tea also connects to the ampersand – I spent countless days and nights curled up in a comfortable place with a good book. If I'm drinking tea now, I always want to read something, and I'd say that this is a direct result from that. I decided on the ampersand because I thought it was an appropriate symbol for my love of reading, which has always played a very important role in my life. I've always found '&' an intruiging and quite poetic sign, and I like the fact that it has a long history and has gone through so many changes through the ages. The word 'and' reminds me that there is always something more – things will always continue, change and evolve.

This design made me realise how nostalgic I can be, and I think it's definitely one of the aspects of me which I ended up communicating.


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This is at a stage where I'm really not sure if I should create my own ampersand, or go with the Hoefler Text Italics which I've got at the moment. I love the Hoefler Text ampersand, it's so elegant and classic, but I feel like I'm cheating by not creating my own...

The photo in the background is an out-of-focus photo of tealeaves and some spices. I like the atmosphere it gives it, but I'm not sure how strong the concept comes though like that (yet also don't know how obvious it needs to be)...

Any input? :)
]]> Mon, 02 May 2011 07:52:16 -0500



I grew up in a house where there was always a pot of tea waiting. From when I was about 6, I would have a cup of tea with Mum at 3:30 and talk about how the day was at school, and there really weren't very many days when she wouldn't be sitting at the table with that comforting drink and a biscuit ready for me. As I got older and got home later and later that 'daily ritual' went off the radar for a while, but recently it returned – I'll always have a cup of tea with Mum (and Dad, when he's there) when I'm visiting.

Because of this, tea has become more than just a cup of hot water and some tea-leaves and spices – it represents, to me, my childhood and growing up, the comfort of my parents and family, and just a feeling of peace and relaxation.

Tea also connects to the ampersand – I spent countless days and nights curled up in a comfortable place with a good book. If I'm drinking tea now, I always want to read something, and I'd say that this is a direct result from that. I decided on the ampersand because I thought it was an appropriate symbol for my love of reading, which has always played a very important role in my life. I've always found '&' an intruiging and quite poetic sign, and I like the fact that it has a long history and has gone through so many changes through the ages. The word 'and' reminds me that there is always something more – things will always continue, change and evolve.

This design made me realise how nostalgic I can be, and I think it's definitely one of the aspects of me which I ended up communicating.


-----

This is at a stage where I'm really not sure if I should create my own ampersand, or go with the Hoefler Text Italics which I've got at the moment. I love the Hoefler Text ampersand, it's so elegant and classic, but I feel like I'm cheating by not creating my own...

The photo in the background is an out-of-focus photo of tealeaves and some spices. I like the atmosphere it gives it, but I'm not sure how strong the concept comes though like that (yet also don't know how obvious it needs to be)...

Any input? :)
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This seed pod is cute


and I've wanted this tiny wishbone (in silver) for ages


what do you guys like? I'm thinking around the $30 mark... those ones were from Etsy.


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