Louis Reith } maps and mountains
I’m quite surprised at myself for not writing about maps before…. I frigging love maps. I love a good key. I love a detailed relief. I’m the map girl on holidays and have been caught in a trance on Google Earth more than twice. And it seems Louis Reith knows what I’m talkin’ about. He [...]
4 non plant pots… with plants
French artists Aurélien Arbet and Jérémie Egry aren’t afraid of pushing the boundaries when it comes to making homes for plants. I’m in love with the fusion of these ordinary items with the living greenery – aren’t they spesh?!
Design Week } AgIdeas wrap up // Melbourne
AgIdeas wrapped up with a bang yesterday. Iain McCaig is an incredible drawer who drew for a few little films called STAR WARS!!!! I kid you not, someone who created a few of the characters for the latest episodes of Star Wars stood in front of my very eyes. Unbelievable. Other mind blowers included Benjamin [...]
Design week } AgIdeas Day 2
If yesterday was inspiration saturation, today we were drowning! Day 2 was BIG at AgIdeas. Thinking back to the morning feels like days ago. Not that it was boring or anything, just because there was so much to take in, so much variety, so many points of view. You could feel the audience hanging on [...]
Design week } AgIdeas Day 1
Back from a day 1 of AgIdeas International Design Forum and man am I stuffed! So much listening, observing, thinking, laughing, tweeting and generally feeling inspired. Creative saturation. I’m not sure my senses can take another two days, but somehow, I’m sure I’ll manage. Top of mind standouts include Chris Doyle of Interbrand (funny), Sculptor Matthew [...]
Design week } Paper Daisy
I’m pretty much bursting out of my skin today!! Why? Because I’m off to agIdeas International Design week in Melbourne – that’s why! 3 days of visual overload, exposure to creativity from all over the globe and a couple of days either side with my lovely colleagues in the Melbourne office – fun, fun, fun! [...]
Installations by Myeongbeom Kim
Installation artist, Myeongbeom Kim mixes the inanimate, urban and mundane with natural, elemental and alive to create surreal works of art. Since studying Environmental sculpture, Kim has been creating nature inspired works around South Korea and the US for many years – and, I don’t know about you guys, but I’m pretty awestruck by the [...]
Peter Solness } night magic: Part 2
So here we are as promised people – Part 2 of the Peter Solness tale, to give you a sneak peek behind the scenes of his magnificent “Night Magic” workshop. A beautifully clear Friday night a few weeks back, I went along to Centennial Park – tripod underarm, DSLR in hand: exposure set to 30 [...]
Double shot } Dan Mountford
These may have been doing the rounds for a while, but honestly, when you see something this terrific twice – do you really mind? Praps you’ll do a double take and spot something else that you didn’t notice before? UK designer/illustrator, Dan Mountford, takes pride in creating these effects in-camera with little post production. Clever [...]
Peter Solness } night magic: Part 1
I have something very special for you today my friends which has been very hard to keep under my hat since last last Friday evening when I had the absolutely pleasure & privilege of attending Peter Solness’ night magic photography workshop in Centennial Park. You’ll have to stay tuned for more about that because I couldn’t possibly [...]
Underwater sculpture } Jason deCaires Taylor
It rained so much in Sydney last night this is what happened to the city…. Te he he OK, terrible joke to start the week, sorry guys! Still, you can’t tell me the Underwater Art Museum in Isla Mujeres National Marine Park near Cancun, Mexico isn’t pretty darn kewl. Jason deCaires Taylor is the creative mastermind [...]
Pietari Posti } Illustration & design
Hello, Cohabitairians – how was your weekend? Hope it was a nice one. Mondays have suddenly become easier with daylight savings ending here, one more hour sleep and still up on time! Such a bonus. Thought I’d make your Monday even more tolerable with the oh so clever illustration work of Pietari Posti.
Lottas träd {Lotta’s trees}
Lotta Olsson studies illustration & graphic design at Konstfack, Stockholm. Originally from the countryside of southern Sweden, Lotta is partial to flora and fauna. “The mixture of nature and the raw digital provides a contrast that appeals to me and in the wild and the woods, I find an inexhaustible source of inspiration” – Lotta [...]
Mark Brooks Graphiks
Spanish Graphic Designer/Art Director, Mark Brooks, is, in my humble opinion, a master of intensely detailed geometric vector art and two colour illustrations. Splitting his time between New York and Barcelona, Brooks has designed for such names as Sea Shepherd, New York Yankees, King Pidgeon Yoga, Nike and Santa Monica Legitimate wear. Heard of any [...]
Li Edelkoort } Bloom Magazine
Lidewij Edelkoort is a trend forecaster. Yep, there’s actually such thing. She paved the way for such a profession to exist. Which seems very appropriate for someone classed as a forecaster. Li announces the concepts, colours and materials which will be in fashion two or more years in advance because, “there is no creation without [...]
Beautiful bygone photographer, Tom Palumbo
I wrote this story a while back, but it seemed to get lost in the wash, and it’s such a shame for incredible photography to go unnoticed. If you didn’t see this last time… read on, I guarantee it will improve your day by at least 34%. Photography by the late Tom Palumbo is so [...]
Levi van Veluw } Landscapes
On first look at dutch artist/photographer Levi van Veluw’s self portraits I’m not sure whether to laugh or not. Which I think is ok. When it comes to art, you feel some expectation one should rub one’s chin pensively, with a serious squint, a cliche which we all know isn’t true at all. Right?[rss-cut]
Dark side of the lens… lovelies
I feel like I’ve been bossing you lot around all week, but I promise there’s only one more thing I want you to do. Ok, two things. 1. Watch this clip. If you only have 6 minutes free today, you will not regret spending them seeing Dark side of the Lens. Filmed on the moody [...]
Wise words
Sometimes in life there’s not much to say. Sometimes, someone somewhere else has already said it better so you might as well stop struggling and share it. Exactly how I feel about this one today…. take it with you
Out and about around the world…
Shows, attractions, events and exhibitions make me feel all alive and inspired. You? Working in Sydney city, there’s always something to see or do which makes you feel lucky, yes, but you also get lazy and miss half of them if you don’t lock it in. So, some girls from the office and I did [...]
Streaky star trails
I’ve never really been one for reading into the stars (unless they’re by ‘Beardy from Hell’ in our local the Beast mag). I am, however, totally fascinated with astronomy and the endless galaxy beyond, and also reckon star trail photography is pretty darn rad. I saw the above image featured on National Geographic and it [...]
Wise advice for the weekend…
Hello and welcome to the weekend! I’ve been collecting these clever pieces for a little while and think it’s nice to end the week with such wise & inspiring words, don’t you? In other news – if you really love Cohabitaire, don’t forget to vote for us in The Lovelies 2011…we’re nominated in the Photography [...]
Amanda Upton is an artist…
Being the week Australia day falls in, don’t you agree it’s fitting that every story so far has featured the talents of brilliant Australian women? (purely incidental, mind you, but maybe it’s meant to be.. or something). I’m oh so pleased to be adding artist, Amanda Upton, to this group. Amanda’s work inspired me every [...]
The life & style of Florence Broadhurst
Chances are you’ve seen the work of Florence Broadhurst without even realising it. Since 1959, her divine wallpaper & fabric pattern designs have been splashed world-wide, from hotels to handbags, curtains to carpets and cushions, rugs and wallpaper. Her patterns are self described as “vigorous designs for modern living” signified by large, bold, contrasting-coloured prints, [...]
