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Rouen’s Diary | Continuum

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It’s been a long time since I went back writing my novel, and re-reading it again, I found it refreshing. For the first time, I finally liked my work (Hooray!). And it’s like I’m going to pursue this storyline. So far, the developments are surprising (I’m the writer and I’m surprised at the flow myself, haha), and I love the new ways fate has led the band and Rouen to meet. I’m so looking forward the next chapter, which is about the L&F, and tracing their family back to the district legends who used to play with the passageways.

And yes, there’s a lot of guitars playing in the background to just boost up my inspiration / brain juice level.

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Triangle Notebook by Tan Mavitan

Books and notes have always taken the form of rectangles, however, this time, one little nifty product goes beyond the shape to increase productivity. Artist and product designer Tan Mavitan has created a one of a kind notebook that one can immediately spot from first glance. Instead of having straight four corners, one can only find three angles to which this object rests its uniqueness. The smaller size and the new shape makes it easier to carry and more convenient to use.

With an unconventional shape, this dainty little notebook can match with the regular square ones. it has 144 ruled pages, all ready for the notes to be jotted down into its clear leaves. Once backlit, the ruled pages turns into a square one. The notebook is covered in a durable black fabric cover. First showcased in an exhibition in Moscow, this has captured the hearts of triangle lover fans who wants to use a new object for productivity.

The Triangle Notebook has won Ted Mavitan a Golden A’ Award. Because of his unique approach to the traditional notes, his design becomes a perfect utility for leaner pockets yet opens up into a wide new page which can be functionally used. The shape makes it easy to carry around, and is perfect for short notes or bigger drawings. View this project at http://www.tanmavitan.com/graphic.html

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Still Life Paper Cut by FIdeli Sundqvist

Fideli Sundqvist repaints still life images with paper, glue and mixed media materials rather than a paint brush. Using her skills in paper folding, plus her eccentric way of protruding three-dimensional appeal to her works makes these objects appear as if they were the real thing. Like familiar dioramas students used to make during their high school days, the charming touch placed into every object upon the stage seems to create a vibrant little life, all worked out in full details to embody the truest mimic as much as possible.

Born in Uppsala, Sweden, Sundqvist starts out her liking for this form of media when she was young. What first inspired her were the illustrations upon linoleum, giving the same appeal as paper cuts. It is when she became exchange students in China when she brought home new ideas for this craft. Moved by the beauty and intricacy of this technique, she resorted to use silhouettes at first. However, her craft transforms into a full bloom as she continued to hone her skill.

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Casted with the beauty of light and shadow, her works are inspired by people, conversations, urbanscapes, nature, books and dreams. She loves travelling and seeing new things which can become new motivation for her art. Presently, Sundqvist is living and working in Stockholm. See more of her work at http://fidelisundqvist.com/.

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Brooks Shane Salzwedel’s Layered Landscapes

Walk into a forest of an interesting concoction of shadows, mist and muted colors. This amazing landscape is created by the genius hands of Brooks Shane Salzwedel, an artist and design who works with monochromatic panoramas to make a world of enigmatic beauty. The amazing portraits he meticulously builds often employs different layers of media in order to achieve the dimensions and shadows needed for the misty, smoky effect.

As if always inspired the fog that covers the cityscape of London, Salzwedel’s works are aesthetically matching to the materials he use; being a mixed media artist, he utilizes different ranges of items to incorporate into his works. He uses graphite layers, resin and tape to portray the grim and haunting scenes which are dark but beautiful. Whimsical and dreamlike, the pieces of resin give off a unique atmosphere into his art.

Currently based in Los Angeles, Salzwedel takes natural scenes as his muse. He infuses it with majestic structures such as bridges and towers, depicting the world of manmade objects that interacts dynamically with nature’s own. The foggy background enhances serenity of the look, and one can have a new perspective at the grandeur of these elements with the muted colors. See his works at http://www.brookssalzwedel.com/.

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Under Foot Creations by Nic Jolly

Nic Jolly enjoys creating wonderful sculptures in miniature form—all exactly under foot. With this trademark, he recreates familiar daily circumstance in a liliputian scale. He highlights his own observations and thoughts about life’s journey, inspired by the things he has seen and felt. These miniature sculpture works are framed in museum quality box framed glass. Just like a little theater upon the wall, the Under Foot artworks reminds one to take a good view of what life has to offer.

Starting his journey as a stained glass and metalwork artist in the Southern England, he pursued sculpture and studied at the Winchester School of Art in Hampshire. Nic Jolly has produced private commissions and was enjoying a freelance life as an artist, yet he found that there is so much to learn. He enrolled at John Makepeace’s College and took apprenticeship in furniture design. He also took part in an exchange program to study at the Art Institute in Chicago.

His works has been featured ind various print and exhibitions. He gained his graduation awards in the Cork Street Exhibition and has developed designs for corporate clients in UK, Seattle and Tokyo. His range of Under Foot sculptures takes most of his current inspirations; see more of his works here at http://www.nicjolyunderfoot.com/.

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