August 2011
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TiLumi’s TiLumi Talk Social Lamp
TiLumi describes its products as the world’s first social lamps—more than a lighting convenience but a chance to portray what we wanted to express. Lights from TiLumi enable one to communicate with their surroundings, telling short, iconic messages to their friends and family. The design lamp incorporates personalize images, something like optical “tweets” which the company calls Lumis. One can...
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Mr. Yen’s Papercut Art
Mr. Yen is Jonathan Chapman. He studied at Leeds College of Art, and graduated with a BA HONS in Graphic Design. In 2010, he started working as a freelance designer after gaining an opportunity to work with big, graphic design industries such as LYNX and Computer Arts Magazine. In his desire to learn how to find his own place in the art world, he mustered the experiences he acquired from his...
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Tree Light by Alexander Lervik for Lervik Designs
An interesting tree that stands out in the dark night sky; this is what Lervik Designs thought about when they made this object made of 2000 meters of fiber optics. The material was molded together on a durable steel frame, enhancing its built for stability. The lights from the tree changes in different colors, and performs the duty of a street light during the night. There are different models,...
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Isabelle Vaverka’s The Book Project
The Book Project by Isabelle Vaverka is inspired by the many possibilities of obtaining texts and literature in a non tangible method. Fascinated by the division of the content and form, she starts to meditate about her own literature collection and began organizing them in her own point of view. She muses, “What is a book if it is not only a carrier of written words?” thus, she wonders the...
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Audrey Roger’s Hypnotic Design for Supermarket...
Audrey Rogers is an artist and designer, basing in London. Her love for geometric shapes and patterns are evident in her designs; consisting of hypnotic lines and arrangement that exudes with various colors to highlight each illusion. Her works have been much approved in the art, fashion and textile industries, with her work extending from home décor to nail art. Audrey Rogers feature her...
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Genevieve Bennett’s Bespoke Leather Pieces
Genevieve Bennett is a name associated with leather, along with designs elegant and contemporary in style. The studio creates made-to-order pieces which enhance one’s character and desires, giving emphasis on the beautiful materials and how each client can associate themselves with it. Genevieve Bennett’s collection usually performs different techniques such as embossing, engraving, inlaying and...
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Happy Monday!
Hello everyone! It’s Monday! And because it’s the start of the week, let’s launch it right. Yes. Work.
It’s actually crazy that right now, the 3rd day of the long weekend August Holiday, I’m working. But since it’s doing something I enjoy much, it doesn’t seem like work at all. It’s been raining all over in the Philippines since last week, but this...
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Typography | Do Good
Hello everyone! How are you? I’ve been tweaking + re-tweaking the site’s facade to give you guys a comfortable reading experience. The text is a lot bigger now, and it gives some space without the clutter (my old layouts have been colorfully messy) The header will change soon, and so will the main page of { iamcarisu } but it’s all for the better. What do you think?
I’m...
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Magic Bottles: A tiny Book by Thereza Rowe
Thereza Rowe creates colorful, funky sets of illustrations that are more than pleasing to behold. Her use of colors and mixing them altogether creates a wonderful blend that exudes youth, vibrancy and inspiration. Her knack for emotions, movements and patterns merge in together in a pleasing scope is more than ordinary, and this is the reason why she has been much acknowledged in the illustration...
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Straw Ribbon & Chinese Red lantern Table Lamps by...
Yevgenia means “well-born” in Greek, but this can somehow be attributed to living creatively. The owner of the store bears the same name, and thus, finds meaning with the brand as she incorporates her artistic sense in to her every product.
Based in Brooklyn, Yevgenia furthers her design skills as she escapes from the cityscape art into a modern, natural façade. From her studio, she creates...
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Wooden Puzzle Guest Books by Bella Puzzle
Bella Puzzle gained notice when they were featured in seen in Martha Stewart Weddings Magazine & Website. Uniquely made puzzles with personalized names, dates and pieces, this takes a 16-week production time with only a number of puzzles created per month. Because it is limited, only a few people will enjoy certain designs that are one of a kind.
Wedding puzzles are created to invite a fun...
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Illustrated Stonewares from Fishink
Fishink creates wonderful graphical displays for the home and personal use. Illustrations and print merges in a way that is pleasing to the youth and young at heart, giving off a smile in its enthusiastic scribbles. Originally made by Craig, a designer and illustrator, Fishink branches out from stationery to home products, giving diversity in his capability of producing wonderful artworks and...
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Lara De Greef’s Olympic Gold
It is said in the history that the Greek depicted major sporting events on their pottery and ceramics. Through this craft, traces of the legendary Olympics where understood and were revived to modern-day times. Others feature significant events of their lives in these utensils, carving out images from birth, to death, from failure to victory, from tragedy to romance. Thus, pottery became a source...
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Offi Woody Chalkboard Table by Fawn&Forest
It is a parent’s nightmare to find furniture in their house all written about by their little toddler. With this, chances are, the little kids wouldn’t have an early learning using a pen. While innocently doodling on every couch and table, mothers would find it a horror to see their antique objects into ruin. But Fawn&Forest, an online furniture and décor brand, created a way to escape this...
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Ashiato by Kiko+
Ashiato means footsteps in Japanese. This traditional footwear, wooden sandals plays a big role in the Japanese life. It is worn on celebrations as part of their festival clothing and can even be worn on normal occasions. From this idea, kids’ brand Kiko+ derives the idea of their native sandals, creating a new, interesting contemporary twist along. The project becomes a kids centric concept,...
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Leksand Box by Fiasask
Leksand Box is a unique handmade container intentionally put together to hide away keepsakes and other nostalgic item. This is based on the traditional clothing from the Swedish region Dalama—various textiles consisted of different pieces, each adding its own musing that is stitched together. Every facade indicates a story or a meaning, pertaining to many aspects in one’s life. Everyday clothing,...
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Googly Gooeys: Too Much Time on the Internet.
Guilty or Not?
Source: The Googly Gooeys
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Clock Radio by Rich, Brilliant, Willing
Rich, Brilliant, Willing is a firm founded in 2007 and has become a renowned design studio in the US. Within its years of work, it grew to be among the most exciting firms which international clients consult form interiors, furniture and lighting. Some of their avid customers are the Urban Outfitters, Areware and Innermost. They have done various works from packaging to interior installations,...
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Do-It-Yourself Mixed Messages Mug
Perpetual Kid, a store which aims for everyone to “entertain their inner child,” has always something fun and quirky for all kinds of people to enjoy. Having products from finger puppets, funny creatures and Baconnaise, a sweet mixture of bacon and mayonnaise, this online store is continually becoming popular for their deviation and strange yet widely accepted releases. And their Mixed messages...
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Typography | When Life is Sweet...
Source: Sweetest Downfall
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The Bridge Builder by Will Allen Dromgoole
“An old man, going a lone highway,
Came, at the evening, cold and gray,
To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide,
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim;
The sullen stream had no fear for him;
But he turned, when safe on the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.
“Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim, near,
“You are wasting strength with...
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Typography | Live in the Moment
Source: Things make me happy
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West Elm’s Hammered Entertaining Serveware
Remember the days when pewter was widely used as plates? West Elm, a popular lifestyle online store brings it back through their metal Hammered Entertaining Serve ware. Made fully in India, these silver platters are created using traditional, metalwork techniques. Each is carefully made by hand to produce the unique texture, shape and shine through every facet, dignifying each piece with a...
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Klaus Haapaniemi’s Small Rabbit Shawls
Klaus Haapaniemi is a name associated with playful and whimsical designs. His artistry evokes nature and fairytales, following the steps of traditional art et still exuding modern, contemporary style. His execution of portraying old art into a new form is exceptional, giving life to nostalgic dreams which long ago has been desired to discover in a long conquest of fiction and reality. Using...
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For the Love of Paper: Sasha Prood
Artist, illustrator and designer Sasha Prood delights eyes with her keen sense of detailing. From the popular vintage, contemporary appeal is this meticulously drawn artwork that looks finer when closely seen; with delicate scribbles completing the full look of the bigger piece. Sasha loves creating with integrity as well as finery, lavishing each artwork with similar consistent strokes to...
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Smiling Silver Smith’s Emoticon Rings
Silver jewelry has never been more fun. Angela from Smiling Silver Smith creates a happy mood in this seriously worn accessory, making day to day jewelry more enjoyable. Her quirkily made stacks of rings are predominantly inspired from daily text icons, commonly known as emoticons, to portray one’s feelings through various letters, numbers and symbols. The simple designs are a total hit, with...
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Abbott and Ellwood’s Figurative Brooches
It is a combined masterpiece that makes the work more meaningful; thus, this is how arts and crafts designing have been with Mike Abbott and Kim Ellwood. Both live and work together, enjoying the fun times as well as collaborating for ideas. Their concepts brim of the memories they love sharing with—the beaches, walks by the coast, boat paddles, and various travels in other lands. These...
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Skinny Laminx Screen Printed Textiles and Prints
Heather Moore is an illustrator and designer, currently living in Cape Town, South Africa. Her design label, Skinny laMinx, is a brand associated with one of a kind designs and textiles which are used for home decorations, clothing fabrics and even stationeries. Her business was originally just a hobby, extended into passionate hours of working which she then decides to launch in 2006. At first...
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Jump From Paper’s Fool The Eye Bags
Up and coming Taiwanese designers Chay Su and Rika Lin aren’t interested in the ordinary. In fact, they love to bring out humor and bliss to every consumer product design. Taking the traditional off from every perspective, the two ladies joined hands in a business of their own; something they could freely apply their love for amusement and portray their talent when it comes to design. With this...
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Alphabets from Little Hands: Mio Mendiola
A familiar vintage art composed of crayons and sketches, rough drawings of buses, birds and little children; this created a great clamor in the contemporary and the traditional home design world today. The feeling of playfulness exuding child-like appeal, artists and art lovers are drawn to such charm, thinking back the old days when they themselves were young. However, these illustrations are...
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Typography | Happy Thoughts
“The grand essentials of
Happiness in this life are
Something to do
Something to love
and something to hope for.”
- Pennsylvania Dutch Proverb
Image Source: Etsy
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Illustration | Spring Fashion
Spring Fashion
Check out my latest entry in my deviantArt account, which I hardly contributed into because of lack of time. But this past week, I’ve been inspired to draw again, and I’m meaning to finish the book illustration which has been pending for months now that I’ve got the materials to work on. I’m back at my first love— drawing, and I wish to improve upon...
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Typography | Perfect Time
Source: Awesome Pictures
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Alexander McQueen's Savage Beauty
Now, who would see the beauty in savage and otherwise? Only Alexander McQueen’s intelligent way of mixing together different textures and canvasses for his clothes can show off. My favorites are the blacks from the Gothic and the Golds + Red in the Romantic Nationalism. Gothic blacks are a blend of dark moods and deep hues that makes the color more classical. On the otherhand, Romantic...
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Typography | A Little Spark of Kindness
Source: I dream of Color
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Reflection | Life and What Ifs
Generally, I consider myself a person of great faith but recently after doing some self reflection I realized my faith may not be quite as strong as I thought. In fact I actually have what I have coined as the “what-if syndrome.” It seems I ask God a lot of questions about the things I believe He calls me to do.
What if I fail?
What if they don’t listen?
What if it doesn’t work out according...
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Typography | Happiness
Source: Gotta Figure this Out
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Dalai Lama’s 18 Rules for Living
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute...
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Hot Chocolate Cupcake: Don't Drink, Slice.
This is probably among the cutest, loveliest dessert I’ve laid my eyes on. Sweet!
This lovely treat is concocted by Anna from Diary of a Ladybird. How was she able to make such a beauty? Here are the steps.
1. To make these cupcakes I first made a batch of vanilla cupcakes. Then, once cooled, I peeled off the cupcake papers.
2. I then smoothed white chocolate ganache over the sides,...
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Typography | If you have these things...
Source: Pinterest
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Masashi Kawamura’s ‘T’ Shirts
Masashi Kawamura is a San Francisco raised Japanese designer. She presently lives in New York where she works as an Art and Film Director, contributing creative ideas to the pool of collaborators she work with. However, her design and directing skills goes as far as using textile, as showcased in this one of a kind clothing which she calls ‘T’ shirts.
T Shirts are really, T for a tee, as they...
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Jon Burgerman’s In The Park for ClickforArt
Jon Burgerman is an artist in his own right. His vibrant doodles of characters in all forms of shapes and colors scream enthusiasm. A bouncing world of cartoons, eager to show the world with a unique sense of fun and amusement, has been among his top hits. With this, he has built a strong reputation within the graphic design world, gaining acknowledgement from different popular magazines as...
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Ventopop by Arturo Alvarez
Bright colors always create a pleasing, happy mood to onlookers, and that is why Lamp Designer Arturo Alvarez designed a one of a kind table lamp that will make hues pop out. His Ventopop Lamp is a unique concoction of contemporary and class in one, putting the modern touch into homes with a colorful flavor. The wonderful array of different hues creates a vibrant, happy mood to a home, bringing...
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Voonwong & Bensonsaw’s Unique Dishes for Merchant...
The place in the web to find distinct, unique and out-of-the box ideas for home and living, Merchant No. 4 has long been associated with its quirky products that are both pleasant and useful. The online shop was launched in 2007, with the goal of representing independent artisans, designers and craftsmen from all over the world. The store curates a host of one of a kind object for daily living,...
