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Hands-On Creative process

Jo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:55:47 +0000

In a world shrouded with the use of Photoshop, I enjoy seeing a bit of the hands-on creative process. For the February cover of Creative Review illustrator, Miles Donovan, explains how he did it.

The Rise of the Designer Bakery

Jo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:10:25 +0000

Nothing says homely like the smell of freshly baked bread. ‘Homely’ isn’t what this new breed of bakeries are going for though.

Rather, they are paving the way by simply being darn right cool; some are sleek and feel more like a chic boutique hotel, some are rustic yet industrial, others are bright, clean, clinical. Either way, count me as the newest fan of the Designer Bakery club (I wish there was an actual club).

1. Blé Bakery, Thessaloniki, Greece

2. Elektra Bakery, Edessa, Greece

3. Vyta Boulangerie, Turin, Italy

4. Joseph – Brot vom Pheinsten, Vienna, Austria

5. Baker D. Chirico, Melbourne, Australia

6. Komsufirin, Istanbul, Turkey

(via The Cool Hunter).

Paper Craft – Cut, fold, assemble.

Jo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:13:09 +0000

Creating a three-dimensional object out of a series of two-dimensional shapes is like magic. And anything that requires cutting, folding and assembling always brings a smile to my face.

From just looking at the drawings of disassembled objects from Agence Eureka we can guess what they are, but in order to be sure I’d have to cut and fold of course.

Art for T’s Sake

Jo — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:29:06 +0000

I can’t believe it’s taken so long for this to come to my attention. What is not to love about the The New York Times Style Magazine covers? For every print edition of the magazine, T, they ask an artist to reimagine the logo. And just look at the results – stunning.

Gemma Correll brightens my day

Sarah — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:35 +0000

I love Gemma Correll’s illustrations, makes me smile with every post that pops into google reader. She is pure genius.

Follow her blog here or browse her Flickr stream here.

Operation Alphabet

Sarah — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:36:59 +0000

New book published by Mother London and beautifully illustrated by Barcelona-based Luciano Lozano.

Nice Lights

Sarah — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:52:44 +0000

So many nice lights around, I’d like them all…

1. Rainbow coloured light candy shop via Oh Happy Day

2. Simple but cool Dog lamp from Howkapow

3. Stunning DIY Romantic Star Projector by Infmetry

The Poundshop

Sarah — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:28:26 +0000

I love a good poundshop, always coming in handy for organising a hen do or fancy dress. Here’s the third edition of the pop up shop: The Poundshop and it only has 6 days left to run. Each item above is only £1 but there are some items at £5 and some at £10. I do love a bargain.

New Site Launch: Lynchpin

Sarah — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:55:07 +0000

A few months back now we worked with Lynchpin, a web analytics company for the first time on refreshing their existing site. They were keen to keep using Drupal which they were comfortable using and were able to alter code here and there. So what we ended up doing for them was a completely new home page and footer and a couple of basic templates to use elsewhere in the site that they could tweak themselves. We also worked on making the home page ‘timeline’ interactive.

Andrew Hood of Lynchpin said, “ILCK were the perfect partner for our website relaunch project. They translated our marketing strategy into an end result that we are delighted with, and more importantly is directly driving new business for us. Friendly and pragmatic, ILCK were a great sounding board throughout the process and really helped us refine how we present ourselves in the market. The build itself was high quality, on time and on budget – testament to their design, technical and project management credentials.”

Andrea Walsh

Sarah — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:54:08 +0000

Flawless pieces from ceramics and glass artist Andrea Walsh.