I'm pretty sure that I've watched this on youtube about one thousand times. It's probably my ideal fantasy to run a cafe in a collective and inspirational and chilled out setting like this. Maybe I could also show my art there in the cafe? Maybe edward could have an extra nook to roast coffee? Maybe I could make all sorts of delicious seasonal dishes and treats?! maybe some friends that like cooking could also do cameos!!!!?!?! Maybe some days when it is amazing down at the surf we could just shut up shop and have a sign saying "cafe moved to the beach"!?!?! I want a bee hive on my roof!!!!
yes.
31.1.11
28.1.11
beach house
last night i was swept away to angel place to see beach house as part of the sydney festival. It was such a beautiful performance, and my first time to hear Victoria Legrand’s haunting vocals in real life!
I loved the simple stage set with glittery spinning cubes that hovered all around the stage. Also, as it was in the recital hall from time to time i enjoyed turning around and seeing the play of lights and reflections throughout the triple height space.
I loved the simple stage set with glittery spinning cubes that hovered all around the stage. Also, as it was in the recital hall from time to time i enjoyed turning around and seeing the play of lights and reflections throughout the triple height space.
26.1.11
moutain man
last week I was lucky enough to surprised by le boyfriend with tickets to see the band mountain man at the spiegeltent. Their beautiful harmonies have been flying around in my head ever since.
25.1.11
Steven Alan
I adore Steven Alan's Spring 2011 collection - these are some of my favourite looks. The neutrals along with select pastels and punches of bright colour is such a treat.
23.1.11
hand made zines
how cute are these illustrations? the first is Beef Knuckles, a collaborative effort, and Telephone & Me by Mel Stringer and the second Pages from Fly Away Bird.
Perhaps this year I might bundle up my own illustrations into a zine...
22.1.11
sunday
what a delightful sunday! Started off with an Israeli FEAST at Shenkin with Edward and some of his coffee buddies. After shaking off the caffeine overload we (accidentally) marathon shopped at magnation. I went in for a magazine that it turned out they don't have and came out with three others! Stella (amazing first edition magazine), Detail (Architecture magazine) on re-use of products and Oh Comely magazine (which I'm sure will be a new favourite for many editions to come!)
This devine shopping experience was followed by a quick surf at Narrabean, reading in the sun and eating prawns for lunch! I wish it would last forever.
Oh comely magazine - a new love!
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This devine shopping experience was followed by a quick surf at Narrabean, reading in the sun and eating prawns for lunch! I wish it would last forever.
Oh comely magazine - a new love!
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21.1.11
rings on my fingers and bells on my toes (and flowers in my hair)
Loving my new Jordy By Jordan Askill triple heart ring and thinking it would be lovely to wear with a flower garland in my hair today...(this picture is not me, I don't know where it's from - but the garland is pretty much what I want to be wearing!!!)
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Swedish Summer
I always like to keep an eye on what is going on in topshop world. The lookbooks for each new season provide me entertainment and inspiration on what might be going on in the northern hemisphere.
There are a couple of key pieces that I have in my sights at the moment including this denim shirt dress (despite the fact that I get consistantly disappointed by the quality of the manufacture of my purchases at topshop I keep going back, in hope that it will be better next time!)... and the lookbook for 'swedish summer' - so cute, and the colour palette is exciting and the textures are interesting. While it is unlikely at this stage that I will purchase from this collection, it will definitely inspire some fun and naive creativity in my next shopping trip!
13.1.11
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2.1.11
Bright Star
"I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain." — John Keats
Every time I watch Bright Star I fall in love with Keats all over again!
23.12.10
sixteen candles
finally I've added sixteen candles to my Molly Ringwald dvd collection. It's definitely a classic, I especially love the taffeta and her hats.
Happy Holidays!
Here is the 'Indie Christmas Playlist'
1. The Raveonettes – The Christmas Song
2. Dismemberment Plan – This Christmas
3. Death Cab For Cutie – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
4. The Polyphonic Spree – Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
5. Sufjan Stevens – We Three Kings Of Orient Are
6. The Flaming Lips – A Change at Christmas
7. The Walkmen – No Christmas While I’m Talking
8. Mogwai – Christmas Song
9. Sufjan Stevens – O Holy Night
10. Yo La Tengo – It’s Christmas Time
11. The Flaming Lips – Christmas At The Zoo
12. Eels – Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
13. Coldplay – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
14. Low – Just Like Christmas
15. Copeland – Do You Hear What I Hear
16. Ron Sexsmith – Maybe This Christmas
17. Sufjan Stevens – What Child Is This Anyway
While I like the idea of some songs in this list, to be honest I'm listening to Sufjan Stevens' christmas cds - of which I own 6. They are amazing. I want the boy to come home from Bathurst and sing with me and drink eggnogg! now!
1. The Raveonettes – The Christmas Song
2. Dismemberment Plan – This Christmas
3. Death Cab For Cutie – Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
4. The Polyphonic Spree – Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
5. Sufjan Stevens – We Three Kings Of Orient Are
6. The Flaming Lips – A Change at Christmas
7. The Walkmen – No Christmas While I’m Talking
8. Mogwai – Christmas Song
9. Sufjan Stevens – O Holy Night
10. Yo La Tengo – It’s Christmas Time
11. The Flaming Lips – Christmas At The Zoo
12. Eels – Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
13. Coldplay – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
14. Low – Just Like Christmas
15. Copeland – Do You Hear What I Hear
16. Ron Sexsmith – Maybe This Christmas
17. Sufjan Stevens – What Child Is This Anyway
While I like the idea of some songs in this list, to be honest I'm listening to Sufjan Stevens' christmas cds - of which I own 6. They are amazing. I want the boy to come home from Bathurst and sing with me and drink eggnogg! now!
Don't tell any of my friends stranded in the northern hemisphere... but I wish I was having a white christmas! Maybe next year...
20.12.10
somewhere
I am very much looking forward to seeing sofia coppola's film 'somewhere'! Above is her inspiration board for the film. It looks so beautiful.
I was thinking today that I should make an inspiration board for myself... then I realised maybe my whole study is maybe an extended inspiration board! It's such a good idea to do for projects of all kinds, I should get into the habit of doing this regularly for my architectural and design projects.
19.12.10
Good Gosh it's Gehry!
Last Friday Frank Gehry unveiled the design for his first ever Australian building to be built at UTS. He has nicknamed it the 'Treehouse'. He said that his vision for the building was embedded in the streetscape. Its power would pulsate through the crowded inner city, offering people passing by ''fascinating vignettes''. The folds of the facade that are a signature of his are inspired by folds in the sculptures of Michelangelo and da Vinci. The other facade, a collection of angled sheets of glass, presents a fractured view of the urban sandstone and brick existing on the site.
Despite not being his biggest fan, I am very excited about having a Gehry in Sydney, and am looking forward to seeing how the build and the reactions to the building unfold!
$150m Total value
16,000 Total floor area in square metres across 11 floors
2012 Construction starts, to be completed by 2014 academic year
15.12.10
The Mayne Event
For a very many years now 'starchitect' Thom Mayne has been on my crush list. On Tuesday night Angela and I went to see him speak as part of the AIA talk series.
I found it very surprising how many empty seats there were in the audience - afterwards we chatted about the shame of Sydney's lack of creative networks and interest in the promotion and production of architectural events within the industry itself as well as stretching outside into the design community as a whole.
Anyway, back to my starchitect rush on Thom...
1992
Montage
32 x 36 inches (81.3 x 91.4 cm)
I'm very much looking forward to his new book about his investigations into urban landscapes. He mentioned that this will also include some of his visual experiments/artworks that he has been developing in studio, exploring space and space making within given parameters.
I found it very surprising how many empty seats there were in the audience - afterwards we chatted about the shame of Sydney's lack of creative networks and interest in the promotion and production of architectural events within the industry itself as well as stretching outside into the design community as a whole.
Anyway, back to my starchitect rush on Thom...
"Thom Mayne founded Morphosis in 1972. As design director and thought leader of Morphosis, Mayne provides overall vision, project leadership and direction to the firm. With Morphosis, Mayne has been the recipient of the 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize, 25 Progressive Architecture Awards, 75 American Institute of Architecture Awards and numerous other design recognitions." (http://morphopedia.com/people/thom-mayne)His architecture, obviously, is and has been a huge influence for me. However, it was his processes and method of designing that really intrigues me at the moment. As he spoke on Tuesday I madly scribbled notes into my sketchbook, his words verbatim and adding my own thoughts and observations along the way. It was a symphony of instant inspiration.
Montage
32 x 36 inches (81.3 x 91.4 cm)
I'm very much looking forward to his new book about his investigations into urban landscapes. He mentioned that this will also include some of his visual experiments/artworks that he has been developing in studio, exploring space and space making within given parameters.
a whole year of bunnies!
12.12.10
Apricot
APRICOT — A Short Film by Ben Briand from Moonwalk Films on Vimeo.
This is a beautiful short film by Ben Briand which I stumbled across on the frankie blog
10.12.10
Hello! G'day! Ohayo! Bonjour!
(Image credit - http://renee-anne.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/01_Suitcases-500x367.jpg)
I had the most exciting surprise when I saw that I can check statistics on this blog - that despite my very inconsistent updating it is regularly checked up upon by people all over the world, not just in australia but largely from canada, the states, france, poland, japan and some places in the middle east too!
I feel a little awkward about it actually, but it is motivation to put more things up on here
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6.12.10
sorry
I'm totally exhausted from this last semester at uni and have been crazy busy with all kinds of ridiculous things! I am off to get inspired and will be BACK with a vengeance and full of wonderful inspiration!
3.11.10
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