July 2014

“Consider the whole span of human life on Earth as a single day and the light switch was flipped on less than a second ago. Piccadilly Circus, Times Square and Shibuya have only just started to shimmer; the iPad has been glowing for well under a nanosecond.” Intelligent Life   Recently I read an article in Intelligent Life magazine about the science of light and it really got me thinking. The article states that new research is showing how light is vital to our health, wellbeing and general happiness. Not just for people who have Seasonal Affective Disorder, but for everyone. Animals which...
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Fiera Magazine – on Kickstarter now!   For those of you who haven’t used it yet, Kickstarter is a brilliant way of giving some power back to creative people. It lets them talk directly to their audience/customers and find support (and funding) for a project, in order to make it happen.   Recently I backed a project called Fiera Magazine. Now this isn’t a title you will have heard of, you won’t have seen it on the newsstands, because it doesn’t exist yet. It’s a dream project from Katie Treggiden (of the fantastic Confessions of a Design Geek blog) all about discovering new design...
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Today I'm going to share some of the most popular pins from our Pinterest boards in recent weeks and see if we can spot any trends, or find something in common with them all. These have all been added recently and have taken off like wildfire with hundreds of repins. What do you think they share? I'll post some thoughts at the end, but do leave me a comment to let me know what you think. Blue sink Metro tiles, neutral palette Cosmic tapestry from Urban Outfitters Mixed colours, strong tones - from designlovefest Contemporary dining room from Apartment Therapy with cool baby blue chairs, grey toned...
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