Story Hotel, Stockholm.

I have a confession to make. I love hotels. What – you love them too? And I thought I was the only one. Geez. But seriously, how good does it feel to stay in a great hotel? And by great I don’t mean “expensive”,...

Julius Shulman.

Celebrated american photographer Julius Shulman's images of Californian 20th century architecture have burned themselves into the retina of the modernist era. These and many more beautiful limited edition silver gelatin prints are...

Elding Oscarson.

I “accidentally” came across the site of Elding Oscarson, a recent venture by two talented architects from Sweden. I was instantly taken by two of their interiors projects shown below. Who said that workplace design has to be...

All I Want For Christmas.

I don’t know about you, but all the Christmas shenanigans really get to me each year. The commercial side with all the compulsory, obligatory, meaningless, wasteful and often impersonal gift giving drives me crazy! Kris Kringle this,...

Blast From The Past.

I don’t know about you, but I am always fascinated with the past. I love looking at old footage and pictures of places I know.  Then I try to work out where they were taken, and almost imagine the events that took place which...

Designer vs Personal Trainer.

If you are any kind of designer that works with clients, you may have been faced with a challenging brief at least once or twice in your “career” . You may have had...

Able and Game.

I first came across Able and Game in Melbourne in June this year at the "This is not a designer market". Husband and I just happened to learn that good friends of ours were pregnant. We were so excited when we saw this card that we had to...

Thank You Notes.

A good friend sent me these Thank-You notes and I couldn’t resist. Absolutely brilliant! Thanks...

Daily Drop Cap.

The Daily Drop Cap is a project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische. She uploads a new initial cap each day "for your enjoyment and for the beautification of blog posts...