I blogged about start up business Dupenny in November last year and just popped onto the Dupenny website for the first time since and pleased to see they are still churning out some BEAUTIFUL illustrated homewares in my very favourite vintage type of style.

Some stunning designs from them are shown below
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I’ve just come across this beautiful Print And Pattern book on the Print & Pattern original blog recently. It looks stunning and should prove very useful and inspiring for illustrators/pattern designers.

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The second I walked into the Found! student art gallery space on Thursday last week (see my last blog) my retro obsessed eye spotted this vintage styled gallery booth in the distance and between that and the incredibly cool vintage inspired girls lingering around I could barely contain myself from trying to take sneak photos of them as they stood next to me during the speeches.

This installation belongs to student Emma Harrison and aims (and doing a fine job of it too) to promote
Vintage Sweethearts (vintage photography). Below are my fabulous photos from her gallery space, complete with girls!
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Last year I visited the Forbidden Planet comic/sci-fi shop in Bristol (awesome city by the way) and of course had a good rummage through the art books section.

Please note I am not a sci-fi geek, I was simply in the company of a geek. That’s right, I said geek.

I found (and bought) this stunning book below from Harper Collins Design called Gothic Lolita Punk and showcasing the work of talented illustrators and artists designing in this style. And yes, it’s taken me an entire year to get round to writing about it! Shocker.
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Look at Jim Carrey’s inspiring website (CLICK)! How cool! It’s very weird, and you have to keep watching for ages because lots happens.

The most impressive thing being how his Tweets leap out of his little bird mouth!

A few days ago I was harping on about receiving really really boring postal and emailed CVs from students wanting either job or work experience placements.

Expressing wonderment as to why on earth I was receiving sheets of white paper with black writing all over them; no attempt at ‘design flair’ in their application/CV and a complete absence of portfolio to show me either.

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First of all the music on this website is cool, but wait until you start playing with the interactive stuff. GENIUS!

Honestly, just keep clicking to go to the next scene, make sure you drag fully in both directions with your mouse when you are in a scene and have fun, it’s awesome! This has got to be the most innovative website I’ve ever seen.

A few months ago I described the research and the design process for the Olympian Mindset brand identity project.

I also recently uploaded some photos of their stationery designs (the blog directly before this one).
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The Northern Design Competition is offering over £12,000 in prizes to higher education students!

No it’s not just a glorified spec work competition because I don’t post those (boo to spec work), it’s a genuine opportunity for not just for cold hard cash, but the chance to impress your peers, gain industry exposure, and go to a fancy dinner.

The Northern Design Competition aims to reward talented students across the north of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland for their work in the creative arts.

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