Happy Birthday Mum!

I hope that you have a fantastic day - And that you love the super fantastic present we have got you. You will be gobsmacked!

Michael Steele

Excellent paintings from Melbourne artist Michael Steele. He is exploring themes through the use of 'clusters' Some very bright & almost, logo like work. I'd love to have one about 3 metres square in my kitchen. Wouldn't we all. View his portfolio here.

James Roper

Take a meander through this guys website, some beautiful work, amazing use of colours. He has got a great drawing section too, plus his sculpture work is a true sign of patience. Great.

Check it all out here.

re pipe your pipes

Check out these great pipes... Lovely copper pipes laid on the inside of your rooms. It looks fantastic. I do remember seeing the pipes inside the wall of my parents home when the renovated & loving the symmetry. Check out some more images here.

Stop Motion

Check out this great stop motion movie by Tomas Mankovsky.

Great originality in a world full of wannabe stop motion artists.

View it here.

Potato art

Now, these are an odd gaggle of veges here, def not for the faint of heart, throw these into a boiling pot of water and you are destroying some fantastic Beirut art by Ginou Choueiri and you are probably going to have nightmares of these faces staring up at you from said boiling water.

Therefore, I think it is best that they are admired for what they are. Great pieces of highly original art. Check them out here.

Perfect furniture.

I have discovered the ultimate furniture for our new apartment. A perfect mix of industrial, natural and modern household attire. I love it so much that it pains me to see that each item is only available on application and everything is custom made to your exact specifications. This does not exactly scream out affordability to me. So maybe, just maybe I will have to get some tools, time and a little (lot) bit of know how & custom make my own furniture in a 'similar' style to these.

Check it all out here & be amazed.

Change

Classic poster work from the Component. In the Obama 'change' style posters of late. 

View their site for more fantastic work here.

Great 3M products

How much do you want on of these tape dispensers and the post-it feeder sitting on your desk. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say 8. My work would improve and everything else around me would be dandy.

I can't find much out about these apart from the fact that they are rad and that they were designed by students at Ontario College of Art & Design. Super cool.

Adhemas Batista's Portfolio

Umm, wow.

This guy could possibly be my hero. Or an idol, is there a difference? His work is consistently amazing. He has done amazing work for some huge international brands despite being based in Brazil. Maybe there is hope for me yet in little old New Zealand. View his portfolio here.

4060

Beautiful photography from 4060. They are from Argentina and their work is amazing. The fashion photographs that they are producing are simply fantastic! Check them out here.

Pinel & Pinel

Check out the items that these clever guys are producing... Some of the most outrageous, functional yet strangely impractical contraptions. From there Movie truck (pictured) to the iMac trunk. They even have a trunk that you can grow bonsai in. I did like the look of their crocodile & lambskin jandals though, I bet they are affordable.

Check out there amazing collections here.

Urns

These great looking Urns are made out of paper and they have a cap filled with oak seeds. So, when it is buried along with your loved one the ashes and the biodegrading urn will assist in the growth of an oak tree. Check them out here.

Rhino anybody?

Wicked cool cardboard Rhino, comes in dog size, medium & small. I think it would be great to have a whole bunch of the dog sized ones & spray paint them all slightly different hues of the same colour. Start your safari army here.

Furniture

Here is a site that has some fantastic examples of functional, artistically designed furniture. I love the speech bubble, magazine rack & the wave bookshelf. I reckon it is possible to use these as inspiration while making your own items... If only I had the time. Check them out here.

Classy

Great poster here, I don't know who it is from, or anything much about it. I think it's very amusing though.

Train set in a briefcase.

Bored in a meeting? At home? Or even on the train? Pull out your briefcase & play with your model train. How fantastic cool (for the model train enthusiast) And luckily such a bargain at only $2,500NZD! Buy yours here from the Paul Smith shop.

Super Cool

What more do I need to say other than this is super cool. Buy here, now.

We all hate Cuckoo Clocks

BUT I love these ones. The remind me of the ones I saw at WORLD. THey are made by some german guy, view his personal blog here. It seems he is pretty into his graffiti too, some great stuff involving squirrels. I love the colours and themes that he has used on the Cuckoo clocks though, very bright I bold, I especially love the bones behind them, like skull & cross bones. Very nice.

Duffy - London

I'm upset now, Upset that while I was in London I didn't know about Duffy. Not Duffy the musician, Duffy the store. They have got a fantastic range of incredibly stylish products that I love. I'm especially feeling the canvas zipped room dividers and the small printed gilded frames with bulldog clips. But above all else would have to be the chairs, the 'Shadow Chair' is simply fantastic! I don't know how it would work on different angles, but in the photo's it looks great. i want one. No, I want eight. 

Swine Flu Fashion

Well, time to jump onto the Swine Flu bandwagon... 

Make sure when you leave the house you look the part with these fantastic themed surgical masks. You will be the pinnacle of cool while everyone else is gagging behind their plain masks. Ensure your spot your local papers social pages and get some more inspiration here.

Kidrobot Jandals

Yay! Havaianas by Kidrobot. How super rad, I now wish I lived in NYC & it was summer. Thanks Kidrobot. They even come with a glow in the dark keychain. Wicked. Purchase here.

Bart Hess

Over at Design Boom, Bart Hess has put up some crazy photos... Very bizarre, they have not been digitally altered (except colours obviously) so it's amazing to imagine the work that has gone into these shots. View more here.

More excellent Packaging

Modern Alchemy have released some superb packaging for their candles, very dark yet still retaining a delicious modern feel. Check out there entire range here.