Plastic though lace

Look at this lovely jewellery – a non-expensive & very clever idea that looks impressive…

Zhao Li has created these designs by pushing medical grade plastic through lace.

Network Network!

A very useful online Creative Network site - updated by Chichester Artists.  A whole directory of contacts and goings on for: Dance, Art, Craft, Design, Film, Literature, Music, Photography etc etc!

Click on the image to take you to the site

Oooh… ‘Decanter light fittings’ Darling!

Lee Broom’s Decanterlights glow in clusters or individually creating a majestic centrepiece wherever they hang; each light is made from a lead crystal drinks decanter sourced from antique markets and vintage shops:

 

Photoshop Advice & Short Cuts

Below = Photoshop Disaster!

This site will help with info and tips on using Photoshop (this & avoiding women with MASSIVE heads):

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/photoshop-secret-shortcuts/

Have fun designing…

Endangered Species Student International Graphic Design Competition

Call for entries

Tokyo Designers Week, Japan, together with designboom promotes an international graphic design competition.
Participation is open to students from every country in the world, free registration required.

In the time is takes you to read this call for entries, one of our planet’s unique species will become extinct. By this time next year, over 50,000 will have disappeared forever. This graphic competition focuses on recovering and conserving our imperiled species.

WHAT CAN GRAPHIC DESIGN DO TO HELP?
Global biodiversity is being lost much faster than natural extinction due to changes in land use, unsustainable use of natural resources, invasive alien species, climate change and pollution among others. This is usually brought about through patterns of human activity. Our goal is to raise awareness and stimulate action and funding for broader conservation efforts to reverse the alarming trend of human-caused extinctions that threaten the ecosystems we all share.

Paper Cuts

Madebyjulene is the paper-cut art of British designer and illustrator Julene Harrison.

Julene creates hand-cut custom paper-cut artwork for you. Terrific gifts for birthdays, weddings and anniversaries (the first wedding anniversary is paper!).

Atilla Stage Design

Architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron and fashion designer Prada co-designed Verdi’s ninth opera ‘Atilla’ at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Images here and here is a video of Jacques Herzog talking about the lighting design.

Weekly Discussion at It’s Nice That

This series started with the topic: Most Comments Suck. Discuss. This weeks discussion asks Why Graphic Design. Go get involved. And check out the site while you’re there, cos it’s nice.

Bela Borsodi Photographed Alphabet

Austrian stylist and photographer Bela Borsodi created these images for the editorial ‘alphabets’ shown in WAD magazine this year. Check out the full portfolio here.

Free access to The Entrepreneur’s Guide

Kathleen Fasanella of Fashion Incubator has released part of her book Entrepreneur’s Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing online for free. Check it out here to get the inside story of the fashion manufacturing industry.