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Quirky objects at FoodMarketo

I like it, I like it a lot.

Sasha Hearts Paper

Type and illustration exploration by Sasha Prood.

See more of her work here :)

Guy Bourdin

I missed out on seeing French photographer Guy Bourdin's exhibition at the NGV in 2003 (i think..?). I really wish I had seen it, his photographs are AMAZING. I love the use of saturated colour and the sinister themes.

Bicycle Portraits

Bicycle Portraits is Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler's project investigating South African bicycle culture.

They are raising funds to turn the project into a self-published photographic book, with the long term goal to assist the underprivileged cycling community.

Clare Owen

How cute is uk artist Clare Owen's illustrations!? She was in the recent Frankie Magazine with her Mend & Make Do pull out poster, you can see it on her blog here.

I have been in Adelaide for the past week (ish). Hence the lack of blog posts. It's been great, if a little quite, but nice to get away from the crazyness of Melbourne and more specifically St Kilda. I will tell you that vintage designer shopping in Adelaide is WAY BETTER than Melbourne, so cheap and awesome that I went a bit too crazy and bought quite a lot :S

While in radtown, I also met up with a nice chap called Spencer, see his awesome work here.

Four legs good, two legs bad!

Mikey Burton's illustrative reinterpretation of some classic books such as Animal Farm and To Kill a Mockingbird.

found via mustard and sage

KHUAN + KTRON

I found these on the Grain Edit website. I love maps, especially illustrated ones, and these are sooo beautiful.

This series of covers for Weekend Knack Magazine are Designed by KHUAN + KTRON a Belgian based design firm.

Hair Hats by Nagi Noda

Wow!

These hair hats by Nagi Noda are awe-inspiring!

Kia Neill

Sculptures and installations by Kia Neill.

Made from an array of materials including (but not limited to) paper-mache, wood, CDs, joint compound, glitter, tinsel, foam and blinking lights.

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Clever and humourous products, including anti-theft lunch bags and a large pocket shirt, designed by Sherwood Forlee and Mihoko Ouchi, of the.

Jacket+Bookmark

Clever concept by Icoeye (Igor “Rogix” Udushlivy)

Book By It's Cover

Book By Its Cover is curated by one of my idols, Julia Rothman an illustrator and pattern designer based in Brooklyn, New York. The site shares books she has collected over the years, and what a lovely collection of books and publications she has. She also has guest writers such as her Mum and Dad, Lisa Congdon, Ray Fenwick and many more, sharing their all time favourites too.

The Small Object

Cuteness personified by Sarah Neuburger of The Small Object.

I have been admiring Sarah's work for quite some time now, she has been making limited edition objects and art since 2004, and in 2008 opened up a shop for super cute wedding toppers called 'Together Forever'.

Her colourful blog features more of her work, and some very cool tutorials and free downloads... hours and hours of fun!

Claire Nereim

Calendars by Claire Nereim, available from her etsy store

Heisuke Kitazawa

I love this print called 'A New Morning', especially the little raccoon with the pantaloon legs in the bottom left!

Available from the PCP Store

Megan Harrison

This is the work of the very talented Megan Harrison, a makeup artist from Melbourne, Australia.

I met Megan back in 2003 when we were both working part-time in our hospitality jobs during University. Since then, she has made a gutsy career move from journalism to the ever-hard-to-break-into makeup industry, but Megan's enthusiastic, proactive nature and her ability to hit the ground running has definitely paid off, with a makeup artist career in full swing now, and a portfolio of work including brands such as Arabella Ramsay (new season SS2011, check it out!!), Violet and I and I Love Lenko, 2010 has much more installed for Megan and her creativeness, with more fashion shoots and jet-setting adventures about to begin!!

1. What made you decide to venture into the makeup/fashion industry?

I did a journalism degree, with wide eyed aspirations of being a big time writer, changing the world. It was definitely a subject where studying it takes the shine off, and you discover that writing for publications is a lot more formulaic than creative so I thought I'd try my hand at something that I'd always been good at, in a field where I was willing to fight my way to the top. Writing the obituaries wasn't for me ;)

2. You've just come back from fashion shoots overseas, where were you and what did you get up to while you were over there?

I travelled to Europe with my favourite photographer She Is Frank to shoot some European gals. We did three shoots in Paris over a week, with two Parisian models and one homegrown model then I went to Lourdes in the south of France for a week before meeting up with Frank in Copenhagen to shoot two Danish models with some fabulous designer vintage glasses and Danish drinks. I'm being a jetsetter this year and will be off to the US for a month in mid-October.

3. Where do you find your inspiration from? and who are your idols?

I find my inspiration from world-class makeup artists Streeters, Jed Root, Inc., fashion blogs like Fashion Gone Rogue, all the trends from different Fashion Weeks around the world and the different kinds of faces that I get to work with. Sometimes I'll have a look planned out and I'll see the model's face and the idea will completely change. I readily admit I'm not good at just making stuff up so I have a reference folder on my computer filled with thousands and thousands of fashion and beauty images and I pull different pieces of several photos together for a shoot. My makeup idols are Lisa Eldridge, Alice Ghendrih and Lottie Stannard.

4. Who would be your dream person to do makeup for and why?

My dream person to make up would be either Diane Kruger, Kristen Stewart or Rihanna. They are always wearing amazing clothes (in Kristen's case, only to red carpet shindigs...) and experimenting with makeup and colour without looking costume-y.

5. What's next on the agenda for you?

I'm off to Sydney on the 12th of July to work for a few months, then off to the US for a month. I've got a lot of exciting work coming up, including 3 editorial spreads in great mags and hopefully you'll be seeing some of the shoots I did in Europe in print too ;)

You can get in touch with Megan and see more of her fabulous work through her website. She has also just opened up a new online store Fred Darling stocking beautiful French skincare.

Keep an eye out for her work in some very prestigious magazines in the very near future.

Thanks Megan and all the best!

JeezVanilla!

More ceramic-ky goodness by Adriana from JeezVanilla!

Molly Hatch

My eyes are doing cartwheels, forward rolls and David Bowie's magic dance for Molly Hatch's ceramic work...

^.^

Animal Poetry

Animal Poetry by Hong Kong designer Furze Chan.

Furze started the brand in 2009, a collection of papery-goodness including these beautiful paper puppets, my favourite is the Albino Wallaby.