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Quote for the day...

"As consumers of visual art we have become highly sophisticated readers of signs and signals. We decode meaning from images with subconscious ease." - David Crow

http://logosdesignsideas.blog.com/2011/07/13/clever-logos-with-hidden-symbolism/

http://www.boredpanda.com/clever-logos-with-hidden-symbolism/

Baby's Room

Nothing like putting together a baby's room to get a mother-to-be all excited! Our little room is basically done and mom & dad are now in FULL EXCITEMENT for our little jellybean to arrive. Don't be fooled, it is only due in December but we couldn't wait any longer to get going on the room! The most difficult part up till now has been finding a rug that will work. I never thought this would be the one thing to keep me from completion but guess what... I've sampled 3 different rugs and thus far none of them have worked so back to the drawing board. Today I decided to "google" some and WOW, there are such nice things out there. Makes me want to cry that we don't get such awesome goodies locally.

I stumbled upon an awesome site: http://www.funkymoose.co.uk
and simply fell in love with the below carpet (which I'm convinced will work in the room).

http://www.funkymoose.co.uk/bedrooms-nurseries/rugs/planet-of-flowers-rug-by-haba

There are way too many nice things on this website - I could spend all of my "make-believe-millions" ha ha ha! Below are a few more "I wish I could" items I would buy!

The big apple of design

Being a designer, it is of the utmost importance to always know what is out there & what fellow designers are up to. Not being exposed to "the big apple of design" is unacceptable regardless of where you live! I often find so many people saying to me... "oh but I don't live in the big city so there isn't any cool design happening around here. I'm just doing my own thing".... HHHHEEEELLLPPP! It's times like these that I wish I could whip out a fly swat and slap the person silly!

Image Source: http://forum.freelanceswitch.com/topic.php?id=12413

 

It's called INTERNET DUDE - you should try it sometime ha ha ha! The internet is your best friend and it won't ever let you down. I often find myself getting lost for hours jumping from one site to another as I follow links like the routs of a tree spreading out beneath my feet. There are literally thousands of places to see and things to inspire you! To list all of the various sites I visit would take days so I'll list just a few and feel free to let me know of any other cool sites you feel I simply must add!

1. www.creattica.com

2. www.fuelyourcreativity.com

3. www.springleap.com

4. www.designindaba.com
5. www.freelanceswitch.com

Again... these are just to get you started with...
MAY THE INTERNET FORCE BE WITH YOU
XxX

Awesome children's book!

If, like me, you're a lover of beautiful illustrations and children's books then you will go nilly when you see my new favourite called "The Secret Lives Of Princesses" by Philippe Lechermeier with illustrations by Rebecca Dautremer. All I will say is WOW-WOW-WEE-WOW! The concepts behind the various characters are priceless and super cute and will have you smiling from ear to ear at pure bliss.

The book aims at "discovering the unusual, outrageous and fascinating royal ladies" and introduces us to the fascinating world of princesses. "Everyone knows about Cinderella, Snow White, and other fairy tale favourites. But there are many princesses who have been so well hidden, most of us never heard of them....The Secret Lives of Princesses is a treasure trove of incredible behind-the-scenes stories that reveal the secret lives of the world’s most mysterious princesses. Not your typical princess story, this gorgeous collection offers a fun, sophisticated and witty alternative to ordinary tales and delights the eye with its lush, exotic art and a bold, vivid design."

Princess Anne Phibian

Princess Do-Re-Mi

Princess Oblivia

Princess Somnia

For more information visit their website!

http://secretlivesofprincesses.com

STUNNING!

I found this image in my "inspiration folder" - which I'm sure you all keep filled with all of the stunning things you come across as you get lost within the world wide web ha ha ha! The photo is STUNNING and the dress gorgeous... now I just wish I could remember where I found it so I could give credit where it's due!

Info Graphics

I have been tasked with visually putting together some statistics (and at first I thought to myself - UUURRRRGGGGG, I really don't feel like doing this, but as with any project I started by doing some research and thought to myself: "look Lecia, if you're gonna do this just try to make it fun for yourself and make the project interesting even if it's just a really small project"

I therefore started doing a bit of digging into Info Graphics and was amazed at how much fun this could actually be! I have dealt with it way back when but I guess as with anything, a person forgets! Below are a few cool samples of what I've found on line (thanks to http://www.hongkiat.com) and I think it's given me some "oemf" to get going on mine!


One thing that has hit home again is that Info Graphics can take the boring statistic and make it interesting to the viewer allowing them to experience the information provided as apposed to just blindly processing the information in front of them!