I have become a bit of a blog reader of late and over the coming months the Fresco team will show case some of their favourites. I thought I would kick it off with this wonderful blog by a UK based designer. She loves design and all things related. I am always inspired when I read her blog and her latest illustration posts are just devine. The use of colour, form and detail are just perfect. The artist is maja lindbe
A friend of mine just recently sent this to me…I have just started to learn how to embroider and who have thought. WOW people are so clever. A set of hand embroidered posters based on Gill Sans Light. First poster shows the combinations of four CMYK colours. Second poster shows the increasing resolution through letterforms stitched with Cyan and Yellow thread. Green colour becomes visible from a distance as
One of the wonders of the natural world, the Great Barrier Reef stretches along the coast of Queensland like a psychedelic cacophony of color and form unparalleled on our planet. But global warming and pollutants so threaten this fragile monster that scientists now believe the reef will be devastated in coming years. As a homage to the Great Reef sisters Margaret and Christine Wertheim instigated a project to crochet
Sydney has long lamented the lack of groovy intimate Melbourne style wine bars, but that has all changed with the arrival of bars like Vini and Mille Vini in our very own Surry Hills and my latest discovery Bacco Wine Bar and Pasticceria in Chiefly Tower (Louise its just around the corner from Deutsche Bank you’ll have to get Stuart to take you!!). Anyone that has read any of my previous blogs knows I am absolutely o
Last week I thought I would find out what our favourite fonts are and why. New fonts are always being released and depending on the design piece depends on the font used. For example for an invitation design font choice is more exciting as one can experiment, but if designing something more corporate like an annual report or company brochure fonts need to reflect the very nature of the conservative document. This is
