I was doing my usual Monday morning trawl through my favorite creative blogs when my meanderings led me to a UK photographer and fine artist called Natalie Bybisz, you can check her work out at Miss Aniela. Very stylised and surreal, with an edge. I love the rich imagery, lots of layers of detail, the interesting locations and setting. All of this lends a storytelling element to Natalie’s images. Her photography remind me of a Peter Greenaway film (minus the nudity), there’s a real pictorial sense to her images, they resemble a Baroque or Renaissance painting. Here’s a quote from her web site – some Monday morning inspiration for all creatives;

“Photography is always my ‘living’ whether I am working on personal or commercial work, because it is creating that keeps me feeling alive. I pour my mind into everything I create, and always aim to push the envelope with consistently compelling imagery with the highest production value I can make possible. In my personal work I want to stir people to question and to think, intelligibly – about the problems, the beauty, and the conflict between them, in the world around us today.”

Triscia Ambrosini 7/05

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I just spied this intriguing device over at Design Sponge. This funky (not to mention unique) waffle maker from Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira combines three of my favourite things: food, homewares and design! You just pour in your batter to create tiny, edible living room furniture! You can also head to 2DM Blogazine for more information.

Lauren 03.05.2012

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‘Club Trading and Distribution’ is a company that works with retailers and suppliers all over the globe to bring unique products to the Australian grocery market. They came to us to work on their rebrand, which we approached by firstly shortening the company name, ‘Club Trading and Distribution’, as we felt it didn’t convey the nature of the business clearly. A shorter, snappier version was introduced, ‘CTD’. Next, a tagline was introduced to summarise the business, ‘in the bag’. This immediately explains the confidence of the company to deliver their promises; meet their clients expectations; to indicate their retail links; and to show the letters CTD are ‘in the bag’ – making it both fun and descriptive on a number of levels. The bag shape is instantly recognised as a retail item, indicating the nature of the CTD business. The playful design is lively, punchy and uncomplicated, and has made CTD stand out in their field.

Since working on their logo re-design, we have also refreshed their website, designed their corporate brochure and worked on a range of stationery, corporate templates and a style guide. We look forward to working with the CTD team on their next project!

Annalisa 02/05/12

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Her name is Helena Randall

She has the most amazing style. I think they are super clever and beautiful. Each illustration has a name and a personality. They have a job, interests, hobbies, likes, dislikes and secrets. I just love them and I love getting to know them all. Helena is located in LA. Her creativity is inspiring something every good graphic designer needs on a daily basis.

If you pick up the latest edition of frankie you can view more amazing work.

 Stella Heart Cheeks is a little angry and looking for love (her anger is merely a reaction to her seemingly lost cause, she is generally noted to be quite charming)  Stella is getting impatient because she’s been searching for the big L for years and years and her friends are mostly all paired up. People always tell her she’ll find love when she least expects it. Stella doesn’t believe it to be true but is secretly hopeful.  S.H.C enjoys bike riding and making bundt cakes.  It’s her new thing. 

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Ive blogged about Fete Press before, the very creative Adelaidean graphic design team who have created the wonderful free online magazine all about putting on a fabulous party for family and friends (http://fetepress.com.au/). Well hang onto your hat … their April edition is out and its very glam, just the thing to put the sparkle back into your Monday morning.  I love supporting the creative talent that’s in my home town, Im very proud of the creativity that comes out of Adelaide, for a small city its popping at the seams with innovative design talent.

Yet again the team at Fete Press have combined gorgeous photography and inspirational editorial and as always Ive come away with inspiration for my next glamorous soiree (note to self; MUST get a pair of gold stilettos) …. Don’t take my word for it check it out for yourself (http://fetepress.com.au/).

Triscia Ambrosini 30/04

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