If I Recover.

Colosso dell’Appennino, 1580

Sculptor: Giambologna (1529-1608)

Villa Demidoff  Park, Tuscany, Italy

Megan Howland

Stefan Sagmeister

‎People speak sometimes about the ‘bestial’ cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Phenomenological

Yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

Green Dots and Straight Lines, 2012 - Patrick Cremin

Liz Orton

Think disorientating text and marble effects reminiscent of old book interiors - dismembered hands!

Hands I, II, and III 
by John Opera [2012]

Arianna Palazzi

Images via http://ben-smith-123.tumblr.com and My Modern Met Blog

WIP

Sports Lux, the ultimate.

Stef van der Laan, shot by Jean-Bapriste Mondino for CR Fashion Book.

I want element posters!

Type + Image for Stockholm Magazine

Light Shapes Us by Michela Heim

Images via texurism tumblr, Models.com, Columbine Smille, StreetFSN and Lyla & Blu.

Toko

There's a lot of hype about TOKO. You either love or hate their design. I think they are addressing a market in graphic design that most other Sydney studios have overlooked. Some rule it out as being too Scandinavian in design, whilst somewhat true I don't think this is the whole truth. Toko's always brings an experimental quality to their work, no matter how corporate the project may be. Their use of colour is flawless and their choice of typefaces are unconventional but somehow always the most fitting. There is clear direction, a welcomed lack of repetition and a considered approach that doesn't equate to stark design.

Images via Toko.

September: Inspiring Me Now

I've decided that for every month I will be doing a post called Inspiring Me Now or IMN to share what I have currently been loving over a range of different platforms - from quotes, photographs and art, to events, music and the like. It will be different from my normal blog posts (obviously everything I post somehow resonates or inspires me) because these posts will be a little more curated, a little more inspiration (to the point where maybe I'd rather keep some items to myself - but I'll try not to be selfish like that) & with a little more about why I like particular things and their background info.

1. Because Everyone Likes A Barron Landscape

Lee Jung's neon lighting/landscape photographs. I have actually never got the whole 'neon lighting' trend and why people like it so much. My love for neon lighting has just been limited to the Hopscotch logo until now. Lee Jung's "glowing letters are very publicly juxtaposed against a natural environment. The viewer’s perception comes in to play with each photograph, as we project visions of the sender, the recipient, and the kinds of love or heartache that are taking place behind the words. Each viewer is bound to have a unique interaction with the messages based on personal life experiences."

There is something haunting about a neon glow in uninhabited and desolate spaces. The messages are broken and if I were to go all deep about it, it would be something along the lines of 'unspoken words, lingering thoughts, emotional abandonment' and all those fun things. Cheer to the pretty photographs though Jung!

2. A Typeface for Lawyers

'Miller' typeface, particularly in Italic, is what I am currently digging. My solutio n to a legible, profession serif with enough personality, (cause I don't like Garamond - it's true).

3. I'm The Ghost In The Back of Your Head

Spanish Sahara by Foals - This song came out in 2010, except I rediscovered it last night on a late night train ride through the city when it came on Shuffle. This song is such a soundscape and builds up so beautifully. It really set me into a trance and found it really inspiring. The music video is also really powerful except for the whole dragging of animal corpse parts, which quite frankly stressed me out and left a sour taste in my mouth. Song along; brilliant. Makes me want to go be all creative & stuff. ha

4. Say It Like You Mean It

Typography, as always, in all its weird fruitions from computer-based to hand-generated. I recently can not stop using the photocopier to alter my typography, I love the semi-present nature of it.

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Killian Loddo

Icograda- Mark Gowing Design

FIN- photocopy type experimentations by myself

Jessica Hische

5. Art In Unusual Places

At the moment Sydney is holding Art & About: Art in unusual places. Last night saw the Art Gallery of NSW open its doors late for special exhibitions, there were designer markets, street food stalls & bars, as well as Martin Place turned into a free open-air concert. I managed to catch the last few bands at Martin Place and it was really great & fun! I managed to see Van She, a bit of The Bamboos, Jingle Jangle DJs and these guys: Rufus. A totally surprise. They were really really good live, so much energy, build-ups and break-downs - even an epic two man drum solo! I actually would pay to see them live again. Kind of reminded me when I saw SBTRK & Sampha open for Friendly Fires in Amsterdam early last year and I had no idea who they were back then, but they were crazy good live, and now they're killing it!

6. Girl Crush

Louise Grinberg, what a babe. I just finished watching 17 Filles (17 Girls) which is a dreamy French film based on a true story about a group of 17 year old girls who intentionally get pregnant together. There is a lot of critique surrounding vagueness of the film and its 'hollow' portrayal of a serious issue. Whatever. This film is beautiful - cinematography, script, actors, set-design, everything. Think Sophia Coppola and The Virgin Suicides, stone cold foxes and the still point of the turning world. Part of the film's charm is definitely because of Louise Grinberg who plays the lead character Camille; the instigator of the pregnant pact that you can't help but envy despite her round belly, tragic delusions and desperate desire to be wanted. If you are into your foreign cinema, I definitely recommend this one. You know how sometimes subtitles are a thorn in the side when you just want to relax - I didn't even realise I was reading the subtitles - it was all too memorising.

Images and quotes via MyModernMet, Desktopmag.com.au, Art & About Sydney, and It's Nice That

Canopy

Went off to do a bit of self directed work today. It is going to take a lot of editing but I'm glad I got out and photographed. Above is one piece I finished... have a whole load of others that I need to edit for a series.
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Image by Alyssa Anaimugan

In The Grace of Your Love

by Jonathon Zawada

Noemie Goudal

Dream kitchen - doesn't look like it has a Belfast sink though...

If he was hot in a H&M campaign, he's going to be hot on a motorcycle...

I just like the handwriting.

Images via Russh, Lyla & Blu, DesignInspiration, Facebook